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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
I've pounded this drum over and over, but it needs to be restated as often as possible. Our biggest issues with perimeter defense stem from the laziness of Brown and Pressey on that side of the ball. They are apathetic defenders.
To be honest, I think that Haith should consider moving Brown to the bench, as he's been a replacement-level player over the last month. He kills us on both sides of the ball with awful shot selection and half-assed effort. Ross is a passive offensive player, which is moronic given his build, but passiveness is better than foolishness.
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I like Ross off the bench. He brings an energy similar to what Dixon brought last year. He's not to the level of Dixon, but he's pretty good in that role.
Over the past month, Brown has averaged 1.55 points per shot attempt. If that's not great, it's pretty good. It certainly isn't killing us. We've crept into the top 10 in the country in terms of offensive efficiency, and we average 1.28 points per shot attempt as a team. He's actually a lot better over the past month than he was previous to then.
His defense has been poor, but our entire defensive philosophy is poor. Ross is an average defender, but he averages 1.23 points per shot on the season which is a significant dropoff from Jabari. The improvement on defense would be minimal, but the dropoff on offense would be fairly substantial.