Friday, August 23, 2019

Turnovers: the MUST IMPROVE stat

We were dead last in turnover margin in the SBC last season. We were next-to-last in assist to turnover margin. We led the league in turnovers.

Your shooting percentage on possessions where you have turnovers is always .000. If I had to put a finger on how we could have such high-powered scoring last season and still lose 20 games, turnovers would be the reason. Our defense was not great, but not completely awful. But our ball handling was AWFUL.

It was as though Walker just was not willing to do what it took to get us off the playground and onto the basketball court. Markquis Nowell is the heir apparent at point and has the tools to be one of our greatest at that position. BUT he has got to take much better care of the ball. And that is all on the coach. Tough love is obviously going to be needed.

It would be a CRYING SHAME to squander all the talent there is on this team just because the coach is not willing to make the team play the way they ought to play.

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