Greivis Vasquez killed us today

[Great 2BA FL Gator]

The guy shot 2-13. I love his energy and enthusiasm, but he has to become a smarter player if he wants to win anything at Maryland. As far as him playing point guard, I think Bowie impressed me a lot more with his ability to distribute and get others involved. Vasquez tends to take very questionable shots, sometimes with 25+ seconds on the shot clock, and today he really didn't help us with his poor shooting. Perhaps i got spoiled the last few years watching my Gators down here in Florida orchestrate a finely tuned offense. At any rate, I feel like the Terps offense would really improve if they had a true Point guard out there that would spread the ball around and get everyone involved, rather than Vasquez who shoots without a conscience.

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Vasquez thinks he's all world literally. He does not share the ball and has no idea there is a clock involved in the game of basketball. His forced shots, not working the clock down to our advantage and poor shot selection have contributed to several of our losses this year. He has some games where he seems to play smart and others like today where he literally blows the game for the team.

Somebody (Gary?) has to talk to him. Maybe we can get one of the Wizards stars to talk to him. I had to walk out of the room with us down by one and nine seconds to go. I knew who would take the last shot and could not watch. We win when we work the ball inside and GV made no attempt to get the ball inside which might have got us to the foul line even if we didn't make the shot. Why?

[jerryterp]

TERRIBLE!!!!! You would have thought there was less then a second on the clock. However, Gary has to take some blame IF that was the play. I agree with the previous two posts about Grevis. Why the play wasn't to work it in & at least get a foul shot out of it, I'll never know.

I'm looking forward to watching the women against Duke Monday.

GO TERPS!!!

[Fairfax Bird]

Vasquez thinks he's all world literally. He does not share the ball and has no idea there is a clock involved in the game of basketball. His forced shots, not working the clock down to our advantage and poor shot selection have contributed to several of our losses this year. He has some games where he seems to play smart and others like today where he literally blows the game for the team.

Somebody (Gary?) has to talk to him. Maybe we can get one of the Wizards stars to talk to him. I had to walk out of the room with us down by one and nine seconds to go. I knew who would take the last shot and could not watch. We win when we work the ball inside and GV made no attempt to get the ball inside which might have got us to the foul line even if we didn't make the shot. Why?

Yeah, those 5 assists a game prove that he never shares the ball. He had a bad night shooting and took a terrible shot to end the game. Other than being out of control at times, there really isn't much to complain about when a guy averages 16 ppg, 6 rpg, and 5 apg.

[BaltBird 24]

The guy will put up OK stats, but just watching him play is painful to the eyes. He's sloppy, is almost always out of control, and isn't a particularly good pure shooter.

[Lucky Jim]

Bad last shot. tough game. But he's not a selfish player at all.

[Great 2BA FL Gator]

I completely agree. The Gators were successful last year because they started from the inside and gave Horford and Noah touches, and then from there, they could either take their man or find someone open on the perimeter. It doesn't even seem as if Gary has set an offensive game plan other than let Greivis shoot whatever shot he wants. This team has talent, they just play dumb, and I attribute that to a lack of coaching which is sad to say because Gary has had some great years at UMD.

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I'm surprised he only has 5 assists a game. When you think you're Gilbert Arenas and have to shoot close to 15 times a game the other players don't throw the ball back and shoot it pretty quick if they want to score any points. Pretty soon he won't be getting the shots because he won't get the ball back. His assists will go up but his scoring will drop.

He has star written all over him but.......he needs to be talked to by somebody with NBA experience and told to move the ball around or as they say... distribute the ball. There were rumors after his first season he may go pro. Really! I'm sure you know this. He played against Kobe Bryant in the off season and now he's Arenas, Iverson....pick your shooter. The only thing missing is the shot. His shooting percentage is nowhere near what Arenas or Iverson's is so let's cut it back and pass the ball or one of the big guys is going to run in to him and give him a wake up call.

Vasquez has 211 field goal attempts (FGA)-41.7%, Gist 176 FGA -50%, Hayes 132 FGA - 41.7%. Bowie is shooting at 54.5% and Tucker is at 50%. Gist, Bowie and Tucker are our best shooters and need to get the ball more.

Speaking of Arenas....the Wizards are playing much better without Arenas. Why? They are moving the ball around and more players are involved in the motion offense.

[JohnD]

The guy makes too many terrible decisions. It's a tremendous gamble every time he's in the game in the final moments because he's just as likely to make a basket to win you the game as he is to throw up a monumentally stupid shot to lose it for you like he did yesterday.

But there's just no excuse for him to make such assanine and destructive decisions. I mean that was just really, really awful. But it's becoming all too typical for him on the court this season. He's got lots of ability but seemingly no instinct. Honestly, I'm not at all a fan.

[Mackus]

I don't understand why he's becoming such a polarizing player. He either makes great plays or terrible ones. That last shot was simply terrible yesterday, and the bigger problem was that he shot 7 3's yesterday and all of them looked like that. I'm not sure he even should have been in the game at the end yet alone taking the final shot.

[inmn]

Guys,

They have two guys who can score, that's it. It was a pick and roll with Gist;

Vasquez should have taken it to the hole-in retrospect it was a bad decision. The game was not lost on one specific play but GW is trying to develop Vasquez as a scorer as no one else on the the roster has that ability.

[Mackus]

Vasquez certainly has the ability to score, and at times he's fantastic. But he needs to realize when he's got his A-game and when he doesn't, and when he doesn't, he needs to slow down a bit and not throw up so many bad shots.

Every single 3-pointer he shot yesterday I was screaming at him as he pulled up to shoot. Not a single one was anything better than a poor shot and most were far, far worse. He played like a complete moron yesterday, plain and simple.

I'll still go to battle with him, but he needs to tone things down when everything isn't going his way. Either that, or make sure things are always going his way.

[JohnD]

That pretty much sums it up exactly.

[Lucky Jim]

I'm surprised he only has 5 assists a game. When you think you're Gilbert Arenas and have to shoot close to 15 times a game the other players don't throw the ball back and shoot it pretty quick if they want to score any points. Pretty soon he won't be getting the shots because he won't get the ball back. His assists will go up but his scoring will drop.

He has star written all over him but.......he needs to be talked to by somebody with NBA experience and told to move the ball around or as they say... distribute the ball. There were rumors after his first season he may go pro. Really! I'm sure you know this. He played against Kobe Bryant in the off season and now he's Arenas, Iverson....pick your shooter. The only thing missing is the shot. His shooting percentage is nowhere near what Arenas or Iverson's is so let's cut it back and pass the ball or one of the big guys is going to run in to him and give him a wake up call.

Vasquez has 211 field goal attempts (FGA)-41.7%, Gist 176 FGA -50%, Hayes 132 FGA - 41.7%. Bowie is shooting at 54.5% and Tucker is at 50%. Gist, Bowie and Tucker are our best shooters and need to get the ball more.

Speaking of Arenas....the Wizards are playing much better without Arenas. Why? They are moving the ball around and more players are involved in the motion offense.

This is remarkably specious logic. Sample-size issues, for instance. Bowie and Tucker are not "our best shooters." Hayes is our best shooter. Vasquez is our best scorer (though he happens to be streaky.)

As for Iveson - Vasquez is very similar to Iverson. Lots of ill-advised shots, strong will-to-win. Some issues with consistency.

Iverson's been a 42-45% shooter for his entire career. My guess is that Vasquez ends up around 44-45% by the end of the year.

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Vasquez has 211 field goal attempts (FGA)-41.7%, Gist 176 FGA -50%, Hayes 132 FGA - 41.7%. Bowie is shooting at 54.5% and Tucker is at 50%. Gist, Bowie and Tucker are our best shooters and need to get the ball more.

Wow! Have you watched many games this season? Bowie has taken maybe five jump shots all season and is in no way a shooter. Tucker is, at very best, about as good as Vasquez as a shooter. Gist is certainly not as good as Vasquez.

Gist has a higher shooting percentage because he plays inside and takes higher percentage shots. Tucker and Bowie both have higher percentages because they (deservedly) have a smaller role in the offense than Vasquez and play less frequently.