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Chet Forte
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01-31-22 01:01 PM - Post#334862

In thinking about our lack of success I attribute the stupendous number of turnovers to ill-advised or sloppy passes. This should be correctable. But why are we throwing the ball away and giving our opponents so many easy baskets? My theory—too many of our players are trying to make that one extra pass, usually be trying to force the ball inside. I repeat, most of our turnovers are not caused by having our pockets picked. They are made when we give up open shots out of a reluctance to shoot. Yet this is our coaching philosophy-pass the ball around instead of doing more with the ball to create an open shot. It isn’t working. The longer the possession the more likely that we throw the ball away. We are averaging 15 turnovers a game—it is impossible Toni win unless those can be cut in half. Yet too many of our guys seem afraid to shoot.

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