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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 395114" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>I disagree with those who say that we are sacrificing Lammer's play for AD's. Ben was almost never a low post player last year. He was mainly used at the high post and most of his offense came from the elbow jumpers or off those turn around fades from the no man's land between the post and the 3 point line. AD going to the low block isn't what is pulling Ben further away. He can still go the high post and still do most of the stuff he did last year except the rare case he tried to drive from the high post. </p><p></p><p>What is hurting Ben is that he is having to go out further to help relieve pressure that is being put on our guards. The past couple of games teams are starting to deny more passes to our guards and we haven't been able to take advantage of that, partially because Jose is a freshman and isn't asserting himself enough to go get the ball and run the team, and partially because we don't really have any wings that are also good ball handlers to help out.</p><p></p><p>AD is a better low post player than Ben, and Ben can still work his stuff from the high post position. The problem is we don't have any 3 guard combination that has been able to prevent the need for Ben to come further out to relieve the pressure. </p><p></p><p>Also, I think people are underselling just hood good AD has been lately. He's averaging about 12 a game over the last 6 on 29/44 (66%) shooting and his ppg would have been a bit higher if we didn't willingly go small against UVA and only play him 17 min despite only having 1 foul. Ben is still giving us around 10-12 a game, and so we are getting more production from them combined the way we are running things than if we were to go back to what we were trying to do early in the year. Ben might be losing 3-4 ppg but AD is gaining 8 or so. </p><p></p><p>The real issue is with the guards, not with AD being at the block.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 395114, member: 2299"] I disagree with those who say that we are sacrificing Lammer's play for AD's. Ben was almost never a low post player last year. He was mainly used at the high post and most of his offense came from the elbow jumpers or off those turn around fades from the no man's land between the post and the 3 point line. AD going to the low block isn't what is pulling Ben further away. He can still go the high post and still do most of the stuff he did last year except the rare case he tried to drive from the high post. What is hurting Ben is that he is having to go out further to help relieve pressure that is being put on our guards. The past couple of games teams are starting to deny more passes to our guards and we haven't been able to take advantage of that, partially because Jose is a freshman and isn't asserting himself enough to go get the ball and run the team, and partially because we don't really have any wings that are also good ball handlers to help out. AD is a better low post player than Ben, and Ben can still work his stuff from the high post position. The problem is we don't have any 3 guard combination that has been able to prevent the need for Ben to come further out to relieve the pressure. Also, I think people are underselling just hood good AD has been lately. He's averaging about 12 a game over the last 6 on 29/44 (66%) shooting and his ppg would have been a bit higher if we didn't willingly go small against UVA and only play him 17 min despite only having 1 foul. Ben is still giving us around 10-12 a game, and so we are getting more production from them combined the way we are running things than if we were to go back to what we were trying to do early in the year. Ben might be losing 3-4 ppg but AD is gaining 8 or so. The real issue is with the guards, not with AD being at the block. [/QUOTE]
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