Post by slblions08 on Mar 31, 2019 23:32:10 GMT -5
I don't have a ton of faith in Dunlap make a leap in coaching...but he has assembled interesting talent. A lot of improvement can be made on our team if 3 guys lock themselves in a gym with a shooting coach all summer. Scott, Bell and Alipiev. I think that since Ivan did not get developed this year, it hurts us next year because we need a floor spacer on a team with both Scott and Douglas. DD actually shot above .500% but I wonder if he's more valuable as a slasher. Plus Dunlap doesn't seem to give him the green light. For comparison, Batemon shot less than 30% from 3 and attempted 150. Quintana also got 125 3PA. Even Zafir got 50. Douglas, who made 57%? just 26 attempts. C'mon Dunlap.
I think Scott really missed out on improving this year because of his illness at the beginning of the season. It seemed to sap his energy and its hard to rebound during a season. I say he makes an improvement. In fact, he and the Ball family should go work with a shooting coach now that they're breaking from the BBB thing and just focus on basketball. Right now he's still an undersized 4.
Most likely the Australian and the Euro will marinate on the bench for the whole season. Maybe Gipson hasn't recovered that step since tearing his knee in high school because he hasn't bring a lot to the program yet. Johansson has been given opportunities but never established himself.
This team needs a starting PG badly to have a shot next year. Quintana can help run a team to slow them down, etc, but since Dunlap doesn't really draw up creative offense, they need a PG that can handle, penetrate and breakdown the defense for a whole season, not just spot minutes. That's Brown and Batemon. Batemon had 122 assists, the next guy, Scott, had 68. Q can definitely be the back up, but can't see much success starting since Douglas doesn't seem to be a creator yet to let him play off ball and be a spot-up shooter. Too bad the whole Cam Allen thing didn't work out.
Big Mattias will is a solid center and shown himself to be durable. Zafir has still disappointed in his promise. Seems to be a career back-up off the bench. I think Bell shows more promise, especially if he can turn himself into a stretch 4/5. But after MM and Bell, we lack some size with no Herman. They need to find a JC guy there too.
Any words of transfers?
I think Scott really missed out on improving this year because of his illness at the beginning of the season. It seemed to sap his energy and its hard to rebound during a season. I say he makes an improvement. In fact, he and the Ball family should go work with a shooting coach now that they're breaking from the BBB thing and just focus on basketball. Right now he's still an undersized 4.
Most likely the Australian and the Euro will marinate on the bench for the whole season. Maybe Gipson hasn't recovered that step since tearing his knee in high school because he hasn't bring a lot to the program yet. Johansson has been given opportunities but never established himself.
This team needs a starting PG badly to have a shot next year. Quintana can help run a team to slow them down, etc, but since Dunlap doesn't really draw up creative offense, they need a PG that can handle, penetrate and breakdown the defense for a whole season, not just spot minutes. That's Brown and Batemon. Batemon had 122 assists, the next guy, Scott, had 68. Q can definitely be the back up, but can't see much success starting since Douglas doesn't seem to be a creator yet to let him play off ball and be a spot-up shooter. Too bad the whole Cam Allen thing didn't work out.
Big Mattias will is a solid center and shown himself to be durable. Zafir has still disappointed in his promise. Seems to be a career back-up off the bench. I think Bell shows more promise, especially if he can turn himself into a stretch 4/5. But after MM and Bell, we lack some size with no Herman. They need to find a JC guy there too.
Any words of transfers?