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RE: Boogie Ellis enters the transfer portal
(04-02-2021 08:51 AM)macgar32 Wrote: (04-02-2021 08:36 AM)thagr82008 Wrote: (04-02-2021 08:12 AM)macgar32 Wrote: (04-01-2021 08:39 PM)thagr82008 Wrote: (04-01-2021 11:30 AM)Tiger87 Wrote: Boogies numbers since A-lo went out with injury:
Cincy 17 pts (5-11), 2 asst, 1 to
USF 18 PTS (6-11), 2 asst, 0 to
Houston 7 pts (3-11), 4 asst, 1 to
UCF 12 pts (4-12), 3 asst, 2 to
Houston 27 pts (9-16), 2 asst, 3 to
Dayton 3 pts (1-7), 0 asst, 0 to
Boise 11 pts (5-11), 1 asst, 2 to
Colorado St 4 pts (1-4), 2 asst, 2 to
Miss St 23 pts (6-12), 5 asst, 1 to
His play did improve. Of course, he got more minutes. But he was still very inconsistent. The first Houston game he was MIA until that last shot. The next Houston game, he was big. The Miss State game might have been his best of the year. But against CSU the game before, he was not good. Of the 4 NIT games, he had 1 great game, 1 good game, and 2 ineffective games.
It is not as simple as A-lo was holding Boogie back. Boogie struggles with his psyche and it effects his game. Maybe a return to the West Coast will help him mentally.
It's VERY simple, Alo is NOT good enough to lead most D-1 programs, He's a serviceable backup (at best) But because of the lifelong relationship....CPH gave him the keys over a dynamic guard with off the charts abilities.....Alo would be having The game of his life, If he scored 15-17 pts in a game....Boogie does this in halves, consistently.....If Boogie isn't scoring, he's still a threat and defenses have to honor that.....Alo hurt our offense with hesitation and no confidence in his shot....His release is slow and methodical.....he will NEVER be a scorer and that puts tremendous pressure on EVERYONE else....Our offense was COMPLETELY different with Boogie....He also shouldn't be blamed for inconsistencies when there is no one backing him up and the pace that we play....Remember the Houston game where just prior to the half, Boogie was on the bench for about 40 seconds....He was exhausted
The team scores more points when ALo is on the floor per possession than any other player.
So to say ALo hurt our offense compared to Boogie or Baugh is just wrong. Is ALo an all world PG, absolutely not, but this season he was better for this teams offense than the other options.
I don't buy that..... As well as, whom were the opponents....Makes a diff You kno
And I think you know the opponents...The schedule is published.
Points per possession numbers for guards for the year.
LOMAX 1.0711
LESTER 1.0688
BOOGIE 1.0461
BAUGH 0.9932
Points per possession when ALo is not in the game 1.0015
Points per possession last 10 games of the year...1.0688. Still lower than what was produced when ALo was on the floor. Obviously would have been higher if he was present.
And the reasons for that are very easy to understand for anyone that watches basketball. Not only does Lomax see the floor, handle the ball, get into the lane and pass 100X better than Boogie or Baugh, his ability to do all four spreads the floor out for everyone else.
When he isn't actually getting assists (4.2 per game in 21.6 minutes versus 5.3 for Boogie, LQ and Baugh in 64.4 minutes), he is forcing defenses to adjust to him, which creates better opportunities for everyone else.
All anyone has to do is look at every single halfcourt possession where Baugh points and waves for 15 seconds, then hands the ball off to Williams, Dandridge or DJ 30 feet from the basket, to see it. All anyone has to do is look at most possessions where Boogie can't break down his defender or LQ has his back to the basket, shielding the defender away from the ball, not being able to attack.
As I have said all season, we needed all three to be available. Boogie was wildly inconsistent and was ineffective against teams that pressured the ball. Baugh was mostly not very good, and Lomax is limited offensively. Out of the three, you hope you can get a really good game out of at least one of them.
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2021 09:50 AM by Stammers.)
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