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We love James Keefe because he gives it his all. But, it seems to me that the offense is much more fluid with Raynaud. Throwing a pass to Keefe at the free throw line is a useless move. Opponents know he won't do anything from there, so they glue to their man. Plus, on defense, Raynaud pretty much neutralized 7 footer Carlson.

I love Keefe’s passionate and physical play

But as you correctly point out,

He has a glaring weakness of crappy dribbling and not great jump shooter

So exactly as you say, passing to him wide open at top of key is actually a totally useless move

It often kills the play

Night and day difference between Keefe and Raynaud offensively.  Raynaud seems quite comfortable actually putting the ball on the floor and making a move to the basket.  The defense has to pay attention to him so it helps our other guys get open.  Playing 4 on 5 offensively makes the game tougher.  Keefe's offense is from close to the basket and I don't think he has anything on Raynaud in this regard either.  

One big plus for Keefe is his willing to run the floor.  MOC is showing he wants to push the ball whenever he gets it in his hands.  We need more guys getting out and running, and Keefe is one who seems to love to do it.

I think that Raynaud is a bit of better coaching away form being a genuine star.  He can shoot, he is surprisingly fast and agile for a big guy (though Haase asks him to drive WAY too often), he's athletic.  He's averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds a game this season.  That could easily be more like 14 and 9 if we used him better.  That would mean getting him touches in isolation in the paint, running pick and rolls with him as the roll guy, etc.  We should have a bunch of designed plays* for him and run them every game.  Even if Raynaud can't finish, getting him more touches inside will draw in the defense and might result in some more open outside shots, something that we often struggle to generate.  It's win-win.

*of course, designed plays are the antithesis of Haaseketball, so I don't expect anything to improve until we have a new coach.

[burger]

We love James Keefe because he gives it his all. But, it seems to me that the offense is much more fluid with Raynaud. Throwing a pass to Keefe at the free throw line is a useless move. Opponents know he won't do anything from there, so they glue to their man. Plus, on defense, Raynaud pretty much neutralized 7 footer Carlson.

I love Keefe’s passionate and physical play

But as you correctly point out,

He has a glaring weakness of crappy dribbling and not great jump shooter

So exactly as you say, passing to him wide open at top of key is actually a totally useless move

It often kills the play

Night and day difference between Keefe and Raynaud offensively.  Raynaud seems quite comfortable actually putting the ball on the floor and making a move to the basket.  The defense has to pay attention to him so it helps our other guys get open.  Playing 4 on 5 offensively makes the game tougher.  Keefe's offense is from close to the basket and I don't think he has anything on Raynaud in this regard either.  

One big plus for Keefe is his willing to run the floor.  MOC is showing he wants to push the ball whenever he gets it in his hands.  We need more guys getting out and running, and Keefe is one who seems to love to do it.

I think that Raynaud is a bit of better coaching away form being a genuine star.  He can shoot, he is surprisingly fast and agile for a big guy (though Haase asks him to drive WAY too often), he's athletic.  He's averaging 8 points and 6 rebounds a game this season.  That could easily be more like 14 and 9 if we used him better.  That would mean getting him touches in isolation in the paint, running pick and rolls with him as the roll guy, etc.  We should have a bunch of designed plays* for him and run them every game.  Even if Raynaud can't finish, getting him more touches inside will draw in the defense and might result in some more open outside shots, something that we often struggle to generate.  It's win-win.

*of course, designed plays are the antithesis of Haaseketball, so I don't expect anything to improve until we have a new coach.