Timmy Allen’s Freethrow shooting

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- 02/12/2021 at 12:52 AM #138847
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  RustyShackleford
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  Is TA’s poor freethrow shooting enough of a liability to keep him off the court in situations like today? He had the chance to ice the game but missed 3 FTs and forced a bad pass that ended in a turnover. Are his other abilities enough to counter act poor ft shooting and bad decision making? Obviously he is really good and a team leader but does LK consider benching him when we need to shoot FTs in crunch time.
- 02/12/2021 at 8:05 AM #138852
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  Tony (admin)
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  I wonder if that’s why they are having him inbound the ball, so he’s not the one that gets fouled? That’s not working well either.
- 02/12/2021 at 9:38 AM #138855
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  Charlie
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  Allen is not the best but is in the 70s, actually better than Jones, he had a bad night. Carlson is in the 50s and should be out at crunch time. Larsson is automatic in the 90s, Battin, Jantunen, and Martinez are all in the 80s. I don’t expect to see that much awkwardness in a short stretch for a while. I think we realize we need a plan for the crunch when Jones is out. I was also a bit relieved that Cal didn’t press more with Jones out, must not be preferred by them.
  - 02/12/2021 at 11:43 AM #138856
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    bopahull
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    it was obvious that Allen was trying to inbound heball to Larsson. He did that 2 times in a row, the question is why did Larsson pass the ball back to Allen both those times isntead of allowing Cal to foul him?
    - 02/12/2021 at 12:29 PM #138858
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      Tony (admin)
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      Because, coaching. A smart coach would tell the team to get the ball to Larsson and let him get fouled. Almost a guaranteed 2 points.
- 02/13/2021 at 2:10 PM #138890
  
  Charlie
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  Absolutely. When you have a 90% free throw shooter, everything possible should be done to force the other team to foul him to stop the clock. Required strategy for Jr Jazz and above.