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PG Shannon Scott (Long Island Nets - NBA G-League)

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When I read the quote about getting 400 shots up in a day over the summer, my first thought was, why wasn't he getting 400 shots up a day every day his first 2 years? It's a fair number of shots, but if I am a PG with his kind of athleticism, I'm working on my shot every chance I get.
 
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wigmon said:
When I read the quote about getting 400 shots up in a day over the summer, my first thought was, why wasn't he getting 400 shots up a day every day his first 2 years? It's a fair number of shots, but if I am a PG with his kind of athleticism, I'm working on my shot every chance I get.
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Excellent observation. 400 is not really that big of a number when it comes to practice shooting and that would hold true even if he was not a PG.
 
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1. Thad Matta didn’t make the lineup change, Shannon Scott did. Because Ohio State lost five of its previous six games, it seemed as if the team hit rock bottom. As a result, Matta made a lineup change, replacing Shannon Scott in the starting lineup with Sam Thompson. After the game we came to find out that it was Scott’s decision to come off the bench, returning to the role in which he thrived last year.

“It is funny, because Shannon came to me and said, ‘Hey coach, I wouldn’t mind coming off the bench.’ That kind of tells you what kind of kid he is,” Matta said. “We looked at a lot of different possibilities to be honest. I said to him, ‘The only reason I wouldn’t do that is because I didn’t want people to think that it’s your fault we’re in this position.’ I told him, ‘Thank you for asking.’ That was not a demotion for Shannon Scott. I like his team attitude … He wanted to get (Sam Thompson) going.”
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2. This role suits Scott well. Didn’t it seem like Scott was a different player out there? There were still things that drove Matta crazy – like missing around the hoop multiple times in transition – but he seemed more confident, more willing to take shots he would have passed up during the last six games. Scott finished the game with nine points and four rebounds, but his defensive aggressiveness and quickness off the bench makes for a nice game-changer. And he still played a hefty 29 minutes. He fits this role better.
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Shannon Scott asks for lineup change, aggressive shooters and big man controversy?: 10 observations from Ohio State-Wisconsin
 
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MaxBuck said:
I'm still trying to figure out why the jump shot he hit late in the first half was signalled as a three by the nearest official on the court, but was only credited as a two on the scoreboard.
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Good catch--I wondered the same thing. I'm pretty sure the announcers called it a three pointer too (not that that counts for much), so I was surprised to see the Buckeyes only with 29 and still down 4 at the half after that last-second basket UW made. It was never further addressed by the telecast.
 
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MaxBuck said:
I'm still trying to figure out why the jump shot he hit late in the first half was signalled as a three by the nearest official on the court, but was only credited as a two on the scoreboard.
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that is what you call some real home cookin but you would have thought that the Ohio State bench or the officials, forget that I said that, what have caught that.
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
Good catch--I wondered the same thing. I'm pretty sure the announcers called it a three pointer too (not that that counts for much), so I was surprised to see the Buckeyes only with 29 and still down 4 at the half after that last-second basket UW made. It was never further addressed by the telecast.
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I rewound my dvr several times and it looks like scott stepped on the line with his right foot
 
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In the Andy Katz 3-point shot video today, he asked Aaron Craft about how he will be replaced, and he said Scott can replace him defensively according to Katz. Now I don't think Scott is nearly as good an on-ball defender as Craft, though he is very good off the ball and his quick hands help make him adept at steals, but I do believe Scott is in line for a breakout year from an offensive perspective. Now that he will be leading the offense full time, plus presumably playing alongside a 2-guard who is a consistent perimeter threat, I think the changes will be very good for Scott and I expect him to play with increased confidence and success offensively. I've been high on Scott for years, now that he is experienced and going to be put in that lead guard role, I think he will finally live up to expectations. People might not be expecting much of an increase from him, but don't be surprised if he is significantly more productive at least on the offensive side of things.

Side note, I feel Scott made a terrific play on the ball with about 30 seconds to go in the UD game and was called for a bogus foul which may well have changed the outcome of that game. I hope that Shannon and the rest of the returning guys really use that loss as motivation to work hard this offseason and be ready for more next year.
 
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