Sorry, but that's an antiquated view of how to run an offense. When your
center can shoot 3s you don't park him under the basket. You let him shoot 3s until the defense comes out to guard him. Now anyone can either drive the lane or post up without the presence of a shot blocker. Offensive rebounds are way less important than effective FG% or true shooting %. Those stats tell you how many points a player produces with any shot. And Basile is producing 1.3+ pts/shot which is huge.
He's also *intentionally* clearing out the lane so that Mutts or anyone else who can score from there doesn't have to deal with a secondary shot blocking defender.
If you want to read more about it, just google "5 out offense basketball" and you'll get hundreds of links and plenty of videos so you can understand why Basile is operating that way. And believe me, what he's doing is exactly what Mike Young wants him to do, whatever you might think about it.
** Edited by King of Hokies at 12/6/2022, 10:51:19 AM
Thread Replies (13)
Good Result So Far, But I think Our Best Days Are ahead of Us
-- Hokdawg
Dec 05, 2022 at 03:31 PM ET
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12/05/22 03:31 PM ET
I agree, lots of options and depth now. This team could be very dangerous.
-- HokieJay
Dec 05, 2022 at 10:05 PM ET
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12/05/22 10:05 PM ET
Agreed. If we stay healthy we will be a load in March
-- VT ChemE 1986
Dec 05, 2022 at 05:57 PM ET
VT ChemE 1986
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12/05/22 05:57 PM ET
Let me tell you about Basile. I came up for the football game with Miami ..
-- Hokiestud
Dec 05, 2022 at 04:47 PM ET
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12/05/22 04:47 PM ET
I don't know why you would want to take 3 pt shots from Basile. His
-- King of Hokies
Dec 05, 2022 at 04:02 PM ET
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12/05/22 04:02 PM ET
We are loaded with three point shooters, we need someone to get rebounds...
-- Hokdawg
Dec 06, 2022 at 09:29 AM ET
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12/06/22 09:29 AM ET
Sorry, but that's an antiquated view of how to run an offense. When your
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-- King of Hokies
Dec 06, 2022 at 10:51 AM ET
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12/06/22 10:51 AM ET
We’ll Just Have to Agree to Disagree
-- Hokdawg
Dec 06, 2022 at 06:51 PM ET
Hokdawg
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12/06/22 06:51 PM ET
OK, you can disagree all you want. It might be advisable to learn something
-- King of Hokies
Dec 06, 2022 at 07:41 PM ET
King of Hokies
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12/06/22 07:41 PM ET
Yep. If Basile can hit the 3s, Mike wants him to shoot them.
-- RJHokie
Dec 06, 2022 at 07:49 PM ET
RJHokie
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12/06/22 07:49 PM ET
Agreed, and when he isn’t he can be effective inside
-- Hokdawg
Dec 08, 2022 at 07:25 PM ET
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12/08/22 07:25 PM ET
Never discount depth and injuries. We are one down now. Hopefully we get
-- UTPr0sim
Dec 05, 2022 at 03:44 PM ET
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12/05/22 03:44 PM ET
Next opponent, Dayton, has some key injuries to two players in
-- Nortazhokie
Dec 05, 2022 at 04:01 PM ET
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12/05/22 04:01 PM ET