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Good to see Cade going off from outside. Good to leave no doubt in this one
 

Near the end of the game we had 26 assists to 27 made baskets. Reynolds had a career high 10 assists.
I am impressed with the solid fundamentals that Niko is installing. The Gophers get the ball up the court with efficiency, hardly dribbling the ball. In one possession we got the rebound and had it up court without a dribble. Unfortunately Shinholster caught his foot on the floor and traveled on the catch up court. But, the ball movement is excellent and so refreshing to see.
Asuma is an enigma with his shooting, however. He air balled a wide open three and then comes down and nails a contested three. How do you air ball a three as a starting guard?

Our biggest problem is our lack of depth. Good thing the kids have a week off as the B1G season is going to be a long grind for the healthy.
 





bga1 said:
The other alternative is to get him to lose weight. He'd be reasonably athletic if he were 30 pounds lighter. I'd love to see him do what Mo Walker did here.
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It be great if that happened but if Mo could have transferred out with no consequence who knows if he would have stayed and put in the work either
 

FinnGopher said:
Near the end of the game we had 26 assists to 27 made baskets. Reynolds had a career high 10 assists.
I am impressed with the solid fundamentals that Niko is installing. The Gophers get the ball up the court with efficiency, hardly dribbling the ball. In one possession we got the rebound and had it up court without a dribble. Unfortunately Shinholster caught his foot on the floor and traveled on the catch up court. But, the ball movement is excellent and so refreshing to see.
Asuma is an enigma with his shooting, however. He air balled a wide open three and then comes down and nails a contested three. How do you air ball a three as a starting guard?

Our biggest problem is our lack of depth. Good thing the kids have a week off as the B1G season is going to be a long grind for the healthy.
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I covered a woman who, for a time, was the all-time conference leader in 3-point shots made. I think she was about 35% from distance for her career. Very streaky. Might miss 5-6 in a row with an airball and another that missed the rim completely on wide open shots, then would go on and hit her next 5 in a row. I'd have to double check, but I think she attempted about 6-7 per game for her career. Coach never told her to stop shooting because, shooters shoot.
 
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Chico Gopher said:
I covered a woman who, for a time, was the all-time conference leader in 3-point shots made. I think she was about 35% from distance for her career. Very streaky. Might miss 5-6 in a row with an airball and another that missed the rim completely on wide open shots, then would go on and hit her next 5 in a row. I'd have to double check, but I think she attempted about 6-7 per game for her career. Coach never told her to stop shooting because, shooters shoot.
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And your point is?
Asuma is a streaky good shooter?
Even great players shoot uncontested air balls?
Asuma is as good as a woman you covered?
My point is that missing everything when unguarded is shocking at a D1 level.
Asuma does so many good things that this area of his game (shooting) is not going to keep him out of the lineup. Asuma is a sophomore and he now has a head coach who will make him better. I don't expect air balls when he's a senior.
 



FinnGopher said:
And your point is?
Asuma is a streaky good shooter?
Even great players shoot uncontested air balls?
Asuma is as good as a woman you covered?
My point is that missing everything when unguarded is shocking at a D1 level.
Asuma does so many good things that this area of his game (shooting) is not going to keep him out of the lineup. Asuma is a sophomore and he now has a head coach who will make him better. I don't expect air balls when he's a senior.
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Think just as you posted this an unguarded Westbrook air balled one from right in the lane for the Sacramento Kings against the Wolves.
 

Has there been any updates on the injured guys? Ideally anyone close to being back can get a little bit of PT before hitting the BT schedule again.
 

bga1 said:
The other alternative is to get him to lose weight. He'd be reasonably athletic if he were 30 pounds lighter. I'd love to see him do what Mo Walker did here.
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I think if he was willing to put in the work to lose the weight, he would have by now. Basketball is a full workout. To remain out of shape while playing full time high-level basketball, you’ve really gotta be committed to the bit. Also, if I’m right, very few coaches will reward that sort of sloth with playing time.
 

FritoPendejo said:
I think if he was willing to put in the work to lose the weight, he would have by now. Basketball is a full workout. To remain out of shape while playing full time high-level basketball, you’ve really gotta be committed to the bit. Also, if I’m right, very few coaches will reward that sort of sloth with playing time.
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You may be right. I thought I had heard he was much heavier in his first year of college and maybe he is on his way to where he needs to be? Not sure. Niko knew he was getting a guy that was overweight, that much is for sure.
 




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