Lipsey needs to be aggressive outside
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We had 0.52 points per possession over the last 12 minutes.
0.6 would have meant a 2 point win.
And knowing we had a 21 point lead, if Lipsey had shot 23 3s in the last 12 minutes and made only 4 or 5 we would be livid.
What's so hard about making buckets with a bunch of D1 athletes flying around!?
Just one or two more patient possessions, taking the time to get the ball down the court or whatever probably wins it. What a fiasco.
Not in my magical world where you just play everyone everywhere all the time.
CycloneErik
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I made a basket at the gym last week when my son and I were shooting around, I mean I know it's different during a game, but still.
CycloneErik
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Our offensive rebounding rate is 33%, combine that with longer rebounds for 3s and TT playing smaller and we probably rebound close to half those misses. A lot of offensive rebounds result in easy put-backs or wide open 3s for Grill, I still like the strategy. Additionally, I think Lipsey can shoot better than 20% being left that open.
What do we have to do to get this guy down there for shoot 5 for 5? Or one of the other shooting contests.
CycloneErik
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Let's talk to Strap, or maybe see if Jimmy is ready to play.
Lol, yeah, because I'm a Division 1 basketball player on scholarship for the sole reason the game of basketball was invented in the first place.
I'm not picking on those two, other teams have similar players, it just blows my mind how guys can compete at that level but yet can't do a fundamental task of the game.
Yeah, it's really not as simple as Tech sagged off Lipsey because he can't/won't shoot. Every team we've played since game 1 probably was "make the kid that shot 20% from the HS 3P line knock down jumpers."
It's not that simple. teams have sagged off of him and paid, because now you've got a Fr. PG allowed to be unpressured and comfortable out on the perimeter. And there are ways for the offense to make life difficult if a team is going to congregate multiple bodies in the lane, and having a bad shooter shoot over it is not one of those things.
What Tech did very well was first pressure like hell in their front court. They created TOs and burned shot clock. Then when ISU got into half court offense they overplayed wings, and often gave up deep position to the bigs and fronted them.
There are things you can do offensively to try to cause problems with them congregating bodies in the lane, but ISU didn't seem to try much. You're probably never going to completely make up for having a guard that the defense sags that far off from, but you can try to put their defense in a bit of conflict. But it's all easier said than done.
It's not that simple. teams have sagged off of him and paid, because now you've got a Fr. PG allowed to be unpressured and comfortable out on the perimeter. And there are ways for the offense to make life difficult if a team is going to congregate multiple bodies in the lane, and having a bad shooter shoot over it is not one of those things.
What Tech did very well was first pressure like hell in their front court. They created TOs and burned shot clock. Then when ISU got into half court offense they overplayed wings, and often gave up deep position to the bigs and fronted them.
There are things you can do offensively to try to cause problems with them congregating bodies in the lane, but ISU didn't seem to try much. You're probably never going to completely make up for having a guard that the defense sags that far off from, but you can try to put their defense in a bit of conflict. But it's all easier said than done.
There's been lots of times where the shot clock is at 5 seconds and Lipsey is wide open and just needs to shoot. Instead he tries to pass and either turns the ball over or the person he passes to is unable to get a shot off before the buzzer.
if he's not comfortable shooting , why not just drive when defenses are that far off? He would almost certainly get to the line quite a bit, or at the very least collapse defenders for better outside looks for our shooters.
Guys fly around during free throws or when they intentionally beg you to shoot a 3 or jumper so sag off you by 10 feet?
I thought it was pretty obvious I wasn't talking about tough, contested shots with 6'8 guys in their face but I guess I need to simplify everything for a couple of you guys.
He did do that once that I remember, if he’s not shooting that shot it really makes the passing lanes tougher. Not driving in though, because the paint is clogged unless they clear out.