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I don't want to make this too much of a negative thread considering we just picked up a big win.
TC's hand injury may have something to do with it. That makes sense. That even makes more of a reason for him not to be throwing stuff up outside of 10 feet if it has no chance of going in. I'm sure we can find stats on TC's shooting. But what I'd be curious to see is his percentage inside of 10 feet and outside of 10 feet. You have to agree with me that those percentages would be LIGHT YEARS apart. When he starts out a game missing his first 4 or 5 open jump shots, that might be a sign to put on the brake lights and contribute more to passing to a teammate or driving to the hoop and getting a better shot. I'm gonna venture to say about 7 or 8 of those 10 misses were outside of the 10 foot threshold. If an injury is keeping him from shooting it well, then he needs to slow it down and wait for the injury to fully heal and correct itself, instead of digging a 10 possession hole with shots that aren't even close to going in. There really wasn't one shot he took that was even close to going in. Not one. Those were essentially wasted possessions.
TC is a HUGE asset to this team. He helps the team in a LOT more ways than trying to run up jump shots that don't have a prayer of going in. We don't need him doing that. It's not necessary. We need him playing solid, incredible defense, check, slashing to the bucket and getting good shots at the rim, check, shooting good at the line, check, and rebounding when needed, check.
There's a very good reason why the CU defenders were giving him a good 5 feet every time he was outside of 10 feet. Don't fall for their trap.
TC's hand injury may have something to do with it. That makes sense. That even makes more of a reason for him not to be throwing stuff up outside of 10 feet if it has no chance of going in. I'm sure we can find stats on TC's shooting. But what I'd be curious to see is his percentage inside of 10 feet and outside of 10 feet. You have to agree with me that those percentages would be LIGHT YEARS apart. When he starts out a game missing his first 4 or 5 open jump shots, that might be a sign to put on the brake lights and contribute more to passing to a teammate or driving to the hoop and getting a better shot. I'm gonna venture to say about 7 or 8 of those 10 misses were outside of the 10 foot threshold. If an injury is keeping him from shooting it well, then he needs to slow it down and wait for the injury to fully heal and correct itself, instead of digging a 10 possession hole with shots that aren't even close to going in. There really wasn't one shot he took that was even close to going in. Not one. Those were essentially wasted possessions.
TC is a HUGE asset to this team. He helps the team in a LOT more ways than trying to run up jump shots that don't have a prayer of going in. We don't need him doing that. It's not necessary. We need him playing solid, incredible defense, check, slashing to the bucket and getting good shots at the rim, check, shooting good at the line, check, and rebounding when needed, check.
There's a very good reason why the CU defenders were giving him a good 5 feet every time he was outside of 10 feet. Don't fall for their trap.
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