What Clemson Basketball is

Feb 2, 2014, 9:30 AM

right now.

They are an incredibly good defensive team. They smother and contest.

They are Not a very good offensive team.
I don't place the blame on Brownlee. Here's why:

Rarely do they get their motion sets moving before somebody pulls up for a long and early three. Our "bigs" who are all raw, don't post up very well and that results in very little inside out, or even interior entry passes. The only method we have of entering the paint is to have KJ or one of the guards drive the ball in. Unfortunately, KJ is the only one who is excellent in that regard. Rod Hall, Jordan Roper and Adonis are too small to consistently create penetration resulting in a basket. Blossomgame is still coming on.

Look at some of the players that Brown-L has brought in recently: Djambo, Djitte, Noko, etc.

These guys are raw talent. They are supposed to give us more length and interior presence. They hustle their butts off, they rebound, they run, they defend, and they block. The problem is that they haven't established themselves as shooters or intimidating post players.

I think they will. I still love the discipline of the team. I think Brownell's gameplan has the potential to be viable through the tournament.

They are a just a short bit away. Develop an offensive identity with the continued development of the "trees". Make sure your players are running their sets and not pulling the trigger early, or shooting low percentage shots. Get those bigs to assert their will in the post. Keep shooting free throws at a high level.

I know these defensive slugfests aren't glamorous, but defense is what has us where we are. Still on the bubble.

Hang in there with Brownlee and this bunch. If the man has the time and his players keep developing, we may see the days where our opponents cant muster more than 50 points, but instead of beating them by 3 points, we are beating them by 20. In the cases of games like Pitt and NC, we would still be in the game. You can't shut down everyone all the time and your offense has to be able to force it's identity on any team and any style defense.

I look forward to those days. These 50 point nailbiters are pushing me towards a coronary.

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You can blame Brownell's recruiting if you want, but the fact is we have a VERY limited number of natural offensive players. Guys like Blossingame and Roper, and the incoming guys should turn that around, and hopefully we hang on to KJ for his final year.

Considering we have everyone back plus an influx of offensive talent, you will see Brownell's system win more consistently. What he's doing now with this assortment of players cannot be denied. We MUST have defense to win. We simply do not have the offensive skill set to win scoring matches.

In year 4, building from the ground up, in my eyes he does get a "pass" for the lack of offense at this time. He has started from zero, building recruiting relationships over time. He is not the type of guy who's going to go out and sign a bunch of McDonalds's AA's, but given time to develop recruiting relationships with guys like DeVoe, Grantham, and Rooks, then we will start to see a better balance of offense and defense.

Given what we're doing with what we have, that speaks volumes about the system and the ability to get the kids to play within it.

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I wouldn't let Brownell off the hook for our offensive inept

His strategy is winning more games that most didn't expect.

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I love what Brad is doing. If you really watch college

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