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Originally posted by lucky777s !
The two pointer by TJ was not a 'bad' shot. But is it really the best shot we could get. I am sick and tired of TJ's decision making down the stretch of games. He has this idea that he has to take the last shot and win the game. That is not his role. He is not a big time scorer. Set up a play for a real shooter who can take a good shot in rhythm and with good balance.
Sam did NOT call the play for TJ to shoot. The play is called for TJ to make a DECISION on where to get the best shot and CREATE something good. Unfortunately TJ's decision is always to shoot the ball himself. And because of his size he has to either take that step back fadeaway or throw up a wild layup attempt off the glass.
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I disagee Lucky, a lot of critisism that has been directed at TJ for his late game "selfishness" is unfounded IMO, I've seen this play called so many times this year, that there is no doubt in my mind that the orders had to come from the coach.
but I do agree in questioning whether it really was the best shot we could get. The Raps got back into the game by running their offense, sharing the ball and playing to their strenghts.
Instead of an iso for TJ at the top of the key, I would have preferred we just would have ran the offense and got a good look for somebody, similar to the previous play where Luke Jackson got a dunk.
overall, I'm not a big fan of those TJ iso's in late game situations, I bet if you crunched the numbers it would show that it is not an effective play to run......especially when your PG comes into the game cold and was already have a poor shooting night (2-11)
