heal's last game

[blackcat]

did not see it, but went 9/14 from the arc, not gun shy eh.

Yeah, he took some bad shots in the tourney, but partly it was a product of the offense not working and the shot clock counting down.

The offense worked best when he was running the point pasing and penetrating, and our offensive sets struggled all tournament. Combination of things, mainly not having the talent, and also the coaching, thus heal hat to shoot many bail out shots with the lock running out.

I am no apologist of Heal, but he is one of a few world class players we have.Pity Rillie and Maher did not see more time, though it is probably a case of having such an even balance of players, who all struggle to cut it on the int'l stage. Thing is Rillie and Maher are pushing 31, and then there is Bruton, whose development stalled 5 years ago. Black might have been an option, like some on this forum were suggesting.

Gorj was happy to play favorites and give Smith big minutes, and tho he hit from the perimeter in the last two gaems, I have never rated him as a shooter, and his high percentage is virtue of the Steve Kerr syndrome, that is, by being wide open. He cannot create his own shot and struggles to shoot against defense, unlike Rillie. Remember Robert Sibley won a Tigers shootout with a perfect 25/25 threes. Need to be able to knock it down off the dribble, and in the face of defenders without the dribble. He is a catch and shoot man.

Similarly Saville, tho he was finding his range in the final game, and was aggressive, but I do not rate him either . Though he has developed from a guy who could not make the national under 23 team, and was behind Matt Shanahan even on the cut, to representing us at the Olympics, so hats off to him.

Ok, do not know where I am going with this post so I will shut up

 

[gofaz18]

The Australian offense worked best when they passed the ball to bogut because he is our only half decent player that got court time. Rillie and maher should have been on alot more and maher shoulda been a starter

 

[hans moleman]

did not see it, but went 9/14 from the arc, not gun shy eh.

Yeah, he took some bad shots in the tourney, but partly it was a product of the offense not working and the shot clock counting down.

The offense worked best when he was running the point pasing and penetrating, and our offensive sets struggled all tournament. Combination of things, mainly not having the talent, and also the coaching, thus heal hat to shoot many bail out shots with the lock running out.

I'm actually thought that the offense would've probably run better without Heal at the point. We needed better, quicker ball movement, more movement off the ball and someone who finds the passing option off the screen and roll.
I think Heal tended to dribble way to much at the top of the key before & during offensive plays, leading to the bail-out shots that you mentioned.

Australia could've played better if we got the ball through more sets of hands at the offensive end - whether coming of screens or in the post. Heal doesn't do a fantastic job of pushing the ball up the court either and with young athletic guys on the team, that could've been the source of some easier buckets as well.

But you're right, Heal is one of the few "world class" aussies and we'd struggle to find someone to run the point as effectively.