Deep threat?
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We got shooters and guys who can make shots, but we don’t have a coach who runs an offense to free them up. Too much one on one again. Maybe if we can get the 7’ back, they can run some in to out and get more open looks.
Since Day 1 for Cal. Can't wait until we get a coach that employs a real offense.
92 pts tonight and missed a ton of shots.
People just love to bi*** we missed a ton of open shots, had a decent amount of careless turnovers, playing our first exhibition game and scored 92 lol just stop
Right. Says Murray, Herro, Aaron, Quickley, Monk, Knight, Knox, lamb, Bledsoe, Wall and more. Players that can play are just fine in Cal's offense. Players that can't play struggle. Here and everywhere else.
But let's play the "modern offense". Like Ark and Alabama and UConn that is exactly the same as ours.
Just different when you look thru the CHC lens.
Kentucky finished the night shooting 48.6 percent from the floor, 36.4 percent from distance, and 80 percent from the free throw line.
Some live only to bitch about Cal and Kentucky basketball. They prefer to be miserable.
Mitchell, Reeves and Shep and throw in Dilly
Mitchell shoots like that every game it will be helping big time.
Mitchell shoots like that every game it will be helping big time.
LOL at OP this will be Cal's best shooting team ever at UK . We will have at least 3 guys shooting in the 40-45% from 3 and 4 or 5 guys around 75-85% from the line .
Mitchell is far and away our best deep threat.
What offense should we run??? What offense fits our current team the best??? I’ll hear crickets and you won’t respond because you’re a troll.
If we have 3 of those guys, we will be tough to beat. I see 2. Not sure on the 3rd.
Haven't we heard that line before? Cal could turn Steph Curry into a 30% three point shooter.
Ulis, Herro, Murray, Lamb, Miller, Quickley, Willis 🤷♂️
You get a grip you and big card fan the most negative people on this board. It was only first game so you can't really take too much out of it.
You weren't impressed lol. Based on the ONE EXHIIBITION game?
lol
The last two years Reeves has shot 38% and 39%
Tre Mitchell is around the NCAA average.
I mean it's probably more than likely those two hit their averages.
Shep by all indications is going to be a good/really good shooter
We'll be fine lol.
lol
The last two years Reeves has shot 38% and 39%
Tre Mitchell is around the NCAA average.
I mean it's probably more than likely those two hit their averages.
Shep by all indications is going to be a good/really good shooter
We'll be fine lol.
Shep didn't exactly light it up from 3 tonight,nor did Reeves, Mitchel looked best from 3.
Reeves will be fine, everyone else will be streaky outside of Sheppard I could see him being consistent and Mitchell shoots very well for a big man. Very nice to have a true stretch 4. Cal should take notice and recruit dudes like him more often.
One game. You see Sheps form? That form aint gonna miss to often. That jumper in the lane? Soft as butter. Thats the touch of a good shooter.
Reeves can shoot. Mitchell is a luxury.
I am telling you, Hart might possibly be the best shooter on the team.
Reeves and Mitchell .
Freshmen are hard to call . Look at how Maxey struggled to shoot in college his one year and now in the pros he’s shooting over 40% from 3 .
I do believe most of our freshman will be streaky .
Freshmen are hard to call . Look at how Maxey struggled to shoot in college his one year and now in the pros he’s shooting over 40% from 3 .
I do believe most of our freshman will be streaky .
That is just stupid. I normally would assume this to be hyperbole but you goofs may actually believe such foolishness.
I agree Sheppard can shoot, we have about 4 guys I’m confident shooting about whenever they want and a couple streaky ones.
I guess the mind sees what it wants to see but I did not read this as Deep Threat when I entered. 😂
I think the talent we now have at the guard spots, might really open the floor up for Reeves this year.
Nope, we will clog up the middle more, I can’t wait to see what offense he runs with 2 7-footers at once.
Shhh, don't distract him, it is hard enough for him to take time from his coaching job to enlighten us and tell Cal how to coach.
I think we will not be nearly as strong in this area as the announcers were saying Friday night.
We will be deep in capable shooters, but not in good shooters
Elite (44%+) - no one (we've had 4 do this in a season in the 2000's, Lamb twice, Miller & Willis)
Very good (38-43%) - Reeves (yes streaky but most are)
Good (34-37%) - Sheppard, Mitchell, Hart (but won't play much)
Adequate (30-33%) - Edwards, Ivisic, Wagner
Passable (26-29%) - Dillingham, Theiro, Bradshaw
Don't shoot it (<26%) - Onyenso, Burks
So as a team, I expect us to make about 35%, 32% excluding Reeves. Since 2012, our teams have ranged from 33.3%-36.6%; the past 4 years 34.3, 33.6, 34.7, 34.7.
We will be deep in capable shooters, but not in good shooters
Elite (44%+) - no one (we've had 4 do this in a season in the 2000's, Lamb twice, Miller & Willis)
Very good (38-43%) - Reeves (yes streaky but most are)
Good (34-37%) - Sheppard, Mitchell, Hart (but won't play much)
Adequate (30-33%) - Edwards, Ivisic, Wagner
Passable (26-29%) - Dillingham, Theiro, Bradshaw
Don't shoot it (<26%) - Onyenso, Burks
So as a team, I expect us to make about 35%, 32% excluding Reeves. Since 2012, our teams have ranged from 33.3%-36.6%; the past 4 years 34.3, 33.6, 34.7, 34.7.
⬆️ This is the reality. That 36% that some are touting vs Georgetown in the second half is not the herald our grand arrival as an outside threat team.
It’s a reasonable estimation of where our ceiling is with this team. Yes, we will have some better nights than that as we gain comfort in some kind of offense and as the odds begin to play out. But we shouldn’t be expecting too much better than that too often. Or even that itself too often. It took us wearing down an NAIA team by making them guard our bigger guards a whole half AND having more of our capable shooters in at one time and playing off each other than we’ll generally want to (because our front court is ganked atm) to get to that 36%.
It’s decent but who knows how often it will be there for us on that level. Here’s hoping we won’t need it to be.
Ulis 6 of 10 from 3 in 2015 ncaa tourney. 3 of 8 2016 ncaa tourney. 9 of 18 total for 50%
Not sure how that's slumping.
You know damned well this won't happen. 7-footers to Cal = back to the basket post up all night long. And if there's a kick out, the recipient will just dribble drive it back into the fray and miss an easy layup.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
But to answer the question from OP - we have plenty of deep threats. All listed above. We just have no idea if Cal will run any consistent plays to get them open once he has his 7' back to the basket 1980s NBA style pound the post lineup wet dream back in his head.
I really wouldn’t be surprised if Mitchell leads UK in threes made this year. He’s going to be a stretch 4 or 5 and will get quite a few open looks when opposing defenses don’t get out on him.
Who will our defenders be? Passers? Hustlers? When will the team skills mature? Moving without the ball? Filling the lanes. Rebounding. Going for 50 50 balls? I can go on with 20 more things vastly more important than fretting over who is gong to jack threes. Without executing, they won’t hit them. Without conditioning, they won’t hit them. Without passing, they won’t hit then. Without defense it won’t matter what they hit.
The game is basketball not Three Jack. This ain’t PlayStation.
The game is basketball not Three Jack. This ain’t PlayStation.
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