Realistic Hopes for next year
Shead - Has to be a better shooter, has to improve his defense against faster player
Mark - our entire season next year is heavily reliant on how much he grows, he has to be a star, he has to be in the conversation for 1st or 2nd team all-big 12 … if im honest he isnt close to that right now … he isnt particular great at anything (shoots a ton of mid ranges but isnt particularly great at hitting them at a high percentage game to game), he need an offensive skill that will guarantee him atleast 14 a night no matter the night (obviously more on certain nights)… the most preferable is improving as a driver and becoming a regular and1 threat… unlikely but becoming a 40% 3pt shooter would be big too-- something overlooked was he became a really good rebounder at the end of the season
– this will be hard to admit for some of our fans by mark/sheads presence (becuase of their skillset) is the biggest conundrum for the team, neither are great shooter
Jwan - talking realistically i think he is what he is (in regards to next season)… i think he will shoot 3s next year but it will be sparingly… he doesnt even shoot mid ranges this year. he isnt going to come out as a notable 3pt shooter from nothing. we’ll see 1 once every 2 or 3 games
Francis - is a really poor and slow decision maker. he wasnt put in a lot situations where he had to make decisions but the few he did he made slow and questionable ones. i think he decides what he wants to do before catching the ball and sticks with that decision no matter what… he’d get post feeds thinking he was going to score, a surprise trap would come (meaning shooters open)… he’d slowly still try to force the post shot and it would end up a bad shot… and the few times he’d pass it would take him forever to decide to pass … his bball iq had to go up -
Sharp - IMO even without coaching he would have had the biggest natural offseason jump. becuase his improvement areas are just to keep doing what he is already doing but better… and year 2 the game speed slows down… he needs to tighten up his shooting form, he shoots a different shot everytime (contorts his form to get shots up which is bad) and to tighten up the handles … but i expect a big offensive jump from him… getting in better shape for rebounding and defense wont hurt either
Arcenueax - highest potential on the team, but is at like 3% of that ceiling… he plays scared on offense. that imo is because he has never played on a team that has relied on him for offense (has always been the #2 guy even in HS)… he hesitates to shoot everytime… and didnt want the ball in his hands on the big moments… i hope the coaches spend so much time with him this offseason-- elite potential on Defense, elite potential on rebounder, elite potential on offense (has handles, size and a shot to be unguardable)
Mylik and Ramon- need drastic work on their shot and offense
My ideal Make up for next year (wont happen)
PG - shead
G - Mark
G - Transfer 6’4+ elite shooter
F - Transfer Stretch 4
C - Transfer Center - 240lb+ and a lop threat/rim protector (shead is better with a lob threat center)
6thman : Jwan
rotation:
Arceneaux
sharp
francis
tugler
what I think it will actually be
PG - shead
G - Mark
G - Arceneaux
F - Transfer Stretch 4
C - Jwan
6thman : sharp
rotation:
mylik (or transfer pg)
francis
tugler
ramon
mcfarland
