It is all about the weakside player making cuts to the basket that would open up our game so much! While Maryland was fronting MJ a majority of the time they also were double teaming him as an adjustment on Defense as they saw the potential of him crushing them. Smart move by Maryland to adjust.
I only saw ONE play yesterday where MJ had the ball and PM cut to the basket in the paint which ended up being a pass from MJ to PM for a layup and 1. This was the only time it happened all day from someone cutting from the weakside.
The point is too many of our offensive players are just standing around instead of moving without the ball. They are literally just waiting for the kickout for the jump shot(specifically 3pt shot). It is disgusting and it makes us LOOK like we don't have an offense unless it is a set play.
Bingo.....everything here is correct....you have to have a mindset of all 5 players to score and it only takes 1 of the 5 to not have that mindset and makes the offense sluggish and gives confidence to the defense.
You can watch any number of earlier games where Myles was doubled and a cut was made to a player who scored or took a pass and found an open shooter. The Mulcahy factor I've addressed multiple times in multiple threads throughout the season is he is not looking to score.
If you play a 2 man game with PM passing to Myles in the post and a double team comes, it takes a simple cut by Mulcahy where Myles can find him. Myles is a good passer, so that is there all game long.
If Mulcahy stands there hesitating or not looking to score, the defense wins. If you want someone else to make the entry pass to Myles (Geo, Young or Caleb) and Mulcahy is on the weak side of the post pass.....same concept....Geo, Caleb or JY cut hard to the basket if Myles is doubled from the weak side....(the weak side defender in this instance is responsible for Mulcahy if he's on the court and not making the post pass to Myles).
If the weakside defender leaves Mulcahy (or Mathis) and the cutter catches the pass from Myles, there's open space everywhere. That player can catch and score or make a pass to an open shooter.
If that defense is run and Mulcahy and Mathis are the shooters, that's what the defense is hoping you don't take advantage of....if it's either player, that player has to take that open 3 OR, pump fake the defender trying to scramble and recover, which leaves driving lanes open towards the hoop.
A jumper is considered a "settle or last resort ".....a good team makes a team pay for doubling the post by attacking the basket off the dribble....Mulcahy does not do this enough and it bogs down the offense... he's not aggressive enough if he's the post passer to Myles and he's not aggressive enough if the ball finds him, after the double team, where he should be driving to score or get fouled at the basket.....keep in mind, teams that usually double team the post, usually don't have shot blockers to play Myles 1 on 1....so the driving lanes to the basket after the double team is WIDE OPEN.....
If you want to know why RUs offense looked significantly better last year vs this year is Mulcahy is playing in the Yeboah spot in the offense.....Yeboah made that post pass, then cut hard and looked to score inside..
If Geo made the entry pass and Yeboah was parked on the opposite side of the court in the corner, defenses would pay dearly by sagging off Yeboah.....the double team hit Myles, cut made for a score or a couple of passes and the ball hit Yeboah in the corner for a 3.....swish and RU wins vs the post defender double team.
I cannot stress enough how Mulcahy and his passive play is killing this offense. To Mulcahy and his credit, he has improved his 3 point shot enough, that if he is wide open, he can now make that wide open 3 from the corner or wing.
But he doesn't do enough cutting and playmaking to score to prevent teams from double teaming a post pass to Myles on the low block.
