(02-12-2015 05:06 PM)HSV_BLAZER Wrote: Congrats to CJ. I remember hearing that he got married over the Christmas break.
CJ has been quietly consistent for us this year. I was surprised to see that he is second on the team in scoring and rebounds despite coming off the bench and playing just 19 minutes a game. He's been very dependable. Another surprise is our third leading scorer: Hakeem Baxter. There are six guys who have scored between 158-191 points, so the next four guys are right behind those two. My rambling point is that it might be harder than expected to replace CJ.
CJ has been
really inconsistent this year, thus his demotion to the second squad after being named preseason all-conference. He averaged 23 minutes earlier in the year, but in conference play, he's averaging just 15 minutes a game. However, CJ has played much better in his limited minutes during conference versus earlier in the year. If he would never leave the low block, he'd be a really decent player.
The biggest improvement is his shot selection. In conference play, only 10% of his shot attempts have been three-pointers. During non-conference, 36% of his FG attempts were behind the arc, and when you're attempting 6 three-pointers a game and shooting just 26%, that hurts. We lost our non-conference games for a myriad of reasons, but CJ's poor shooting and shot selection had a lot to do with it. It's no coincidence that he started playing less, and the team started winning more.
He's only averaging 5.6 points a game during conference play, which is good for seventh on the team. If we miss anything tonight, it'll be his rebounding on the offensive end.
With some extended minutes, I wouldn't be surprised to see Cokely go off for about 20+ tonight.
All that said, congrats to CJ.