NAOS
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure I would describe our struggles as being against "pack-the-paint" style defenses. We struggle against elite perimeter defense. And, once we're beat on the perimeter, we can't set up our actions that generate paint points.We shoot a fair amount of threes, but don't make them at a high percentage... good teams can take away the paint... if we shoot well we win... if not we lose.
I think shooting threes is the right call doe... we suck in mid range. We just need a few more shooters to space things out or convert the shots when teams pack it in.
The blueprint for beating us is to explode our primary action on the ball. Once we start to scramble, we can be forced into a late-clock three or a highly difficult shot from Donovan. We don't seem to make either shot at a high rate.