I was upset with Brooks at the end of the LSU game and then especially after Ark but he puts up decent numbers. I believe he tries to be the man and forces it especially at the end, He needs to chill and play a secondary roll. Unfortunately we do not have that go to guy besides Oscar and since he is not a ball handler and is the center of focus it limits him. Tyty could be but his injuries are limiting him in the development into that role. Wheeler does not have the ability and Grady seems scared. All the pieces were there for winning the SEC and being a #1 Seed if it had not been for injuries to C.J and TyTy.
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Yeah should be super easy to get the best shooter in the arena a 3. Nobody would ever expect that.
If you take those shots, you need to make them. Brooks did not, Wheeler did and I was ecstatic to see at least one 3 go down on Saturday and I didn’t care how it went in, we needed it.
Also, when Wheeler shot that 3, he had no other options and the shot clock was very low, so I don't get why you keep bringing that up.
The 19 footer is such a dumb shot. Take 1 step back and you get a 3 pointer. I will take a wide open 3 over an open 19 footer every time.
Brooks and Wheeler are good from 10' and in, that’s it. If either of them takes a 19 footer, they need to do it in the right circumstances.
Brooks takes it because he’s open and he doesn't give a **** about time, score and situation. That’s the problem in my opinion. His shots were ill timed and they shredded the momentum we had at the time.
That is why I'm talking about Brooks and not Wheeler. I've said this multiple times now.
Every team we play has no problem getting their best shooters open shots.
Heck, we have a guy go off on us every game and we have the 20th rated defense.
Notea went for 30, got whatever he wanted. Same with Pinson, same with Quinerly.
There is no reason we should ever see Grady only take 3 shots, that’s a failure all the way around.
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I am so sick of people repeating this stupidity.
The 18-footer is NOT the WORST SHOT IN BASKETBALL. Not even close. If you're going by that 'chart' everybody's referencing, then it's the THIRD BEST shot on the list. But it's certainly not worse than a half court shot, or a full court shot, or a behind the back blindfolded shot, or a behind the backboard under the rim shot, or the underhanded shot with a man in your face. The wide open 18 foot jumper is a fairly decent shot.
You are smarter than this.
Brooks shoots when he's open. Nobody gives him credit when he steals the ball and goes coast to coast and lays it in, like he did against Arky. They just remember when he makes a mistake. There's such a level of visceral hatred that it blinds people from being objective toward him.
Strip? He put that **** in his face. Problem was Brooks played better than Toppin.
Stupidity? Oh okay, we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
If we were playing a shooting game, where you take nothing but 18-20 footers and I take 10 footers, or threes, I'm going to beat you every time. This is common sense.
If you have a guy that might only hit 10% of them, it's the worst shot he can take. It’s not an opinion, it's a fact.
It was. We had a 3-4 point lead with chance to stretch it out, to lose the ball is bad enough, to give up a game tying wide open 3 was a nail in the coffin mistake.