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posted 12-27-2019 05:43 PM
John Calipari
On what he tells Nick Richards after he picks up an early foul …
“He’s just got to play. He’s got to create more opportunities for himself to score, and we’ve got to create more opportunities. He’s shooting almost 70%. EJ (Montgomery), the same. But, the biggest thing in all of this comes back to battle. You’ve got to compete. You’ve got to fight. They’re both learning. They’re trying. Practices the last couple of days have been better. Now, you guys don’t really ever listen to me, but what I’ve talked about in the past is if you’re going to build your confidence, it is through demonstrated performance. You’re going to go on the court and do it, and you’ll build your confidence in playing that way. All of these games are challenges for these guys.”
On how important getting more from the post play is …
“We’re a team that you’ve got to steal some baskets near that rim. We’re shooting a fairly good percentage as a team. We really are, but if he’s (Nick) shooting and EJ combined are shooting let’s say 60% what do we need to shoot from the 3 to get the same kind of result? Forty percent. What are we shooting? Thirty. Twenty-nine. So, now do you take more 3s? And all you geniuses – ‘We’ve got to shoot more 3s’ – or do you try to get them more shots? As we’re trying to say we’re a good shooting team, but at this point, let’s try to get them more shots. Again though, they’ve got to want the ball and all that stuff, so it’s not like we’re changing a whole lot of what we’re doing, But I have a lot of faith in both of them. I’ll tell you who’s good in the post is Nate (Sestina). He may not be as big, but Nate is physical, he’ll create space, he’s got a good jump hook, he can make free throws. But again, we’re not going to be a team that posts it 50 times in a half. It’s not going to be who we are. We’ve played a wide-open game, a dribble-drive, a spacing game, a passing game which still posted the ball. We’re just not there. As I look on where we are, not really happy with me. Like, I haven’t figured this out, so if I’m a little bit still like, ‘OK, which way is this?’ they’re going to be that way too. But the thing I’ve said from day one: If we don’t fight, if we don’t compete, we don’t battle, hard to win. Last game, I thought we did really good competing, battling and getting us to pass the ball, and then the last five minutes we wouldn’t pass to each other. Refused to pass to an open man. Throw it at the rim. And that’s the finish of a game. Again, it’s stuff that we need to work on and make sure.
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