SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Dec 29, 2010 9:21:24 GMT -5
Well done. Keep it up Chris. You're a ton of fun to watch play and improve game by game and I hope you reap every reward that you so richly deserve for having made the choices that you've made. You're exactly what Georgetown basketball should be about. HOYA bleeping SAXA! Great post tashoya! Especially your closing (above). Nice to see Chris getting some Hoya love!! |
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Post by wahoohoya on Dec 29, 2010 9:42:21 GMT -5
Not to take anything away from Chris and all the work he has certainly put in to become a more complete player, but the adjustments that you speak of aren't exactly altruistic. Chris needed to make those adjustments to have any shot at playing at the next level. I've noted this before - that Chris sometimes seems to be selfishly unselfish in his pursuit of assists. It's fortunate that what is good for Chris and his NBA aspirations - proving that he can be a great floor general - is also exactly what the team needs to be elite. Obviously doesn't always work out that way.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Dec 29, 2010 10:25:07 GMT -5
I agree that he has seemed to force some very risky passes to try to pick up an extra assist or two, but I usually notice that when the team is up big and there is little risk.
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Post by tashoya on Dec 29, 2010 17:43:42 GMT -5
Not to take anything away from Chris and all the work he has certainly put in to become a more complete player, but the adjustments that you speak of aren't exactly altruistic. Chris needed to make those adjustments to have any shot at playing at the next level. I've noted this before - that Chris sometimes seems to be selfishly unselfish in his pursuit of assists. It's fortunate that what is good for Chris and his NBA aspirations - proving that he can be a great floor general - is also exactly what the team needs to be elite. Obviously doesn't always work out that way. Possibly true but not necessarily. If he were the leading scorer on the team last year and this year, he may get more press than he has. See Walker, Kemba. Granted, Chris and Kemba are not that similar but you get my drift. If, in fact, if he undertook the drastic changes in his game to improve his chances of moving to the next level, it's just as laudable considering the fact that I'd venture that the vast majority of kids would likely ignore the advice to make the changes that Chris did because they're a) not sexy, flashy changes that get you noticed, b) they cause your immediate game to suffer and c) I'm not sure how many kids are willing to put in the amount of work that Chris obviously has as an 18 year old and continuing throughout college. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 29, 2010 22:34:06 GMT -5
I agree that he has seemed to force some very risky passes to try to pick up an extra assist or two, but I usually notice that when the team is up big and there is little risk. Well, maybe not just when we are up big. |
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Post by superan on Dec 29, 2010 22:35:54 GMT -5
I actually thought Chris did have some great passes tonight. 6 assists and would have had a lot more if other team members knocked down their shots.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Dec 29, 2010 22:36:06 GMT -5
I've never seen a great player in a Hoya uniform so unfairly criticized than Chris Wright...so now that he's getting assists, he's unselfishly selfish?
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Post by SFHoya99 on Dec 29, 2010 22:51:16 GMT -5
I've never seen a great player in a Hoya uniform so unfairly criticized than Chris Wright...so now that he's getting assists, he's unselfishly selfish? Sad He shot like crap tonight. No amount of passing overcomes what was basically a 1-11 shooting performance. I'm not saying he's a bad player or even necessarily a bad decision-maker. But he had the worst offensive game of any Hoya tonight. |
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Post by prhoya on Dec 29, 2010 23:06:58 GMT -5
Bad Chris... I thought we were done with him.
Suck it up and get ready for the next game.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Dec 30, 2010 1:38:40 GMT -5
Bad everybody . . . even an uncharacteristic brainfart or two from Austin. Aberration game. Move on. Kill DePaul. Then kill St. John's at the Garden and reset karma.
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Post by blueandgray on Dec 30, 2010 1:41:48 GMT -5
Other than a few rushed shots, I had no problem with chris' decision making process tonight. Nd did a very good job shutting down passing and driving lanes. When chris did get an open lane, he'd get fouled a moment before his shot attempt to negate continuation. A frustrating night for chris, but it was not for a lack of effort.
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Post by sleepy on Dec 30, 2010 2:18:22 GMT -5
Other than a few rushed shots, I had no problem with chris' decision making process tonight. Nd did a very good job shutting down passing and driving lanes. When chris did get an open lane, he'd get fouled a moment before his shot attempt to negate continuation. A frustrating night for chris, but it was not for a lack of effort. I forgot about that. Notre Dame got called for some very fortunate fouls that had they not been called would have led to momentum baskets for the Hoyas and ended up leading to nothing. That was probably the most frustrating and uncontrollable aspect of the game. |
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Post by prhoya on Dec 30, 2010 7:52:56 GMT -5
When the other team plays with 6 players, you keep going at them to get them in foul trouble, not shoot the ineffective 3's.
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Post by calhoya on Dec 30, 2010 8:38:55 GMT -5
Chris is a natural talent who has the ability to take over a game and can also turn it around without scoring.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Dec 30, 2010 9:17:31 GMT -5
I would assume this year the highest correlation between team wins and individual player success will be Chris Wright. He was off last night and we lost. This will clearly be one of CW's worst games of the season and in a month we will look back on this as a road loss to an excellent team. ND will probably be top 4-5 in the league this year and Top 20 nationally.
Chin up Hoyas. Time to regroup and take the next 3 games. If we do, we will all be feeling quite differently heading into the Pitt game.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 30, 2010 10:39:29 GMT -5
Chris is a natural talent who has the ability to take over a game and can also turn it around without scoring. Only if he keeps his dead in the game... I saw a lot of forcing it and pouting last night. |
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Post by calhoya on Dec 30, 2010 10:47:00 GMT -5
prhoya, he was "dead" in the game last night, but it happens less frequently than it used to. As for the pouting, what are you referring to?
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Post by prhoya on Dec 30, 2010 10:57:08 GMT -5
If he was "dead", as you say, you stop shooting the 3s and start pounding it inside and get them in foul trouble, not end a possession by hoping to make a 3 and without getting something out of that possession.
Chris has a tendency to pout and slouch his shoulders when he is frustrated or things are not going his way. Check the video.
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Post by blueandgray on Dec 30, 2010 10:57:46 GMT -5
I didn't see pouting. I saw a bit of frustration.....ie, the one break away we get Hollis overthrows the ball, no continuation calls, a charge late in a game where at home that call goes the other way and chris gets the " and 1". A few plays can really change the complexion of a game.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 30, 2010 11:04:35 GMT -5
Let me explain this one up before it's misinterpreted. The pouting and frustration is more with himself than directed towards someone else. In other words, it's similar to athletes that talk/shout to themselves to get pumped up. It's not the Duke/Syracuse pouting at refs.
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