The Fever coach is terrible and the team is in a mell of a hess.20 turnovers (from the box score) are way too many.
I remember Fran always saying you want the turnover number to be around 11 or fewer.
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And for whatever reason she was off the mark by a continental mile in the 2nd half on those same looks.
It's not that she has no idea. They ran her off multiple screens and down screens/pin-downs as the high-brow snobs want to call it.
This reminds me of someone but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
I would add that for as well as Boston has been playing lately, she was putrid last night missing shots and turning the ball over when she got the passes out of the double teams on Clark. That is where the offense fell apart last night.
She had a rough night. However, getting her the ball off the screen above the free throw line is not ideal for her. Shes not a pick and pop Center. She needs to be catching the ball 2-3 feet further down low to be effective. But they just kept running the same thing over and over.
She seemed to be fulfilling that role pretty well the last couple of weeks, but I do not watch closely enough to know if she was 2 -3 further away last night.
I agree, but I am guessing she is doing what her supposed coach has instructed her to do
I thought I wanted her to pass more and then I saw her try to pass tonight. I think she threw about 4 total passes and all 4 were turnovers.
Half the time she is never ready for that pass back that Clark does off the high P&R.
She doesn't try at all when she passes it. She is completely out of control if she ever tries to pass it off the dribble.
No, it’s absolutely asinine when it comes right down to it… And that is Clark’s only outlet, they know it’s coming and their belief is throwing it to Boston 20 foot from the hoop is Smart… Now I think they believe Boston is a good enough passer to find somebody to get the ball to, but that hasn’t worked out
Oh, not much. Just another s--t show.
And forget about Wallace. How in the hell she's on a roster baffles the cranberries out of me. She runs around aimlessly and takes wild looking shots from time to time. How many times Clark gave up her dribble, looking for her to move, and she just runs in place. Mitchell could cut more too.
I believe that is Side's way of supposedly running a play for Clark. Clearly never works. Now I know it can be exhausting for CC to play 40 minutes and be the playmaker the entire time but absolutely nobody else on that team can get them into an offense. Wheeler at least hit some shots last night. That 4th quarter they basically gave up.
This is exactly how it happened.Half the time she is never ready for that pass back that Clark does off the high P&R.
She is not use to catching the ball off a screen at the 3 pt line or high post immediately after she rolls.
I feel like some of this is Caitlin abandoning the play too early and just getting rid of it as soon as she sees help coming, but they ran that f***ing play so much you'd think that the whole team would have at least some idea of where to set up and where to move off that action.............instead they all just look unready as f***.
Caitlin could stand to create more space off the screen with her dribble. Maybe try to get downhill more before giving it up, or hell even kicking it to the wing/corner off the screen, cutting away and letting the screener continue the roll to the post. If the screener's defender sags with Clark, then it's a simple read and sit at the high post to look for the ball back and a possible mid-range shot or a quick reversal.
There's lots of different actions they could run, but I sh** you not they probably did that P&R and quick dump about 8 times in a row in the 4th qtr alone and it went nowhere, and each time Caitlin would get rid of it quicker and quicker off the screen and look more frustrated each time......................
A little over 2 weeks left until the break. During that break, if Dunn doesn't take the coach to the woodshed then...lol, ...fill in the blank.
Possibly. I think you're overrating a couple of our players. There are plenty of players in the NBA that are high volume scorers like Mitchell but are not winners. While talented her and Nalyssa don't seem to really understand how to play the game. There was a play last night when Smith beat her girl on the baseline and had a layup and tried to throw it out to the 3 pt line for a shot. The ball got tipped out of bounds. The announcer was like WTF did she just do that? Boston at least knows how to play the game the right way and seems to be a great teammate and ambassador for the team. Her and Clark are definitely building blocks for the future. Sides is also so far over her skis here it's just ridiculous. These 4 girls all played for better coaches in college than they currently have. Way better.
That's probably the most downplayed aspect of the WNBA, imho.
I'm sure...........I just wish she would go rogue a little bit. Tired of watching Wheeler and Mitchell dribble around.
