Ok, but it’s not exactly up to him whether or not he gets up 15 shots.
People keep saying this and it’s never been true. Kuz has said ever since he’s been here - they don’t run a single play for him. Not a one. Aint nobody gettin mad at Deni for getting shots up. This is all excuses fans of Deni make (not saying you’re a stan of his) for why he does poorly. Russ was yelling at the dude to take shots. That’s the only way Deni’s gonna get better. Why is dude taking summers with shooting coaches and in his recent presser talking about how he’s working on his shot and his mental state after each shot…to shoot 6 shots a game. Nah. No more excuses, he needs to get going.
All you can really ask of a player is that they succeed within the flow of the offense with the opportunities they are given, and he’s doing that.
No he’s not. He has plenty more opportunities to score and get shots up and he hasn’t done it. I point it out in the game threads. If I’m around tomorrow I’ll point it out every time it happens and tag you, if you want. You let me know. But if it’s going to be this thing where we do the Deni stan thing and just make up invisible non-existent reasons why he just can’t shoot that 7th shot, we can just not even bother. Deni is a starter, playing like 30 minutes a game. No way he should shoot 6 whole shots, and like I said, a couple of those were on the same sequence when he followed up his own miss. 5 actual shot situations in nearly 30 minutes for a starter is insanity for a guy who is the OG on the team and also a supposed budding all-star. The excuses gotta stop mang. Have a good night! We back at it tomorrow, when hopefully Deni stunts on these hoes! And especially on Trae. I can’t stand Trae Young.
Kuzma said that on the Beal-KP teams when he was a tertiary option… he has a 31% usage now. They are definitely running plays for him now, he’s the primary option.
Deni currently has a 17% usage… which is still significantly below Kyle’s 24% usage from the last 2 years. WUJ and teammates would not be happy if he started going out there and shooting 15+ a game suddenly. He also doesn’t need to be… you don’t need to just suddenly double his usage. Give him a little more every couple of weeks and see if he maintains his efficiency. He will get more opportunities as we go along in this rebuild.
People keep saying this and it’s never been true. Kuz has said ever since he’s been here - they don’t run a single play for him. Not a one. Aint nobody gettin mad at Deni for getting shots up. This is all excuses fans of Deni make (not saying you’re a stan of his) for why he does poorly. Russ was yelling at the dude to take shots. That’s the only way Deni’s gonna get better. Why is dude taking summers with shooting coaches and in his recent presser talking about how he’s working on his shot and his mental state after each shot…to shoot 6 shots a game. Nah. No more excuses, he needs to get going.
No he’s not. He has plenty more opportunities to score and get shots up and he hasn’t done it. I point it out in the game threads. If I’m around tomorrow I’ll point it out every time it happens and tag you, if you want. You let me know. But if it’s going to be this thing where we do the Deni stan thing and just make up invisible non-existent reasons why he just can’t shoot that 7th shot, we can just not even bother. Deni is a starter, playing like 30 minutes a game. No way he should shoot 6 whole shots, and like I said, a couple of those were on the same sequence when he followed up his own miss. 5 actual shot situations in nearly 30 minutes for a starter is insanity for a guy who is the OG on the team and also a supposed budding all-star. The excuses gotta stop mang. Have a good night! We back at it tomorrow, when hopefully Deni stunts on these hoes! And especially on Trae. I can’t stand Trae Young.
Kuzma said that on the Beal-KP teams when he was a tertiary option… he has a 31% usage now. They are definitely running plays for him now, he’s the primary option.
Deni currently has a 17% usage… which is still significantly below Kyle’s 24% usage from the last 2 years. WUJ and teammates would not be happy if he started going out there and shooting 15+ a game suddenly. He also doesn’t need to be… you don’t need to just suddenly double his usage. Give him a little more every couple of weeks and see if he maintains his efficiency. He will get more opportunities as we go along in this rebuild.