I normally hate ET, but he did a good job running the 2nd unit. 2nd units ball movement was so much better than the 1st unit's.
He should definitely shoot when he has an opening, which is the majority of the time. The issue is when he doesn't he's too slow to find a second option. It's simply a waste to completely collapse the D drawing three defenders and not pass the ball quick enough or dribble into a turnover when a quick pass could result in ball movement to open shooters for three. If CJ can get his teammates going in addition to scoring at will he'll be unstoppable, a la Roy.
True. But CJ is good, is efficient, and is clutch. I think the expectation is that he looks first to break down is man and score. That's his role. And if he can do what he did last night and get to the line 6 times, that's better than a Zach jumper or shaky post move, no?
Asking Turner to be the primary ball handler when he's on the court really freed him up last night. It plays to his strengths. And you can see the confidence on his heads up play and on defense. Meyers made some great passew ladt night.
Meyers, while not perfect, actually did look like a basketball player in game 1. I'm not expecting some miracle for him. But, if he can play some backup minutes and not hurt the team, then that is just gravy on the biscuits of the season.
So glad someone else sees this. Teams simply do not have to guard him and he creates huge problems on the offensive end. They wait for the ball to end up in Aminu's hands and then it's 4 on 5. Just cruise the lanes and wait for the trainwreck. Happens time and time again.
When Aminu is hot we’re basically unstoppable though, to be fair. Also credit where its due, Meyers played legitimately well.
Aminu did shoot a career best 36.9% from 3 last season, that's better than Dames 36.1%, if he's close to that this yr that's solid
He shot it well last year but it's in roller coaster like production. Towards the end of the season last year he had a 4-game stretch where he was 15-27 (.556). That was followed up by a 12 game stretch to end the season shooting 13-51 (.254). Overall that comes out to a .359% but it is EXTREMELY over inflated by a hot 4-game run. For 12 of those 16 games, he was brutal and that is what happens on many nights. He needs better consistency.
There are Players in the NBA who shoots over 40% from 3 , and they aren't that much wide open like Aminu, considering that Aminu is allways wide open on his 3s, his 3point% isn't Bad but definetly not very good. He's streaky. We have to live with that he sometimes shots 5 of 7 from 3 or so and sometimes 0/7
Agreed. Given that he is WIDE FREAKING OPEN on most of his '3's, his percentage SHOULD be higher. It's jut like practice in the gym because no one is near him. It is very rare that he shoots an even mildly contested shot and those are often wildly inaccurate.
