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Trae Golden- Free Throw Rate: 61.0
Free Throw Rate is basically a stat that says how good you are getting to line and then converting them.
Anyways, Golden's FTR is 8th in the conference. That is very good. No doubt last night's game helps. However, he needs to learn to continue to take the ball to the hole. He had sixteen free throw attempts last night. In three losses, Golden has had only six free throw attempts. In UT's five wins, he has 42. Some of that is late game free throws. However, when he gets to the line, good things happen.
Yemi Makanjoula- 17.1 offensive rebound percentage/18.3 defensive rebound percentage
I kind of cheated using two stats here. However, I found this interesting. Yemi doesn't qualify nationally because lack of minutes, but in looking at it, Yemi's rebounding has been crazy good. His offensive rebounding percentage puts him top 20 in the country, and his defensive rebounding puts him 16th in the conference (nationally he'd be in the top 150, which isn't bad).
I really was blown away by this, especially offensively. I think you can make a case Yemi should be getting more minutes just off this alone. UT is a team that doesn't have a lot possessions. Yemi creates extra possessions. Seems simple to me.
D'Montre Edwards- 42.9% from three
He's only taken seven. So we are talking about an extremely small sample size. But that's the best by a wide margin (closest after Edwards is Jordan McRae at 34.5%).
My point being here is that while I like Q, I believe D'Montre should be getting the backup 4 minutes. His length at 6'7 plus his ability to stretch the D makes him a viable candidate to get ten or fifeteen minutes at the 4. Coach Martin likes to go with a small lineup in some situations, and I think D'Montre can be of great use at the 4 in those spots.
Jarnell Stokes & Kenny Hall- 65 Free Throw attempts combined
Why is this important? First off, that's 8 free throws a game between the two. Second, they are shooting 34/65 combined, and that's equals 52.3%. That's not good. At all.
These guys are really good around the rim offensively. They are going to get fouled, especially with their mentality of going up strong, which is something I love. Yet, if you are only going to shoot 52.3% from the line, you aren't accomplishing much. If they don't improve that, it's going to cost UT a tournament berth.
Josh Richardson- 4.9 rebounds per game
I always thought having a guard that can get five boards a game is so underrated, and that's what Josh is doing. It takes pressure off your post players. Richardson does a nice job crashing the boards defensively, and I like the fact that's he had a nine board game and an eight board game. He also can grab rebounds offensively, averaging 1.7, which is fantastic for a guard.
Trae Golden- Free Throw Rate: 61.0
Free Throw Rate is basically a stat that says how good you are getting to line and then converting them.
Anyways, Golden's FTR is 8th in the conference. That is very good. No doubt last night's game helps. However, he needs to learn to continue to take the ball to the hole. He had sixteen free throw attempts last night. In three losses, Golden has had only six free throw attempts. In UT's five wins, he has 42. Some of that is late game free throws. However, when he gets to the line, good things happen.
Yemi Makanjoula- 17.1 offensive rebound percentage/18.3 defensive rebound percentage
I kind of cheated using two stats here. However, I found this interesting. Yemi doesn't qualify nationally because lack of minutes, but in looking at it, Yemi's rebounding has been crazy good. His offensive rebounding percentage puts him top 20 in the country, and his defensive rebounding puts him 16th in the conference (nationally he'd be in the top 150, which isn't bad).
I really was blown away by this, especially offensively. I think you can make a case Yemi should be getting more minutes just off this alone. UT is a team that doesn't have a lot possessions. Yemi creates extra possessions. Seems simple to me.
D'Montre Edwards- 42.9% from three
He's only taken seven. So we are talking about an extremely small sample size. But that's the best by a wide margin (closest after Edwards is Jordan McRae at 34.5%).
My point being here is that while I like Q, I believe D'Montre should be getting the backup 4 minutes. His length at 6'7 plus his ability to stretch the D makes him a viable candidate to get ten or fifeteen minutes at the 4. Coach Martin likes to go with a small lineup in some situations, and I think D'Montre can be of great use at the 4 in those spots.
Jarnell Stokes & Kenny Hall- 65 Free Throw attempts combined
Why is this important? First off, that's 8 free throws a game between the two. Second, they are shooting 34/65 combined, and that's equals 52.3%. That's not good. At all.
These guys are really good around the rim offensively. They are going to get fouled, especially with their mentality of going up strong, which is something I love. Yet, if you are only going to shoot 52.3% from the line, you aren't accomplishing much. If they don't improve that, it's going to cost UT a tournament berth.
Josh Richardson- 4.9 rebounds per game
I always thought having a guard that can get five boards a game is so underrated, and that's what Josh is doing. It takes pressure off your post players. Richardson does a nice job crashing the boards defensively, and I like the fact that's he had a nine board game and an eight board game. He also can grab rebounds offensively, averaging 1.7, which is fantastic for a guard.
