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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
I disagree about Ross. He has size and he can handle the ball. Both of those make him the polar opposite of Kim English. He needs to use his body to drive inside and get fouls, and he should be able to physically dominate other guards within the conference. Instead, he falls in love with the idea that he is Kim English (who was never that good, either) and he camps the three point line, which restricts the versatility and effectiveness of the offense.
A guy who hits 32.7% of his threes should not be shooting five of them a game. A guy that is 6'5" with a thick build should not have 52 3PA to 47 2PA. He shoots 60% inside the line and 32% outside of it, and a lot of the threes he takes are bad ones.
This offense will continue to be inefficient because it's not actually an offense. It has two guys that can create their own shot against almost anyone, one Vince Carter post-knee-injury wannabe, and two junkyard dog types. There's little attempt to probe the interior and get the defense to collapse inside, no effort to feed the post, and little effort to drive and kick.
It's almost all iso plays and swinging the ball around the three point line.
If Ross were willing to go to the elbow on offense and use his mid-range game and size it would open up the wings for Clarkson and Brown to drive, or allow them to better get the ball to the one skilled big man they do have, J3, in positions where he can collapse the defense.
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My hope would be that playing him at the 4 would pull him inside the arc. If he's being guarded by someone 6'9, he should be penetrating. Conversely, he has the strength to bang on big men on the defensive end.
Sticking him at the three encourages him to camp out in the corner and forces us (a squad heavy on guards and sorely lacking capable bigs) into forcing guys onto the court that simply aren't ready and/or capable of playing at this level.