Who averages more points per game this year: Sharp or LJ?
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Itâs hard to predict. It could be pretty even.
Sharp will impact the game in other ways though, Heâs a better defender, rebounder, and playmaker than Cryer.
Cryer is more efficient from deep. If Sharp is more efficient from deep this year and improves his finishing at the rim he could average more. Sharp was more efficient in his second year vs his first. Heâs a guy thatâs always shown improvement. I think weâll see another bump in Sharpâs efficiency.
My most realistic and best case scenario is for both Cryer and Sharp to shoot 40+% from 3 and Uzan around at least 34% or higher. I said realistic because if it was only best case scenario Iâd want them shooting 50% but thatâs not realistic but it would be the best scenario lol.
I agree itâs hard to predict.
Sharp = 3 point shooting + basket attacks + free throws
LJ = 3 point shooting + floater game
If Sharp can improve his 3 point efficiency and LJ get to the line more, I could see both of those guys averaging 17+ per game. I can also see a healthy JâWan average 12 ppg, which would likely make this the best offense weâve seen in quite some time.
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LJ is better playmaker as of nowâŠsharp has flashiers passes every now and then⊠but as consistent passer its Cryer its not particularly close⊠if you dont watch film and just look at stats sharp has terrible play making stats âŠneither are good rebounders
as far leading scorer, 85% chance it will be cryerâŠhis shooting efficiency is extremely good, he is at 15 per game and isnt that aggressive⊠he will be more aggressive this year
sharp gets 15% because if he develops he off the dribble game some (agility and shiftiness), it will be him, sharp is fearless and needs an extremely small window to shoot⊠if he can legitimately create space of the dribble he will be one of the best scorers in the nation (if not the best)⊠i just dont think that will happen (hoping im wrong)⊠for him to be the leading scorer without the off the dribble creation, he is taking a ton of contested catch and shoots, that will likely not be very efficient, and i just dont think Sampson would encourage that
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Iâm surprise how much bigger TA and Uzan look, i thought they might be like T Mark and Deeky, and just are always naturally skinny. But both look significantly bigger than last year.
We all are VERY excited for this season to start!
The Final Four is in San Antonio.
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McFarland is by far the best shooter of the bunch.
Since when?
Astros crapping the bed. UH football crapping the bed. UH basketball literally cannot start soon enough.
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First think I notice is everyone looks healthy which is great.
I think the rotation may shift from game to game. The obvious 7 has the starters with TA and Tug who are essentially extensions of the starting unit.
What will fluctuate based on matchups, performance and health is Wilson, Walker, Miller and McFarland.
Wonât even rule out seeing Jefferson, McCarty or Lath on occasion being this is an ongoing competition.
I still think when the games get tight it will shrink to 8.
As for the leading scorer I got Cryer all the way but still plenty of games Sharp or JâWan take the lead.
We donât have as many games to get ready this season before conference then Auburn and Bama are coming in a hurry.
If you look at the schedule we do have a lot of practice time between some games early in the season.
Have a feeling that this squad will score more than what we have usually been seeing.
Lots of guys can shoot.
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The points will come and they may spend some time figuring out the offense per the norm.
What I am excited about is being able to grab our misses again at an elite level and curiously awaiting to see the next episode of the UH defensive pattol.
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Are we going try to go uptempo at all? With all the depth i would hope we might try it vs some teams.
We all know the D will be phenomenal, how good our Offense can be is the real question of the season
Itâs the socks
Speaking of offense & 3s. Last 4 seasons. Totals is top 5 3PA. Advanced stats are based on the top 5 minutes played
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PER â Player Efficiency Rating
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TS% â True Shooting Percentage; A measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account 2-point field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws.
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eFG% â Effective Field Goal Percentage; this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal.
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3PAr â 3-Point Attempt Rate; Percentage of FG Attempts from 3-Point Range
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OWS â Offensive Win Shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to their offense.
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OBPM â Offensive Box Plus/Minus; A box score estimate of the offensive points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league-average player, translated to an average team.
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Itâs just not something I care much about because of how well we defend and crash the boards. I rather do those things than leak out.
We have always run when the chance is there.
One thing that might work more in our favor is having guys who can finish contested shots on the run.
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We need to crash the boards better this season, felt like we were slacking last year.
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It is called being smaller in size and our rotations due to injuries.
Lost TA and Tug and JâWan wasnât healthy. That to go with having a small back court.
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I get it, im just saying thereâs plenty of room for improvement in that area this season, regardless of what the issues were last year.