He took 6 three point shots per game and made right at half after being at 45% two years ina row before that. Also, he ranked #3 overall among those who took enough threes to qualify andtook over 200 threes and you have to go down to #14 in percentage to find somebody that took 170 threes. He is a brilliant shooter.
That’s what I’m thinking too….is a Kellen Grady type player enough though? Kellen was a shooter no doubt but not a lot other than that. We NEED some guys that can get buckets in bunches by way of 3’s and getting to the rim!
Reed averaged 12.5 ppg. Anybody averaging around that range is liable to go for 20+ on any given night. Sometimes it's the threat of scoring that matters as much as the scoring. And as others have pointed out, Pope seems to have teams with relatively evenly distributed scoring. Last year at BYU 7 players averaged 9ppg or more, Robinson led them in scoring with 14.2ppg, and the team averaged over 80/game.
You have to remember, 99% of people on here know nothing about these players other than what random people on Twitter are saying, and maybe they’ve seen a few highlights. They will bitch and moan if we don’t get so and so and they’ve never watched one of their games and didn’t even know their name a few days ago. It’s pretty comical. This guy could be great, but he also didn’t start for a mid-major so I think I’ll trust Coach Pope and see how everything pans out in the end.
Grady was more than a shooter, he just didn't get used that way by Cal.
Thanks. I've long thought coaches should keep track of where their players shoot best and have them shooting in those spots(and of course taking their practice mostly from those spots).
They didn't have much scoring period, he's 187–108 (.634) in 9 yrs coaching w/ 2 NCAA tourney appearances and no victories.
I've had some new posters call me an Arkansas fan before. And a Cal lover....
Considering all who we have on board I’m figuring we will have 4-5 guys averaging in that 10-15 point range with a couple more approaching double digits. Scoring is going to be balanced. We don’t have to have a 20 point per game scorer to still be good and competitive.
Let's not get too excited, this will be a process. It won't be year one. Brea didn't start and shot well against St. Louis and other Atlantic 10 foes.
He will likely play at least 10 in the rotation. He coaches like Rick and Rick always had a 10 man rotation. The 10th guy didn't always play more than 6 minutes or so. But he always had 10 in the rotation.
It’s really this simple. You’d think a dude making $9m per year would understand the basics.
Daron holmes took 399 shots, Dayton's offense ran through him, Brea shot 16 free throws all season, he wasn't driving the ball, he was in the game for one reason, to shoot threes when Holmes was taking double teams, Brea took 246 shots, 201 of those were 3 pointers. He fits real well for a coach who's team made the 2nd most 3 pointers in the NCAA last year.
