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Post by drquigley on Nov 20, 2018 11:28:45 GMT -5
You can see he is trying to become a more complete player actually trying to drive to the hoop and score off the dribble. The question is can he become such a player? If anyone can help him become one it should be Patrick Ewing.
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Post by justsaying on Nov 20, 2018 12:47:34 GMT -5
seeing improvements in his denfense
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Post by calhoya on Nov 20, 2018 14:06:38 GMT -5
Yes there has been improvement in both his defensive effort and his rebounding from last year. I understand the frustration of some with Pickett but I am not certain how much can be blamed upon him when the ball is simply not finding him. Again, I think that this is a product of either the freshmen guards not looking his direction or an offense that is still not utilizing schemes that provide open looks for Pickett. Even Blair is struggling to get open looks as at times this offense has been 3 on 5 with Mourning/LeBlanc crashing for an offensive rebound.
To date Pickett has fewer attempted shots/3s than the two freshmen, and Govan, even though he is shooting 50% from deep. I think that this issue needs t be fixed by the coaches getting the offense to diversify more. When I see Pickett passing up opportunities to shoot or drive then it can be put on him.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Nov 20, 2018 14:11:08 GMT -5
He resembles Greg Whittington in many ways, in physical attributes, style of play, and intensity of play.
As a counterpoint to Jamorko's intermittent impact on the game flow, LeBlanc pops off the television screen nearly every minute he's on the floor.
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Post by bostonfan on Nov 20, 2018 14:15:01 GMT -5
Yes there has been improvement in both his defensive effort and his rebounding from last year. I understand the frustration of some with Pickett but I am not certain how much can be blamed upon him when the ball is simply not finding him. Again, I think that this is a product of either the freshmen guards not looking his direction or an offense that is still not utilizing schemes that provide open looks for Pickett. Even Blair is struggling to get open looks as at times this offense has been 3 on 5 with Mourning/LeBlanc crashing for an offensive rebound. To date Pickett has fewer attempted shots/3s than the two freshmen, and Govan, even though he is shooting 50% from deep. I think that this issue needs t be fixed by the coaches getting the offense to diversify more. When I see Pickett passing up opportunities to shoot or drive then it can be put on him. I agree that most of the fault for him not being as involved can not fall to him. The staff, and his teammates, need to make it more of a priority to find him early and often and get him, and Blair to some degree, involved in the game. I think Akinjo has been really good this year, but part of being a big time point guard is getting your teammates involved in spots where they want the ball. It is a lot to put on a freshman at this point but the staff needs to continue to work with him to make sure he is finding the teams best shooters for good looks. I have been impressed with how much more active Jamorko has been on defense. There were times last year when he would simply be watching on defense and this year he is more engaged and being more of help defender and with his length has a done a good job with blocking some shots from the weak side.
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Post by saxagael on Nov 20, 2018 16:16:57 GMT -5
Pickett's defense improved throughout last year and has improved more this year. His defense is really good. He defends with his feet really well and he uses his length well to shut down this man before they try to do anything, which is great.
His shooting started fine, but hasn't been seeing the ball much and when he has he has passed. His driving to the basket is going to me limited until he sorts out his ball handling as he often dribbles wide and standing tall. A one pound and then one step from outside would put him near the basket and then a euro or another step and he is at the rim. He has done this a couple times. His trouble is trying to do too much with the ball as he is not there yet.
Pickett shoots well and gets to the rim best from the high wing and not the corner, but when Jesse floats high to shoot a long defender is often out there too. Also the Hoyas have been getting the ball into the middle and have not been kicking it out to shooters well (guards and Jesse have been guilty on this front). The whole team needs to be involved and getting touches when open. This will come.
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Post by dchoya72 on Nov 20, 2018 23:23:22 GMT -5
I believe Jamorko will get his shots. The team needs to open the floor up more. The great thing is that he's not rushing and taking bad shots. He will find his stride as will Jahvon.
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Post by MCIGuy on Nov 21, 2018 11:19:35 GMT -5
Pickett is the in-season project that the staff needs to wok on the most (in terms of individual players). His defense has really improved which is why he stays on the floor long, including end of games, despite being all too invisible on offense. His outside shots looks much better and consistent too. But his ballhandling skill and most importantly his confidence/aggressiveness needs a lot of work.
The warning signs have been there since the Kenner League; Pickett never got into a groove offensively, never took over games and never seemed to be a reliable scorer for even his summer team. The problem from all reports seemed to mostly be the result of his dribbling miscues. Guys here were saying his social media activity indicating he was living in the gym working on ballhandling techniques but so far the results haven't been all that evident. The frustrating thing is that I truly believe he has the tools to be as good as anyone on the team and may even have the most upside. He may be longer than Leblanc, definitely taller. He still has a terrific first step. He can shoot. He may not have the explosiveness of Leblanc and McClung but he is still a fantastic athlete. Has very good foot speed. Someone just needs to tell this kid how great he could be if he puts it altogether. Right now he should be all about working on his dribbling between games. And he is in desperate need of some swag. Needs to hang around the frosh some more and hope some of that confidence spills over to him. He makes the necessary improvements and the Hoyas can win the conference.
Imagine him with Leblanc's attitude and aggressiveness. Unreal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 11:26:26 GMT -5
Can't wait for people to give him the ball, go take it from them and make a play. He's looks his best this year when he did that. I don't really care if he misses on those drives initially, it puts a lot of pressure on the defense that leads to easy put back opportunities and eventually he will figure it out.
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Post by bostonfan on Nov 21, 2018 11:28:39 GMT -5
I believe Jamorko will get his shots. The team needs to open the floor up more. The great thing is that he's not rushing and taking bad shots. He will find his stride as will Jahvon. Hopefully they start running some more stuff to get him the ball in positions where he can score. On the times they don't do that, I would like to see him be more aggressive going to the offensive glass, where his athleticism and length should get him some easy put backs. I don't think the team runs any plays for LeBlanc at this point but he seems to find a way to score by just out hustling everyone on the glass. If Jamorko could incorporate some of that into his game it might help him stay involved during those times when he is not getting a lot of touches.
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Post by saxagael on Nov 21, 2018 11:30:00 GMT -5
Pickett is the in-season project that the staff needs to wok on the most (in terms of individual players). His defense has really improved which is why he stays on the floor long, including end of games, despite being all too invisible on offense. His outside shots looks much better and consistent too. But his ballhandling skill and most importantly his confidence/aggressiveness needs a lot of work. The warning signs have been there since the Kenner League; Pickett never got into a groove offensively, never took over games and never seemed to be a reliable scorer for even his summer team. The problem from all reports seemed to mostly be the result of his dribbling miscues. Guys here were saying his social media activity indicating he was living in the gym working on ballhandling techniques but so far the results haven't been all that evident. The frustrating thing is that I truly believe he has the tools to be as good as anyone on the team and may even have the most upside. He may be longer than Leblanc, definitely taller. He still has a terrific first step. He can shoot. He may not have the explosiveness of Leblanc and McClung but he is still a fantastic athlete. Has very good foot speed. Someone just needs to tell this kid how great he could be if he puts it altogether. Right now he should be all about working on his dribbling between games. And he is in desperate need of some swag. Needs to hang around the frosh some more and hope some of that confidence spills over to him. He makes the necessary improvements and the Hoyas can win the conference. Imagine him with Leblanc's attitude and aggressiveness. Unreal. Indeed! I think part of it is he is getting covered a little more closely outside and isn't quite set when he is getting the ball so to get his shot up quickly. It isn't as much as he is missing shots as it is him not taking shots. Much of the time off ball he is well covered, but just sitting stationary, which could be part of the plan but to help him he needs to move to get open.
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Post by dense on Nov 21, 2018 11:41:27 GMT -5
100% of this, I feel is like I said in other threads. The team is not setting good screens for each other. They are just doing the pattern like a walk thru on game day and not really setting the screens. In the 2nd half of the South Florida game when they were setting the cross screen in the lane for Govan to get it in the post was the first good screening action I had seen.
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Post by calhoya on Nov 21, 2018 11:47:49 GMT -5
Pickett is the in-season project that the staff needs to wok on the most (in terms of individual players). His defense has really improved which is why he stays on the floor long, including end of games, despite being all too invisible on offense. His outside shots looks much better and consistent too. But his ballhandling skill and most importantly his confidence/aggressiveness needs a lot of work. The warning signs have been there since the Kenner League; Pickett never got into a groove offensively, never took over games and never seemed to be a reliable scorer for even his summer team. The problem from all reports seemed to mostly be the result of his dribbling miscues. Guys here were saying his social media activity indicating he was living in the gym working on ballhandling techniques but so far the results haven't been all that evident. The frustrating thing is that I truly believe he has the tools to be as good as anyone on the team and may even have the most upside. He may be longer than Leblanc, definitely taller. He still has a terrific first step. He can shoot. He may not have the explosiveness of Leblanc and McClung but he is still a fantastic athlete. Has very good foot speed. Someone just needs to tell this kid how great he could be if he puts it altogether. Right now he should be all about working on his dribbling between games. And he is in desperate need of some swag. Needs to hang around the frosh some more and hope some of that confidence spills over to him. He makes the necessary improvements and the Hoyas can win the conference. Imagine him with Leblanc's attitude and aggressiveness. Unreal. Indeed! I think part of it is he is getting covered a little more closely outside and isn't quite set when he is getting the ball so to get his shot up quickly. It isn't as much as he is missing shots as it is him not taking shots. Much of the time off ball he is well covered, but just sitting stationary, which could be part of the plan but to help him he needs to move to get open. In part he gets covered because other teams view him as the only credible outside threat when Govan is inside and the two freshmen are playing. Mourning and LeBlanc have yet to present as an outside threat. Additionally, even in zone, LMU had their zone extend to guard Pickett sitting out there on the wing waiting for the pass. It was to easy for the opponent to take him out of the offense when it gets that stationary. In the past we had a player flash to the gap in the zone around the FT line and either turn and pop, dish down low to the post or kick out to a perimeter player when the zone collapsed after the entry pass. Did not see that at all in the LMU game but then again I was in shock for much of the 2nd half and not as focused as normal.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Nov 21, 2018 12:47:08 GMT -5
In Jamorko's defense, since Akinjo dominates the ball so much and so deep into the shot clock, it is difficult for any other guard/wing players (Pickett, included) to create offense on their own. Govan gets his feeds in the post and LeBlanc's activity has led to some feeds on cuts and offensive put-backs. But it has been rare that Pickett receives the ball in a good scoring position and with enough time on the shot clock remaining to create an opportunity for himself or others. As such, his offense has been largely limited to spot-up 3s and opportunities on the break.
Let's see how the season progresses. But for Pickett to blossom offensively, he will need to receive the ball earlier in the shot clock in open space and/or with a match-up advantage. Or he will need to convert his game into a LeBlanc super-active style of rolling, slashing, and offensive tips/put-backs.
I'd like to see LeBlanc supplant Mourning in the starting lineup before the Big East season commences.
And I think Ewing should tinker with the idea of bringing Mac off the bench with Jagan and using Blair as the starting 2G. With Akinjo, we don't require a super-creative 2G. We need the 2G spotting up on the wing for 3s.
Mac/Jagan could be complementary as a duo off the pine. Share PG responsibilities and use Mac's athleticism on the wing to create for himself and others.
Right now, the Mackinjo experiment remains in testing mode.
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Post by calhoya on Nov 21, 2018 13:08:06 GMT -5
In Jamorko's defense, since Akinjo dominates the ball so much and so deep into the shot clock, it is difficult for any other guard/wing players (Pickett, included) to create offense on their own. Govan gets his feeds in the post and LeBlanc's activity has led to some feeds on cuts and offensive put-backs. But it has been rare that Pickett receives the ball in a good scoring position and with enough time on the shot clock remaining to create an opportunity for himself or others. As such, his offense has been largely limited to spot-up 3s and opportunities on the break. Let's see how the season progresses. But for Pickett to blossom offensively, he will need to receive the ball earlier in the shot clock in open space and/or with a match-up advantage. Or he will need to convert his game into a LeBlanc super-active style of rolling, slashing, and offensive tips/put-backs. I'd like to see LeBlanc supplant Mourning in the starting lineup before the Big East season commences. A nd I think Ewing should tinker with the idea of bringing Mac off the bench with Jagan and using Blair as the starting 2G. With Akinjo, we don't require a super-creative 2G. We need the 2G spotting up on the wing for 3s.
Mac/Jagan could be complementary as a duo off the pine. Share PG responsibilities and use Mac's athleticism on the wing to create for himself and others. Right now, the Mackinjo experiment remains in testing mode. Agree completely with this.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Nov 21, 2018 13:36:13 GMT -5
Can’t start Blair over McClung because he can’t create for others and is an open set shooter. Not strong on the defensive end and almost cost us the last game with a silly foul. Pickett and Blair need to perfect moves to the basket and step back shots. Otherwise, too easy to guard.
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Nov 21, 2018 13:42:31 GMT -5
Pickett, reminds me of Isaac Copeland so far. You see the potential in the kid, hopefully he can blossom to become better.
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Post by bostonfan on Nov 21, 2018 14:02:55 GMT -5
In Jamorko's defense, since Akinjo dominates the ball so much and so deep into the shot clock, it is difficult for any other guard/wing players (Pickett, included) to create offense on their own. Govan gets his feeds in the post and LeBlanc's activity has led to some feeds on cuts and offensive put-backs. But it has been rare that Pickett receives the ball in a good scoring position and with enough time on the shot clock remaining to create an opportunity for himself or others. As such, his offense has been largely limited to spot-up 3s and opportunities on the break. Let's see how the season progresses. But for Pickett to blossom offensively, he will need to receive the ball earlier in the shot clock in open space and/or with a match-up advantage. Or he will need to convert his game into a LeBlanc super-active style of rolling, slashing, and offensive tips/put-backs. I'd like to see LeBlanc supplant Mourning in the starting lineup before the Big East season commences. A nd I think Ewing should tinker with the idea of bringing Mac off the bench with Jagan and using Blair as the starting 2G. With Akinjo, we don't require a super-creative 2G. We need the 2G spotting up on the wing for 3s.
Mac/Jagan could be complementary as a duo off the pine. Share PG responsibilities and use Mac's athleticism on the wing to create for himself and others. Right now, the Mackinjo experiment remains in testing mode. Agree completely with this. I like Mac and Jagan playing together also. I think they both handle the ball well enough to play the point for short periods of time, especially if it is against the other teams 2nd string defenders. I think Jagan's defense will help Mac and they both like get out in transition. Mac can serve as more of the offensive focus in a second group than he is now. With Akinjo handling the ball so much Blair should be more of a floor spacer to shoot the three than Mac at this point which hopefully opens more space for Akinjo and Jessie in the paint. Blair on one wing and Pickett on the other should give you some options for open 3's. I am sure the staff is still working through the best combinations and that will develop over the next few weeks.
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Post by saxagael on Nov 21, 2018 14:07:07 GMT -5
Agree completely with this. I like Mac and Jagan playing together also. I think they both handle the ball well enough to play the point for short periods of time, especially if it is against the other teams 2nd string defenders. I think Jagan's defense will help Mac and they both like get out in transition. Mac can serve as more of the offensive focus in a second group than he is now. With Akinjo handling the ball so much Blair should be more of a floor spacer to shoot the three than Mac at this point which hopefully opens more space for Akinjo and Jessie in the paint. Blair on one wing and Pickett on the other should give you some options for open 3's.
I am sure the staff is still working through the best combinations and that will develop over the next few weeks. Particularly if both are moving and using skip passes to help each other. Blair shoots well off the move, but Pickett seems to need to be set to shoot (I need to watch him to see if this is still the same). With Pickett's length, he would also be a good PnR partner.
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Post by HOYAPLAYA on Nov 21, 2018 15:51:47 GMT -5
Can’t start Blair over McClung because he can’t create for others and is an open set shooter. Not strong on the defensive end and almost cost us the last game with a silly foul. Pickett and Blair need to perfect moves to the basket and step back shots. Otherwise, too easy to guard. I think the set shooter capabilities is the exact reason I start him or someone else over McClung next to Akinjo. I haven't been shy in the fact that I don't like the Mackinjo starting lineup right now. I still think it works best with a small ball lineup during the course of the game. The more we can get Blair, Pickett, and Malinowski open and knocking down 3's, the better performance we can get from Mac when he's on the floor and defenses are scrambling to cover our 3 point threats.
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