Goose is Key
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Goose is MUCH bigger and longer. Even if he is in good position, Wilson's height and reach makes him very easy to shoot over.
sure, but it's got to be just a coincidence that teams are shooting 21% from 3 with Goose on the floor. he's not affecting everyone's shot.
The stat overload in last night's broadcast was combined with announcer overload. Two announcers are more than enough. The third adds even more superflous noise. Didn't "need" the stats graphic taking up 25 to 30% of the screen during active play to get the message. I took Statistics at UR and liked it because it is very precise, but when watching a game I prefer to see what the players are actually doing rather than a percentage breakdown of the possibility of what they are attempting or have attempted.
Goose "defends" so 40 minutes a game of Goose works for me.
You can impact another teams shooting percentage without being the on-ball defender. If a team is trying to get the ball to their key shooter or offensive playmaker and Goose is face guarding them and prevents the pass, this causes the other team to scramble to find a shot with less time on the shot clock leading to a lesser player having to make a likely contested shot. Goose does not necessarily have to be the guy guarding the shooter, but by both the eye test and this stat from the CBS Sports analytics broadcast last night, his presence on the court leads to the other team getting lesser quality shots.
Unrelated but I also think it's unfortunate for the team that Dji Bailey has not been able to play lately. Beyond needing to figure out who is going to be playing all the minutes that are graduating after this year, he was already a pretty solid contributor defensively to this team.
Plus the three "announcers" behind the announcers.
What Zeeter just said. Def not a coincidence. Surprised u would characterize like that. Of course there r other factors he’s not singularly doing it but I do think the main factor.
Also, we are collectively so bad at keeping up with the ball that everyone on our defense is usually a step or two behind, which makes it easy to get open shots, especially from deep. But even one guy being able to stay with his man can help even things out for the other four, hence not as many clean looks.
Maybe the “hope they miss” defense is paying dividends.
geez nobody said that. While Goose makes a big difference imo I honestly thought the 21 number was a typo or something with the way teams shoot against us. but u r crazy if you think having better defenders does not improve your defensive efficiency. Maybe I misinterpreted your point but there is correlation.
Ironically, Goose replaced our probably best all ball defender in the starting line-up. Now, Wilson is smaller and with him and Gilly out there together, teams can switch and screen and it is easy to get a match up that is desirable. I think Goose's length really makes a difference on a number of levels.
Is he an "elite defender" as Mooney says he is. I'm not sure. He is elite in comparison to the rest of our starting 5 defensive abilities.
I will say this, Goose is probably the most improved player on the roster right now.
Is he an "elite defender" as Mooney says he is. I'm not sure. He is elite in comparison to the rest of our starting 5 defensive abilities.
I will say this, Goose is probably the most improved player on the roster right now.
Word that comes to mind re: Goose is "disrupter". Gets opponents out of sync. Believe Dji is of the same mold. Hope to see him on the court soon.
Great to see Goose taking and making 3's with more regularity. Stronger team with that added option.
Great to see Goose taking and making 3's with more regularity. Stronger team with that added option.
Disrupter is an excellent description of Goose. Every now and then he will take off down the lane, do a back door cut or make a 3. Wilson gives you no scoring option at this point.
Wilson will be fine. I imagine it is a challenge to figure out how to best fit in with a lineup with 4 guys who are (or are about to be) 1000 point scorers, and trying to be effective in 3 minute bursts. I think that results in a lot of "thinking" rather than "playing" on offense. He looks good on ball defensively, although has the propensity to foul 3-point shooters, which I think he got from osmosis sitting in front of Julius Johnson.
Goose is very clearly the better option right now. Wilson's struggling, but he's not lost and we shouldn't give up on him. I suspect he'll be just fine once he gets into a scenario where he knows he will be out there for 10-12 minutes at a time--which isn't going to be this year any more, barring injury.
