Crawfoso1973 said:
I think the reason our percentages are up this year is due to better ball movement. This year have multiple guys who can penetrate, create for others, and score in the paint or from the perimeter. In particular Dennis is amazing with his ability to penetrate and keep his dribble alive in the paint allowing him to hit open shooters beyond the arc. Last year our offense was outside-in, we struggled to penetrate so defenses could push our guards to half-court. Our ball movement was stagnant and we were forced to chuck up low-percentage 3s to beat the shot clock.
Dennis is so good when not turning the ball over. Those skip passes and other variety of whip passes he does are pro level. I don't think casual observer understands how advanced and difficult that is to do. He's accurate on the pass too.. not just getting it to guys but getting it to them in a comfortable spot.
I think college teams also don't really know how to defend guards who play off the post up / back to basket. Its very effective as defenders don't see it that much. And to your point, him keeping the dribble in those tight spaces is huge bc inevitably someone opens up. Most college players don't have that type of patience.
