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re: AU BBall Thread : Just kidding we don't have a team (12-13, 4-8) UPDATE 2/16
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:23 pm to AUNashville
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:23 pm to AUNashville
Agreed. Shots were dropping. Good at the line. Great win on the road against LSU and the refs.
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Posted on 2/5/15 at 10:59 pm to AUtigerNOLA
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:06 pm to TheSandman
Josh Langford expected to visit this weekend
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:06 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Bowers played well too. That pass to Granger for the score after his drive to the bucket was sweet.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:26 pm to AUNashville
I don't think it is a coincidence that we played better with Kenneth only getting 14 minutes of pt.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:28 pm to WDE24
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Kenneth
Who?
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:31 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
We were up by 8 pts at one moment against LSU. After we scored to go up 8, LSU passed the ball in play and drove down the court. KC inflicted a foul and sent LSU to the line...killed all the momentum we picked up.
He's fricking awful, and I'd be more pleased to see Purchase take the ball up the floor.
He's fricking awful, and I'd be more pleased to see Purchase take the ball up the floor.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 2:19 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
Kenneth C. Ross-Miller
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:04 pm to Weagle25
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Josh Langford expected to visit this weekend
Not confirmed but 2015 5* PF/C Caleb Swanigan is another possible visitor.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:06 pm to WDE24
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Kenneth C. Ross-Miller
We've been playing much better since we cut Kenny's minutes.
eta: Looks like TJ is getting the minutes Alex Thompson was getting. I don't know about the previous 2 games but I thought he made a positive impact last night.
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:10 pm to marshallcotiger
Agreed. I think Lang has some talent. He needs some real game minutes so the game will start to slow down for him. Once things slow down in his head, his shot will start to fall. He has a good stroke.
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Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:22 pm to marshallcotiger
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I don't know about the previous 2 games but I thought he made a positive impact last night.
He had decent minutes at the beginning of the year. He wasn't a huge contributor but never seemed like a major liability beyond obvious freshman playing issues.
I'd like to see more Purchase. That kid isn't afraid to get involved in the paint despite being unathletic and skinny.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:24 pm to GenesChin
I want him in there too. Once he gets his confidence back, he Is a real threat from 3.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:28 pm to GenesChin
Also, the old adage that you can't teach size is being disproven by Reed.
He is a 7'2" center trying to play like a small forward. He bends at the waist on defense making himself as small as possible and doesn't move his feet and then tries to time his jump to block a shot.
Stand your tall, lanky arse up, hold your long, lanky arse arms up and protect the basket. Forcing bad shots is just as good as blocking a good shot. Leaning over and fouling someone every 12 seconds isn't helpful.
He is a 7'2" center trying to play like a small forward. He bends at the waist on defense making himself as small as possible and doesn't move his feet and then tries to time his jump to block a shot.
Stand your tall, lanky arse up, hold your long, lanky arse arms up and protect the basket. Forcing bad shots is just as good as blocking a good shot. Leaning over and fouling someone every 12 seconds isn't helpful.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:40 pm to WDE24
He is going for the Dikembe says "No" block. He isn't doing the 2014 Roy Hibbert Pre All Star Hands up Jump Up block.
I agree he needs to just be vertical. He almost should be forced to put his hands straight up in the air the entire time he is on D. He isn't going to get any teals from balls passed in the lane anyways
I agree he needs to just be vertical. He almost should be forced to put his hands straight up in the air the entire time he is on D. He isn't going to get any teals from balls passed in the lane anyways
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:49 pm to WDE24
Reed's layup that didn't even hit rim was embarrassing.
His offensive game is worst than Hibbert's when Hibbert was a freshman, and Hibbert never really became a true offensive threat until his senior year. So, other than Reed being a nightmare for opposing teams offense, I don't know what to expect from him.
His offensive game is worst than Hibbert's when Hibbert was a freshman, and Hibbert never really became a true offensive threat until his senior year. So, other than Reed being a nightmare for opposing teams offense, I don't know what to expect from him.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 3:55 pm to jangalang
quote:Everything is spinning and moving too fast for him right now. Very common for players when they move from hs to college. Like Lang and Purchase, his offensive game will look much better once things slow down in his head. Also, for some reason, games are much different than practices/scrimmages in this regard. The only real solution is playing time.
Reed's layup that didn't even hit rim was embarrassing.
However, where he can help this team right now is by just being tall and playing defense like a raw 7'2" guy should.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 4:06 pm to WDE24
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Stand your tall, lanky arse up, hold your long, lanky arse arms up and protect the basket. Forcing bad shots is just as good as blocking a good shot. Leaning over and fouling someone every 12 seconds isn't helpful.
That was one of the things I noticed with the LSU big man when some of our guys were trying to drive to the basket. He literally just stood there and put his hands up and they had to float the ball so high to get it over him that they missed a ton of those.
Posted on 2/7/15 at 9:09 am to WDE24
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games are much different than practices/scrimmages in this regard
Doesn't help when you don't have a healthy guy on your roster that can simulate opponents 6'6+ C/PFs. I'm sure it is easy for him to stuff Bower's shots in practice and so hard to get it through his head that not all post players are 6'5 like at AU/HS games
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The only real solution is playing time.
This is what hurt about Reed not being here for first half of the season. All the games with teams that weren't good enough to overwhelm Reed like ULL, Coastal, Milwaukee etc have come and gone.
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However, where he can help this team right now is by just being tall and playing defense like a raw 7'2" guy should.
They really need to make a rule for him that his hands should be straight up at all times on defense. He'll look like a goon but be the most effective defensive post player we have.
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:51 pm to GenesChin
That is how Reed needs to play D.
Eta: commenting on Ole Miss game.
Eta: commenting on Ole Miss game.
This post was edited on 2/7/15 at 5:52 pm
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