Johnston, Daughtry, Lopez are gunners who seem to play best in a fast paced system that prioritizes tempo, pushing the ball and scoring in transition/secondary transition. All are minus defenders. Daughtry has a massive turnover problem in the half court. But UR has regressed from OOC where they played very fast, to a traditional Moonball halfcourt team that only plays in transition against sloppy opponents.
Moon cannot bring himself to simply scrap his beloved offense in favor of something that fits the skillset of these guys plus others like Aiden who would thrive in it. So the system guys get tons of run. It's frustrating watching the weave and zero points for the first 3 minutes of a game like today, because this team has some very good shooters and other guys who can score regularly.
Lopez and Johnston are still among UR's best players, btw. Daughtry is a bucket on offense when being utilized correctly and not placed in a corner and then trying to create off the dribble from 22 feet out. He's been pretty bad a few games though, and not being put in a position to succeed on offense now that UR doesn't run out, and is trying to play precision perfect Moonball. He'll never be a fit in that IMO.
On defense, Aiden is a good defender, but very slight. After that, it's a succession of a couple average defenders and a slew of poor to very poor defenders.
Stay leafy.
