kekgeek1 wrote:Q12543 wrote:kekgeek1 wrote:Q12543 wrote:Wowzers, ugly win, but I don't care if this team beats a bunch of third graders...a win is a win.
- I'm not a DLO fan, but he's one of the three healthy people on this roster that can actually shoot the ball. Kinda pathetic, but true. We needed him big-time tonight.
- After a cold start, Nowell was really starting to come on. Shame he tweaked his ankle. As most of you know, I followed the Iowa team closely last year and really liked what I saw. That original group of JMac, Reid, and Nowell are all starting to look like good pros (Vando was a G-leaguer too, but didn't join Iowa until after the big trade and most of those other guys were up with the main team by then).
- Edwards was just awful from the field and I thought he was really bad defensively too. He made some nice passes, but otherwise hurt a lot more than he helped.
- The biggest change of the night was Okogie sitting the entire second half, with McDaniels getting his minutes. McDaniels played his usual feisty defense, but couldn't make a shot. How fitting that the second he starts playing the defensive role that Okogie played, he suddenly can't shoot anymore. Typical Wolves.
- If Layman can keep hitting the 3 consistently, he deserves playing time.
- And finally there is Malik Beasley. He continues to be our best, most consistent player with KAT out. He is now in flat-out bargain territory with that contract, something many of us thought
may have been a bit of an overpay.
Go Wolves!
I don't think Edwards was good but thought he was key to the win. Saunders let him run the offense mid way through the 3rd. Allowed dlo to be off ball and have 2 catch and shoot 3s. Also found Nowell on the 3 to end the 3rd. He wasn't good but did do things to spark the run in the 3rd and got others going
He's really good at getting into the lane - absolutely the right thing of the coaching staff to keep encouraging him to put pressure on the rim as it then takes advantage of catch-and-shoot guys like Beasley and DLO.
But......at some point he's going to have to figure out how to make a 3 off the bounce, otherwise opposing defenses will keep backing off of him further and further to prevent the drive. He has proven to be a solid catch-and-shoot 3-baller, but his accuracy when pulling up is awful. And we know how good the Wolves are at fixing these things with young shooters.....
To your point he is shooting 39% from 3 in catch and shoot opportunities. While shooting 24% in dribble pull ups
Thanks kek. That's a telling stat and it aligns with his excellent free-throw shooting. It tells that he's an excellent shooter when he has his feet set. It clearly differentiates him from Culver and Okogie and gives me hope that he can rectify his shooting off the bounce.
