Finally we stopped feeding McCormack on offense and played around the perimeter. If we take even close to that many threes going forward, this team will be incredibly hard to beat.
KU could/should have won that game by 30 had that random scrub not had the half of his life. [Reply]
Wtf was going on out there? That felt like a philosophical change. Guys were chucking the 3 with confidence. Even early in the clock. Thats not Bill Self bball traditionally. If that means less turn around finesse shots for McKormack then hell yeah. Let it fly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Finally we stopped feeding McCormack on offense and played around the perimeter. If we take even close to that many threes going forward, this team will be incredibly hard to beat.
KU could/should have won that game by 30 had that random scrub not had the half of his life.
You still can't give McCormack credit. He had a very good game. This is the way we need him to play. [Reply]
True. Just like how there are only 3 things that can happen when you throw the ball in football, two of which are bad. Chiefs should really stop running the risky passing plays and start grinding it out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lzen:
You still can't give McCormack credit. He had a very good game. This is the way we need him to play.
Huh? I didn't say anything negative about McCormack.
He had a "good game" because he stopped taking and/or forcing shots. If he's the 5th offensive option instead of the 1st or 2nd (and the team plays around its perimeter shooting), it's far more palatable to have him out there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
It took bball coaches 3 decades to figure out a 3 pt shot is indeed worth more than a 2 pt shot.
Not really. Rick Pitino ran a 3-point shooting offense at Kentucky. In 1989 Roy Williams and KU destroyed Kentucky 150-95 because Pitino wouldn't pull his starters and was still chucking up threes 8 seconds into the shot clock.
I think it took the 3-pointer a while to permeate all lower levels of basketball, and therefore it took a while for coaches to learn how to coach the 3-point shot as part of regular offense, or even as the focus on offense, so it took a while for players to develop their shooting skills from a young age.
