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SJUhoopNUT said:
Kudos Aaron Scott. I don’t think he came here to just shoot 3s and he showed that last night. Impacted the game in different ways. Need that consistently.
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Aaron Scott is quietly the key to this team's prospects.

You need to Zuby to be Zuby. You need Kadary to be a little more like himself than he's been, but he's close. You'd like a smarter RJ but then again I'd like a full head of hair and I'm doing OK without that so we work with what we have.

You can get to a certain place with those guys. But to get past that the man you need is Aaron Scott. He can be an enormous difference maker for this team.

I am absolutely perplexed by this team's 3 point shooting, though. I am absolutely convinced that Scott, Wilcher, and Dunlap can all shoot a reasonable percentage from there. Yet the numbers say I must be stoned or something. Only Glover seems immune to the negative impact of whoever our shooting coach is.
 
I really did not expect a win in an arena we never win at, so very pleasantly surprised. The defense is tenacious. Once the 3 point shots start falling (and they will), this team could be very dangerous. Especially if as someone noted, the team continues to gel and play for each other.
 
espken said:
When RJ starts cooking and strings baskets, you have to expect the heat check moments. Frustrating but understandable and it’s on Pitino to govern it.
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I don't mind the "heat check" moments, especially when we are struggling from the outside. He can make difficult shots.

It's the dribbling into traffic, whether in the open court or paint, and occasional casual nature with the ball leading to a strip, turnover and quick points for the opposition. Love RJ, but sometimes I want to yell "just slow down", because he can always do that at the end of a shot clock if we need him to try and create something out of nothing.
 
hardytime said:
I don't mind the "heat check" moments, especially when we are struggling from the outside. He can make difficult shots.

It's the dribbling into traffic, whether in the open court or paint, and occasional casual nature with the ball leading to a strip, turnover and quick points for the opposition. Love RJ, but sometimes I want to yell "just slow down", because he can always do that at the end of a shot clock if we need him to try and create something out of nothing.
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It's also extremely predictable. You can see team defenses key in on him once they see him determined to get to the basket. He's not talented (yet) to score despite that. It makes him a lot easier to defend, especially stripping the ball away and defending his shots competitively. If he can be just a little less predictable, he would be an even bigger headache to defend.
 
hardytime said:
I don't mind the "heat check" moments, especially when we are struggling from the outside. He can make difficult shots.

It's the dribbling into traffic, whether in the open court or paint, and occasional casual nature with the ball leading to a strip, turnover and quick points for the opposition. Love RJ, but sometimes I want to yell "just slow down", because he can always do that at the end of a shot clock if we need him to try and create something out of nothing.
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Not sure his loose habits will change dramatically, but must say his offensive rebounding is really a big weapon for the “gang that couldn’t shoot straight”. His scoring ability also requires opponents to plan for him. If he can consistently hit his mid range jumper, where he gets open a lot, we’re ahead of the game. He’ll never be that heady player we all love, but all in all the good outweighs the bad.
 
dk423 said:
It's also extremely predictable. You can see team defenses key in on him once they see him determined to get to the basket. He's not talented (yet) to score despite that. It makes him a lot easier to defend, especially stripping the ball away and defending his shots competitively. If he can be just a little less predictable, he would be an even bigger headache to defend.
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So true. And something a player w a higher IQ could use to his advantage if he chose to. With his rep he could be the most effective "drive, draw and dish" guy on the team. Two or three times a game he should be hitting a wide open cutter for an easy bucket after the D collapses on him or finding a guy for a wide open three. But if you notice, nobody cuts when he has the ball and that look in his eye. They know its a waste of time. They're all thinking what we're thinking while we're watching: "here he goes again!"
 
Junkyard Arron Scott is my favorite Arron Scott. He was an animal yesterday. Embrace that aggressiveness on the boards, continue to get some easy looks at the basket and I bet you hell start to regain some confidence from deep.
 
tnice said:
So true. And something a player w a higher IQ could use to his advantage if he chose to. With his rep he could be the most effective "drive, draw and dish" guy on the team. Two or three times a game he should be hitting a wide open cutter for an easy bucket after the D collapses on him or finding a guy for a wide open three. But if you notice, nobody cuts when he has the ball and that look in his eye. They know its a waste of time. They're all thinking what we're thinking while we're watching: "here he goes again!"
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They're all thinking, crash the glass because he's definitely shooting and he may miss.
 
RJ is an incredible rebounder/inside scorer for a guy his size and weight. Extraordinary athleticism. He also routinely gets the hell beat out of him on drives and gets a very unfriendly whistle.
Could he pass a little more? Of course. But his assist rate is up from last year and most of his passes lead to easy, uncontested hoops. Just needs to realize that, while we do need his unique scoring talents, he doesn’t have to do it all himself.
He’s getting there. One of the best players in the League and we’d be a far easier team to beat without him.
 
lawmanfan said:
Aaron Scott is quietly the key to this team's prospects.

You need to Zuby to be Zuby. You need Kadary to be a little more like himself than he's been, but he's close. You'd like a smarter RJ but then again I'd like a full head of hair and I'm doing OK without that so we work with what we have.

You can get to a certain place with those guys. But to get past that the man you need is Aaron Scott. He can be an enormous difference maker for this team.

I am absolutely perplexed by this team's 3 point shooting, though. I am absolutely convinced that Scott, Wilcher, and Dunlap can all shoot a reasonable percentage from there. Yet the numbers say I must be stoned or something. Only Glover seems immune to the negative impact of whoever our shooting coach is.
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Not sure about singling out Glover, Smith is shooting a slightly higher %, Wilcher and Dunlap slighty lower. Obviously all three have more attempts, Wilcher’s and Smith by a factor of 2. Scott and Luis drag the % down as they are 1 and 2 in attempts, Scott 70 to Luis 49.
 
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