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Need Cliff and Noah to be special

Cliff was a liability on both ends of the floor tonight. We erased Illinois’ lead in the first half with him on the bench.
 
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I’ll give Noah a half free pass today because it was Shannon, but that ain’t it
 
Cliff is what he is. When he looks worse it is because he is trying to do more. He and Pike need to accept he is very limited and stop trying to run the offense through him. Play tough D, rebound better, and score on lobs and dunks.
 
Noah looks in over his head. He's another guard who doesn't want to shoot. That was Mulcahy but at least Paul was 6-7. Noah looked like a kid playing basketball against his Dad today.
 
I had high hopes for Noah. Not sure if he will be serviceable or not. He has had some good games and bad ones. Today was not very good
 
How hard is it for Cliff to develop a drop step. Even when he's fed the ball at the low post with his back to the rim, his only move is toward the paint and he either loses the dribble or puts up a shot/hook with no soft touch. How about faking the move to the paint and drop step to the rim/backboard for an easy shot? Its a vital weapon that all good big men have and yet, not for Cliff.
 
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