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Problem with Basketball is Simple
Posted on 12/15/15 at 4:43 am
Posted on 12/15/15 at 4:43 am
Simmons is wasting himself. His game is to set up teammates for shots. Problem is his teammates have let him down. He needs to demand the ball INSIDE. We need to feed the ball to him inside. He heeds to think about shooting more and passing less. He needs to realize he is too valuable to make stupid fouls. That offensive foul that got him out of the Houston game probably cost us that game.
The Houston guards could not have shot those little floaters in overtime if Ben had been there to swat them away. It was just a stupid, not needed foul.
It is obvious that Elbert was way overrated by recruiting gurus. Same with Blakeney, same with Sampson. Quarterman is way overrated on defense. As someone else pointed out his man beats him time and time agains but yet he is supposed to be a great defensive player.
At this time the team has one great player, one good player Hornsby and a bunch that act like they don't even know what they are doing.
The Houston guards could not have shot those little floaters in overtime if Ben had been there to swat them away. It was just a stupid, not needed foul.
It is obvious that Elbert was way overrated by recruiting gurus. Same with Blakeney, same with Sampson. Quarterman is way overrated on defense. As someone else pointed out his man beats him time and time agains but yet he is supposed to be a great defensive player.
At this time the team has one great player, one good player Hornsby and a bunch that act like they don't even know what they are doing.
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Posted on 12/15/15 at 4:59 am to Tom Bronco
Simmons is not a low post player. He needs to have the ball in his hands every possession and that's not going to happen if we bury him down low. Simmons reminds me of a young Magic who had great ball skills and court awareness but couldn't shoot from the outside.
Simmons can find the open guy, but they have to knock down shots. Someone other than Hornsby has to step up. Simmons needs to be more aggressive and selfish.
Simmons can find the open guy, but they have to knock down shots. Someone other than Hornsby has to step up. Simmons needs to be more aggressive and selfish.
This post was edited on 12/15/15 at 5:06 am
Posted on 12/15/15 at 5:27 am to Tom Bronco
No the problem is we need to not stand around and actually run some plays. And we need to play defense, and protect the paint better.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 5:50 am to JustSmokin
Simmons is the prototypical down low player. I dont see why people dont get that.
You proclaim he is a magic johnson type player but he needs to learn to play as the post player of magic johnson and let him create close to the rim.
The fact that he cant shoot consistency outside of 5 feet from the goal, he needs to be the post player that runs the inside out and create in the lane. He is too good of a finisher and passer to not be utilized down low.
You proclaim he is a magic johnson type player but he needs to learn to play as the post player of magic johnson and let him create close to the rim.
The fact that he cant shoot consistency outside of 5 feet from the goal, he needs to be the post player that runs the inside out and create in the lane. He is too good of a finisher and passer to not be utilized down low.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 6:28 am to Ryan3232
The offense may not look extremely organized but you all realize we're averaging like 83 ppg.
It's not the offense it's the defense. Period. They have no perimeter defense and they allow wayyy too many second chance points. It's a combination of "want to" from the players and coaching. It's really a shame because there's great talent on this team.
It's not the offense it's the defense. Period. They have no perimeter defense and they allow wayyy too many second chance points. It's a combination of "want to" from the players and coaching. It's really a shame because there's great talent on this team.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 6:37 am to Tom Bronco
quote:Wow. You are probably the last person who should be giving basketball advice.
Tom Bronco
Posted on 12/15/15 at 6:38 am to tigerbaiter1033
Defense
Posted on 12/15/15 at 6:42 am to Tom Bronco
The problem is this team has been allowed to play soft.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 6:49 am to ellessuuuu
The problem is the LSU Athletics are soft. We haven't put the ball in the right guys hands at the right time. Talent may be somewhat of a factor, but our biggest area of improvement needs to be in legislative funding.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 7:06 am to Chris Warner
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Problem with Basketball is Simple by Chris WarnerDefense
This....pure and simple. And that's fixable...but it ain't getting fixed. Which is concerning and disappointing.
And of course on the few occasions when the other teams miss despite our poor D, we can't rebound.
For all the great recruiting we've got four post players on scholarship who between the four of them none can rebound or block shots.
Let's see what Victor can do and let's see if we make some improvements on D or go Groundhog's Day on D as we seem to have with all these recurring errors in recent years.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 7:36 am to Tom Bronco
quote:don't blame the gurus. No one was hyping Elbert.
It is obvious that Elbert was way overrated by recruiting gurus.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 8:42 am to Tiger Ugly
Johnny makes no adjustments whatsoever. It almost appears as though he lets personal things get in the way of good coaching. The other night Josh Gray should of had all of Blakeney's minutes. You leave in someone that plays no defense and can't hit the broad side of a barn, to not play the best wing defender you have and someone who can penetrate at will. With Hornsby and Quarterman hitting, there was zero logical reason for Blakeney to be on the floor and not Gray or Patterson.
Posted on 12/15/15 at 2:41 pm to JustSmokin
quote:You say that Simmons is not a low post player but yet he needs to be more aggressive and selfish. How can he be aggressive when he can't hit a jump shot. The one game we won out of the last five is when Simmons was being a low post player in the half court set and we actually got him the ball.
Simmons is not a low post player. He needs to have the ball in his hands every possession and that's not going to happen if we bury him down low. Simmons reminds me of a young Magic who had great ball skills and court awareness but couldn't shoot from the outside.
Simmons can find the open guy, but they have to knock down shots. Someone other than Hornsby has to step up. Simmons needs to be more aggressive and selfish.
In the pros Simmons won't be playing post up against the big boys but this isn't them and we can't win with him playing on the perimeter. I will also venture to say that if he doesn't develop a jump shot when he goes pro then he won't be a great pro either.
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