Morton should be playing no more than 5-6 minutes per game.
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Morton definitely needs to spend some overtime working on his shot. IDK, maybe our strengthening and conditioning program is too intense or something because no one is shooting all that well. Don't know what our S&C program is during the season, I am sure many will probably disagree with me, but I am not a big fan of doing lots of weights while the season is on-going.
I would say you don't have a clue.
I trust your expert judgement more than Painter's. Thanks for weighing in.
Morton does need to start taking a more active role on the offensive end, playing 5 on 4 isn’t feasible moving forward. I love the intangibles he brings but he needs to shoot more and show other teams he can score. I think he’s a 13-15 minute player at this point, he plays good defense but I wouldn’t play him more than 15 minutes a night right now.
Morton's shot is visually unappealing. Not sure he can fix it at this point. Still trying to figure out how he won MrBBall in PA.
Morton, Newman and Loyer need to play big minutes at the two and three because we literally don't have anyone else. We can't play with just two guys at the 2 and 3. Has Jenkins or Waddell done anything to earn minutes? I don't see more minutes for Jenkins other than a few to give Smith a break. I think Waddell has probably seen his last meaningful minutes for the year. That leaves 80 minutes for Morton, Newman and Loyer. Morton's minutes could drop a few and Newman's go up a few, but Morton has got to play.
Watch carefully on offense. Opponents don't even bother guarding Morton and just drop off him into the lane. It has gotten so bad his teammates even look him off when he is wide open. He has to be some kind of threat or the offense is too easy to defend.
Morton needs to play about what he is playing now. The only question is which group would he be better playing with? I think Newman needs to start and play with Edey as much as possible.
And as Matt has said before, when you get a team and Ethan is playing for you I think you do that.
Can Mason play some at the 3? He’s not that tall, can handle the ball and can shoot some from outside. Gillis is probably 6-5, not sure why he’s just limited to the 4.
"I don't care what you think." -- Matt Painter
"I also don't care what you think." -- BoilerAndy
I want offense much more than defense. You can’t win if you don’t score. Newman 25 minutes and Morton 15.
Boiler Buck... I typically agree with you but this is were I might disagree. Having a guy like Edey creates an opportunity for a guy like Morton. Morton's current role offensively is to feed the post, swing the ball and shoot the wide open three pointer (he literally has 11 two point attempts all year). Without a legitimate superstar like Edey I'm not sure there is a role on some teams for a guy like Morton especially if he's not hitting his threes. I think Rutgers would be Exhibit A.
Agree. He makes the right pass, plays top tier defense and gets our offense set. I believe the loss was from a struggling young back court that wasn't ready for the toughness of Rutgers. My assumption is that changes throughout the year.
This is exactly why you can't have 4 perimeter players with zero off ball slashing/cuts. Caleb seems to do it, but this might be Mason's only downgrade on offense.
We just can't depend on that perimeter pass coming out of the paint like Williams did. Zach seems to get doubled then it force's a perimeter pass that he's not great at....yet. This team desperately needs that off ball slasher/cutter.
Understand your point. You're likely right, he teams with a good post like Edey would work the best.
I just figured his team defensive ability would make him at the least a key reserve on teams as a stopper.
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