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GatorPlanet · 10-23-2012, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ahab

I'm fine w/ Prather at the 3 as long as he'll step up and shoot open jumpers w/ confidence. That's been lacking so far.

Oh, he shot 'em with confidence. They just didn't go in.

tupacbiff · 10-23-2012, 07:35 PM

I'm fine with whomever billy picks to start the season. After the games start is when I can begin to question. Despite all my greatness I don't watch practice.

GatorLurker · 10-23-2012, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tupacbiff

Despite all my greatness I don't watch practice.

I was wondering what Iverson was doing after retirement. ;^)

InstiGATOR1 · 10-23-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorPlanet

Oh, he shot 'em with confidence. They just didn't go in.

He shot 40% from the arc last season, but alas it was just 2 two out of 5. What he needs to do offensively in my view is to confidently take good shots and greatly improve his 39.3% from the free throw line. A lot of it is letting the game come to him rather than forcing his offense.

tupacbiff · 10-24-2012, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by InstiGATOR1

He shot 40% from the arc last season, but alas it was just 2 two out of 5. What he needs to do offensively in my view is to confidently take good shots and greatly improve his 39.3% from the free throw line. A lot of it is letting the game come to him rather than forcing his offense.

It's just confidence with him and not over thinking the game. You saw that in the tourney and he was attacking tge game not letting it come to him.

austingator · 10-24-2012, 07:59 AM

We shall see on Scottie. Perhaps folks here are right but from what I have seen up to this point in time, his ability to score the ball concerns me. He certainly may have improved his game and if he can contribute any where near what folks here are indicating then we are going to be very good.

Go2gtr · 10-24-2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by austingator

We shall see on Scottie. Perhaps folks here are right but from what I have seen up to this point in time, his ability to score the ball concerns me. He certainly may have improved his game and if he can contribute any where near what folks here are indicating then we are going to be very good.

He wasn't asked to score. He is capable of scoring. He's not Brad Beal but he will score.

Tim85 · 10-24-2012, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Go2gtr

He wasn't asked to score. He is capable of scoring. He's not Brad Beal but he will score.

I think this is part of it. Billy's teams are very role oriented. His role wasn't to score, so his mindset was different.

GatorPlanet · 10-24-2012, 12:21 PM

Free throws are an area of concern. Prather and Yeguete both need to make vast improvement if they want to be on the floor at the ends of games.

themistocles · 10-24-2012, 03:52 PM

Regarding Wilbekin and scoring, you may recall Boyton's comment about him when he came on board as a 5 year old Freshman: "The kids a shooter."

My guess is that teams will be most likely to double the SG when Boynton is playing point and Rosario the 2.

You may also recall what Billy D said during Prather and Wilbekin's freshmen season: "I need to get those guys on the floor together more often, because when that occurs, good things happen."

Playing outside - I remember playing in hurricane type conditions a couple of times. It was layups or nothing. Needless to say, the lane tended to become pretty crowded.

**gatorrick1** · 10-24-2012, 05:08 PM

SW doesn't need to be a scorer. He needs to play great D like he does, and run our offense like he is capable. He will also be asked on occasion to make a play with the ball as the shot clock is running down and that means penetrating into the lane and either scoring or creating an open jump shot. I can tell you all Billy is confident he can do this. There may be games where he scores around 17-20 PTs but for the most point he will be around 10-12 ppg. There is one last important piece, he needs to make FT's at the end of games because the ball will be in his and Boyton's hands quite a bit.

As for Prather, he is gaining Billy's trust which is what it's all about for coaches. I would expect some ups and downs from him this year with more ups then downs compared to last year. There is a certain Corey Brewer factor with him where he drives a coach a little crazy by being out of control with the ball, but you love what he provides when he plays with energy. It takes a little getting used too, but at the end of the day the positives out way the negatives. That's what we saw at the end of last year and what Billy is seeing a little more of now.