Curious whether those who know more about KK's style and scheme think that he will employ less pressure as the season goes on?
I ask that for a coupe of reasons:
_ Though you see some teams deploy pressure to slow major conference teams down and eat up the shot clock, all-out pressure these days against good teams seems to just lead to lay-ups by those teams. I remember the days of Nolan Richardson, John Thompson's full court press and Rick Petino's teams at Kentucky, but do we not see much of that now just because it is not that effective as teams have adapted and gotten better at attacking it?
_ It looks to me like we have five good players who can actually be competitive against good major conference teams -- Johnson, Freemans A&L, Abu and Dorn. Hicks and Batts may develop over the course of the season. But not sure that is enough of a talent pool to run a helter skelter press for 40 minutes without seeing a significant drop off when the other reserves are in.
I ask that for a coupe of reasons:
_ Though you see some teams deploy pressure to slow major conference teams down and eat up the shot clock, all-out pressure these days against good teams seems to just lead to lay-ups by those teams. I remember the days of Nolan Richardson, John Thompson's full court press and Rick Petino's teams at Kentucky, but do we not see much of that now just because it is not that effective as teams have adapted and gotten better at attacking it?
_ It looks to me like we have five good players who can actually be competitive against good major conference teams -- Johnson, Freemans A&L, Abu and Dorn. Hicks and Batts may develop over the course of the season. But not sure that is enough of a talent pool to run a helter skelter press for 40 minutes without seeing a significant drop off when the other reserves are in.
