Looks like it's going to be "washington" for a while then. [winking]
This trio simply cannot play together
- Thread starter brianpoe
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The single biggest problem is nobody expect quade wants to pass the ball. A double team or semi open results in a T.O. because nobody passes the ball. As much as I hate the man Bob Knight would choke every player here because of so much dribbling.
Oh and I swear to god Hami can take a seat if he wants to shoot a 20 footer instead of driving an open lane ever again.
Gabriel regularly gets lost on defense and makes me cringe every time he sticks with the cutter instead of switching to the screener and leaves a wide damn open 3. His basketball IQ is limited. He's just not going to live up to his billing. He may end up a solid player as a senior, but right now he is a liability on the court.
I'm surprised we don't have fans griping that we don't huddle up before free throws.....
The butthurt is strong in this crowd...
The butthurt is strong in this crowd...
I agree with this...it seems like the fundamentals and basic basketball IQ that gets pushed aside with this great athletes.
This is the one of the big reasons the NBA wants one and done gone. Expand the D league to develop those skills on a fulltime basis, college just can't do that on part-time basis, in one year.
Same here. Swap it for grandmother. I turned in cursive writing until I was out of college. Old 50's English woman.
I can tell spellcheck has eroded some of my spelling ability over the last 10 years. Words I've always known how to spell and freeze up.
Because of computers I'm not even sure correct spelling is necessary anymore. Just get close and it'll fix itself.
Has nothing to do with his personal numbers.
The offense is very clunky with these 3 on the floor together and turnovers seem to come in bunches.
Alexander and Washington kill the offense because they are so loose with the ball. They combine to average over 11 turnovers per 40 minutes. Playing them together will be handing the opponent extra shot opportunities.
Some people do not have the same writing skills as you. I have an 136 iq and I may be the worst writer on this board. I am no idiot because I suck at punctuation.
I can remember when a 5* athlete was good, and impacted the game immediately.
This season needs to be looked at incrementally. For example, the first 10 games, we play some low level competition, save for Kansas. I thought we played a great, yet sloppy game with them. Roles will be defined by the 10th game, the second 10 will have everyone hopefully acclimating themselves to their strong suit, be it scoring, passing, rebounds, coming off the bench, playing great defense etc. If in these 10 games, we see this kind of change, then the last 10 or 12 games, we just get better and better. Point guard with Green is coming together nicely. By tournament time, we could be either of two things, an 8 seed and home after the first weekend, because some of the guys did not buy into the team concept or 1 or 2 seed in the toughest region which by now we have come to expect. One thing I see that I really like early on is the balance. Teams really don't know who to stop. We have 7 or 8 guys that could lead us in scoring on a given night. For me, there it is, now I am just going to stay tuned and hopefully see my wishes come true and beat Duke for our 9th
These first games aren’t against our usual cupcakes either. Other than Utah Valley, made it to the tournament last year. Utah Valley was a very experienced team with some big transfers, plus you add in how many games they’ve played over a short period will only make them battle tested.
All very astute observations after 5 games. None of which, however, are relevant to the remainder of the season. 5 games - let that sink in.
Sometimes when you are unsure about what you are supposed to do or thinking too much, you can appear lazy or lethargic. I'm thinking that's what's going on .
I think you are 100% correct. I don't think PJ is lazy at all. Unsure is the right word.
That's right, these are observations after 5 games, not predictions as to how the team will play in March.
Let that sink in.
"Drives me crazy" well it didn't have far to drive you did it?........just kidding when I was a youngster stripping tobacco we would have all these old ladies and one or two old men stripping tobacco and the women would say that just drives me crazy and one ole fellow would always say "it didn't have far to drive you did it. I just had to throw that in.
What do you expect from an English Major from UNC ?......[laughing]..[jumpingsmile].[roll]
I'm impressed that our fans have gleaned so much after just 5 games. I must not be very basketball savvy. 
So true. I keep thinking of the 10'-11' team. Not saying the season will go exactly like that, but that team really struggled, especially in SEC play. Got it together in the SECT and got on a roll. We shall see.
I'm impressed that our fans have gleaned so much after just 5 games. I must not be very basketball savvy.
What is up with all the smartass remarks thus far?
This is a message board where people make observations regarding the team and it's current play.
Perhaps we need to create a board simply for those who wish to make observations of other posters?
You are like the 5th person in this thread making a snarky comment about others making an observation
Not sure why you feel compelled to do so? No one is trashing our kids.
No need to apologize, I'm just asking a question. I dont like when posters totally trash kids, but these types of observation threads occur throughout the season.
I like your posts too btw, I didnt take it personally, I like @Sleepy Sleeperson too but I questioned him as well.
I disagree.
If you can't use proper English, why am I supposed to take you (general sense, not you, Frank Underwood) seriously or offer your argument a single shred of credibility?
I mean, the stuff I mentioned is not and never was difficult to grasp, so constantly messing it up tells me that person is a moron not to be taken seriously.
UNC English department motto:
If your to smart two care about what there saying, u should of went too UNC.