Has Cal really reverted back to rock fights since Bradshaw came back?

[baseball is life]

It's really funny how the goalposts just constantly move so the negative talking points can continue. The big complaint after the Penn game is we're back to shooting long 2s (we aren't) and back to playing grind it out (we aren't). So now the goal posts are moving to end of game tempo.

Can't we just enjoy a team that is clearly better than any we've had in quite a while?

Apparently not.....

 

[fatguy87]

Before Bradshaw, our lowest 3 point rate was against Miami at about 34%. Against UNC Wilimington and Penn, we attempted less than 30% of our shots from 3. The biggest difference is the rise in our midrange attempts.

 

[*CatinIL*]

I hope he doesn't, but it's Calipari we are talking about...

 

[ukcatz12]

Before Bradshaw, our lowest 3 point rate was against Miami at about 34%. Against UNC Wilimington and Penn, we attempted less than 30% of our shots from 3. The biggest difference is the rise in our midrange attempts.

Which is ultimately trading like one or two 3 point shots for 2 point shots. Not a huge sample size. And it's not like Cal hand picks every shot these guys take. There were a few midrange shots that were a product of Dilly getting lost on the court, dribbling around and just jacking up an ill advised shot.

I'm waiting to see what the offense looks like 10 games form now before making any firm determinations of if things have changed or not.

 

[Fox2monk]

Eliminate the 12 long 2s, and the Penn game was never in doubt.

That’s the shot we need to get rid of I agree. Get rid of that and a lot of the complaining will go away.

 

[cats2010]

Facts>feelings. Even Cal's

Take your meds, you’re not making any sense at all.

 

[Fox2monk]

The bottom line is we weren’t winning a NC playing just Mitchell unless we hit 16 3’a a game 6 games in a row and that’s assuming we played good enough defense.

 

[fatguy87]

Which is ultimately trading like one or two 3 point shots for 2 point shots. Not a huge sample size. And it's not like Cal hand picks every shot these guys take. There were a few midrange shots that were a product of Dilly getting lost on the court, dribbling around and just jacking up an ill advised shot.

I'm waiting to see what the offense looks like 10 games form now before making any firm determinations of if things have changed or not.

It's more than 1 shot or two, but you are correct in that it is only two games. It's not a trend just yet.

 

[NorfolkNWaypal]

+/- is way more misleading than detailed offensive efficiency stats. The advanced efficiency stats have basically reinvented the game of basketball at the NBA level.

But either way, you're really misinterpreting the point people were making in regards to Reed's +/-. First of all, a lot of people act like there are Reed haters on this board. There aren't. We all love the kid and want him to succeed. It's clear he's got a ton of intangibles and does things to help the team that don't show up on the stat line, hence his high +/-.

What we didn't want to do was use Reed's high +/- as justification for giving him 35 minutes a game at the expense of other guys like DJ. A lot of people on this board watched three games, looked at +/- stats, and basically wanted to throw DJ in the trash so Reed could run the team the whole game. And the UNC-W game shows just how important DJ is to this team.

"35 minutes a game" is another straw man. I see people here saying Sheppard should start so we can get off to quicker runs instead of being behind or struggling early, and the naysayers come skipping daintily in and start bleating about the "misleading stat" nonsense. It's quite obvious that on any other team Sheppard would be starting given his performance. "Throw DJ in the trash" is yet another hyperbolic straw man by the naysayers.