Tyson was .407 for the one season he played for UH, .384 career
Donāt leave off Dotson. He was above 40% at Houston and shot .443 his senior year. I believe he takes the crown.
And none of those threes affected the outcome of any game, sadly
The weirdest part of this season for me is that it looks like the guys havenāt gelled yet, despite nearly everyone returning. Obviously Jamal was a huge loss and we can expect a big learning curve from Milos. But everyone else seems out of sync too. Maybe Sampson is right and itās because some very important guys are still recovering from offseason injuries/surgeries. I hope thatās the case.
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Think about how Golden State plays when Curry is out of the lineup.
Or go back to the Spurs when Parker was running point - take him out, and Duncan and the others would struggle to adjust.
Go further back to John Stockton with the Jazz for another example.
Shead was as important to the team as any of those guys.
Every one of the returners has only played with Shead as PG, and he was one of the best weāve had. He also had Sampsonās offensive strategy ingrained from being in the program for so long. No matter how good the new PG is, thereās going to be an adjustment period for everyone, because the whole game is just going to flow differently and theyāre not getting the same looks theyāre used to.
One of the biggest frustrations I have is that Milos has fouled himself out of some important learning minutes over the first month against high-level competition. I think that has slowed the adjustment process significantly.
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It isnt just Shead. We generally play 7/8 guys. From the last 6+ weeks of last season we have replaced Shead, Dunn, Wilson, with Uzan, Tugler, TA. Itās really 3/7ths of the rotation that has changed, with Shead obviously being the biggest difference.
Then throw in the injuries to Tugler/TA/Francis and it makes more sense where we are right now, which is still elite.
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#1 in mid range rate, basically dead last national in post pointsā¦ And moderately bad in 3pt rateā¦ we are a advantaged analytics persons worst nightmare lol
but we are #1 nationally in actually making the 3s
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both those #1s come with companion stats in the lower half
224th in 3PAR
193td in MR%
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I read this as we are almost all TA doing his thing and rando people doing floaters because they are scared of rim protectors
that too but to me
its a statement on how jwan hasnt been effective offensively this yearā¦and jojo isnt there yet as a post scorer
but yes lj and milos taking a ton of floatersā¦ lj is who he is, heāll never be a post attacker nor do i think its wise with sizeā¦ i dont think that will changeā¦ but i think milos has shown flashes that he can attack the rimā¦
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Thatās what the stats tell me too that without effective post players currently, teams are running is off the 3 line and into the mid range
Just posted this in the Troy thread. Thought it would be Jwan or Sharp
When our best players shoot and are aggressive we are really good on offense. Just wait until Sampson cracks down the rotation. LJ, Sharp, and TA should be the focal points of the offense
This would be an interesting thing for someone like @monceaux to ask during a press conference. 1, CKS thoughts on our 3 point shooting, are we that much better this year or does he think we are just in a hot streak. 2. Considering our 3pt % (#1 in the nation) why arent we shooting more 3s (309th in 3PAs), and if that is a strategic decision or does it have more to do with how teams are playing us.
Then sit back and watch CKS tear into him, LOL.
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he sorta already answer this is in his last presserā¦
mentioned the guards arent good at the getting to the post, its not them, and we play our players to their strengthsā¦ we are a good shooting team
he was just speaking on the guards, so no clue how he sees jwan for the yearā¦ nor did he speak on the rate of 3s
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wait. what happened to Jamal Crawford? last thing we need at this critical juncture
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Jamal Crawford is 44 years old, has been out of college for 24 years, and went to the University of Michigan. If CKS is still trying to figure out how to replace Jamal Crawford on this team, Iām concerned about our future.
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