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BruisedOrange writes:

in response to VOLHolla:

we need offense
give them playing time - cant be any less effective

Of course, if their offensive production is more than cancelled out by the points they allow at the other end... or worse, their poor defense gets our remaining bigs in foul trouble from having to switch into bad positions... the Vols can go from low-scoring 2-point losses to high scoring 12-point losses!

CCM layed it out: they haven't shown the ability to play team defense. Either it hasn't clicked yet mentally for them and they don't yet think 2 moves ahead and have full defensive court vision, OR they are slow, forcing them to focus too narrowly on mantaining defensive position on the man in front of them.

In CCM's team defense, one unreliable defender is not a weak spot--he actually compromises every teammate on defense. I'm sure the coaching staff keeps numbers on how many personal fouls were caused by another player's inadequate defense. In today's game, most big men foul out because of poor defense by their guards.

Unless these guys are a reliable net +20 points each on the offensive end, I can't question CCM on this decision.

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