Aaron Craft playing too much

[victor2111]

in my opinion. We have the perfect PG to give Craft more breaks, in Scott. THey're the same type of player.

Craft is averaging 36+MPG in B10 play.

I think he should play between 30-34MPG. Keep him fresh. Craft uses a lot of energy on defense, it is hard to ask him to do.

Give him at least 3-4 2min breaks during the game.

[victor2111]

There are 200min of basketball to give out.

33MPG to Craft
28MPG to Scott
25MPG to Amir
12MPG to McDonald
32MPG to Ross
30MPG to Smith
28MPG to Thompson
7MPG to ADV
5MPG to Loving

That is where I would try to get it to. An fresher Craft at the end of the game.

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Craft is the most game shape person on the team. And Scott is not the perfect PG unless you consider a good play followed up by a bad glad good.

[victor2111]

Feb 12, 2014 22:12:24 GMT -5 @grumor said:

Craft is the most game shape person on the team. And Scott is not the perfect PG unless you consider a good play followed up by a bad glad good.

He is in the best shape but he also runs around like no other player on defense and brings the ball up/runs the offense. He is short on his shot late in the game and has trouble driving to the hoop.

When he hit big shots vs Wisconsin(one an 3)/got to the hoop, he only played 30MIN in that game. He was well rested. He did all of his damage to Iowa early on when he was well rested.


Him giving a lot on defense has to tired him down. He will not admit it. But I want a fresher Aaron Craft late in the game.


And Scott is the perfect PG to come in for Craft because he is the same type of PG. He plays great defense, can run, etc. Sure he makes mistakes but I think that has with him trying to do too much more than anything. They're trying to make Craft/Scott combo work.

When Craft/Scott and Trey or Amir are on the floor, you've 3 below offensive players. It is tough to make things work. That is why bringing Scott off the bench has worked better. Beacuse you get a lot less of that.

[victor2111]

Aaron Craft is basically playing the whole 2nd half without going to the bench. 20min. Not many players do that. Not many players work as hard as Craft does on the defensive side also. I just think it might be getting to him.


You saw what Michigan was doing to him last night. He was running all over the floor to keep up with them. It is a great game plan on their part. Make them work on defense for 35seconds and tired them down.


We need offense from Craft. Not just his elite defense. That is part of the problem also. Past years, we had a lot more offensive weapons so Craft didn't have to do much. This team lacks so much offense we need Craft to score more.

[victor2111]

I just think there is ways to give him 3-4mins off in the 2nd half to try to keep him fresher.

Syracuse is the same way with their players though. They have 5 guys that play at least 35MIN almost every night. Difference for them is they play an Zone defense so their players get to relax a lot more in that area.