Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Do we do anything well?

As I write we are 4-4, which is by definition mediocre, which means neither good nor bad. I spend (perhaps) too much time lamenting the things we do not do well. So, what do we do well? There must be something, or we would not be mediocre.

We shoot the ball pretty well. I especially like the 48.9% overall team shooting average. Give most of the credit for that to Kris Bankston, with solid help from Maric, Johnson and Tucker. They are taking shots they can make, and making the shots they take. That is a winning formula. From the arc we are at 34.7%, which is good, though not great. I'll take it for the time being.

For a team that does not have any dominant big man rebounding, we have done pretty well on the boards. We are plus-2, and that is with a 6-5 small forward being our leading rebounder. If Kamani Johnson starts earning more minutes and if Bankston can ever cut down on his fouls, our board work probably will improve.

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