Here's some quick facts about what has happened so far when Moore, KJ and Flory play together.
59 possessions for a +/- of +35, which is +0.59 per possession.
Our season average is +0.16 point per possession.
You may axe yourself, well why does it need to be Moore? What if Hunter is the problem, and it should be Harris, KJ and Flory?
Glad you axed. Harris, KJ and Flory have played 191 possessions together and have a +/- of +20 (+0.10 per possession). That is almost 6 times worse than Moore over Harris.
But don't fret. This is not a thread to dog on Harris.
The 4-man combo of Harris, Moore, KJ and Flory have played 33 possessions together and have a +/- of +24 (+0.73).
Given that, it doesn't mean Moore is better than Harris, it means Self continuously does lineups that don't work instead of looking at what does.
Is there another 4 man combo with Moore, KJ and Flory that does better than Harris' astounding +0.73?
Actually, yes. Here are the results!
Moore, KJ, Flory +
Griffen: +1.58 (12)
Coit: +1.13 (11.5)
Harris: +0.73 (33)
Mayo: +0.40 (40)
Storr: -0.12 (17)
Wowee. I really thought Griffen was going to be a good player, given he was a good player on a Final Four team last year. Maybe Self has just used this roster in the wrong ways.
Yes, I agree!
Here are all of the lineups we've used so far with Moore, KJ and Flory, in case you're interested.
Coit & Griffen: +2.44 (4.5 possessions)
Harris & Griffen: +1.43 (3.5)
Harris & Coit: +1.20 (2.5)
Harris & Mayo: +0.79 (19.0)
Mayo & Griffen: +0.75 (4.0)
Mayo & Hunter: +0.18 (5.5)
Harris & Storr: +0.13 (8.0)
Mayo & Storr: -0.25 (8.0)
Coit & Mayo: -0.29 (3.5)
Geeze Louise. Those are some small sample sizes. Sure is surprising we don't try any of these options more often. None of them are even bad to look at on paper.
59 possessions for a +/- of +35, which is +0.59 per possession.
Our season average is +0.16 point per possession.
You may axe yourself, well why does it need to be Moore? What if Hunter is the problem, and it should be Harris, KJ and Flory?
Glad you axed. Harris, KJ and Flory have played 191 possessions together and have a +/- of +20 (+0.10 per possession). That is almost 6 times worse than Moore over Harris.
But don't fret. This is not a thread to dog on Harris.
The 4-man combo of Harris, Moore, KJ and Flory have played 33 possessions together and have a +/- of +24 (+0.73).
Given that, it doesn't mean Moore is better than Harris, it means Self continuously does lineups that don't work instead of looking at what does.
Is there another 4 man combo with Moore, KJ and Flory that does better than Harris' astounding +0.73?
Actually, yes. Here are the results!
Moore, KJ, Flory +
Griffen: +1.58 (12)
Coit: +1.13 (11.5)
Harris: +0.73 (33)
Mayo: +0.40 (40)
Storr: -0.12 (17)
Wowee. I really thought Griffen was going to be a good player, given he was a good player on a Final Four team last year. Maybe Self has just used this roster in the wrong ways.
Yes, I agree!
Here are all of the lineups we've used so far with Moore, KJ and Flory, in case you're interested.
Coit & Griffen: +2.44 (4.5 possessions)
Harris & Griffen: +1.43 (3.5)
Harris & Coit: +1.20 (2.5)
Harris & Mayo: +0.79 (19.0)
Mayo & Griffen: +0.75 (4.0)
Mayo & Hunter: +0.18 (5.5)
Harris & Storr: +0.13 (8.0)
Mayo & Storr: -0.25 (8.0)
Coit & Mayo: -0.29 (3.5)
Geeze Louise. Those are some small sample sizes. Sure is surprising we don't try any of these options more often. None of them are even bad to look at on paper.
