re: Kelvin Sampson quote...

The problem I saw last night from JJ. Once Ben got 2 fouls he was not gonna challenge any shot in the lane. I can't blame him for that because we absolutely need him in the game and lately he gets whistled for breathing on somebody. So hears my issue. If your main "rim protecter" refuses to protect the paint then please JJ back off of the damn ball!!!! There's nobody protecting the rim! Stop pressing the ball outside the 3 pt arc! Just back off and make them shoot over the top of you. How many damn floaters did they hit in the lane because we got burnt off the dribble and nobody helped? How could nobody on the staff see that??? Just tell your guards to stop pressing the dribbler so high past the 3 pt line. We are not good enough defensively to do that even if Ben isn't in foul trouble. Make them shoot long 3's & 2's with a hand in their face and your bigs still in great rebounding position. How many uncontested floaters did they have to make before somebody makes the adjustment???
I feel like I'm taking fricking crazy pills.

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ou do realize that Simmons is leading our team in rebounding at 14.9 a game? He has 3 times as many offensive rebounds as the next Tiger.

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That's a rough, rough equivalent to a Free Safety making 140 tackles in college football. It's not a positive, I assure you. Big Fat Elbert should be getting 10 boards a game, but he is not and so Simmons is forced to become our rebounder. Simmons, if he was not such an importance on the rebounding end, could be playing looser and headed down for fast break point chances.