MinnesotaMadman
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16 first half points.
Here is my laundry list of things that I see wrong with the offense.
We take too long getting into our sets.
My solutions:
Push the ball whenever possible and try to create mismatches. When their is a mismatch, you MUST exploit it!
Get the ball inside. I realize Ralph and Iverson are young, but keeping the ball outside the three point line the whole possession isn't going to cut it.
And finally, the picks. You know those things we set that accomplish absolutely nothing.
If you're going to set a pick, you damn well better roll or pop. If you are the guard receiving the pick, you MUST do one of three things: Turn the corner, pass to the roller/popper, shoot the ball. If you're coming off an off-ball screen you need to vary your cut. When you see your man jump on the other side of the screener you need to fade to the corner. If he trails you need to curl. They teach you this in 6th grade basketball. If you are setting an off ball screen you need to read the cutter. He fades, you roll to the basket. He curls, you pop out towards the corner. Screeners often times get open by setting a screen. Set picks at angles that actually benefit your offense. If you don't understand these angles, you should watch MSU set their picks. They are amazing. Guys are wide open all over the place.
Here is my laundry list of things that I see wrong with the offense.
We take too long getting into our sets.
Notice how fast after a made basket MSU gets the ball up the court? Notice how we let the defense get set EVERY time.
Our off-ball screens are highly ineffective.The know where we are going. Every time its a screen with a cut straight up the court. Our momentum is always away from the basket. There are no curls, no fades, no backdoors.
Our on-ball screens are highly ineffective.They are just plain bad. See the following comments as to why.
Our screen angles are ineffective.Angle is ALWAYS perpendicular to the basket, meaning our ball handling isn't running/dribbling in a direction that makes him an offensive threat in any way.
Our screeners don't roll.What MSU's big men hedge before the screen is ever even set. There is no fear at all that the big will receive the ball after setting a screen.
Our screeners don't pop.Same as with the roll. No fear at all of a pick and pop.
We don't get the ball inside.If anyone was counting the number of times we had the ball inside the three point line before the shot clock was at 15, I bet they wouldn't have to enter double digits.
Our spacing is horrible.Our players are all over the place. Most of the time without any rhyme or reason is seems.
Considering our lack of any sort of effective screen or inside play, our entire offense revolves around a player creating his own shot. Unfortunately, we do not have a player who is consistently capable of doing so.My solutions:
Push the ball whenever possible and try to create mismatches. When their is a mismatch, you MUST exploit it!
Get the ball inside. I realize Ralph and Iverson are young, but keeping the ball outside the three point line the whole possession isn't going to cut it.
And finally, the picks. You know those things we set that accomplish absolutely nothing.
If you're going to set a pick, you damn well better roll or pop. If you are the guard receiving the pick, you MUST do one of three things: Turn the corner, pass to the roller/popper, shoot the ball. If you're coming off an off-ball screen you need to vary your cut. When you see your man jump on the other side of the screener you need to fade to the corner. If he trails you need to curl. They teach you this in 6th grade basketball. If you are setting an off ball screen you need to read the cutter. He fades, you roll to the basket. He curls, you pop out towards the corner. Screeners often times get open by setting a screen. Set picks at angles that actually benefit your offense. If you don't understand these angles, you should watch MSU set their picks. They are amazing. Guys are wide open all over the place.
