another reason our offense struggled - and why I’m excited for Samir (and to a lesser extent Danjel) is no one on our team can create a shot for someone else consistently aside from Jared and Davion...
Murray is good on the perimeter on back cuts, post entries, and lobs... Horace is surprisingly good moving the ball in transition - he sees the floor better than any of the non PG’s, he just has no touch or finesse and it ends terribly as often as it ends well... Chuma struggled... Mac isn’t a threat but improved tremendously from where he was a freshman... and we’ve already covered Bryce and Stapha
Stapha - 0.9 assists/game, actually DECREASED from his freshman year, and 2.1 turnovers, in 28 minutes
Samir - 2.1 assists, 1.9 turnovers, in 23 minutes
Danjel - 1.8 assists, 1.6 turnovers, in 28 minutes
Danjel, as a 4, actually was a better creator and more efficient than Stapha... and both he and Samir are better athletes - and better equipped to handle and move the ball in traffic... our interior passing was abysmal the last half of the season... it was Jared, Stapha, or Desean driving into traffic and getting swallowed up and turning it over - or Davion/someone else dropping it off to someone who dropped it
more spacing and shooting - more Samir and Danjel - a better Davion - and hopefully better hands in the form of Austin and Mac receiving those drop offs - and hopefully we make a huge leap in that area next year
This is a great point. Heron could slash, but it was almost exclusively to get himself a better look, which was fine because he finished decently well. Having another facilitator to rely on could really help us next year.