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With Proctor, Roach, Whitehead, will Duke have the best 1-3 in the NCAA Tournament?
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SignUp Now!Yeah, this is an AJ Griffin scenario. His athleticism is not there and he doesn't trust his body. But the shooting skill is still there. The difference is that the hot shooting is happening later in the season than it did for AJ. By the time we got to the tournament, AJ was fully scouted and the shooting wore off.He's sure on a heater. 68% over his last five, 52% over his last nine, on 4.8/4.9 attempts.
The flip side is he's shooting 31% from 2 during those nine games, by my math. He's pretty purely a specialist right now, which is fine, but not sure we'll ever get huge usage from him.
Well, the issue is that when he drives he encounters a wall of defenders due to our poor spacing. And because his foot speed, athleticism, and confidence are not there, there's no chance of driving through that traffic. So he chucks something up. The difference between him and Mark in those situations is that Mark is smart enough to not put up a shot.His shot profile is interesting. Not accounting for this game, Hoop-Math has him at 30% from non-rim 2s and 50% at the rim. Both numbers are bad, but the 30% not at the rim is particularly dreadful, partly because there’s no good reason to be taking those shots in the first place if you’re that bad at them. 28% of his shots are non-rim 2s. 24% are at the rim. 11% FT rate is also stupid and bad, given his 93% FT shooting.
He either needs to see some positive regression in midrange accuracy, or cut it out almost entirely and get to the rim more, if only to draw more fouls. If he had Harden’s mentality of “3s or free throws,” his offensive rating would be through the roof. Of course, he’s not Harden, but hopefully his massively suboptimal shot profile is more due to coaching and being misguided than a total lack of talent to achieve the optimal shot profile.
Most importantly, as I think you said in another post somewhere, just give all the 3 minutes to Whitehead and Grandison. That by default should cut the "2-big" time, since Mitchell still needs to play some.At this point, Scheyer needs to try smaller lineups for longer stretches. The ceiling on this team is way too low with 2 of the 3 bigs on the court at all times, even if it has been best for the team up to this point.