Kolek planning to go pro
I've never coached but is there something you experts see in his J that is causing some of his probs? My personal take is that this is mostly a confidence issue. He's shooting 84% from the stripe. Anyway, in order to reach our ceiling, which I believe is top 4/5 in the BEast, the rebounding and TK's shooting percentage needs to go up. Kolek does a lot of good things on the floor and we are at our best when he is on his game. I just feel if he can find his confidence with his jumper this MU team becomes monumentally more difficult to guard.
Coach Smart keeps saying he is the best shooter in practice and in drills. He shot decently last season.
I've never coached but is there something you experts see in his J that is causing some of his probs? My personal take is that this is mostly a confidence issue. He's shooting 84% from the stripe. Anyway, in order to reach our ceiling, which I believe is top 4/5 in the BEast, the rebounding and TK's shooting percentage needs to go up. Kolek does a lot of good things on the floor and we are at our best when he is on his game. I just feel if he can find his confidence with his jumper this MU team becomes monumentally more difficult to guard. Having watched every team in the BEast I honestly don't think there's much of a separation between the assumed top trio and us. The difference I see is that our margin for error may be smaller with the rebounding issues. Nevertheless, I do feel we have the overall personnel to be in that top 5 and that our spurtability is among the best in the conference. If Kolek in particular can just increase his percentages a bit I feel we're even more explosive and a big problem for our competition. In other words it takes us from bubble to a solid tourney team Imao.
Why do some people insist on Kolek being something he''s not? He's not a shooter. Don't force him to be one. It's not a coincidence that MU has gone on this four-game run with TK shooting less.Over the past four games, he's taken a total of 22 shots, 10 from three. In the previous four losses, 34 shots, 18 from three.Could he develop into a better shooter over the next couple of seasons? Sure. But right now, let him do what he does best.
We need him to make layups and midrange pull up to keep defenses honest on the pick and roll. Everything else is gravy.
"Spurtability" Muggs? OK, what other teams are competing with us on spurtability?Not sure why Kolek has had shooting problems in games but he is definitely getting better (yeah, I know-in a couple of games he could not have gotten much worse) but as you stated, he does a LOT of good things on the floor.
My definition of spurtability is a team capable of inflicting damage, with a medieval type arsenal, that directly leads to buckets in heavy numbers.
Fitness and mentality. His mechanics are fine, he’s clearly a good player. He’s being asked to do a lot, and his shooting is what is suffering. Yesterday, his mental strength was not up to his standards nor was his fitness level (perhaps he is under the weather) and it affected his game. I’m not sold he is or isn’t a shooter yet.
Don't think he needs to be a lights out shooter - just needs to be a threat to hit if left open. Don't do that and his passing windows start closing.
What does this even mean?
I think it means Kolek needs to have a mace and a shield?
Also a trebuchet would be pretty intimidating.
Why do some people insist on Kolek being something he''s not? He's not a shooter.
A trebuchet would definitely help scoring from deep.