Quote Originally Posted by Cajunsmike View Post
Good analysis on Evans. He is just a little slow with his decision making on both ends. Basketball is a game of instinct and you need to make decisions in nano seconds. That is something that the football/baseball guys don't really appreciate about basketball. You don't have a play call like football or pitch call like baseball when on the court. You have to react to chaos quite quickly to help your team win. Jeremiah does wait too long to attack the basket at times and there are times when he should pass it out. Those are generally when he does not recognize the double team is on him or coming. Probably being too critical of him as he did have 6 points yesterday and helped when Jones was on bench with foul trouble.

Key yesterday was Finister being available. He did not have a great game but his 13 points were key. Olvera does not get a career high without Finister. Having another offensive threat allowed Jax clearer lanes to drive to the basket and open looks on catch and shoot situations. Dorian is also a steady defensive player. Zephyr makes another good point stating that taking less threes is often a recipe to make more threes as the defense has to guard a wider area when there are threats from more parts of the court.

Will be interesting to see how they play today. I don't think fatigue will be much of a factor. If they are successful, it will almost certainly be tomorrow.
I don't think you are being too critical of Evans. The kid was one of the top recruits in the state and he's midway through his career so he needs to start putting it together. I would like to see him add some range to his shot as he seems to have decent mechanics and is one of our best free throw shooters.

Jones needs to play smarter as well. He's so much of a factor on both sides of the court inside but he just can't stay on the court long enough mostly due to dumb fouls.

Two months ago I was thinking this entire team needed an overhaul but I'm now more optimistic that we build on who's here with player development over the summer and maybe get one or two impact guys to come in. There's a pretty good chance you won't see Lewis on the court in 2026 so we'll need some help to bridge the gap in the front court especially with Woodson leaving.