What Vanover does for us besides shooting threes

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HoopDreams
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Wyking quote:

WJ: "It's nice for our entire team and staff to have a guy like that. A five man that can really shoot the ball and open up the floor for his teammates. I think it's nice not just for Justice or Darius, I think for everyone. For Paris to be able to get to the rim the way that he does. You put Connor in the corner, you put Connor at the top, and they have to come out and respect that, they have to come out and guard him. And so, it opens up the floor for everyone to be able to drive and finish at the rim without having to be congested by a five man. Having him out there is a weapon. Not just his shooting, but he does a great job finishing around the rim as well. He dunks the ball continuously throughout the last couple games and so anytime a big steps up, you can throw him a lob, you can dump it off to him, he will finish. Made the biggest play of the game in our game against Stanford when he got the and-1 when they cut it to three. So, he's not just shooting. He's rim protecting, he's knocking down fifteen footers, he's finishing at the rim, he's doing a lot of things besides shooting."

I would add that he is a zone buster, and was our secret weapon vs UW's zone defense. A really unique player that teams have to account for now.
KenBurnski
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He's also a fashionisto that's expanding acceptable hairstyles for white dudes across the world via oncourt advocacy.
bearister
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Has anyone made a study of Vanover's most successful trey launch site? It seems to me to be at the wing but I have no stats to back that up.
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KenBurnski said:

He's also a fashionisto that's expanding acceptable hairstyles for white dudes across the world via oncourt advocacy.
An under-appreciated aspect of Connor's game.
caltagjohnson
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He had SIX blocks in the last game. Maybe he contributes to rim protection?
HoopDreams
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caltagjohnson said:

He had SIX blocks in the last game. Maybe he contributes to rim protection?
agree.
not an emphasis in his response, but he did say "He's rim protecting..."

that has been missing on this team, and when he plays close to the basket he does a very good job protecting the rim against post players and driving guards

but if he ventures out to even 8 feet it's trouble

if he's on the perimeter, it's big trouble

that's why match ups are important and why he did so well defensively against stanford
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