Why'd Pope go 100% away from Williams?
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Cause he wasn’t fighting and playing weak and lazy. Dude was soft as hell today.
He's British. Has there ever been a great British player?
I was confused by this going down the stretch as well. Would be curious to see how many minutes he played in the second half. Thought he would at least come in to spell Garrison some. Didn't seem like Garrison came out much at all down the stretch.
Plays defense with his down by his side. Such an odd thing when a 7 footer looks like he has no interest in blocking shots
Williams just didn’t have max effort tonight, he gave up some offensive rebounds and was getting pushed around
I thought it was weird. He had 8reb 4ast and 6pts and I’m not sure I remember him playing in the second half. He gave up some baskets I thought he shouldn’t, and I wish he’d try to dunk everything close to the rim but didn’t think he was terrible or unplayable.
Garrison was better this game other than that 1 play where he didnt get his ass on the court.
Was NOT protecting the rim on defense and was watching the ball come off while the Card players grabbed offensive rebounds.
If you're not going to do what Coach expects out of you, you will be sitting next to him.
I thought at the beginning of the game was some of the best ball he’s played all year. Not sure why he sat most of second half. Cause contrary to some others view here, Garrison did not play particularly well today.
The whole brewhaha with their bench was caused because he didn’t dive on the ball. If he’d gotten slapped then I would have said he had it coming. We are too soft.
I was so pissed when he could've easily blocked a shot near the rim and didn't even try.
Pope just said the "energy" and "vibe" is why Garrison played more minutes (23 compared to 16 for Amari).
We NEED Amari to figure out how to play well, especially on defense. He needs to play within his own skillset. If he does that he is an incredibly useful weapon. Garrison brought the fire tonight. He has his own weaknesses but tonight we just needed some fight.
Williams becomes more of a mystery to me with every passing game. He’s had his stretches where he’s productive, but it just doesn’t seem like his motor is running all the time. What’s particularly baffling to me is all the times that he seems to be in good position to alter a shot around the rim only to stand flat footed with his hands down. I was expecting him to have a lot more impact in that particular area given his size and the defensive accolades he had compiled before transferring.
Williams just doesn’t give effort far too often. Doesn’t jump, rebounds with 1 arm while trying to push off with the other, plays with his arms down most of the time and no touch.
Williams is a great passer but doesn't seem to like contact down under the basket, he has missed so close in shots that he should have scored on, because he was too busy looking for contact.
Yeah I think that's all fair. There are some plays where he frustrates me where he just gives up easy buckets at the rim. It looks like he could go up and jump and attack the ball but he just gives up an easy basket. Those plays from him do drive me crazy, But, then he'll have a stretch where he looks really good. Just need to see more consistency.
If you watched the game, I am confused by your question. Not only is Williams bad on defense but for some reason he thinks he is capable of backing his defender under the basket for an easy basket. I am not sure why because most often results in a turnover or a brick shot attempt.
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Yes he does. He was very good in the overtime at Gonzaga. That’s why he needs to sit until he gives that consistent level effort because he is capable of doing so.
He is lazy on defense. He will repeatedly watch guards throw up jump hook shots in the lane without attempting to block it. To compound the problem, he will often times fail to get the rebound on misses even when the opposing team has no real low post presence.
Also, should just add in Garrison's favor, that play he made down the stretch where he hustled like crazy and saved the ball out of bounds off of Hepburn was huge!
Basically this. He wasn’t even jumping contesting shots. You can tell he’s gotten by being big most of his college time. Not anymore.
Definitely not, but his effort needs to be greater and he needs to play better defense. He was getting abused by small players.
This is going to be a big issue in the SEC, so Pope basically is trying to get at least one of them to step up. I'd be fine with Garrison if he wasn't such a black hole on offense. He's GOT to either make a quick and decisive move and a good shot or pass it. Right now it's zero passes and half the time it's a forced shot. He's playing for his NBA stock IMO.
Yeah if he works on passing out of the post not only will we hit more 3’s he will be less pressured so they can’t collapse on him. Right now it’s easy to defend.
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