In Reply to: LOL. I appreciate your response. posted by Cachorro on January 06, 2025 at 15:18:41
I question if he is being used correctly…or if he will ever fit into a CMC system. Mick has his big men out on the perimeter switching on screens (strike 1). I am not shocked that Aday fails to lumber back from 20 feet out to help with D or a rebound. (Think of Bona struggling last year with this) On O, Mick has his bigs setting screens 18-20” from the hoop. A pick and pop is fine except that to date Mara cannot pop and we have no guards to get it to him in time. (Strike 2) CMC wants to run a pressing, attacking D … at 7’3” I don’t think so… (strike 3). I guess what I am saying is that Aday is not a great fit for a CMC team. Now, if you want to change how you play the game … Mara needs to never come out of the paint on D. If they go 5 out let them beat you with a 5 who can shoot the 3 … (like someone said live by you live by the sword/you die by the sword) On O, I feel like Mara can play fine with his back to the hoop. He has a nice hook with either hand and has great hands, a good eye and can make nice passes All that said, I agree that Mara could be a huge factor but not i the current CMC program … I hope they can both change enough to make this work.
Just as an aside, I cannot see Big Lew running around on switches on D or Bill W setting screens on every play 25 feet from the hoop … just saying..