You have too much hate in your heart for your fellow Cat fans. You need to step away from the keyboard and take a breather.
Reed only took 1 shot tonight and didn’t score
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It’s a team effort for how bad we guarded. Reed isn’t the cause of that alone.
Yeah, sometimes that happens. One fact doesn't change another. You obviously know nothing about basketball. I'm sorry you're dumb.
Everyone got abused.
Would have thought someone would have thought of trying something else.
You literally can't use the correct word, and I'm the dumb one. I'll block you and you can feel like you won. Sound good pumpkin?
No but he has done a great job, by far my favorite cat this year so i might be a little bais
Not this year. There have been many sets that lead to wide open 3s particularly with the extra passes. Not a cal fan but he has made some important changes this year.
To be fair: Dillingham, Wagner, Mitchell & Reeves ALL really struggled on defense. The guards had terrible close outs, Mitchell couldn’t switch on screens properly and Reeves was getting taken off the dribble consistently. Edwards and Thiero the only consistent guys on D all night. Wagner played good on-ball defense but off ball was poor.
He’s amazing no doubt, makes huge plays and is a tremendous passer. He is what he is. He does the best he can, being the only height we have really.
Dude asks if I can read. Then gets called for using the wrong word. And I'm the one causing the problem. LOL
The steals Shep made at the end...that's called maturity at a young age. He knew he messed up and what did he do? Made up for it 2X !!
He was not alone , a lot of the players got beat on defense tonight.
That’s for sure! He could be even better offensively if we had a 5 on the floor with him, the post just isn’t his game!
Of course, but we're talking about Reed. I don't think anyone's picking on him.
Reed played great. They said he had the best +/- on the team and he showed you can still impact the game without scoring or forcing shots. He only took one shot because he isn’t selfish and is a team player that can impact the game other ways. He tried to get others going. He doesn’t have to go 0-6, or 1-12, or 7-25 shooting to try to get his. Even when he scored 25 the last game, he still only took 10 shots. Ppl trying to bash Reed don’t appreciate a team player that wants to see others get going.
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100%.
He's also having to spend so much energy guarding the other team's 5, which is often a bigger guy than Mitchell.
He's missing some of those free throws due to being tired.
I think he'll be even more effective when he can guard guys his own size.
Doing what needs to be done to win is the reason why he is the most dependable player on the team. He just rarely ever does dumb stuff. If he was not a team player he would have been jacking up 3s from every spot on the court.
Reed only took one shot because they had him covered up on D. He had a couple looks that he could’ve taken, but that was about it. Good news is, he found other ways to impact the game positively. And, if they are covering Reed up, then our other guys are getting lesser defenders, which helps them score.
We have four really good guards, and it is awesome to watch our team this year. I have looked forward to every game we have played so far. That’s something I haven’t been able to say the last few years.
We have four really good guards, and it is awesome to watch our team this year. I have looked forward to every game we have played so far. That’s something I haven’t been able to say the last few years.
I'm not here to criticize Reed.
I thought Reed had a good game. He contributed to winning despite not scoring.
But I don't think Reed's 1 shot is a failure on Cal, which is what the OP seems to be implying. We have a lot of guys that can shoot. Guys are going to have nights where they don't have get a lot of shots. That's not Cal slighting them. That's variance, matchups, whatever.
0 points and was still a +16. Thats called having an impact on the game.
Inefficient is what the fan club wants to post about. They want to talk about total points without talking about the number of shots taken to get those points.
lol, Nobody played great defense tonight much. He left one dude wide open in the corner. Everybody had crappy defense at times tonight.
We are better with Shepard in the game - I thought his D was fine he contested shots just had buzzards luck
All of them get beat off dribble
Lack of showing or hedging on high screens is why St Joe was able to get down hill so easy
We are so poorly Coached it’s laughable
Of course they haven’t had time to work on it
The contrast in generating open shots for shooters was the most obvious difference between the two teams. We had to work much harder on defense to cover their shooter than they did to cover our shooters. For Cal, it all about one on one.
Both were great. The 1st one was HUGE. I honestly couldn't believe a Calipari team ran an inbounds play.
No kidding, no Shep the last 4 of regulation than not until 2 left in OT. The best player so far this year, best shooter, passer plus. Cal is so stubborn. He wants DJ to be the man, not Shep.
DJ about gave this game away. Missed 2 layups to end regulation. Thank God Mitchell was there for the putback on one.
Mitchell and Reed passed up a few great looks from 3, especially in the second half. I don't know if it were coaching or what that informed those choices, but we generally ended up with worse shooters taking the shot or a tough drive.
Agreed. I love what Mitchell brings. A dude with nice post moves that can step out and hit some 3’s is a huge asset. But we need one (or both, God willing) of Z or Bradshaw something fierce right now.
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