He absolutely kills us when he's not on a heater. Lots of Dilly fanbois here, though, so they will say it's anybody but him.
He was , but at the same time I thought some of our guys were beginning to “shy away from the moment “ and let him do it. I believe they did at the end of the Tennessee win also .
He takes AWFUL shots. Problem is, he makes a lot of them. The bigger problem is having the right guys on the court to take and hit the shot.
DJ dribbles right. DJ dribble left. DJ backs up to the half court line and almost turns the ball over. DJ dribbles left. DJ dribbles right. DJ penetrates to the free throw line and tosses up a prayer without ever considering passing the ball.
Yeah, Dillingham is very talented, very quick, and he usually is better than any guard on the opposing team, IF he could play them one on one. But, of course, he's not facing them one on one. He's facing a team, and that is usually where his "hero ball" gets him (and us) in trouble. When he's getting the ball in good position, he's very good. When he's hot, he's as good as any guard in the nation. But he fouls too much, he turns the ball over too much, tries to make impossible passes too much. Some of that you just have to accept in order to get the great things he can offer, but it's time for him to make better decisions. Learning when to attack and when to defer is something that's difficult to learn. He's gotten better as the season has progressed. The biggest problem I see from him comes when he feels like he must score now for the team to win. When we're behind and he's trying to win us the game, that's when he gets out of control.
At times it does look that way...but on the season Dilly is hitting 48%FG and 44%3pt and 78% FT....so I can't bang on Dilly for being selfish. Also he has 121 assists on the year second only to Reed who has 144 assists (while playing 200 more minutes).
The dribbling walking backwards towards half court kills me.
Or trying to prove he’s better than the guys playing in front of him. Nah starting doesn’t matter.
Which is just another reason why we need to get off to better starts at the beginning of the game and 2nd half. If Rob can come into the game when we have a lead instead of 8 points behind, it might mitigate some of his hero-ball tendencies.
Need Edwards playing like he was against Bama stretch.
Sounds about right. Never seen a point guard back up more than DJ. Kid needs to learn to attach and kick out. Could be deadly with that. Unfortunately, he can’t see it.
DJ misses another wide open layup
Not that you need to read my posts year after year, but why doesn't Cal tell any of the players during a game what to stop doing when even a blind man can see it isn't working. I thought one of those videos where he is talking to the team was very telling; "Make a play" or "If you are not playing defense or rebounding I can't play you" which must have the team secretly laughing.
Dj for a fast take to the rim with 3 guys on him and gets blocked and doesn't draw a foul...
Part of this is on Cal, he doesn't run any types of set offensive patterns, he expects players to go out and make plays, some times they think that is I need to go out and score one on 3 and be the hero.
Yeah, our philosophy has been to focus on yourself and out talent the other team. It does work well when you got a Wall, Davis or Towns type on the court. Not the greatest when you got a couple tiers below that level.
Yeap. It accomplishes NOTHING in the way of progressing toward a score, and just chews up more clock.
He's saying he's not sure they're selfish? Was he quoted incorrectly? Guys going out there and trying to make things happen by themselves would be the very definition of selfish. Either the quote is wrong, he doesn't want flack for saying they're selfish, or he doesn't know what selfish means.
Can't wait for the game to be on the line with 1 possession in the tournament, and Cal will draw up a shot play for Wagner out of a time out.
We know it’s coming
When Cal draws up the last play, it normally results in not even hitting the rim (turnover, forced shot, air ball).
Each of those guys have stepped up in some games that we would have lost The coach is fair game, but 19 year olds ..
