MBB vs. North Carolina: Snowflakes Thread

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There is no one willing to take a 3 outside of Eli and his shot has been off since the middle of last game.  Caleb has shown virtually no shooting ability after arriving with super credentials.  Hopefully the game slows down for him soon. Hunter looks really slow and defenses have figured him out.  We haven't figured out how to get the ball down low to him - Jones' fault???

Juwan has me confused, why did he wait for garbage time to play Zeb and Kobe?

So many guys played like shit and he still played Jones, Houstan and John's for longer than needed stretches. 

SMH. 

Yah I think it's obvious play time is over, it's been over. Up until this year everything has been easy with seasoned future NBA players on the team. We love you Juwan but this team sucks .

I agree.  I do not want to turn this into a Beilein versus Juwan debate because that's not the issue at hand, but man does it hurt to watch a team turn it over 5 times in the first 4.5 minutes of the game and be very limited shooting the 3.  

I understand it is probably a culture shock from Costal Carolina to Michigan but for the life of me I do not understand what Jones is brining to the team at this point.  He's not blowing by anyone and getting into the paint, he's a total banana peel with the ball and his shooting has been dreadful. My hope that he would be a taller Zavier is not looking so good right now.  

However, it is not fair to put this all on Jones.  The lack of roster balance on the offensive end is going to put a firm cap on this team unless the turnovers go down dramatically. It is probably time for the coaches to start making some tough decisions about the rotation too.  Oh well.  Michigan football is playing Saturday night and OSU isn't so life is good.  

I would rather deal with the growing pains of a freshman point guard who has potential, then the lack of potential for a fifth-year senior.  I feel the same way about Johns. He seems tentative, can hang onto the ball, can't shoot oh, it would be better to put a younger player in and deal with that.  Because of the lack of a point guard, Hunter Dickinson is becoming irrelevant on offense. Some feelings are going to be hurt, someone might even transfer, but it's better to give the team a good Shake then it is to keep on pretending that things will work out the way they are

It looks like there is a culture issue with this team. Lacks leaders. Juwan has a lot to work on, starting with himself. This isn’t a middle of the pack team. If you are honest, it isn’t a tournament team, yet.

Hunter is not getting drafted with this play. He ran off the court faster at halftime than he had all first half getting back up court.

The really scary thing is that UNC is an average as hell team this season and they just pantsed Michigan. 

Have all the upvotes. 

You got my upvote, but tbf to Howard, Houstan was supposed to be the best shooter in the land coming out of high school. Thats a skill that usually translates pretty well from high school to college. so he is trying to get shooting. just not enough.

howard could at least try a lineup like that for a stretch of minutes. the jones and johns lineup can end now.

No, the best 7 aren’t playing. Johns and Jones aren’t your long term best 7. Rotational pieces for stability. At this point, play the freshmen and see how it goes. Practices are so wonderful but sometimes players don’t show up in games. The freshmen learn for the future, if he gives them the same damn rope he’s giving these others, why would their confidence be shaken?

Yep, these are the best two takes of the night (both RJ & Jordan). We were given unrealistic expectations to begin with, and it goes shows how difficult it is to reload in this competitive environment. 

I like your optimism. Is there any indication that this team is getting it together? The slightest bump up in competition has seen this team absolutely get rocked multiple times. 

I think the question has become: when this team is "gelling", what does that team look like? Is Jones hitting 3s and driving into the lane compitently? Is Dickinson doing his work from both sides of the post? Is Houstan raining down 3pt hell on opponents? Is Diabate spacing the floor and providing defense and scoring on the interior? Who is coming off the bench to score or contribute?

Aside from Diabate showing out, none of those questions have been answered in a way that positively effects the team. We are already about 20% through the season and we can pretty easily assume that Jones isn't going to cut it based off the decent sample size against mostly low quality opponents. Probably the same for Houstan, based off what we have seen so far. Dickinson? Can't operate down low with no one spacing the floor around him. If Johns and Williams are the bench, then the team is doomed.

Few of the factors that we dreamed about coming together before the season began actually are. I just don't see it happening with this team. I have been wrong before though. Just my assessment as of yet. I'm just a lowly pleb.

Glad People are seeing this. It’s maddening 

He's trying to fix Jones.   I know nothing, but he sure doesn't look fixable.