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RE: Game Week: WMU and BSU
(01-30-2018 04:44 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  I would really like to see him occasionally kick the ball out to the perimeter as soon as he receives it. Usually a shooter is wide open as the defense collapses into the paint. Wide open threes are there for the taking. If the defense adjusts to it then Thompson can score at will. Thompson rarely passes the ball and is always looking for a shot as soon as he touches it. The opponents know this and it's up to our coaches to adjust to it (don't hold your breath for that though).

i agree with a huge emphasis on "occasionally".

his fg% is 67%. his true shooting is 66%, which would be one of the top two or three ts% in the NBA. tough to tell a guy who is that efficient that he should pass more. particularly since he is able to get position so deep in the post.

there are times where he gets double or triple teamed, and that's when he turns the ball over (has a turnover about once every six times he touches the ball). i cant recall more than one or two times that he's turned the ball over in a one-on-one situation. it seems like most, if not all, of his turnovers are when he gets doubled and tripled. when that happens and he still has his back to the basket, he gets stripped. it would be nice if he could anticipate that more often and make the pass faster.

it's great to have a player as talented as JT4. bummer that he's being underappreciated due to how disappointing this season has been.
01-31-2018 01:08 AM
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RE: Game Week: WMU and BSU
(01-31-2018 01:08 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  
(01-30-2018 04:44 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  I would really like to see him occasionally kick the ball out to the perimeter as soon as he receives it. Usually a shooter is wide open as the defense collapses into the paint. Wide open threes are there for the taking. If the defense adjusts to it then Thompson can score at will. Thompson rarely passes the ball and is always looking for a shot as soon as he touches it. The opponents know this and it's up to our coaches to adjust to it (don't hold your breath for that though).

i agree with a huge emphasis on "occasionally".

his fg% is 67%. his true shooting is 66%, which would be one of the top two or three ts% in the NBA. tough to tell a guy who is that efficient that he should pass more. particularly since he is able to get position so deep in the post.

there are times where he gets double or triple teamed, and that's when he turns the ball over (has a turnover about once every six times he touches the ball). i cant recall more than one or two times that he's turned the ball over in a one-on-one situation. it seems like most, if not all, of his turnovers are when he gets doubled and tripled. when that happens and he still has his back to the basket, he gets stripped. it would be nice if he could anticipate that more often and make the pass faster.

it's great to have a player as talented as JT4. bummer that he's being underappreciated due to how disappointing this season has been.

Agree Aaron. I will be very sad when JT4 (and Bond) leaves the program.

We lose too often and too often play crazy ball, but those two players are a joy to watch.

Sometimes it seems if one could only watch the EMU highlights, and not the whole game, life would be... 03-cloud9
01-31-2018 04:28 PM
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RE: Game Week: WMU and BSU
(01-31-2018 04:28 PM)emu steve Wrote:  
(01-31-2018 01:08 AM)EMUAARON Wrote:  
(01-30-2018 04:44 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  I would really like to see him occasionally kick the ball out to the perimeter as soon as he receives it. Usually a shooter is wide open as the defense collapses into the paint. Wide open threes are there for the taking. If the defense adjusts to it then Thompson can score at will. Thompson rarely passes the ball and is always looking for a shot as soon as he touches it. The opponents know this and it's up to our coaches to adjust to it (don't hold your breath for that though).

i agree with a huge emphasis on "occasionally".

his fg% is 67%. his true shooting is 66%, which would be one of the top two or three ts% in the NBA. tough to tell a guy who is that efficient that he should pass more. particularly since he is able to get position so deep in the post.

there are times where he gets double or triple teamed, and that's when he turns the ball over (has a turnover about once every six times he touches the ball). i cant recall more than one or two times that he's turned the ball over in a one-on-one situation. it seems like most, if not all, of his turnovers are when he gets doubled and tripled. when that happens and he still has his back to the basket, he gets stripped. it would be nice if he could anticipate that more often and make the pass faster.

it's great to have a player as talented as JT4. bummer that he's being underappreciated due to how disappointing this season has been.

Agree Aaron. I will be very sad when JT4 (and Bond) leaves the program.

We lose too often and too often play crazy ball, but those two players are a joy to watch.

Sometimes it seems if one could only watch the EMU highlights, and not the whole game, life would be... 03-cloud9

Steve,

Oh..
I thought you based your year after year after year EMU wins MAC based only on highlights. I've not seen any logical or rational analysis from you just emotions pounding away on your keyboard.
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