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It’s the type of threes we are taking that kills us. Wade was pretty pissed about it last night. I don’t mind this team shooting threes when the ball moves to the open shooter but the no pass or one pass possessions that end with a three are killer.

The one pass threes mean the defense will be in position for the rebound. If we move the ball around make their defense work and slide them out of position we have a good shot at the offensive board. Which is why I don’t mind this team shooting the three when they move the ball around to get to the open three.

Yep.

Cam, Smart, Tremont were guys who were just as comfortable (maybe more) in shooting 3's off the dribble. Days is a catch and shoot guy, Pinson is somewhat inconsistent, and right now Gaines is just not a good 3 point shooter. Like you said, I don't think Wade is mad because they are missing threes. He's mad because the shots are bad and not even giving themselves a chance to make them or grab the miss.

But to put things in a little perspective because we are often blinded by the present, LSU is currently shooting 3's at the same % as the 19-20 team and slightly BETTER than the 18-19 team (SEC champs). The point is LSU has rarely been a good 3 point shooting team under Wade. Yet, they have found ways to score in bunches.

At the beginning of each season Wade gives his players more freedom on offense to see what works and what doesn't. Then, he tweaks the approach to fit what the personnel is best at doing. This was ALWAYS going to be a team that had to rely on ball movement and assists more than the last two teams to generate offense. They have gotten away from that in the last few games and I fully expect Wade to get it fixed. In 18-19 LSU started out taking a lot of questionable 3's. As the season went on the 3 point attempts started to wane a bit while the FT attempts went up. I wouldn't be surprised to see that same trend begin with the Georgia Tech game.