on the last five minutes, what i was most disappointed with is that he was on the floor with an experience pg who faded as the game tightened up in the second half. where did butler go? he made some mistakes, pgs do that, freshmen do that. im fine with that. ive said it in a few of the game threads the thing that bothers me is he tends to dribble himself into the trap, and even worse is that his floor postioning, he tends to end up in the corners or on the sideline. all this is very coachable stuff. its mistakes young kids make. i can more than live with that. but, you also need to realize the break is going to change with the big man, with a guy 7ft or 7 1, they are going to get the ball to the middle of the floor, who is going to be standing there...ill give you one hint, hell likely wear the #20. that is one aspect of oden i have yet to really hear mentioned...
the shoot. it may come, it may not. examples fuss and butler. fuss never got it, butler settled in and found some comfort in knocking down at first the open shot then the contested and now the difficult shot. he needs to find enough comfort level, (im relatively sure its comfort level at this point it looks fine well a little hitch but nothing serious) untill he shows a willingness to take the 3ball and to make a decent amount of them people are going to continue to go under every perimeter screen on him.
all in all very impressed. i feel often times we seem very negative but it is much easier to point out weaknesses and areas where kids need to work on. no doubt his game will improve every game as he learns and grows.
