Euros in BE Play

[Xavier]

Gotchya. I thought you were giving Gytis credit for keeping lazar on the bench when it has more to do with Swain.

[X-band '01]

Lazar hasn't even sniffed the court for the past 2 games in the 2nd half.

[MHettel]

Time for an update on the Euro's in BE play. I'm only now realizing that i started this thread after only 3 BE games. I had concerns pretty early, obviously and was hopefull that we'd see an up tick in productivity once we get deeper into the BE schedule.

So after 13 games, this is the "combined" statistical performance of the 3 Euros.

41.0 minutes a game, so basically one of these guys is out there at all times. They combine for 20% of all available minutes.

2.9 made Field Goals on 8.8 Attempts (33.3%)
2.4 made 2s on 6.2 attempts (38.3%)
.5 made 3s on 2.5 attempts (21.2%)
.8 made FTs on 1.4 attempts (55.6%)
PPG is 7.2, which scaled back to 30 minutes would be 5.4.

Pause- offensively, this is offensive.

Orebs- 4.3 per 41 min (decent)
Drebs- 5.7 per 41 min (decent)
TReb- 10 per 41 min (decent)

So 10 rebs in 41 minutes would translate to around 7.5 rebs for a guy that plays 30 minutes. These guys play exclusively 4/5, so the rebounding production is solid

other per 41 minute averages:
Asst- 2.4
Stl- .4
Blk- .85
TOs- 1.9
Fouls- 4.4

Again, scale these back for comparison purposes to a player that plays 30 minutes and you get: 1.8 apg, .3 spg, .6 bpg, 1.4 TOs, 3.3 Fouls.

These "other stats" are not eyebrow raising to me. We've seen alot of our big guys average less than 2 assists. The steals and blocks are on the low end. the TOs maybe a tad high given their low offensive useage. The fouls are a little high.

The big issue to me is scoring, obviously. Lets just imagine if they shot just 50% from 2, which is kinda low for a big man inside. Thats and additional 9.5 baskets in conference play.....19 points. Now lets say they hit just 33% of their 3s....thats 4 more buckets / 12 more points. now lets imagin they can actually GET to the FT line just FOUR times a game instead of 1.3, and hit 66%, NEITHER of which is improessive. Well, that good for an additional 24 points.

So, if they could just give us what would be considered average offensive production for a big man, we have scored 55 more points in conference play. Thats 4.2 PPG.

First Nova game was a 1 pt loss. 1st Uconn game was 5 pt loss. 1st Creighton game was 7 pt loss. Maybe we steal 2 of those gamnes with some more production from these guys.

And maybe that second Uconn game we manage to keep within 40.....

Anyway, these guys are killing us. need more, efficient offense immediately from these guys