They have cooled down significantly. We need one of them to step up and be consistent. Same goes for our three position.

Was thinking that same thing looking at stats from the Mercer game.  Nice to see Smith and Ndour step it up though.

My take is much different Van.

WHen I am in the Convo watching and Bean is defending the guy with the ball .....he spends an inordinate amount of the time out front looking over the shoulder for screens coming and frequently gets beat first step because of that. He consistently goes under screens and the ball handler gets the step to turn the corner , reverse his dribble or shoot an uncontested shot. I can't quite put my finger on what it is about what he learned at the lower levels that really bothers me but I am searching. Stevie on the other hand has come up withsome key steals and caused a number of deflections and turns.

The other thing I have seen with Bean is that in many cases when he is ducking under, getting beat or whatever ...he, like Ivo ....leaves other players to draw fouls as they rotate to help. Does not do you any good to have big men on the bench because your guard got beat.

Bean has been jacking a shot every time it comes back to him off a pass to the weak side. Green light for him takes precedence over playmaking for sure. Like you, I did notice on strong side....he dribbles the air out of the ball....though that is improving as the games go on.....and he catches and holds the ball and assays the floor instead of continuing to "keep the ball hot".

Both guards have strengths and weakness' ....ST has been the clear floor leader but is becoming seemingly less engaged as JC tries to spoon feed Bean to the mix.

Alright, then Stevie's advantage is much bigger.  Interesting points that I hadn't noticed. 

I'm confused. That was a good win last night. We've had several good wins this year, with different players stepping up at different times to make plays. Why is it a problem if our guards aren't tearing up the box scores when our bigs (who are frequently still at a size disadvantage relative to the other team) are getting double-doubles?

This is the worst 5-1 team in America.

Well I don't see any real bashing going on here.  Just discussing away.....

Dig the analysis by Bornacatfan.  That's stuff I just don't even know to look for in games.  

 

Speaking of confidence, Travis Wilkins seems to be suffering from the same disease.  He passed up a couple of shots that I thought he should have taken and then rushed a couple that he did take.   That being said, he had a very good first half last night IMO.  He was active in every other area and was a big part of our run out to a big lead.

Agree with you Borna that Stevie is probably not built to be the 40min PG and does need to be spelled for a time. That said, I think JC has been a little quick at the trigger to be taking ST out and Bean in even before the 1st media time-out once the ball has been tipped off. Stevie has barely even gotten into the flow of the game and he's headed to the bench prematurely IMHO.

I'm only reading posts by Borna and 695 on this subject. They GET it. The rest of you should just run for cover.

you need consistent back court play to win championships. Your guards cannot be outscored and outplayed consistently and win games. These last two games should get the coaches attentions on the guards, this could be a very special team we just need some consistent play from the 1, 2 and 3 positions. Lets get it now. Go cats!