I'll take a stab here....
He clearly needs to play smarter. His turnovers in these first 2 exhibition games were the results largely of him making some really bad decisions on when and who to throw the ball to. He made some horrible decisions in that regard. Lazy / errant / high risk cross court passing will burn us every time he tries it.
There like, no cohesiveness or offensive purpose as to where he's going or to whom the play can go to. I'm not sure if that's properly stated or if i can convey my feelings in that regard.
There were times it was like, several players were in good position to recieve a pass, but they simply didnt get it, nor were they even looked for. Mom's numbers reflect that tonight.
Zoom's dribbling the ball too long, it's getting hung up on him because he isnt letting the flow iof the game come to him, he's pressing too hard and the offense is suffering for his lack of awareness.
I'm not an X's & O's guy, I'm sure others can break it down much better than I. I just get the feeling he's pressing a little too much to create the flow offensively, rather than playing smarter with the ball, truly VALUING EVERY POSSESSION and acting / making plays accordingly.
Sometimes it's NOT being in the play (even when you're out there on the floor) that is the smart play in a particular possession. Every possession does not necessarily NEED him to be the focal and/or central position to garner the attention.
I'm also not seeing him move much at all when he's off the ball. Just standing there. But I can critique the other players for doing the same.
Defensively, Zoom and Wilkins both need to be in better defensive position to stop straight line drives, period. The smaller quicker guards will eat us alive if they dont move better, faster, smarter, laterally. It's more of a matter of positioning because giving that many straight line drives in inexcuseable.
Williams really played much better in all phases of a guard position than Zoom tonight. WITHOUT wILLIAMS, WE LOSE TONIGHTS GAME.
And Williams is the true freshman here ...... not Zoom.
Yes, I still believe we will only really go as far as Zoom and Wilkins can carry us as a team. but Williams gives me MUCH more confidence moving forward.
I dunno, maybe the coaches can correct the errors. Mo Williams should really work with him, because if someone doesn't, then his son will be starting and Zoom will not. If he wants the paradigm to change, he has to clean things up asap. Because we "cleaned up the turnover" issue - when Zoom was OFF the court and not on it.
I really hope he gets it together, we need him to be the best he can possibly be. And even if that isnt enough talent wise, then he needs to at least not be a -7 detriment when he is in the game.
