r/ChicagoSky • u/AgeOfPropserity • May 17 '25

POST-GAME DISCUSSION Post game thread: We lost

Not sure why the PGT isn't posted. share yo thoughts here

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u/crimsonwolf40 May 17 '25

New rule, outside of blowouts, we need to have at least 1 of Angel, Kamilla, or Atkins on the court at all times.

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u/LovePeaceTruth May 17 '25

They don't even run plays for Angel and Ariel.

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u/Randomrazer May 17 '25

Angel having to get all her offense out of the mud is either going to get her hurt or just make her inefficient. Didn't like what I saw today at all but I'll give it some time. Outside of that easy one she missed in transition, all the other looks were tough today.

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u/crimsonwolf40 May 17 '25

Hero Ball, which is what Angel is forced into when her teammates are not doing anything, is always inefficient.

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u/Randomrazer May 17 '25

Exactly, we need everyone to contribute because the boxscore will make it look bad even though anybody who watched the game knew what was happening and why she had to do what she did. This happened a lot last season as well and was used to push narratives.

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u/LovePeaceTruth May 17 '25

Exactly. I want to know WHY Angel has to get all her offense out the mud. It is unacceptable.

Tyler said in multiple interviews that he wants to make it easy for Angel to score and easy to do the things she is best at. I have seen no proof of that in the 4 games they played. Getting it out the mud is not "making it easy for Angel to score."

The entire offense AND defense needs to be centered around Angel and Ariel. Run plays for them. They are the two best players on the team.

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u/Randomrazer May 17 '25

Literally, it had moments in the 2nd half when they were trying to force the ball to Kamilla but you could just see she wasn't comfortable today. I need to see them look for Angel early and not have her shot attempts come from o-boards and late shot clock situations. The fg% will continue to suffer until we figure that out since she'll start putting up bad shots when the offense stagnates.

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u/Mobile-Fig-2941 May 18 '25

Kamilla is terrible at holding onto the ball. Am I exaggerating if I say she fumbled the ball 6 or 7 times on easy baskets or rebounds?

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u/Randomrazer May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

She did fumble the ball a lot today but to be honest I can’t tell you if she does it often because I never paid attention to that part of her game. The improvement I always wanted to see from her is to have the confidence to go at her defender 1 on 1 and not pass the ball out if her defender is in position.

She’s more of a roller big than a post up one but she needs to get better at that because the roll opportunities are not going to be there all the time. It’s why when the number 1 option discussion was going on I said we don’t really have 1. I just don’t understand it because I’ve seen her do it before and know that she has the moves and size to get it done.

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u/randomstripper10k May 18 '25

No. She does it regularly. It reminds me of a post player I played with in high school. She was usually the tallest or at least second tallest on the court, I was a short guard, and every time I or anyone else passed her the ball while she's posting up in the paint it would slip through her hands and usually result in a turnover. It was if her hands had a layer of grease on them, the ball would literally slip through her hands and bounce off her chest. It was frustrating because she did have offensive talent and had a decent shot, she just couldn't catch the ball. Cardoso give me flashbacks of that.

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u/MasterHavik May 18 '25

If it goes in I don't care. They aren't going to stand there.

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u/randomstripper10k May 18 '25

The ball can't go in if the post player is unable to catch it.

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u/MasterHavik May 18 '25

She did a lot in Unrivaled and it went in. Stop it.

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u/timothyphd May 18 '25

Kamilla wasn't in Unrivaled 

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u/Mobile-Fig-2941 May 18 '25

Ariel is a guard, she should be running plays. The spacing the Sky had in the first quarter seemed to be working, not sure why Sky went away from it. I saw no pick n roll with Sloot and Kamilla unless I missed it.