A thought about shooting next year

[KYAnywhereEverywhere]

With Milan on the team you very likely are never going to have a bad shooting night. I think he's just that consistent. His threes plus only a couple more from the entire rest of the team equates to at least a good enough shooting night.

 

[catsarecool1447]

There will be a few games we struggle. If Milan is off a night, I would label the rest of the team, at least coming into the year, as streaky shooters.

 

[tjhunter]

With Milan on the team you very likely are never going to have a bad shooting night. I think he's just that consistent. His threes plus only a couple more from the entire rest of the team equates to at least a good enough shooting night.

I have never seen a team play the entire year without a few bad shooting nights! Not saying it can't happen, but even Steph has his off nights!

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

feel like those things are never consistent with any team.

You just hope that on the bad shooting nights, you do enough other things well enough to win the game.

 

[UKCowboys]

I think thats why Mitchell was such a key add. Mitchell is a dude who can just go get a bucket when you need it

 

[megablue]

With Milan on the team you very likely are never going to have a bad shooting night. I think he's just that consistent. His threes plus only a couple more from the entire rest of the team equates to at least a good enough shooting night.

Great, great shooter, but he is going to draw serious defensive focus every minute, especially in the big games. Just take a look at the Tennessee game to end his season last year. He is human. He will have off-nights ... hopefully, very few. The hope is that our talent depth is more than enough to make up the difference. I think it is, but I still expect and want Moncilovic to take close to ten (10) threes a game.

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[BluWildcatz]

We have a lot of mid-range shooters.

 

[BookofMormon]

Great, great shooter, but he is going to draw serious defensive focus every minute, especially in the big games. Just take a look at the Tennessee game to end his season last year. He is human. He will have off-nights ... hopefully, very few. The hope is that our talent depth is more than enough to make up the difference. I think it is, but I still expect and want Moncilovic to take close to ten (10) threes a game.

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Jefferson was out - he was basically a point forward, best player on the team, averaged almost 5 assists a game. Make no mistake, Milan does not create his own shot. Pope is going to have to coach. This isn't a roster where you can just roll the ball out and say go, ala Calipari. He's going to have to run sets, build spacing, find catalysts.

 

[JHannibalSmith]

I really wish we had at least one more knockdown shooter. But, I don’t think it’ll be that big of a deal next season. We have several guys who have the potential to take a leap & become a consistent shooter. And, most everyone should be at least good enough to keep defenses honest.

Plus, the depth will be insane & the odds are better that at least 1-2 guys can get hot & compensate for off nights from everyone else. And, with all the talent on the floor there should be no shortage of open looks. Playing 3 guys together who are capable of averaging around 4 apg, or better, won’t hurt either.

Typically, I’d be really worried about it & saying it’ll be our undoing. And, it feels strange for me to even think otherwise bc I, admittedly, way overvalue shooting. But, with the overall talent, depth & positional versatility this team should have, scoring shouldn’t be a huge problem, even on cold shooting nights. And, again, safety in numbers; the odds of everyone being off on the same night lessen greatly when you can go a legit 12-13 deep.

 

[Anon1759809186]

We need Kam to be really good this year

 

[BBNinSCar]

I don’t think Kam or Hawthorne have the ability to be more than a bench player.
Zoom and Wilkins are key to our success. If either of those guys prove to not be SEC caliber guards, it will be a long season.