Originally Posted by
Markedman
Everything looks out of sync. On offense everybody starts out aggressive and then after missing a bunch of shots they get tentative. Traci misses 3s, JJ airballs a 3 and then has a pass go through his hands out of bounds seconds later. Cheatham missed an early 3 and then didn't take another jump shot....he was obviously aggressive going to the basket late.
They need some confidence and for them to get it they have to make some shots early. Duane is kind of unique. He can miss 5 of them but he knows he has to score for the team to have a chance so he keeps trying.
Rebounding is also a concern.
Obviously the competition in Italy really didn't show us much about the challenges we would face when playing against teams that played defense and game planned.