I love Amari, but he's so obvious to scout. I just rewatched the Duke game. His over reliance on his strong hand does concern me, and any good team will shut that down. Any thoughts or concerns? Go Cats!!
Amari Williams goes left EVERY time
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True, but the question is…does he do that because he cannot go right or because the defender isn’t playing him properly?
Hopefully it’s the latter, and when a defender overplays his left hand, he puts a drop step on him, and goes down the lane, and drops the hammer on the help defender for an and-1!
A team being able to scout Amari and shut his offense down is the least of my concerns
Get good at scoring going left first then maybe we can work on the right. However what he did was physically punish every defender that tried to stop him going to his strength regardless how efficient he was at scoring.
The benefit of him doing that even though it was frustrating to watch is that Andrew Carr took over in the second half down low when the defense legs were drained from guarding him.
The benefit of him doing that even though it was frustrating to watch is that Andrew Carr took over in the second half down low when the defense legs were drained from guarding him.
He is a guy we don't need to rely on for offense honestly. Kinda like butler.
Amari could be playing football, rugby for UK with his body and toughness. lol
He is limited on his offense. He will not be the key to most teams defensive stops on us. He just needs to keep doing what he is doing, Make ugly shots, rebound, punish with his body. He is confident in his ability (maybe too confident on some of those takes against Duke) but he makes up for it with all the other stuff he does.
He is limited on his offense. He will not be the key to most teams defensive stops on us. He just needs to keep doing what he is doing, Make ugly shots, rebound, punish with his body. He is confident in his ability (maybe too confident on some of those takes against Duke) but he makes up for it with all the other stuff he does.
Yes, but he did get 12 attempts against Duke, WHY????
Coach Pope made the switch to Carr in the Post because Duke had figured out that Williams could only go left.
I have no doubt that from this point forward, Coach Pope will figure out a way to get around it.
also, just saying, when we play arkansas it won't matter. cal doesn't scout. a human equivalent of the "head on, apply where it hurts" commercial.
Yeah. That is not a recipe for success IMO. I agree Pope won't let it happen too often and he made adjustments to win the game.
He’s a 5. I’m just glad he can put the ball on the floor. It is a skill set very few 7 footers have.
Carr isn't super athletic, but he is just a great college PF that gets it done. He is perfect for us.
I’m good with Williams
Seasoned
Tough
Hungry
I’m good with Williams
Smart
Good teammate
Good passer
I’m good with Williams
He’ll know when to go left or pass, between him and CMP
I’m good with Williams
Seasoned
Tough
Hungry
I’m good with Williams
Smart
Good teammate
Good passer
I’m good with Williams
He’ll know when to go left or pass, between him and CMP
I’m good with Williams
It's the defenses job to make him go to his weak hand but he does lead the team with 10 to's and only 7 assists. It does need to be addressed.
Our 2 centers have 17 assists to 11 to's through 3 games compared to our 3 centers last year combining 21 assists to 41 turnovers for the whole year.
Go Cats
Our 2 centers have 17 assists to 11 to's through 3 games compared to our 3 centers last year combining 21 assists to 41 turnovers for the whole year.
Go Cats
AD didn't have to go left, or right for that matter. he could just go up.
Well of course, since “boysssss it’s gonna be a long season” is your biggest concern.
Maybe as good as anything else, this is an illustration that the person (s) who thinks that Kentucky has peaked is fairly and unequivocally wrong in their assessment. The staff will undoubtedly be looking for these kinds of things throughout the season. No individual's play is static. No team's play is set in concrete. Teams evolve and many things change over the course of the year, many of them for the better. To think or even suggest that one team -- ours -- has peaked after just three games, is likely the thoughts of a brainless partisan who just wishfully hopes that Kentucky is now as good as they will be in March and April. Besides, Amari is giving us some powerful contributions that are surprising and refreshing. I can see some limits to his play and think some of those might be better by the end, but right now see a versatile kid who can do a lot to mitigate the "limitation" of just going left. Kid's a load, and is a great piece on this very mature and high IQ team...what a pleasant surprise that for the first time in many seasons, we can watch our Kentucky kids play fundamentally sound basketball that is difficult to guard and just plain hard to beat.
AD and Noel are way better players than Williams. They would do whatever they wanted on this year's team as they did in college.
He’s going to have a post player defending him on the perimeter. Normally a post player will be as bad at perimeter defense as he is at going to his right. The fact that he can put the ball on the floor and initiate offense outweighs the negatives.
