The other thing I told him is, Look, when you and TyTy are out there, TyTy has to play like he is when you’re not out there. But he did right, the guy shooting the ball did right, it just didn’t go. He went right underneath the basket and threw the ball, an 8-footer, we missed it. If you get that deep at his size, you got to keep going. The trouble he got into is he got too deep. JOHN CALIPARI: Yeah, he had 12 assists and three turns. Talk a little bit about what you liked about his play. Wheeler seemed to be in that kind of attack mode that you’ve been asking these guys to be on both ends of the floor. I don’t even know, how many rebounds did he have? He’s defending better, rebounding better. Even in the end was shooting the ball well. How about Daimion today? I mean, he’s not going to play 40 minutes in a game. One of the guys said, Can you play four guards? Well, if Bryce, Daimion and Keion could be your four yet shoot the ball well and stretch the court, why do you need four guards? You’re fine. He played okay in the first half, but he played the way we need him to play. Keion played way better in the second half. But I like the fact that guys are driving catches. We still have a couple guys holding the ball too long. I said, All right, if that’s how far out you can shoot, then shoot it.īryce’s physicalness. Now you start being comfortable being uncomfortable, now you got it. Instead of me having to do it, they’re doing it to each other. They’re forcing each other to be uncomfortable. Like if you don’t play hard in these practices or fly up and down the court, you just look bad. JOHN CALIPARI: The best thing that’s happened is the competitiveness has raised the level. What is it like to have this much depth? You didn’t even have CJ, tonight. Then I’m like, Is that because we’re bad defensively? Like I don’t know until I watch the tape. That’s the other thing, when I watch the tape, I thought we were pretty good offensively. If you have to take it out every time, you’re rushing up against five guys, it’s like basically four because the guy that took it out is behind versus five, it’s hard to get anything. Yes, if you’ll rebound and defend, you can be fast. Those guys can really shoot.īut the reality of it is, you and I know, yeah, you got to score, but it’s about defense and stopping people and taking pride. If you can’t, maybe take a bounce and pass it. We’re going to have some guys, got a couple that we’re just telling them, Look, just shoot it when you get it. That guy’s going to play more than the other guy. Talk, because we’re a better team on defense, a guy chatters. I’ll say to you, all you Basketball Bennies, if you got a group of players, they’re always pretty equal, they can score, they’re pretty good, what will differentiate the team? Who plays more and who plays less? Toughness, rebound, defense. How good is this team going to be defensively? It is good to be face to face again, but every year you tell us defensively it’s going to be a good team. The bad news is he’s got to go against Oscar. ![]() The good news for Lance is he gets to go against Oscar. But again, the good news for him, he’s got to go against Lance. When he does, a couple balls on lobs he needed to catch and come down. He’s been a one-handed rebounder, and it’s been hard for him. He’s still learning to get balls with two hands. The biggest thing, do you see how hard he plays, how fast he runs, how nimble his feet are for 255? What did you think of the hustle, the rebounding? John, Oscar met his 20-rebound average that he says he wants to get.
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