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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 10, 2024 23:42:20 GMT -5
Would have been good team if you had left Watson off.
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Post by AggieDad17 on Feb 11, 2024 7:45:58 GMT -5
Would have been good team if you had left Watson off. Any word on Glasper injury and possible return this season? |
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Post by saabman on Feb 11, 2024 13:24:30 GMT -5
I agree, sir. When it became apparent that we wouldn’t reach 20 points by halftime, I puffed my cigar & said “I miss Glasper & his 26 shots and 21 points.” On another note, imagine this season had Watson & Powell had stayed. I didn’t factor Woods in, as we got a value add in Glasper. PG: Shell 2G: Glasper SF: Watson PF: Powell 5: Thanos Top reserves: McKie, Murphy, J-Rob, Hamilton, Duke & Left Jab, Jr. What could have been… Murphy would be the 5. For me PG: Shell 2G: Glasper SF: Powell PF: Harry 5: Thanos Top reserves: McKie, Murphy, J-Rob, Hamilton, Duke & Le Up date on Harry from Nick Harry has been offered a Masters course back at A&T so he will be back in Greensboro after the season. In 8 games he is averaging 10pts in 18min and has 14 blocks . Here is one from last night drive.google.com/file/d/164J5lCD2QRBWgPm3ijc8bnSvBfiM9YDt/view?usp=drivesdk Hope all is well with you. Nick |
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Post by Agg E. Pride on Feb 11, 2024 14:12:35 GMT -5
I agree, sir. When it became apparent that we wouldn’t reach 20 points by halftime, I puffed my cigar & said “I miss Glasper & his 26 shots and 21 points.” On another note, imagine this season had Watson & Powell had stayed. I didn’t factor Woods in, as we got a value add in Glasper. PG: Shell 2G: Glasper SF: Watson PF: Powell 5: Thanos Top reserves: McKie, Murphy, J-Rob, Hamilton, Duke & Left Jab, Jr. What could have been… Murphy would be the 5. Until Murphy can convert opportunities in the paint and dunk ona few people, he’s a reserve. If he can’t do that, at least show some refined post moves like Thanos has done. |
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Post by saabman on Feb 11, 2024 15:36:39 GMT -5
Until Murphy can convert opportunities in the paint and dunk ona few people, he’s a reserve. If he can’t do that, at least show some refined post moves like Thanos has done. Murphy has horrible footwork and ball skills in the paint on offense, on defense he is consistently out of position for defensive rebounds and just pushed around by smaller inside players , he is in the right position as a reserve in my opinion. |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 12, 2024 14:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by A&T-roy on Feb 12, 2024 14:47:08 GMT -5
Until Murphy can convert opportunities in the paint and dunk ona few people, he’s a reserve. If he can’t do that, at least show some refined post moves like Thanos has done. Murphy has horrible footwork and ball skills in the paint on offense, on defense he is consistently out of position for defensive rebounds and just pushed around by smaller inside players , he is in the right position as a reserve in my opinion. Yeah, but Murphy is a better rebounder and tougher on the post. Also, the Greek Freak (not Thanos) is only playing Center out of necessity. Trust me, he's no Center. Actually even more a SF than PF. |
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Post by scotthall2119c on Feb 12, 2024 17:06:38 GMT -5
Murphy has horrible footwork and ball skills in the paint on offense, on defense he is consistently out of position for defensive rebounds and just pushed around by smaller inside players , he is in the right position as a reserve in my opinion. Yeah, but Murphy is a better rebounder and tougher on the post. Also, the Greek Freak (not Thanos) is only playing Center out of necessity. Trust me, he's no Center. Actually even more a SF than PF. While I agree with you that Thanos, is not a true center, but more of a PF. However, in this league, there are no offensively dominant true centers, so he would be fine playing against them. In fact, I think it would also give him an advantage to pull them away from the basket and face them. Then, we could play a more open offense for drives to the basket since our outside shooting is not very good. As far as Thanos being a SF, at this point in his development, he just doesn't move his feet quick enough to keep up defensively with SFs. He would get cooked and we don't have a shot-blocking center to bail him out of those situations. Thanos has a huge upside if he is willing to work, better understand leverage, get stronger and continue to develop his game. Additionally, according to ncaggies.com, Murphy is only averaging 1.3 rebs/game than Thanos. Last 5-6 games though, Thanos is averaging nearly 9 rebs to Murphy's less than 6. |
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Post by jbrob on Feb 12, 2024 17:57:18 GMT -5
Coach was after that referee!!!
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Post by A&T-roy on Feb 12, 2024 19:06:17 GMT -5
Yeah, but Murphy is a better rebounder and tougher on the post. Also, the Greek Freak (not Thanos) is only playing Center out of necessity. Trust me, he's no Center. Actually even more a SF than PF. While I agree with you that Thanos, is not a true center, but more of a PF. However, in this league, there are no offensively dominant true centers, so he would be fine playing against them. In fact, I think it would also give him an advantage to pull them away from the basket and face them. Then, we could play a more open offense for drives to the basket since our outside shooting is not very good. As far as Thanos being a SF, at this point in his development, he just doesn't move his feet quick enough to keep up defensively with SFs. He would get cooked and we don't have a shot-blocking center to bail him out of those situations. Thanos has a huge upside if he is willing to work, better understand leverage, get stronger and continue to develop his game. Additionally, according to ncaggies.com, Murphy is only averaging 1.3 rebs/game than Thanos. Last 5-6 games though, Thanos is averaging nearly 9 rebs to Murphy's less than 6. Too bad we can't see either way actually happen. |
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Post by saabman on Feb 12, 2024 19:25:46 GMT -5
Murphy has horrible footwork and ball skills in the paint on offense, on defense he is consistently out of position for defensive rebounds and just pushed around by smaller inside players , he is in the right position as a reserve in my opinion. Yeah, but Murphy is a better rebounder and tougher on the post. Also, the Greek Freak (not Thanos) is only playing Center out of necessity. Trust me, he's no Center. Actually even more a SF than PF. 4sure The Greek Freak has to play center because Murphy plays lost in the post on both ends. Don't get it twisted Murphy has his moments but having moments is not good on the block . Murphy has to be consistent for player of his size and statue . Missing easy putbacks on the offensive end and getting pushed around by smaller players on the defensive end when rebounding it's not going to cut it in my opinion. He should be dominating the paint. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 12, 2024 20:49:51 GMT -5
looked like a ghost town in corbett. guys just couldn't get it going, hostra played good defense and wouldn't allow shell to hurt them. oh well, i knew we would have games like this. onto wilmington...
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Post by scotthall2119c on Feb 13, 2024 12:41:10 GMT -5
looked like a ghost town in corbett. guys just couldn't get it going, hostra played good defense and wouldn't allow shell to hurt them. oh well, i knew we would have games like this. onto wilmington... Unfortunately, we're likely to see more games like this with Glasper out of the lineup. His injury is unfortunate and any team would struggle with their best player out for consecutive games, especially when you consider his high usage rate. The silver lining is that maybe it will humble some players to know they have to really improve their game and encourage others to be more aggressive and gain confidence. Because of Glasper's usage rate, aggressiveness and scoring ability, teams made him the focal point of their defense which allowed our other players to play without much defensive attention. Glasper is a true scorer and can heat up at any time. Other teams certainly know this, but now they don't have to worry about where Glasper is on the floor and can make it much tougher for other players like Shell and McKie. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 13, 2024 14:42:20 GMT -5
looked like a ghost town in corbett. guys just couldn't get it going, hostra played good defense and wouldn't allow shell to hurt them. oh well, i knew we would have games like this. onto wilmington... Unfortunately, we're likely to see more games like this with Glasper out of the lineup. His injury is unfortunate and any team would struggle with their best player out for consecutive games, especially when you consider his high usage rate. The silver lining is that maybe it will humble some players to know they have to really improve their game and encourage others to be more aggressive and gain confidence. Because of Glasper's usage rate, aggressiveness and scoring ability, teams made him the focal point of their defense which allowed our other players to play without much defensive attention. Glasper is a true scorer and can heat up at any time. Other teams certainly know this, but now they don't have to worry about where Glasper is on the floor and can make it much tougher for other players like Shell and McKie. agreed. but mckie just had a bad shooting night, he missed shots that he normally makes. the "greek freak" struggled cuz i could've sworn when i replayed the game that hostra had not one, but "2" 7 footers in the paint. but when i checked their roster, they only had "1" 7 footer but the other guy was 6'10", which is darn near 7 foot. i think hostra's coach "game planned" to limit shell's production since shell is our 2nd leading scorer behind glasper and it worked. we were "ice cold" from 3 point land which also didn't help shell at all cuz the defense wasn't pressured to extend all the way outta the paint to open up lanes for shell to penetrate. hey, i just wanna win at least a minimum of 3 more games before the season is ova cuz we already have 7 wins and 3 more wins would give us double digit wins for the season... |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 13, 2024 14:51:24 GMT -5
Murphy has horrible footwork and ball skills in the paint on offense, on defense he is consistently out of position for defensive rebounds and just pushed around by smaller inside players , he is in the right position as a reserve in my opinion. Yeah, but Murphy is a better rebounder and tougher on the post. Also, the Greek Freak (not Thanos) is only playing Center out of necessity. Trust me, he's no Center. Actually even more a SF than PF.nah, small forwards must have the ability to handle the ball as well as a guard. i can't see the "greek freak" bringing the ball upcourt "while under pressure", he can dribble but he doesn't have the handle to dribble the ball upcourt "while under pressure". imo, i think his perfect position is at the power forward position. but i agree that he's not suited to play center, at least not on a full time basis. perhaps he could play center for a few minutes here or there if forced to due to foul situatons, but definitely not full time... |
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