It’s not that difficult to understand really. Ladji knows what Fran wants him to do on offense and defense. He doesn’t have to explain what he wants to run on offense, set picks , roll to the basket. On defense hedges and switch. He has a pretty good idea of what his starting teammates are doing and what their tendencies are. Is he as good at this , he’s ok but his feel for what he’s supposed to to do when on the few occasions he does get the ball, not so much. I still have hope that he will feel the switch in his head go on and react quicker , hit the boards hard with aggression, dunk it when he has a rebound under the basket block out better and anticipate when his opponent is going right or left and get there first, but with Traore out , Cooper out, the Sandfort’s, too slow or too small, Frans options are limited. When Tadjo learns where he is supposed to be or Cooper or Seydou get healthy and then if Ladji hasn’t improved I expect changes. Until then it’ll just be hope the shots fall from deep and that we can cause enough havoc with our guards quickness to disrupt our opponents doing whatever they want to. I’m going watch every game and enjoy the highs and suffer, a teeny bit the lows . Doing this from my couch since I’m 3.5 hours away from IC and at 70 yo don’t feel like spending 8 hours driving to and from and sitting 2 hours at the game itself. I’ve done this usually a few times a season but the older I get the more I enjoy the comforts of home. Go Hawks !!!
