toppin is playing pretty well right now
Hope you are right. We looked scary good today.
I’ve heard this several times that Brooks is the “captain” this season. I remember Cal being adamant about not selecting captains for his teams. I’ve even heard him mention it in interviews, on more than one occasion. Just curious what changed, if Brooks is indeed, the captain.
Yeah, I agree. Brooks struggled in our early games. He would always have some strange turnovers in nearly every game, at least one. He did get called for traveling today but his contributions have outweighed his mistakes in recent games. He's becoming a very reliable mid-range scorer and even is handling the ball better and passing better. It wasn't that long ago when I didn't want him doing either of those things. His confidence is growing, which is an excellent sign.
He made a couple beautiful passes for 3 today. Very proud of him. He’s shootings the 3 himself too and made a couple recently.
Still took a long two with one foot inside the 3pt line (worst shot in basketball) ... corner pocket ... at least he made it!
We may never have our shots fall and have the offensive avalanche as yesterday again, but… as long as we keep good habits like Brooks and everyone cutting down on turnovers. Not driving into triple teams. Playing great D, we should be okay.
I agree. Some much better decision making on his part the last couple of weeks. IMO his last two areas to address are getting into rebounding position when a shot goes up. Watching him yesterday he would be in the lane when a shot went up and someone would go to box him out and he did not make an effort to get around it or reposition. That is something I always took pride in, either sealing my man if I had inside or if they had inside slipping around them at the last minute and pushing them out. Admittedly there is an art or skill to timing it right otherwise it becomes a shoving match when you take the inside from some players. Just spin in as the ball is hitting the rim and catching them by surprise.
I wonder if Cal did it to force him to improve his performance as an example? Couldn’t hurt I guess.
Peaking? This is their first quality win of the season. They’re just getting started.
Not sure yet. We are playing great right now. Just hope we continue to grow.
I'm a self-proclaimed pumper, but this team will certainly hit a few potholes along the way. That's not necessarily a bad thing as long as they can continue to refine as a team and keep things going in an upward trajectory. If we can improve the defense as Cal's teams typically do as the season moves closer to March, we'll be in good shape.
