re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

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I disagree. He needs to be able to get past the initial defender to break down the defense. Didnt see it in his highlights on a lower level of basketball. Do t think it would be easy in the SEC. That being said it would be nice to have a PG with experience.

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Handles are the best way to break down a defender. Just look at the NBA. None of the top PGs rn except Ja and Lillard have an elite first step. Curry, Luka, CP3, etc all solely rely on their handles to get by their defender

WTF lol

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Brandon Miller – The word on the Alabama wing headed into the week’s festivities is that he’s a long and lanky wing who is a bit of a gunslinger when it comes to the jump shot. He’s also been known to float and settle making him easier to defend at times.

Make no mistake, Miller has showed up ready to play in attack mode and he’s helped himself by doing so.

At 6-foot-8, his ability to hit from deep and his near automatic pull-up jumper from between 12 and 17 feet has turned some heads. Ultimately, he still needs to add strength and continue to get more consistent, but his effort so far has been a good one

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247 write up on McDonald's All-American practices re:Brandon Miller

SIAP

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his near automatic pull-up jumper from between 12 and 17 feet

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Assuming "near automatic" means he makes 2/3 of them during live action ala KD, then all the wannabe Norman Dales that bitch about the lack of mid-range jumpers in our offense will probably be happy next season. Oats won't stop a guy from taking that shot if he's actually efficient with it. It's just that there are very, very few players who are, and pretty much all of them are in the NBA.

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I do wonder how he's so bad on defense though. He's 6'5", looks pretty long, and is clearly a really good athlete. There's no reason why he shouldn't be an average defender.

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He also has pretty good steal numbers, which is one of those "is he quick enough" numbers that can tell you if a guy is able or not (unless he's just a gambler PG).

It looks like they were a pretty horrid defensive team overall (#251 overall per KP), so perhaps it's more of a team issue. You'd probably have to watch full games and watch him specifically to tell.

That’s why I like the midrange with a capable player. It can really separate the Allstars from the superstars.

KD, Kyrie, Luka, LeBron, etc. can all hit that pull up J from 12-17 and sometimes it’s nearly impossible to stop them when they are hot.

If Miller gets hot and is making 60% from midrange one game, how do you defend the offense? Odds are a few games a year he will as he’s done it through his high school career.

The mid-range thing isn't all math, because some guys are more comfortable pulling up off the dribble from there, shooting it in transition, etc, but the pure math is pretty simple on the sliding scale of what you gotta do for the shot to be efficient enough to shoot it.

If you are a 40% 3-pt shooter, you need to shoot 60% from mid-range for it to be efficient (in reality just bomb 3s please).

If you are a 35% 3-pt shooter, you need to shoot 53% from mid-range for it to be efficient.

If you are a 33% 3-pt shooter, you need to shoot 50% from mid-range for it to be efficient.


I'd guess if Miller ends up being a guy who shoots around 50% on that shot and is super comfortable with it he'll be given free reign to do so. I absolutely agree that there is an additional aspect to it that, if a guy is comfortable and consistent with it, that stresses the defense much, much more when they feel the pressure to defend all 3 levels of the half-court.

I agree, especially when he’s hitting that shot off the dribble. They have to send help from down low or from across the key and then someone else is going to have a lane or a three.

Should be a super interesting team. Especially once the roster fills out and we know what we really have.

Yep, and often times you’ll see teams just picking their poison because they won’t be good enough defensively to defend all three and by trying to they will make too many mistakes.

I think the problem this season just boiled down to lack of defensive athleticism and poor 3pt shooting. A lot of times in the crunch situations we broke down defensively and then on the offensive end the defense just let us shoot the 3 because the odds were bad that we’d hit it.

Hopefully this upcoming season will nullify that and we will capitalize when they try that crap on us.