Down town starters, another one fouls out and AA played ten minutes and took one shot. I understand Carr was cooking but wouldn’t you rather have AA on the floor at the 3. I don’t get it.
The Curious case of Ansley Almonor
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He can't move laterally on defense and he doesn't rebound well enough for his size. He also doesn't handle the ball or distribute. Unless you're running action to get him shots, he really isn't great.
He puts Zero effort into rebounding, stands around on defense, and just Watches the ball doing nothing to go after it in instance of a miss.
Sit him down
Sit him down
AA is probably the easiest to stop because he's not quick or athletic. He's a spot up shooter. Bama was not gonna let him do what he did against Vandy in our last game. I love his heart and game. He's went above and beyond this season to help us win but this was not his game.
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He’s not a good defender or rebounder. Carr hit three threes and played well. Maybe Almonar should have gotten some of Noah’s minutes, but Ansley A. played 10 minutes (probably not consecutively) and had all zeros except for the one shot he missed. It just wasn’t the right game for him.
He has liabilities but I will always consider him a Cat. Love his attitude.
Just a bad matchup that didn’t leave much of a role for him. Alabama doesn’t really give minutes to anybody he could guard very effectively, and they were doing a good at taking the catch and shoot 3 away from him while he was in the game, which is his only reliable offense.
I've noticed that he is very, very slow to get downcourt. Seems to lack speed.
Almonor playing the three would be such a bad decision that even I would openly begin to worry about Pope’s ability to coach. As it is, he is too slow to guard fours, much less moving to the perimeter. If you have a problem with Pope’s lineup patterns, I can get that, but he didn’t fail to play AA at SF. He succeeded at keeping him away from it entirely.
Guess what, we have a bunch of liabilities on defense. It’s to the coaches to help cover those up, similar to last play of game where we get the ball out of the hands of the guy who scored 30 plus by sending a double team
Played 1/4 of the game and shot one 3 pointer and the rest....goose eggs. ???? Not the first time. You've got to do SOMETHING while you're on the floor.
Then the staff has really dropped the ball not developing that part of his game.
We were told on this board two weeks ago that AA should start and Carr should never play a minute more.
Almanor > Carr
Almanor had another solid outing and is now shooting 44.3% from deep. He played only 22 minutes, while Carr played 19. Almanor has had some quiet, disappointing games, but when he attempts more than 3 shots, he averages 11.7ppg. Carr is now shooting 29.7% from outside and is averaging 7.4 ppg...
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Yep. I get he has limitations on defense. A lot of players do. But there is zero excuse for watching a loose ball dribble past you without making some effort to go after it. Just lazy at that point
Same could be said about a few other players as well. They try but just not able to hold their own against the athletes of the SEC, too physical and too fast. This is why I keep harping on Pope getting athletic skilled players next year instead of spot up shooters and trying to make them something they are not.
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