[PaintTouches]Player Breakdown: Juan Anderson

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Player Breakdown: Juan Anderson
      

Written by: Andrei Greska
            

This is the first part of  Paint Touches’ 12-part series breaking down each Marquette players’s 2012-2013 campaign and looking ahead to what may come next year.  What he did well: Juan Anderson is the kind of player coaches love to ... Continue reading →


            

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[GGGG]

I am definitely not giving up on Juan.  A healthy off-season in the weight room and in the gym could do a lot for a guy whose measurables, motor and IQ are high. 

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Anderson is one of my favorite guys on this team. Looks to me like he played his role as instructed. This kid can shoot, in my opinion, and by the time his senior year roles around, I'll wager he's a double digit guy. Tremendous potential here and he's barely scratching the surface right now.

[bilsu]

I like Juan a lot and we definately need him. I would still start him over Wilson, because Wilson gets in foul trouble. I never seen anyone get so many weak fouls as Wilson does. My feeling is, if you are going to foul the opponent, at least foul him hard.

[THRILLHO]

I think we saw flashes of his potential in the last few games, he threw several nice looking passes, including going from the high to the low post. It can get tight down there, but with experience he'll be better at knowing when to throw it and when to hold, and guys will come to expect those passes to be there rather than being surprised. If he was a bit more of a threat to shoot it would open up even more.

[BCHoopster]

It is hard for any player to play 3 or 4 minutes to start a game and get pulled.  I hope Juan has not lost his confidence as I am not sure Buzz used the kid right.  He definitely lost
his confidence in shooting the ball or scoring.  He sure did not do much of that the last month of the season.  He can either go one way or another, work hard in the summer on his
game like Vander, or not.  But competition will be stronger next year, he has to get stronger and play better.

[Henry Sugar]

No mention that he was the best defensive rebounder on the team this year?

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I like his game.

Like we talked about in another thread a while back, I can't really see a glaring weakness in Juan's game. His shooting percentage isn't great, but his stroke looks good and he should improve naturally over time. He's not a great finisher, but strength is probably the main culprit, so that should improve with physical maturity. The only thing that jumps out is his free throw percentage, and I have to figure that will improve with practice and some more gametime reps.

If his jumper improves a lot, I can see him starting at SF next season, which would really give Buzz some true "switchable" ability. You could sub out Juan for a 3rd guard, or you could go even bigger and play 2 Centers and put Jamil at SF.

I think he could be the very versatile which can be really valuable for a coach like Buzz (lots of subs and line-ups).

He's developing just fine.

[mileskishnish72]

Yes, he needs strength, and to work on the shot. With a decent handle and good court vision, maybe he could become the guy to get in the middle against sticky zones.

[Big Papi]

It is hard for any player to play 3 or 4 minutes to start a game and get pulled.  I hope Juan has not lost his confidence as I am not sure Buzz used the kid right.  He definitely lost
his confidence in shooting the ball or scoring.  He sure did not do much of that the last month of the season.  He can either go one way or another, work hard in the summer on his
game like Vander, or not.  But competition will be stronger next year, he has to get stronger and play better.

Juan was unable to do much during the last two off-seasons due to injuries.  He will get stronger and play better. 

I don't know about a loss in confidence, he was shooting more early in the year against lesser competition and once the Big East games rolled around, it was tough for him to score in the limited minutes he played.  Much like how Vander's first 2 seasons where his scoring tailed off as the season progressed, we got that with Juan albeit with a lot less minutes.  I expect a much improved game his junior year.  He is a glue guy much like how Trent was this year.  He will do a little bit of everything that will win us games but don't necessarily show up if you just look at his numbers.

Also, his role this year was not scoring, but to provide energy, defense and rebounding.  I thought he did that well in his limited role.

[BCHoopster]

Juan was unable to do much during the last two off-seasons due to injuries.  He will get stronger and play better. 

I don't know about a loss in confidence, he was shooting more early in the year against lesser competition and once the Big East games rolled around, it was tough for him to score in the limited minutes he played.  Much like how Vander's first 2 seasons where his scoring tailed off as the season progressed, we got that with Juan albeit with a lot less minutes.  I expect a much improved game his junior year.  He is a glue guy much like how Trent was this year.  He will do a little bit of everything that will win us games but don't necessarily show up if you just look at his numbers.

Also, his role this year was not scoring, but to provide energy, defense and rebounding.  I thought he did that well in his limited role.

In college, you have to take the first open look to score, there were many times the last month that Juan did not take that shot.  Confidence in hoops is the ability to get an open look
and knock it down.  The player that I look at is Louisvilles Luke Hancock or Michigans Nik Stauskas, 2 kids with not great athletic ability but when they are game changers.  Need somebody like that!

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

In college, you have to take the first open look to score, there were many times the last month that Juan did not take that shot.  Confidence in hoops is the ability to get an open look
and knock it down.  The player that I look at is Louisvilles Luke Hancock or Michigans Nik Stauskas, 2 kids with not great athletic ability but when they are game changers.  Need somebody like that!

We need better players!!!! Arrrgggggghhhhh!!!!!

[GGGG]

In college, you have to take the first open look to score, there were many times the last month that Juan did not take that shot.  Confidence in hoops is the ability to get an open look
and knock it down.  The player that I look at is Louisvilles Luke Hancock or Michigans Nik Stauskas, 2 kids with not great athletic ability but when they are game changers.  Need somebody like that!

Nik Stauskas benefits greatly from having scorers all around him.

Luke Hancock?  DJO was a better shooter than Hancock.

[BCHoopster]

Nik Stauskas benefits greatly from having scorers all around him.

Luke Hancock?  DJO was a better shooter than Hancock.

DJO was a star, neither of those guys are stars, just nice players that add something to the team, basically on the offensive end.  I would take both players over Juan, even though
I think Juan might have a bigger upside in the future.  Remember, 39 points.

[strotty]

No mention that he was the best defensive rebounder on the team this year?

"The Oakland native has an uncanny ability to rebound, grabbing a team-high 18.8 percent of available boards while on the court. As a comparison, Jamil Wilson had the next highest mark, a full three percentage points lower."

[Henry Sugar]

"The Oakland native has an uncanny ability to rebound, grabbing a team-high 18.8 percent of available boards while on the court. As a comparison, Jamil Wilson had the next highest mark, a full three percentage points lower."

yep - my bad

[Markusquette]

Only thing in the article I don't agree with is that Juan is a better shooter than Steve.  Otherwise, nice.  I'm hoping for a breakout year from Juan.

[MU82]

If Juan is getting significant minutes ahead of Taylor and McKay next season, it will mean he has improved a ton. I hope that's the case.

There isn't a single area in which he doesn't need major improvement to be an impact player at this level, and that includes rebounding.

A big "we'll see" for me.

[Big Papi]

In college, you have to take the first open look to score, there were many times the last month that Juan did not take that shot.  Confidence in hoops is the ability to get an open look
and knock it down.  The player that I look at is Louisvilles Luke Hancock or Michigans Nik Stauskas, 2 kids with not great athletic ability but when they are game changers.  Need somebody like that!

First, No in college you don't have to take the first open look to score.  Situation and personnel dictate what is and what is not a good shot.  Do you want Derrick Wilson taking a wide open 15 footer with 25 seconds on the shot clock?  No.  Did he bring other attributes to the team?  Yes.  There were better scoring options than Juan this year.  Juan's role was not a primary scorer but he did take shots when warranted and I rarely remember him taking a bad shot.  If you listened to Buzz on his radio show you would know that Buzz really valued shot selection this year.  We played at a slower pace than last year so less possessions but our turnover numbers were the same so he felt we couldn't afford to take bad shots in games as that would cost us in our offensive efficiency and I think Buzz was right on with that gameplan.   

Second of all, Juan did take shots in the flow of the game.  You make it sound like he was Derrick Wilson out on the court but other than the Syracuse game where he only played 2 minutes, he did take a shot in every game during the last month of the season that you referenced.  No he did not take 5-7 shots a game in the 5-15 minutes of playing time he received but again that was not his role this year?   

His role was to provide energy, rebounding and defense.  And what he did this year does not dictate what will happen next year or the year after.  Remember that Jimmy Butler didn't take shots in his soph year because that was not his role. 

I am eager to see how Juan's game will grow from this now to next year with him hitting the weight room and working on his shot.  If he makes half the improvement that Vander did this past year, we will have a very good player on our hands next year.

[BCHoopster]

First, No in college you don't have to take the first open look to score.  Situation and personnel dictate what is and what is not a good shot.  Do you want Derrick Wilson taking a wide open 15 footer with 25 seconds on the shot clock?  No.  Did he bring other attributes to the team?  Yes.  There were better scoring options than Juan this year.  Juan's role was not a primary scorer but he did take shots when warranted and I rarely remember him taking a bad shot.  If you listened to Buzz on his radio show you would know that Buzz really valued shot selection this year.  We played at a slower pace than last year so less possessions but our turnover numbers were the same so he felt we couldn't afford to take bad shots in games as that would cost us in our offensive efficiency and I think Buzz was right on with that gameplan.   

Second of all, Juan did take shots in the flow of the game.  You make it sound like he was Derrick Wilson out on the court but other than the Syracuse game where he only played 2 minutes, he did take a shot in every game during the last month of the season that you referenced.  No he did not take 5-7 shots a game in the 5-15 minutes of playing time he received but again that was not his role this year?   

His role was to provide energy, rebounding and defense.  And what he did this year does not dictate what will happen next year or the year after.  Remember that Jimmy Butler didn't take shots in his soph year because that was not his role. 

I am eager to see how Juan's game will grow from this now to next year with him hitting the weight room and working on his shot.  If he makes half the improvement that Vander did this past year, we will have a very good player on our hands next year.

I hope you are right, Juan did not take to many bad shots, he just did not take enough shots period.  This team was offensively challenged at times, it would have been nice for Juan to
take some of those open shots he had.