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Post by Ranch Dressing on Jan 7, 2019 15:56:25 GMT -5
I harp on turnovers about as much as anyone on this board, so I got your back! A good recent example of a highly successful, deliberate, ball pounding, low-turnover point guard was Jalen Brunson at Nova. Akinjo should watch clips of how Jalen cautiously penetrated the lane, often with the defender on his hip or butt, and set up teammates for open looks (or if left open shot the pull-up 10 footer). Jalen had a couple extra inches of height and several more pounds of muscle, which makes that style a little easier to execute. He also developed an awesome post-up game to take advantage of smaller guards. Right, and to be clear, I don't want Akinjo or Mac to dominate the ball as much as they currently do in all situations. We need to keep everyone involved and we don't want to become one dimensional. But it's also not the kiss of death for an effective offense. And there are times you absolutely want them to dominate the ball ... so when they do it, you want them to do it as best as they could. Yes, and those times will include sub 2-minute end of game situations when we have the lead and possession. Kill clock with dribble, then find a shot for yourself or a teammate with <10 seconds on clock. And hit your FTs if fouled!!!! Jalen won a lot of close games for Nova in this manner.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Jan 7, 2019 17:41:42 GMT -5
In terms of inexplicable things this board weirdly recognizes and doesn't ... it befuddles me that this board hates turnovers at the team level, despises bad shots at the player level, but completely ignores individual turnovers as if they aren't the same thing (and worse than bad shots). Akinjo is up to a 26% TO rate, and that's just too high to be truly effective, even for a guy who creates as much as he does for himself and others. I happen to aesthetically love ball movement, but people underrate how good a high usage, ball pounding perimeter player can be ... but they can only be that good if they are a low turnover type like Chris Paul. I completely agree. This is something that is often ignored when it comes to Pickett too. At a turnover rate of 27.2, he turns it over more than Akinjo, which is a real problem, regardless of whatever defensive benefit he might bring. Another one who has a pretty high turnover rate is Greg Malinowski at 23.1. For all the attention thrown at McClung, it's often ignored that he has a very low turnover rate (14.9). The only players lower on our team are Govan (9.5), and Blair (13.6).
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Post by drquigley on Jan 7, 2019 19:31:38 GMT -5
In terms of inexplicable things this board weirdly recognizes and doesn't ... it befuddles me that this board hates turnovers at the team level, despises bad shots at the player level, but completely ignores individual turnovers as if they aren't the same thing (and worse than bad shots). Akinjo is up to a 26% TO rate, and that's just too high to be truly effective, even for a guy who creates as much as he does for himself and others. I happen to aesthetically love ball movement, but people underrate how good a high usage, ball pounding perimeter player can be ... but they can only be that good if they are a low turnover type like Chris Paul. I completely agree. This is something that is often ignored when it comes to Pickett too. At a turnover rate of 27.2, he turns it over more than Akinjo, which is a real problem, regardless of whatever defensive benefit he might bring. Another one who has a pretty high turnover rate is Greg Malinowski at 23.1. For all the attention thrown at McClung, it's often ignored that he has a very low turnover rate (14.9). The only players lower on our team are Govan (9.5), and Blair (13.6). I've been saying that Akinjo is our Brunson since the Illinois game. But he has to grow, both physically and mentally, over the next year. Remember he only turned 18 in November and if he is 6 feet tall I'm Dikembe Motumbo.
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 7, 2019 21:02:35 GMT -5
Thought that was a very strong performance under difficult circumstances. Ponds, Ponds, Ponds. The kid is really good. Not only can he get whatever he wants offensively, but he also made what I thought was the defensive play of the game. His steal on the alley-oop was a tremendous play, and likely resulted in a four point switch. Pickett's best game of the season. I hope it's the start of a trend. Blair was fouled. No doubt about it, that was an obvious hack. How can we not get that call at home? Love LaBlanc. But then I've said that after every game that I have seen. I was happy how the team fought back after falling behind by 8 in the overtime. Blair had a good look on the last shot. If he makes that, there's no way we lose in double overtime with SJU having had three starters foul out. Even with Ponds. I just hope we get Mac and Trey back soon and continue to improve. This was a far, far better performance than the SMU game.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 7, 2019 22:00:51 GMT -5
I completely agree. This is something that is often ignored when it comes to Pickett too. At a turnover rate of 27.2, he turns it over more than Akinjo, which is a real problem, regardless of whatever defensive benefit he might bring. Another one who has a pretty high turnover rate is Greg Malinowski at 23.1. For all the attention thrown at McClung, it's often ignored that he has a very low turnover rate (14.9). The only players lower on our team are Govan (9.5), and Blair (13.6). I've been saying that Akinjo is our Brunson since the Illinois game. But he has to grow, both physically and mentally, over the next year. Remember he only turned 18 in November and if he is 6 feet tall I'm Dikembe Motumbo. Who wants to sex Quigley???!!!
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