re: Auburn Basketball 2021 - 2022 28- 6 (15-3) SEC CHAMPS!

We needed the bucket but after he made that one I thought “crap, now he’s definitely going to keep shooting.”

I just hate that guys like Jabari are passing up okay looks to get Devan a good look.

Cambridge is the definition of streaky shooter. We've all seen him go unconscious. However, this year in limited minutes he's is struggling to find the streaks. The other things he does IMO warrant dealing with the occasional bad 3, but honestly he is usually open and just doesn't hit them so they aren't bad 3's so much as he isn't hitting a shot he is capable of hitting.

I'd rather have Cambridge missing an open 3 in a spectacularly ugly fashion than the terrible 3's are guards sometimes fall into shooting.

He’s a career 29% shooter from 3 as a catch and shoot guy. To say he’s a “capable” shooter is a stretch

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In the excitement of winning a regular season title I haven't seen much discussion on the fact that we for the 3rd time in a last shot situation didn't get a shot off or a absolutely terrible shot. I'm not sure I've ever seen a good team with a couple of great "get your own shot" guys struggle so badly to produce a good look.

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It's a fine line to balance making sure you get the last shot while also getting a good look. We are clearly prioritizing making sure it's the last shot but even still the shots/possessions have been really terrible.

In SEC play this year

Cambridge - 15% from 3
Flannigan - 22% from 3

The two guys we really needed to step up

Also stolen from rivals board:

On a per minute basis, Flanigan has:


The highest TO rate on the team (only Wendell is remotely close)
The lowest 3P% on the team
Fewer points than Cardwell, our backup C
Fewer rebounds than Wendell, the smallest guy on the team
Fewer assists than Jaylin, a backup post guy
Fewer steals than Lior, a former walk-on
Fewer blocks than Zep our 6 foot PG and *less than half the blocks of Lior*
7th in FT%, only better than our 2 Centers

I realized he was cleared to play but you have to wonder if some of it is mental and related to the nature of that injury.

Coach Pearl is great at getting a look from a baseline out of bounds set.

I know we have FLEX actions, pick and roll, pick and pop, but our offense at times looks sort of disorganized.

I see us ISO to Jabari at times which is fine, but Do we do any running of Jabari off screens? Elevators?
Gates? I don’t recall any of those type actions where Jabari would run off multiple screens to get an open look.
Maybe we have done it, but I don’t see it.

Can’t figure out why one of the coaches hasn’t stopped down to worked on Cambridge’s form in the off seasons any more than they have. He’s clearly a phenomenal athlete. Seems like he’d want to fundamentally correct his mechanics. He certainly doesn’t have anything to lose. His shooting form from 3 is horrific.

I agree with that. When we run we suddenly have depth again .