Gotta say, while this may be the gang that can't shoot straight, they're sure playing great defense. Buried in the stats through four games is this nugget: While our opponents are out-shooting us from deep by 44% to 28% (ouch!) they have also put up 32 fewer three-point shots than we have. Result? We are exactly even with our opponents on treys, 24 to 24. That is the result of great hustling, switching, trapping defense, especially on the perimeter. That will win us a lot of games.
I do have one small complaint: Our bigs trapping well outside the arc. Why? They're likely to pick up cheap fouls, and they leave the rim unprotected. Too often I've seen Krslovic or Nicholas way out deep, trapping on a smaller guard well beyond his shooting range. But that's a quibble. This defense is fun to watch.
I do have one small complaint: Our bigs trapping well outside the arc. Why? They're likely to pick up cheap fouls, and they leave the rim unprotected. Too often I've seen Krslovic or Nicholas way out deep, trapping on a smaller guard well beyond his shooting range. But that's a quibble. This defense is fun to watch.