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Losing KBW was a bigger loss than losing Naz Reid
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:51 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:51 am
Made up for so many mistakes last year, and was a big reason why we were so successful. In my opinion the second best player on the team last year.
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Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:53 am to Hokomojo
Indubitably
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:56 am to Hokomojo
100% agree. Having a rim protector in the paint makes it so much easier to defend the three.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:57 am to GumboPot
I think the defense will be better next year. However we will be young once again.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:57 am to Hokomojo
No argument here
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:58 am to GumboPot
It’s that, and the fact that he cleaned up mistakes. We had a lot of the same issues last year just straight up guarding people. We get forced into rotations and people weren’t able to take shots as easily over us. Also, he played hard always which was a problem for naz
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:00 am to GumboPot
Or just getting in a perimeter guy’s face and moving your feet when he moves would help
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:00 am to Hokomojo
Kentucky’s length destroyed LSU on Tuesday.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:01 am to Hokomojo
Been saying this for years.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:01 am to Hokomojo
KBW was a great player and no doubt this team would be much better than they are now if they had him and his skills.
But, look at how much better Emmitt and days are this year and consider how much improved Naz would be, plus he was a pretty decent shooter last year
But, look at how much better Emmitt and days are this year and consider how much improved Naz would be, plus he was a pretty decent shooter last year
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:02 am to BattinRouge11
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Been saying this for years.
Are you from the future?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:03 am to BattinRouge11
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Been saying this for years.
You've been saying this for years? It hasn't even been a whole year since we lost KBW
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:03 am to Hokomojo
Was known by anyone who paid attention.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:05 am to Hokomojo
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Losing KBW was a bigger loss than losing Naz Reid
It seems that way because you basically replaced Naz with Watford but you did not replace KBW.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:13 am to Hokomojo
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Losing KBW was a bigger loss than losing Naz Reid
Never thought this was even remotely debatable.
KBW was a monster.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:47 am to Hokomojo
He was the guy to deter all the drives to the basket last year, we really dont have any of that this year. Everyone tries to help when someone gets blown by and if thats the case they kick it out for a wide open 3.
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 11:48 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:53 am to Hokomojo
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Made up for so many mistakes last year, and was a big reason why we were so successful. In my opinion the second best player on the team last year.
There's no question LSU would LOVE to still have him. And if you lined him up next to Williams (LSU's best frontcourt defender this year) they without a doubt would be better defensively. But if you compare the numbers from this season and last, you see the loss of KBW may not be all that great. Or at least as great as we think it is.
Opponents are scoring exactly as many ppg this year as they did last year (73). Opponents are making roughly the same amount of FG's per game this season as they did last season (~26)
From the perspective of three point defense, opponents are only making 1 more three per game this season (9) than they did last season (8). Opponents are only getting ~4 more points per game via the three this year (27.7) than they were last season (24.1). This year's 2 point defense is actually better (47%) than last season's (49%)
The argument, which I agree with, is that having a rim protector deters drives to the bucket thus, (ostensibly) making it easier to defend the perimeter. But what the numbers appear to show is that the impact of his loss is about one more made three pointer a game and two less offensive rebounds.
LSU's defense this season doesn't appear to be that much worse than last year's defense. But those extra 1-2 FG's and 3-4 points are HUGE when you play in so many close games. So obviously having him would help. LSU probably would have won 2-3 more of the close games they lost this year. But I think the takeaway is that the source of the defensive woes are FAR greater than simply just not having a "rim protector".
Posted on 2/20/20 at 12:03 pm to Pnels08
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But, look at how much better Emmitt and days are this year a
At the end of the day they are 6’6”. Which can be worked around if they actually shot the ball well as stretch players. But it’s more of a curse tbh. You can’t be undersized and not able to shoot.
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