StepCross
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I see two main problems on offense, and one on defense.
The defensive problem is easier: we're too big and not quick enough. Slide Hopson down to the three and start Bone or Golden at the 2. Immediately we're quicker.
The offensive problems are that we aren't getting any real one-on-one threat from anyone except Hops and Harris, and we have NO ONE that is a great passer.
I'm a Cameron Tatum fan, but right now his outside shot isn't falling, and he's not quite quick enough to blow by his man. He's in a bit of a funk, honestly.
Goins isn't a real scoring threat, and doesn't pass the ball very well. None of our 5's is a scoring threat. It's Harris and Hopson or bust, at the moment.
So teams can put their best perimeter defender on Hopson and ignore everyone else, for the most part. And they are.
Getting Golden on the floor kind of forces teams to defend Hopson with the 3, which is better for us than a quick cat who can get in Hopson's feet and strip the ball. Also, Golden sees the floor better than anyone else on the team. IMO our assists would immediately increase.
So you'd have Hopson putting more pressure on the defenders because they have to guard him with the SF, and Golden putting more pressure on team defense because suddenly we're capable of finding the open man. IMO even Hops and Harris would see their numbers increase, because you'd have someone on the floor whose sole job is to get the ball to them.
Then Cam is a dagger off the bench at backup 3, where he brings instant energy like he did last year, and probably gets to face either a backup SF (that's a winning matchup for us) or the guy who's been chasing Hopson around for the whole game.
Personally I'd use Bone as backup at both guard positions and give him 20 minutes a game, and start Golden and Goins both. But if you're determined to keep Golden at backup PG, start Bone at the 2.
We're quicker, the rotation is tighter, we have a better passing team, and we're putting more pressure on the defense to guard Hopson 1-on-1 with a guy that's too slow to do it.
Thoughts?
The defensive problem is easier: we're too big and not quick enough. Slide Hopson down to the three and start Bone or Golden at the 2. Immediately we're quicker.
The offensive problems are that we aren't getting any real one-on-one threat from anyone except Hops and Harris, and we have NO ONE that is a great passer.
I'm a Cameron Tatum fan, but right now his outside shot isn't falling, and he's not quite quick enough to blow by his man. He's in a bit of a funk, honestly.
Goins isn't a real scoring threat, and doesn't pass the ball very well. None of our 5's is a scoring threat. It's Harris and Hopson or bust, at the moment.
So teams can put their best perimeter defender on Hopson and ignore everyone else, for the most part. And they are.
Getting Golden on the floor kind of forces teams to defend Hopson with the 3, which is better for us than a quick cat who can get in Hopson's feet and strip the ball. Also, Golden sees the floor better than anyone else on the team. IMO our assists would immediately increase.
So you'd have Hopson putting more pressure on the defenders because they have to guard him with the SF, and Golden putting more pressure on team defense because suddenly we're capable of finding the open man. IMO even Hops and Harris would see their numbers increase, because you'd have someone on the floor whose sole job is to get the ball to them.
Then Cam is a dagger off the bench at backup 3, where he brings instant energy like he did last year, and probably gets to face either a backup SF (that's a winning matchup for us) or the guy who's been chasing Hopson around for the whole game.
Personally I'd use Bone as backup at both guard positions and give him 20 minutes a game, and start Golden and Goins both. But if you're determined to keep Golden at backup PG, start Bone at the 2.
We're quicker, the rotation is tighter, we have a better passing team, and we're putting more pressure on the defense to guard Hopson 1-on-1 with a guy that's too slow to do it.
Thoughts?
