Originally Posted by shocka43
Smitty...
You are looking into this way to short sighted.
As mentioned above...the A/T ratio is okay for the year given the circumstances.
You also have to take into consideration the lack of shooting by the guys he distributed the ball to. I am with you on the ineffectiveness of the offense as today, the defense created transition to get them back into the game. But I sure as hell am not going to pile it on a freshman PG who played his ass off as stating that he is responsible for some "historic stat" deficiency that you focus on.
And you SHOULD care about the comeback because you can't teach heart and effort. Something that these guys dug down and found defensively to get back into the game. I will take a loss with plenty of blame to go around and stomach it, when I see three freshman on the court with a senior an an 11 game player from last year busting their asses.
Yes...a defeat snatched from the jaws of victory with the miffed last possession...but this game was bigger than the lack of assists from PGs'.
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I somewhat agree with you up to today, and am not piling on Crutcher as 7 of those minutes were played by Crosby and his numbers are much worse when stretched out. But my concern is that this offense is getting more stagnant every game. I find this very concerning and I think we can all agree it's because we're not getting off enough good shots. PG play is where you start but not end. Players tossing up floaters instead of taking it strong to the hoop, players shooting 3s early in the shot clock, and players forcing the issue inside when it's not there. But I have to look at PG play first because without your PGs finding even one easy pass in 40 minutes to me means they've lost sight of their role for at least these 40 minutes on this day. This looks like a situation going down hill to me. The come back shows some heart, but I'm seeing more and more leaks popping up with this team each game.
