This young man might have a fine NBA career if he plays his cards right. With that sweet outside shot he has... he can strike daggers into the hearts of opponents and be a game-changer. And if he DID learn how to take the ball to the hoop... this Coleman just might be the next Connie (but without Connie's drama).
Illinois 79, Wisconsin 69 Postgame
This young man might have a fine NBA career if he plays his cards right. With that sweet outside shot he has... he can strike daggers into the hearts of opponents and be a game-changer. And if he DID learn how to take the ball to the hoop... this Coleman just might be the next Connie (but without Connie's drama).
Right, but aren't you happy that we shot those layups and shots at the rim rather than 3s at the start of this game against WI? I sure was. Now how about making more of those short aggressive shots (like you correctly said) and mixing in only a modest amount of 3s? Who shoot 3s better on the road than at home? The answer is NOBODY, at least, on the average, so our offense needs to charge to reflect that.
I don't fully agree. I hated that we missed a bunch of short shots and layups, but I LOVED that we took those aggressively-going-to-the-basket shots that normally lead to more points in the paint, more free throws, and lead to open outside shots later on in the game, as the defenders stay back to protect against driving. The only thing we need to do better in that opening 7 mins is make more layups and bunnies.
Oh, and I want Coleman to look at the f-ing rim when he gets the ball, and not just for shooting 3s. How does Coleman think this constitutes being "shot-ready" as Underwood talks about. How can you be shot-ready with your back to the basket, 20 feet from the rim? You can't, so Coleman please doing that. Instead, Coleman needs to always catch the ball or pivot after the catch or dribble and face to look for every score opportunity. He too often rushes and misses obvious scoring chances. Dain is doing that sometimes too. Those guys are too big and too good to miss easy chances to score. And, no, I don't want to rely on Coleman 3s, but only utilize them when they are openly available and are dropping (more often, at home). Otherwise, he must look for higher percentage shots closer to the basket.
illini55
- The Villages, FL
Who would have agreed with this before the season began? I guess recruiting isn’t the only thing that’s fluid!
DISCLAIMER: I watched only half the game as I scarfed down a grease-bomb burger at Buffalo
Wild Wings…and just listened to the second half on the radio. Also, I just flat, might be wrong…but I’m guessing what jrichisamazing might be referring to is the X series… out of the Spread? I think I saw that a time or two at least; Dain would catch it at the high post and the cutters would scissor off him.Were you referring to that series when you talked about the specials/variations?
I tell ya what I really wanna see is Dain, tear the damn backboard down on a flush…running off a back screen set by the second cutter… like they did for Kofi.
I’m kinda curious to know better what you think they’re doing when they flow into the 5-0 look…ya know?…what the nuts and bolts of that actually are…what the primary options are…and what rules govern how they flow between the 5-0 and the spread.
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BillyBob1
- Champaign
Remember him making a 3 at the end of the game last year when Illinois had just taken a shot clock violation.
He tried at times but were not very smooth IMO. I am not sure it is his handling or something else.
First Bold: I wanna say BU called that set “side” in the clinic, because that’s what I call it and I call most of the stuff I stole what we he calls it. But yes we saw that one a lot. We also the elevator screen for the HP guy when Hawkins was there.DISCLAIMER: I watched only half the game as I scarfed down a grease-bomb burger at Buffalo
Were you referring to that series when you talked about the specials/variations?
I tell ya what I really wanna see is Dain, tear the damn backboard down on a flush…running off a back screen set by the second cutter… like they did for Kofi.
I’m kinda curious to know better what you think they’re doing when they flow into the 5-0 look…ya know?…what the nuts and bolts of that actually are…what the primary options are…and what rules govern how they flow between the 5-0 and the spread.
Bold 2: there’s 2 variations of that. That’s the second cutter read option when the defense is playing the high post tightly. It’s also a call for the for the player who gets pushed through on the dribble entry. So instead of Shannon receiving the pin down screen from dain like he did yesterday, he would back screen for Dain for the lob.
Bold 3: yesterday it was the double pick and pop for Hawkins like I wrote in the first post. This is in the way back machine of my brain so I could be wrong, but I wanna say with Kofi, who would always roll, they would reverse to the slot and sprint him up into a pick and roll while clearing out the other slot. So that might be something we could see with dain.
the national
- the Front Range
After Friday, other programs and a lot of Illini fans thought this team was done. I don’t have a problem with the message. [and there might also be some us against us in there too]
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
I think they put this out to spin all the churning on social media into a collective motivation to succeed. Hope it works.
I don’t, but this video talks about some stuff with the spread and how certain teams flow in and out of it.
illini80
- Forgottonia
Feels like maybe the message is to the players more than the fans. If it works its all good I guess.
sacraig
- The desert
Doubt it. It's just not really cool to post on Twitter "hey our team fell apart because of internal matters and now we are fighting our way back to relevance."
Get your +8000 on natty before its too late.