Friday, January 08, 2010

An Active Imagination Is a Good Thing

"Actually, I did notice that they did seem to run plays FOR Rautins last night, and it seemed to me he was looking for his shots more. Well, maybe I was just hoping for that and imagined a lot of it."

You're right on both counts. They do run plays for Andy, particularly double screens to free him for 3s. But he is an infrequent choice for several reasons. 1. When they run a half court offense its from the inside out to establish a threat from the 5 - AO and Jackson are giving them a combined 20 a game. 2. Johnson is their primary scorer and Joseph is coming strong. 3. Rautins is, in fact, running the point when he's on the floor with the not yet ready for prime time freshman Triche or when he's teamed with Jardine who is more comfortable playing the 2.

On the 2nd point, Rautins took only 8 shots in the Memphis game. He does so much else and hits so many crucial buckets that it is easy to imagine he's shooting more than he actually is.

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