Drew Thelwell

[texas twister]

He racks up a lot of assists and last year at least, the offense ran better with him in it. Certainly he's a guy that can get Freeman the ball.

True.

Is real issue is he's so tiny he's going to struggle with big/athletic guards on defense and so far in his career he has not established himself as an efficient, reliable scorer.

He struggles with big, athletic guards around the rim and not outside. His 3 pt shooting is clicking now; however, his drives to the rim are not falling yet. I think they will eventually.

 

[LukaDuka]

brock has been killed by a few guys when it comes to assists, a bit like clark with her fever teammates. Brock has set the table many times to have guys miss wide open threes. Dix, for a lot of them.
I think brock should play with drew. Fran see's himself in every tall white skinny player, playing out of position we've had. His dislike of athletic pg's is nothing new but he needs to reconfigure how he plays people and the combinations that play. Fran is to pg's as kirk is to qb's.
Fran can't bring himself to change is offense to work with multiple guards that penetrate. He thinks he's an offensive genius. His offensive genius is not playing defense to save energy for offense and tempo. It's not some genius philosophy.
To give Fran some credit: i think he is a master of BLOB plays. One of the best coaches in the country at it.

I understand what you're saying, but who sits when the 2 guards play together? DIx - hell no. Payton - no way. Dembele - probably. giving up a lot of height with this 2 guard lineup. If anything, Dembele should be replace by Traore would be the most logical. Traore gives them rebounding that Drew/BH would not. And matches up better defensively without a drop off in offense IMO.

 

[LukaDuka]

True.

He struggles with big, athletic guards around the rim and not outside. His 3 pt shooting is clicking now; however, his drives to the rim are not falling yet. I think they will eventually.

Dude is 3 for 5 from three this year. It's not like he's a Sandfort or Dix for Christ's sake. He will never be an elite finisher at the rim in D1 competition.

 

[texas twister]

Dude is 3 for 5 from three this year. It's not like he's a Sandfort or Dix for Christ's sake. He will never be an elite finisher at the rim in D1 competition.

He is hitting about 60% form 3's his last 11 games now and that is tops on the team. Can he keep it up? Don't know but not likely at 60%. You have no clue if he can start getting his driving in shots to fall or not. I think they will at about 50%.

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

 

[BirdistheWord]

Brock gets a steal here and there with his quickness, but that does not make him a better defender. Defense isn't all about steals.

He does more than get steals. He plays D with a high IQ and hustles. He does get overwhelmed at times due to his size.