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Abouo an embarrassment

by hawkwing · 11/5/2011

Gunk

11/21/2011, 6:25:11 AM

Lawboy wrote:
Davies is our best player by a mile. He disappears because we stop passing him the ball. This year's team needs to feed the post better then get their looks from inside-out passing. W need to run our O through BD then let him feed cutters or spot up 3s. Change is offense, but it would work for this group of guys.

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Agree. Davies needs more touches, but he's got to do a better job of not forcing things; just let the game come to him. He's going to get doubled all season long, needs to recognize that and do a better job than Jimmer did of getting the ball to open man when doubled.

Odds are, it will be either Noah or Abouo's man that will come on the help. Davies needs to make them pay and with both Noah and Abouo's shooting, Davies should make it a habit of hitting them for the open shot. Loved the back door cut Noah did early against Longwood. When the double comes either Noah or Abouo need cut behind Davies for a back door while the other rotate out to the perimeter for 3. That's money all day and either one of them can do that. If ran correctly, Davies should have 6+ assists a night. Davies just needs to be patient. If he passes and BYU connects for buckets defenses will ease up on the double.

Brayden Green

11/23/2011, 2:32:56 AM

I'm sorry, Davies is not our best player. When he starts averaging more than 12 mins a half I will consider him for "best player."

Right now he just gets a N/A or a N/Q from me.

Mars

11/23/2011, 9:36:25 AM

BlueIsBetter wrote:
I'm sorry, Davies is not our best player. When he starts averaging more than 12 mins a half I will consider him for "best player." Right now he just gets a N/A or a N/Q from me.

Davies may be our best player. Hartsock is much more consistent. Rogers is my favorite guy on the team this year. And Abouo can run away with games too on a good day.

Cougarbib

11/23/2011, 10:03:17 AM

The next two games should clarify how good this team is. So far - looks like a rebuilding year.

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BroncoBot

11/23/2011, 12:30:55 PM

Davies may have the most "potential" but he forces stuff quite a bit. And I've been impressed with out well this years team feeds the post. It's night and day from last year with post touches.

I said this somewhere else, this is becoming a very fun team to watch. Perimeter shooting has been awesome the last couple of games and the low post is also improving each game. Hartsock and Davies is a good combo, and Austin is certainly serviceable.

Guest

11/23/2011, 3:33:45 PM

I've said before, and I'll say it again, I think early this year, Hartsock is our best player. He doesn't have the extreme ups that Abouo can have, or even Davies, but he never has the lows either. He's our most consistent guy, and thats what this team really needs, a steady, consistent guy.

scott715

11/23/2011, 4:14:03 PM

But who has the highest ceiling?

CougarClaw

11/23/2011, 6:45:18 PM

Davies is our best player? He didn't vanish because we stopped throwing him the ball, he vanished because he still gets called for defensive fouls, commits more turnovers than anyone on the team and was well covered by the Longwood and that other team that I can't even remember their name.

Passing to Davies was read #1 but it simply was not available because of the Defense. At least the last two games, Hartsock was more effective under the basket than Davies was.

Don't get me wrong, I love it when Davies drains the 15 footers and I love his dunks but he still needs lots of work. Oh, and how about that one step finger roll starting from the 3 point line. That boy has LENGTH!

Mars

11/23/2011, 6:48:06 PM

CougarClaw wrote:
Davies is our best player? He didn't vanish because we stopped throwing him the ball, he vanished because he still gets called for defensive fouls, commits more turnovers than anyone on the team and was well covered by the Longwood and that other team that I can't even remember their name.

This is true. Opposing teams have been doubling him a lot, but he has had some other problems, one large one with pressure-defense.

SpiffCoug

11/23/2011, 7:13:13 PM

It should be noted that Davies is currently 2nd on the team in assists.

Mars

11/23/2011, 7:31:48 PM

SpiffCoug wrote:
It should be noted that Davies is currently 2nd on the team in assists.

Who is first?

P.S. Nice new avatar! Very... spiffy.

SpiffCoug

11/23/2011, 8:10:17 PM

Through four games, here are the assist leaders:

Abouo - 13

Davies - 11

Winder - 9

Rogers - 9

Hartsock - 9

Zylstra - 6

Cusick - 5

Sharp - 5

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