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I thought Brownell nailed it last night postgame: "Our
Dec 1, 2015, 10:01 AM
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offense is better, but we don't play defense like we need to to close teams out." That is the area of expertise that Coach Brownell was supposed to bring to the table.
We lack length and athleticism on the perimeter and our big man and rim protector sits for long stretches with foul trouble. We obviously miss Ajukwa's 6'6" length and experience.
Getting Robertin into the rotation in January(hopefully) MAY help as it will give us a rim protector when Nnoko inevitably gets into foul trouble, plus we need to hammer some people coming into the paint, so those fouls will help. We need more of a consistent presence in the low post so we can take more chances on the perimeter defensively(like we did when KJ was here). It's too hard to beat teams when you can't guard their guard's shots on the perimeter and you can't prevent their guards from running their offense smoothly and getting it into their bigs.
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Officiating changes on defense and shot clock changes hurt.
Dec 1, 2015, 10:06 AM
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It's nothing we can't adjust to, but it's going to be a real challenge to clamp down on D.
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Coach Brownell has alluded to the defensive issues on
Dec 1, 2015, 10:21 AM
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the perimeter this year. While we can improve in that area, and I'm sure we will, there are limits to what this team can do to address that problem this year with the guards we have eligible.
Given those limitations, an improvement in the interior defense would be helfpul. It would be interesting to see how Nnoko could do at power forward with Robertin at Center. Wish he was playing now so we could experiment with lineup combinations a bit before moving into the ACC schedule.
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Robertin has only played hoops a few years
Dec 1, 2015, 10:30 AM
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I think it's premature to expect him to come in and be a defensive anchor. Actually Djitte is a much better player the Robertin, Brownell said so himself. Bottom line is we need both Grantham and Blossomgame to be firing on all cylinders to win. Last night Grantham was off.
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We shot 53% from the floor and 50% from three.
Dec 1, 2015, 10:44 AM
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I don't think it's realistic to expect a better shooting performance than that from the team as a whole.
I agree with Coach Brownell - we played well offensively, we need to play better defense and rebound better. That would also get us some easy baskets, something we don't get enough of.
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Legend [19669]
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Rebounding has been poor, especially last night
Dec 1, 2015, 3:13 PM
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Their one guy out worked everyone we had. Rebounding is largely about effort. Djitte gives it consistently. Nnoko, Bloss and Grantham have to step up here.
And one thing is very clear. When teams go with 3 guards as UMass and Minnesota did, Grantham is not quick enough to guard them on the perimeter. This is where Ajukwa is sorely missed
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Re: Rebounding has been poor, especially last night
Dec 1, 2015, 3:43 PM
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striper: agree with your assessment. Would only add that our O seemed to flow much better than in previous years. D concerns me
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Legend [19669]
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Same rules hurting us defensively help us on offense as well
Dec 1, 2015, 3:56 PM
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Any team looks good on offense the way we shot last night. We're simply going to have to zone and trap more than in the past with the rule interpretation changes. Play some gimmick defenses, something Brownell has rarely done.
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Legend [19669]
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Why bring in a Juco who needs a redshirt then?***
Dec 1, 2015, 3:42 PM
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Legend [19669]
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Because he's a sophomore and excellent athlete
Dec 1, 2015, 3:50 PM
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He has potential. Just little experience and polish. We'll need him way more the next three years than we do this year. He's a legit 7'0 athlete major schools recruited knowing he was raw, but 7'0 athletes don't come to Clemson often. Well worth the take just will require patience
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Legend [19669]
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Roper.
Dec 1, 2015, 3:55 PM
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He's a defensive liability anyway.
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Legend [19669]
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As a two guard for sure***
Dec 1, 2015, 4:00 PM
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Re: Officiating changes on defense and shot clock changes hurt.
Dec 1, 2015, 11:11 AM
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We need bigger guards also and Grantham has to be in doubled figures every night. He's too good of a player. Nnoko is never 5here when we need him hats off to Djite for working hard next year I expect bigger things out of him.
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Re: I thought Brownell nailed it last night postgame: "Our
Dec 1, 2015, 10:32 AM
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ROBERTIN IS ELIGIBLE FOR OUR NEXT GAME.
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Hall of Famer [22387]
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Sweet!
Dec 1, 2015, 10:37 AM
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Good news!
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I don't think Legend is THE SAVIOR
Dec 1, 2015, 3:16 PM
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Lad hasn't really played in a real game .... heard he was a diamond in the rough ... may need to practice for a bit before he's put out there
would be entertaining to see Nnoke,Djette and Robertin out there all at the same time ... THAT, would intimidate any team
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Legend [19669]
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That line up may not score a point***
Dec 1, 2015, 3:41 PM
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