skyblade
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RE: Where does WSU find players like Shamet?
JJ's problem is that he doesn't look for his own shot. He has to be wide open to even think about taking a three. He has to be unguarded to think about driving (and then is usually going to pass it out). Maybe he could be a star at a smaller school where he was the top option. But here he plays like he is the last option on O.
I agree on Clark. Clark doesn't have the body to post up consistently. Honestly our best O might be what we did vs Houston when they were here. Clark/Washington on the outside as 3 point shooting threats (both shoot >40% so teams need to respect them - last time I checked Washington was our top 3 point shooter in percentage) and to draw the bigs out. Then Cumberland/Evans/Broome driving and scoring or driving and kicking it out to open shooters. Or Clark/Washington flashing to the post and getting out if it's covered. Even Evans and especially Cumberland have the bodies to go in and post up if a smaller guard is on them.
Clark can beat a smaller player in the post and does so consistently vs worse teams (which is why I think Cronin has fallen in love with it). But put a true big on Clark and he's not getting post touches.
Cronin is devoted to the style of play that requires a big muscular big to go in and carve out space for themselves on O. Unfortunately, we don't have any bigs that fit that description currently (and only one on the team who might eventually in Nsoseme). Cronin demands the near impossible from his bigs: be athletic enough to guard any position and big enough to push the other teams big around.
Edit: Our 3-point shooting % has dropped as a team. Only 1 player over 40%. Broome 41%, Evans 39.2%, Clark 39.1%, Washington 38.9%, Jenifer 36.8%, Cumberland 33.3%, Moore 32.3% and Williams 13.6%. Anything below 35% probably shouldn't be regularly shooting threes.
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2018 11:40 AM by skyblade.)
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