(05-31-2019 10:26 PM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  It's about team and not Kai's assists. I'd like to see him more assertive to get his points a bit more plus a great assist to TO ratio. It's about ratio and controlling the last 5 minutes to me. Hopefully he takes the next step and works on his J and getting to his spots for confidence.

I'm not worried about PG, SG, WF, or even PF right about now. Still hurting from the baseball loss....

"It's about team not Kai's assists." There IS no team last year without those CAA record breaking 253 assists! He assisted on 45% of the team's points! That's 2nd in the NCAA behind Morant. Talk about unbalanced. Kai has lots of work to do indeed. But seriously, they asked a Freshman to carry this team and play 30+ minutes a game. They asked him to run an unimaginative offense that centered not only around a high middle pick with a spread court but also made him a create a shot in the last 7 seconds when that crap offense yielded nothing. Assist to turnover ratio under those circumstances was 2.26. Highest on the team including Gadsen. Mr Steady. His AS/TO ratio was #5 among the top 10 assist leaders in the country as a Freshman. Higher than Ja Morant. Game control in the last 5 minutes? This is where coaching comes in. Go back and look at all those close games UNCW lost by 7 or less points. (9 Games) Look at the use of timeouts and the play calls. Asking a Freshman surrounded by more experienced players to bail them out is unreasonable. Wasn't the Senior leader Cacock on the bench with foul trouble in most of those? (17 games with 4 or 5 fouls??)
Kai's 2FG % was 47% and Adjusted Field Goal % was 44%. FT % was 76. If there is a one area that must improve it's his 25% 3FG stat. A 3/25 start to his D1 career must have done damage to his psyche after shooting 36% the year before at Northfield Mount Hermon. That percentage is unacceptable as a PG. If Kai had made 2 more buckets a game you'd be looking at a 13 and 8 average as a Freshman. UNCW is lucky that his name was not in that Transfer Portal this year with Cylla. Everyone knows he could play high major but how many minutes with those 3pt shooting stats? Hopefully the team this year shows significant improvement in the most important areas. Practice preparation, scouting and in game adjustments.