The bad new is they suck.The good news is they will not lose any players to the NBA next season!!
Boy, Altman has his work cut out for him.I love what he said after the game though. "We have a lot of volunteers to pound it and shoot it,but no volunteers to do the dirty work."
Troy Brown not even close to being NBA ready and none of the other freshman either.The team IQ seems really,really low.Here is what I see
1) No bit time player, or leader who can make a play at the end of a game
2) Their offense seems to be stand around and watch the guy with the ball dribble
3) As a team, and especially the left handed Brown,they pass up good shots and shoot crappy shots
4) Individual defense is pathetic.They run up to their man and stand up straight. Don't get their butts down and don't move their feet. This is why they foul so much. Dana should throw the 5 guys out their that want to work on defense even if they lose the rest of their games.Every guy on this team plays defense like its an AAU summer game
Dana got it exactly right about the lack of volunteers to do the hard stuff. No hard screens,no hard cuts,no blocking out,giving upon defense when your man gets a step on you. The press showed a complete lack of hustle.The offense is not an offense. Its dribbling around the perimeter and then turning it over or jacking up a crappy shot
As bad as they are,am I giving upon them? No,I have seen Altman's teams make great improvement in the course of a season.He has some talent. Even with his coaching though they have to develop a player or two who can take over a game at the end. It is not Prichard. That's for sure. It can happen but Altman got his toughest job in many years.His first step is to bench the guys who want to do their own summer league thing
Boy, Altman has his work cut out for him.I love what he said after the game though. "We have a lot of volunteers to pound it and shoot it,but no volunteers to do the dirty work."
Troy Brown not even close to being NBA ready and none of the other freshman either.The team IQ seems really,really low.Here is what I see
1) No bit time player, or leader who can make a play at the end of a game
2) Their offense seems to be stand around and watch the guy with the ball dribble
3) As a team, and especially the left handed Brown,they pass up good shots and shoot crappy shots
4) Individual defense is pathetic.They run up to their man and stand up straight. Don't get their butts down and don't move their feet. This is why they foul so much. Dana should throw the 5 guys out their that want to work on defense even if they lose the rest of their games.Every guy on this team plays defense like its an AAU summer game
Dana got it exactly right about the lack of volunteers to do the hard stuff. No hard screens,no hard cuts,no blocking out,giving upon defense when your man gets a step on you. The press showed a complete lack of hustle.The offense is not an offense. Its dribbling around the perimeter and then turning it over or jacking up a crappy shot
As bad as they are,am I giving upon them? No,I have seen Altman's teams make great improvement in the course of a season.He has some talent. Even with his coaching though they have to develop a player or two who can take over a game at the end. It is not Prichard. That's for sure. It can happen but Altman got his toughest job in many years.His first step is to bench the guys who want to do their own summer league thing
