(11-18-2015 08:48 PM)BealeStreetTiger Wrote: (11-17-2015 08:49 PM)Tigermaniac Wrote: (11-17-2015 08:39 PM)macgar32 Wrote: (11-17-2015 08:32 PM)Tigermaniac Wrote: (11-17-2015 08:16 PM)tigers1125 Wrote: Kedren Johnson/ no other PG slowed last years team down. Did it speed up when Austin got hurt? NO.
Dude just stop... Austin Nichols is everything I said he was. He would not be able to run the court and keep up with the way the team played tonight. Like I said, he'll be great at Virginia. He didn't fit the team that was around him.
This season he's not slowing us down. You sure are sticking up hard for him for someone who "isn't a fan" lol. Memphis has the personnel to run. Im not saying AN was the only reason. Josh was the reason too. You'll see next season how much better Austin is in Virginia's system and how much better we are playing fast for 40 minutes.
If you're gonna sit there and argue that AN is extremely fast and athletic and would fit on a team that is run and gun, I'm done talking to you about it. No one in their right mind would even come close to thinking that.
Dedric fits much better for who we are. I just hope Josh doesn't change it and he continues to let them run.
Austin would be a perfect Center on this team...Austin at center in this game, if he was not selfish with the ball, would have helped.
Dedric is a much better 4 man on this team. Dedric spreads the floor and is a better threat to create for others.
We'll have to agree to disagree. He needs to be in a system. He needs set plays. He would not be able to get up and down the court at a fast pace for 32 minutes. It's not his style. He was the best "half court" player we had. Austin needs to be used in a half-court system that likes to run high/lows and so on. I'm not saying he wouldn't contribute at all. I'm saying he doesn't fit the mold. Had he been in tonight we would have slowed the game down several times, tried to force it inside, and let him make plays. That's not what this team needs.
Shaq is a good fit for this team. In fact a Joey Dorsey type that rebounds, blocks shots and can run the court would be "Perfect" for this team.
Like I said, we'll agree to disagree.
Hey I like to run-n-gun too but if this is the only thing you can do you won’t be able to matchup against good teams who can do more and frustrate a one-dimensional team. Remember how we were going to run ST Louis’ tongue out a few seasons ago? Or remember the Michigan ST game where they decided to run and we kept it close in the first half? Then they decided to change the pace in the second half, pound it inside and blew us out?
Tark the Shark’s UNLV team went undefeated in the regular season and were thought as a lock for the title. Coach K’s Duke team ran with them for a while and decided to change gears. This totally threw UNLV out of sync and they never recovered. I can go on & on but not many one-trick-pony teams survive.
You’ve ragged on Austin but if he was playing yesterday we would have had the option to change the pace on OU, get him the ball cleanly, and watch him score easily down the stretch.
Instead we were jackin’ up a bunch of 3’s (6-26/23.1%) and lost an important game on our own court.
Sorry for the mini rant and from now own I’ll just look/lurk for info and refrain my posts.
First off, if you had read my post you would see im not "ragging" on anyone. I think Austin is a great player and will be great at Virginia. He just wasn't a good fit at Memphis.
I don't know why it's so hard for some of your to understand. Me saying Austin fits better in a halfcourt or balanced system, and it's as good in an uptempo system doesn't mean im ragging him lol.
He was always under pressure. Opposing teams knew he was the guy and since we don't have other good half court players, true CONSISTENT 3 point shooters to help him, or another big with similar skill set to help him, it wasn't good for him.
Sure, having him for depth would be great, having any other decent big would be great. However, AN on this team for 32 minutes a game, would equal more losses because we'd have to play HIS way, and not the way the team would be most successful at.
How many times did we turn the ball over trying to get it to him?
How many times did he turn the ball over if he got the pass because he was double teamed?
Yes, we will struggle against teams who want to slow the game down. Do you know how to handle that? Without having to CHANGE who you are?
You force them to play uptempo...
You pressure them, the play fast on offense, and you get a lead and force them to pick it up.
Same witht he half court... How do you slow an uptempo team down?
You slow the game down on offense, take your time, sit back in a zone, force them to pass the ball multiple times, take time off the clock and get them uncomfortable. Get them furstrated, get them to make mistakes and blah, blah, blah....
It works both ways. We have got to stay with who we are. We have to run, we have to pressure the ball, and we have to start making shots.
That's who we are, and that is the type of personnel we have. Austin was the odd man out. Every player on the team had to change their play style, what they were comfortable with in order to appease Austin's style. I saw it, it was frustrating and boring.
Thats why I said, the team is more in sync without him, the team looks more free on the court..
Not once did I say Austin was a bad player, horrible at basketball, I said nothing about him going or not going to the NBA.
I said the exact opposite. I said he was a great player, will be great and probably BETTER at Virginina due to their play style.
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Now we know why Austin went to Virginia
