Budd Clark
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Now also factor in how bad he was with the mid-range in the first part of the season, and it's even more impressive.
He ranks #2 based on total “makes.
However, I want to go back to Willard’s comments about letting Budd get his and shutting down other players.
As a coach you will let any player in today’s game take a difficult 2 point mid range pull up / fade away if they are only connecting at 42%.
simple math over 100 possessions.
The other team only needs to shoot 28% from 3 to equal that output.
Budd needs to also be able to utilize his quickness off the bounce to get to the rim and score with more efficient layups and trips to the FT line. Unfortunately that is not a strength of his game, as there are many times he stops his dribble in traffic under the basket.
he is currently shooting 50% on his other non midrange 2 point attempts.
And he has a bunch of those makes coming from uncontested layups converted from defensive steals.
He needs to be able to be a consistent 50% finisher at the rim while guarded, to truly keep the defense honest and cause help defense to rotate over.
However, I want to go back to Willard’s comments about letting Budd get his and shutting down other players.
As a coach you will let any player in today’s game take a difficult 2 point mid range pull up / fade away if they are only connecting at 42%.
simple math over 100 possessions.
The other team only needs to shoot 28% from 3 to equal that output.
Budd needs to also be able to utilize his quickness off the bounce to get to the rim and score with more efficient layups and trips to the FT line. Unfortunately that is not a strength of his game, as there are many times he stops his dribble in traffic under the basket.
he is currently shooting 50% on his other non midrange 2 point attempts.
And he has a bunch of those makes coming from uncontested layups converted from defensive steals.
He needs to be able to be a consistent 50% finisher at the rim while guarded, to truly keep the defense honest and cause help defense to rotate over.
He has guys guarding him that have size advantages so very tough for him to finish at the rim unless he is all alone and that does not happen!
The most efficient guy on that list is a guy Sha wanted to bring in from the Portal - Barrington Hargress. He came on a visit but we could not close him. He would have been a big boost to our offense and he and Budd would give defenses fits trying to keep up with.
When we targeted him I recall evaluating his shot chart and it was eerily similar to Budd's in where they took and converted shots from. The one difference was that they specialized in opposite sides of the floor. Budd is far more effective shooting from the right side of the floor and Hargress from the left side.
Barrington is having a great year at Colorado averaging 13.7 points, 4.4 assists and shooting 54% from the Field, 53% from 3 and 78% from the line.
When we targeted him I recall evaluating his shot chart and it was eerily similar to Budd's in where they took and converted shots from. The one difference was that they specialized in opposite sides of the floor. Budd is far more effective shooting from the right side of the floor and Hargress from the left side.
Barrington is having a great year at Colorado averaging 13.7 points, 4.4 assists and shooting 54% from the Field, 53% from 3 and 78% from the line.
I remember thinking that that one would hurt when he committed to the Buffs. And, seeing this, it does. A lot.
Yeah, well, guess what. Budd had 18 points on 8/13. If the rest of our guards and wings could make just 5 total threes we’re in a one possession game with a minute to go. And guys had wide open looks thru out the game. Let’s look elsewhere than Bdud to solve our offensive woes.
Agreed relative to the Nova game.
he has also been excellent over his last 3.
(24/43) 56% FG
But that was a stat based on Budd’s entire season’s body of work. And he has definitely had his ups and downs if we are being fair. 1-11 vs Nova the first time and 0-7 @ SJU.
Villanova did not play good defense, not nearly as effective as their first game against us, IMO.
Clark is a quirky player because of the size and lack of 3PT shot. Usually small guards like him take and make 3's. He does neither, it's strange. He also has difficulty finishing at the rim bc of the size. He hears footsteps. He makes these blistering moves to pop up for a midrange shot and he's knocking them down, but then misses routine shots at the rim. He had a KILLER at DePaul that could've cut the game to 3 and instead they ran out off the rebound and drilled a 3, going up 8. He also missed similar against Villanova.
He's very good overall, like him a lot as the PG. I wish we weren't trying to convert Parker to PG because a reliable backup there would help. But Clark creates for teammates, he's fast as hell and kills teams on switches, he's a pest defensively and really lets the defense set because he's not getting beat at the top, he generates a ton of defensive turnovers. He's doing a better job of drawing fouls and knocking down foul shots in BE play, critical for a guy who doesn't take 3's. All good stuff. But we will not be a good offense if he's the top scorer.
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Of the shooters/scorers we whiffed on (Bell, Magee, Sanford, Middleton, Coleman) Hargress is the only one that would have helped. But he’s small too. Not sure how he and Budd function together defensively.
Can you imagine how great Budd would look if he was actually surrounded by players who could shoot from outside and make shots? His stats would be off the charts.
We used to say the same about Kadary. I’m seeing a common theme here…