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Most of NPL’s offense are drives to the hoop. Opponents defenses were constructed to stop his drives, but with his spin moves, he was more often successful getting and scoring at the hoop, than not.

Defenses gave him the outside 2-point jump shots that he shot at 25 percent. He should not shot those shots.

If he can’r get to the hoop, or is not scoring, , he should pass the ball to Moorman, Hamilton, D.Moore, to anyone who is making their shots. NPL only a few games where he kept shooting even when he was missing..

Rose and Alston were much worse. That didn’t happen but in just Hopefully it wii. It’s up to HC McKie to demand that from NPL or any other player not shooting when they are missing fga’s. ..

Or McKie can leave NPL on the court,, and instruct him only to look to score off fast breaks, and to otherwise justo play good defense.

Or McKie can sub-in either Scott or Alani if either is not on the court, Perry, or Dunn when he returns.

NPL has to look to see if there is a defender inside. Sometimes when he hasn’t shot in a while, he instead drives to the hoop and crashes or misses a contested shot.

NPL taking 10-11 shots is about right. If he’s on, he can shoot more. He’s been a very productive player on offense and defense.

But, I fear he will try to shoot more because Shizz Alston is gone. There is no need for him to carry the load as Temple has a plethora of good scorers.

HIs foul shooting percentage increased from his freshman year, and hopefully he will again as he’s a very hard worker.
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You make a lot of good points.

When it comes down to the nitty gritty, when the shot clock is running down or at critical moments, it might be most likely that Scott takes over, since he is able to hit from anywhere on the court. So I'm looking at Scott as the money guy.

Agree that Nate shouldn't take those 2 pt jump shots - except if he's got the ball with 2 seconds on the clock and has to shoot.

Rose, when healthy, can sometimes make the money plays, although his main contribution on offense is often to go on a 1 man scoring spree and score 6-9 points in a row, to either take back a lead or build a lead.

Have too often seen him miss shots at the most crucial moments.

So we may see Scott be the main man at crunch time, and I'm cool with that, because he has played that role with his prior team.

Maybe Dunn could also become that kind of player in the next year or two.

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This brings up another interesting question: What will the starting lineup be after Rose, Alani, & Damion are gone?

I'm thinking that the starters might be Scott, NPL, Dunn, J.P., & Justyn.

That's a pretty high octane offensive unit - I assume you'd agree.

Bench: Perry (Sr), Strickland (RS Soph), Forrester (RS Soph), JPL (Soph), White (Fr), Parks (RS Soph), plus two new recruits TBA.

That's a back-up unit with a lot of defensive skill. If McKie wants to, he can at times put an entire bench unit on the floor at times when he wants to shut down an opponent's scoring.