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Carter-Williams played off the ball quite a bit though. He only had 1 assist in the box score. There were a couple of others where his teammates just didn't make shots, but he wasn't really running the offense.
 
Catchall said:
Carter-Williams played off the ball quite a bit though. He only had 1 assist in the box score. There were a couple of others where his teammates just didn't make shots, but he wasn't really running the offense.
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Yeah but you could argue that Indiana shut down the options and really challenged him to either shoot the 3 or drive and finish, and he did those things effectively.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
If MCW had a good tournament, and kept playing like this, I wouldn't be surprised if KOC/Lindsey decided to go with MCW.

It's well documented that KOC loves "players who are long for their position". Burke for all of his attributes, goes against that philosophy.
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Why don't we have Paul George then? :o
 
People will doubt this MCW performance because Indiana's guards are so small.. I guess we'll just have to see how he does against more athletic Marquette.
 
PKM said:
I about choked on a pretzel. Wtf would you want to watch sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww ball?
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I mean long, athletic and aggressive defenders that block the lanes, smother the rim and run out. The pace was incredibly fast. We have a few players who could do that. Mo, Al and Foye, however, aren't going to let that happen.

I still want to see that Giannis kid work out for the Jazz.
 
PKM said:
Their defense gives them a shot every year.. it keeps them in every game.
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It's also why I hate watching them play. I like defense, but their zone has led to some boring games.

It's also why I can't tell how MCW would be as a man-to-man defender at the next level.

Meh, I wish the college game did more to incent man defense. Better NBA training. The end.
 
Zone has its advantages though - here's from Jay Bilas re Zones:

Zone D is a big preparation advantage. Most college teams run upwards of 50 different plays against man, meaning a great amount of film study and practice is devoted to what the other team wants to do. But a zone flips the script, shifting the prep work onto opposing shoulders. Because defenders guard an area instead of a man, offenses can utilize only about two or three different wrinkles against a 2-3. And, Pitino says, "in all my years, I haven't seen one zone offense that's as good as a man offense." So while an opposing coach scrambles both to prepare his man-to-man D for multiple offensive sets and get his offense ready for an unfamiliar defensive look, a zone coach can turn his attention inward toward execution and player development.

Nowhere is that advantage more critical than in postseason play, with short turnaround time between games. Syracuse's six-overtime win against UConn in last year's Big East tourney was unforgettable. But do you recall that the next day the Orange knocked off West Virginia in OT, too? You'd think that after playing into the wee hours of the morning, the Orange would have been toast, from a preparation perspective. Thanks to their zone, that wasn't an issue.
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In a big tournament like this where you play up to 3 teams a week, it's much easier to prepare for. Then you can focus on your offense, etc.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
do you usually have pretzel for dinner??

Just out of interest..
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No. Had sushi for dinner. A few pretzels and beer was my bb game watching snack.

Hotttnickkk said:
Zone has its advantages though - here's from Jay Bilas re Zones:



In a big tournament like this where you play up to 3 teams a week, it's much easier to prepare for. Then you can focus on your offense, etc.
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Durr.. said a different way .. zone is used by the lesser talented team. think about it..
 
Aran Smith (nbadraft) has MCW at 22 on his board for what its worth. I think that would be the angle I play with MCW. If Burke and McCollum are gone at 14 (or wherever we end up), take BPA (GRIII?) and hope MCW is there for the GS pick.
 
UGLI baby said:
I scouted four games (vs Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Duke, NC St.) of Shane Larkin to get a better idea of how he scores the ball. The stats show he has a very well rounded scoring game. Here is where his offense comes from:

Spot up 3-pointers: ~29% of total points scored

Free throws: ~17% of total points scored

Low post up moves: ~13% of total points scored

Fast break opportunities: ~13% of total points scored

High post moves: ~11% of total points scored

Mid range spot up jumpers: ~6% of total points scored

Drives: ~4% of total points scored

Offensive put-back's: ~4%

Alley-oop dunks: ~2% of total points scored


Larkin seems to be a really underrated 3-point shooter. It's where he gets the majority of his points from, and in these games he shot 64% (9/14) on spot up 3's. On the season he's shooting 42% on 3.5 attempts per game from 3.

Another area that really stood out was his ability to score out of the high post. 11% of his offense came here, but the more impressive thing was that he shot 71% from the high post (post moves outside of 10 feet is how I measured it). It's a small sample size, but I do believe he has an elite post game for a perimeter player his age.

He aslo scores out of the low post, and gets to the FT line at a great rate like any good scorer should.

The main thing missing from his scoring arsenal is his ability to take his man off the dribble. But, he's better at it than the 4% would suggest, cause sometimes he would drive, then be met by another defender and end up shooting a jump hook out of the low/high post, so I counted the points in those categories.

He scores all over the court, both within the flow of the offense (coming of screens for spot up jumpers etc.) and by creating his own shot. If he ever improves his handle the way he improved his 3-pointer (that was one of the nocks on his game coming out out of high school), then watch out.
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Curious. Do you ever get repped from these posts? Lolz
 
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