Just wanted to get others' thoughts on what I have noticed since Cal has been here concerning 3 point shooting.
It seems to me that he is trying so hard to keep his teams from falling in love with outside shooting that it has seemed to get to the point where three point shooting really isn't a part of his offensive scheme.
There were games where Booker or Aaron were on fire from three point range but they were stymied by our pound it in style.
It seemed like the only time our shooters got an open look was due to a broken or well defended play.
It really hurt us this year at times because there were no driving lanes and we really only had 1 true post threat (KAT). DJ either got stripped, blocked or traveled and WCS is not any kind of an offensive player beyond receiving lobs.
When you look at teams like duke*, who I think shoots too many threes, you see defenses that are spread way out to guard shooters which leaves the paint wide open. When you have Winslow and Okafor in the paint you're screwed if you help.
My point is if we get Newman and end up with 3 or 4 good shooters are we actually going to see Cal utilize the three ball more to open the paint? I hope so because our guys take a beating in the paint but if you give Ulis a lane with a big or 2 close by we can get easy buckets but if we tell opposing defenses that 3 point shooting isn't an interest than they will pack the paint and live with the 5 threes we hit.
Yes I realize we won 38 games and I loved every second of every win but it seemed like we were forcing things in the paint and I felt like our offense would have been unstoppable if we incorporated more outside shooting into our offensive scheme. Yes I know our offensive efficiency rating was top ten but I believe that was a product of our guys just being that much better individually than the teams we were playing, we could just muscle them in the paint and hit free throws but there were 3 or 4 teams out there that can deny that style and we finally ran into one of them.
It seems to me that he is trying so hard to keep his teams from falling in love with outside shooting that it has seemed to get to the point where three point shooting really isn't a part of his offensive scheme.
There were games where Booker or Aaron were on fire from three point range but they were stymied by our pound it in style.
It seemed like the only time our shooters got an open look was due to a broken or well defended play.
It really hurt us this year at times because there were no driving lanes and we really only had 1 true post threat (KAT). DJ either got stripped, blocked or traveled and WCS is not any kind of an offensive player beyond receiving lobs.
When you look at teams like duke*, who I think shoots too many threes, you see defenses that are spread way out to guard shooters which leaves the paint wide open. When you have Winslow and Okafor in the paint you're screwed if you help.
My point is if we get Newman and end up with 3 or 4 good shooters are we actually going to see Cal utilize the three ball more to open the paint? I hope so because our guys take a beating in the paint but if you give Ulis a lane with a big or 2 close by we can get easy buckets but if we tell opposing defenses that 3 point shooting isn't an interest than they will pack the paint and live with the 5 threes we hit.
Yes I realize we won 38 games and I loved every second of every win but it seemed like we were forcing things in the paint and I felt like our offense would have been unstoppable if we incorporated more outside shooting into our offensive scheme. Yes I know our offensive efficiency rating was top ten but I believe that was a product of our guys just being that much better individually than the teams we were playing, we could just muscle them in the paint and hit free throws but there were 3 or 4 teams out there that can deny that style and we finally ran into one of them.