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(11-19-2014 09:53 PM)TribeInTheBurg Wrote:  
(11-19-2014 11:09 AM)billymac Wrote:  The basis for the Motion Offense is a good passing big man with excellent court vision. His first option is always going to be finding and hitting his cutters for layups or a wide open three point shooter on the wing. He should, of course, be aware of a clear path to the basket, for a layup, but for the most part, that is not Job 1.

I get that, billymac, but those lanes are a lot tighter when the defense doesn't respect the high post as a scoring option. Especially if the word gets out that our high post players are strictly passing.

On an unrelated note, I was wondering a little last night if we'd ever see Whitman and Sheldon on the court at the same time. We had a significant size advantage last night, and it would have been interesting to at least throw that look at them. Of course, I'd rather see it surprise a conference foe, but I hope it's in the playbook.

Telling moment late in the game that stuck with me. Sheldon received a pass down low with his back to the basket. He was probably five feet from the front of the rim with his back to the basket and the defender was on his back. As soon as he received the pass he tried to kick it back out like it was a hot potato, but the defender anticipated that Sheldon would do this and reached around to knock down the pass down as soon as if left Sheldon's hands. The defender knew that Sheldon was not going to even look at the rim and gambled to go around Sheldon and gave up his defensive position. He knew this because Sheldon had not attempted to score from either the high or lost post all night.

I like Sheldon's grit, rebounding and hussle. He's good on the pick and roll diving to the rim to catch and finish. Solid defender. But, I think he needs to look to score from the low post when he has good position. If he doesn't, teams will not honor his possession and there's no inside out game.

I also thought Howard sagged off the high post and almost dared our guys to drive or shoot from the high post. I know the high post is designed to be a pass first role, but if there is a lane to the hoop it should be exploited. Rusthoven was very good at driving to the hoop from the high post at least a few times a game or taking the elbow jumper if the defense sagged.
11-20-2014 12:02 AM
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(11-20-2014 12:02 AM)WMTribe90 Wrote:  I also thought Howard sagged off the high post and almost dared our guys to drive or shoot from the high post. I know the high post is designed to be a pass first role, but if there is a lane to the hoop it should be exploited. Rusthoven was very good at driving to the hoop from the high post at least a few times a game or taking the elbow jumper if the defense sagged.

I think that is key with the bigs. They need to be confident in that midrange /free throw line jumpshot. It should be a high percentage shot and hitting it constantly will unclog passing lanes. Those backdoor cuts are much more effective with no bigs sliding over to help.
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Because of the unease that Sheldon shows in taking on scoring options from the high post was why I was suggesting that a wing such as Tarpey, flashing to the high post, with Sheldon setting a screen to clear out a driving lane, might be a way to run the motion offense. An opponent would have to respect the scoring ability of a Tarpey, Prewitt, etc.

This would be an intermediate step until the post player (Sheldon or whomever) becomes comfortable enough with exploring scoring options to keep the defense honest and elevates his passing game.

I too like Sheldon's grit. He was a real warrior down low in boxing out, etc. Whitman also shows promise and more willingness to attack the basket. It appears that Whitman and Sheldon need to work together in practice with Sheldon picking up more of a scoring mentality from Whitman and Whitman picking up more of a warrior mentality from Sheldon.

I believe these guys can develop into a nice one, two combination in the post by pushing each other and working on passing and keeping the ball up.
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In practice, I've seen Sheldon shoot the ball pretty well from the high post. I don't think his reluctance is skill related. It's more of a result of a change of role that he isn't accustomed to. His role the previous couple of years was to rebound and defend while giving Tim a breather. Scoring was never needed or required for him to contribute. Now there is a void of inside scoring that someone needs to step up into. I guess it is to be seen if the Tiger can change his stripes.
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LeadBolt, my original comments were actually directed at our wings in the high post. Sheldon was not often the cutter to the high post against Howard's zone. The guys that stuck out the most as not looking to shoot or drive out of the high post were Dixon, Malinowski and Tarpey.
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