Interesting Article on Howard/Rowsey/Hauser

[PaintTouches]

If Howard is going to run the point, he needs to learn that pick and pop play that Rowdy and Hauser would run all the time. Rowdy would refuse Hauser's screen, when both defenders moved to contain Rowdy, Hauser would slip the screen and be wide open for a three. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that over half of Rowdy's assists to Hauser were on that play.

It looks like 24 of Rowsey's assists to Hauser came off that screen and roll play compared to 6 from Howard to Hauser. Definitely something to work on in the offseason.

[brewcity77]

Oh and Rowdy teaching Howard #thething wouldn't hurt either 

I remember an interview with Howard where he talked about wanting to work on his pump fake after seeing how effective it was for Rowsey. I can't imagine he'll reach #thething levels, but it wouldn't surprise me to see him start to break that out next year.

[Loose Cannon]

Wanted to revisit this from October to see how well I did... my 3 point presciption for the year was:

1.) Increase mix of Howard/Rowsey/Howard 3PA/G from 14 to 20; combine to shoot 43%
2.) Decrease the mix of everyone else from 10 to 5.5; combine to shoot 35%
3.) Result: shoot 41.2% as a team on 25 attempts per game, tie for 2nd place in all of college hoops

What actually happened was:

1.) Howard/Rowsey/Howard attempted 22 threes a game and shot 42.9% combined
2.) Cheatham/Anim/Cain/Elliott/Froling attempted 4.3 threes per game and shot 35.8%
3.) Result: we shot 41.7% as a team on 26.3 attempts per game, good for 3rd place in all of college hoops

Not bad! Will revisit again in October when we have the full roster/health picture for the '18/'19 season. Guessing the attempts & % will go down a bit...

Well, I guess this put you in Wojo Camp.