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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 4, 2006 23:48:47 GMT -5
I thought I read here that Rivers is strong and can penetrate at will. In high school, he has done so. Who knows in college? I just watched the Charm City Classic on broadcast monsters, and DaJuan got to the hoop regularly. Very smooth. He didn't finish as much as I'd like but he destroyed whoever was guarding him.
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Post by HoyaSpirit on Apr 5, 2006 3:53:41 GMT -5
Yes - so is there a good way of having a Princeton offense with an extra emphasis on low-post play.
Or maybe he'll train the players to run both last year's offense (for when there are mostly perimeter/back door players in the game) and a new offense that uses Roy and Macklin in the post a lot... and have the offense oriented towards dealing with double teams on Roy and train the guys who can hit a 3 to find position in 3 land, and train the guys who don't have the 3 range to position themselves closer yet still be wide open for good shots (or get good at cutting into open lanes to the hoop).
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 5, 2006 10:10:41 GMT -5
Yes - so is there a good way of having a Princeton offense with an extra emphasis on low-post play. Didn't we honestly see that this year? Roy had a LOT of low post opportunities. A ton. If he had managed to play 35 minutes, and if we had run a normal pace, those twenty point games are thirty point games. As for the team next year, it may be more JTII because we get Macklin, Summers and Patrick in, all of whom are big and can board. But I don't think Pat has many low post moves. He's an energy guy who plays more on the perimeter. DaJuan Summers has post moves but he's more Corey Brewer than Joakim Noah, to use a Florida parallel. And Macklin's offensive game is more face-up as well. I don't expect any of these guys to be grabbing a ton of post up time -- probably less than Jeff does when he's playing the 4. I don't expect any of them to really play the offensive five, and especially not like Roy does. So in short, I expect better rebounding, defense and a few more dunks on drives and backdoor cuts. Hopefully Ewing and Summers can swing 35% from three.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Apr 5, 2006 13:23:04 GMT -5
I think the key here is to improve on what is already strong or promising...
1) One major key is for Roy to improve his conditioning. Roy gave us 24 mpg this season. If he can get that number into the 30 mpg range, we're in great shape next season.
2) The issue of Jeff's perimeter shooting is an important one. Teams could pack in a zone and make him shoot, which decreased his ability to draw out defenses for backdoor cuts. If he can regain that 40% figure from his frosh year and add it to an expanded perimeter game with dribble penetration, LOOK OUT!!!
3) Wallace --> Continue work on strength/quickness and perimeter shooting. He seems to be a carbon copy of WVU's graduating PG.
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Post by VelvetElvis on Apr 5, 2006 13:28:45 GMT -5
Green needs to learn to assert himself more. I understand that he is unselfish and he lets the game come to him and all of that jazz but I want to some emotion. Not Noah emotion but a realization that, for the most part, he can take anyone one-on-one!
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Post by paranoia2 on Apr 5, 2006 15:05:21 GMT -5
Knowing that there are capable players coming in behind them should let Jeff and Roy both play with reckless abandon. Jeff could not get in foul trouble and had to choose his spots for aggression and effort because he was vital to the team having a chance to win. Now that the bench is stocked with horses dunks must become ferocious, opponents attempting layups must end up in press row and the defense should attack like rabid dogs.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Apr 5, 2006 15:52:24 GMT -5
I think the key here is to improve on what is already strong or promising... 1) One major key is for Roy to improve his conditioning. Roy gave us 24 mpg this season. If he can get that number into the 30 mpg range, we're in great shape next season. 2) The issue of Jeff's perimeter shooting is an important one. Teams could pack in a zone and make him shoot, which decreased his ability to draw out defenses for backdoor cuts. If he can regain that 40% figure from his frosh year and add it to an expanded perimeter game with dribble penetration, LOOK OUT!!! 3) Wallace --> Continue work on strength/quickness and perimeter shooting. He seems to be a carbon copy of WVU's graduating PG. I hope you didn't just compare Jon to JD Collins who is smaller, weaker, and an awful shooter. I think Wallace is way better than him. I liken Jon to Derek Raivio actually.
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Post by prhoya on Apr 5, 2006 21:53:56 GMT -5
Knowing that there are capable players coming in behind them should let Jeff and Roy both play with reckless abandon. Jeff could not get in foul trouble and had to choose his spots for aggression and effort because he was vital to the team having a chance to win. Now that the bench is stocked with horses dunks must become ferocious, opponents attempting layups must end up in press row and the defense should attack like rabid dogs. I agree in that our defenders down low must play aggressive, but smart. This season we had way too many players penetrate for easy baskets.
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Post by HoyaSpirit on Apr 5, 2006 23:40:15 GMT -5
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Hopefully Ewing and Summers can swing 35% from three.[/quote]
I think JT3 should tell Ewing and Summer their pt at the 3 will depend a lot on outside shooting range - and same goes for anyone competing for minutes at guard spots: sapp, egerson, rivers, et al. That will focus them in the off-season on getting their shooting in order - as opposed to getting better at dunking against inferior competition. If these guys spend 4-5 months on outside shots, it could help a huge amount.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 5, 2006 23:58:22 GMT -5
Hopefully Ewing and Summers can swing 35% from three.[/quote] I think JT3 should tell Ewing and Summer their pt at the 3 will depend a lot on outside shooting range - and same goes for anyone competing for minutes at guard spots: sapp, egerson, rivers, et al. That will focus them in the off-season on getting their shooting in order - as opposed to getting better at dunking against inferior competition. If these guys spend 4-5 months on outside shots, it could help a huge amount. [/quote] That's an idea, but it seems to me that Thompson determines PT mostly on defense. I think of Roy's PT swings. Also, Sapp's time was determined by defensive matchups. Thompson would pull someone for an offensive error (well, only Brandon) but more often for bad defensive efforts. We could go ten minutes without scoring and not see a sub. But give up a few easy baskets and there's timeouts and people sitting.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Apr 6, 2006 13:33:27 GMT -5
The key challenge for next years team will be to determine how much they want to run up the score, which girls they should date, and their ring size for championship rings.
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