Bear Down Wildcats

CBSSports.com: You win 33 games last year and it looked from the outside that your team had the best chemistry of any you've team had since you've been at Arizona. When you look ahead to this year's team, what will be the main attribute that will make this squad be successful?

Miller: We start all over again. When you lose Nick Johnson and Aaron Gordon and you talk about having great chemistry, they were a huge reason why. It's not just who they were on the court or their production, it's who they were in the locker room. They wanted to win. They played for Arizona every day and nobody else. They had individual goals that they wanted to accomplish but the most important thing for them was making sure that our team was going to be in the best possible position to have success. Looking ahead to this year, it's not like we're picking up where we left off. When you look at our returning players, they're in different roles and those roles have yet to be sorted out. Nick was our unquestioned leader last year but it remains to be seen who steps into that role during the upcoming season. Team chemistry isn't necessarily a concern or an issue, but it's something we want to sort out. We're definitely a work in progress in regards to that area.

"A year ago we had amazing team chemistry. I think that, more than anything, stands out when you reflect back on a year ago," said Miller. "It's up to guys like Brandon now, myself, to rekindle that.

"We find ourselves as we try to do it, it doesn't happen in 12 days. It certainly doesn't happen when you're welcoming such a big group of new players into a cast that has a big group of guys that have been there before. I think part of it is the quest of bringing everyone to get, a big challenge for us at this point."

gronk4heisman wrote:After the red blue game I had the same feeling, about potential chemistry issues. That was based solely on Stan's play in the court. He took a lot of bad contested shots and passed very rarely. I got the James harden vibe from him which is great for stats but horrible for team basketball.

97cats wrote:god damn there is some serious whinning goin on up in here

Bosy Billups wrote:But bottom line, as of today, there is an issue, or a potential issue, and it's probably w/ SJ.

97cats wrote:god damn there is some serious whinning goin on up in here

Bosy Billups wrote:But bottom line, as of today, there is an issue, or a potential issue, and it's probably w/ SJ.

Olsondogg wrote:I was thinking the other day, that I wished there was more bball chatter on this board.


This wasn't what I was thinking...people must be bored. Zero chemistry issues on this team.

Puerco wrote:

Olsondogg wrote:I was thinking the other day, that I wished there was more bball chatter on this board.


This wasn't what I was thinking...people must be bored. Zero chemistry issues on this team.

While I agree with your sentiment, I've got to ask: how the hell would you know about any potential chemistry issues on the team at this point in the season?

Bosy Billups wrote:Miller has said more than 2 or 3 times in pressers that they are working on chemistry, and it's not like ti was last year, mostly because Nick was such a leader and Gordon was a rare star who accepted his role from day 1. Also there are 5 players at a time, but "there will be some who aren't happy who think they're going to play."

That hints that people have not fully bought into their role. And it's not an issue, or something that won't get corrected, it will. But as of today, it's something to watch and a potential early season problem with a #1 or #2 national ranking.

This thread saved a child.

Main Event wrote:This gonna be 1 of those thread where Stanley shoots like 3-11 and looks mad while doing so and it gets bumped with the "I told you so"?

Chicat wrote:

Bosy Billups wrote:Miller has said more than 2 or 3 times in pressers that they are working on chemistry, and it's not like ti was last year, mostly because Nick was such a leader and Gordon was a rare star who accepted his role from day 1. Also there are 5 players at a time, but "there will be some who aren't happy who think they're going to play."

That hints that people have not fully bought into their role. And it's not an issue, or something that won't get corrected, it will. But as of today, it's something to watch and a potential early season problem with a #1 or #2 national ranking.

This thread saved a child.

What does any of this have to do with Stanley Johnson?

Bosy Billups wrote:But bottom line, as of today, there is an issue, or a potential issue, and it's probably w/ SJ.

Puerco wrote:

Olsondogg wrote:I was thinking the other day, that I wished there was more bball chatter on this board.


This wasn't what I was thinking...people must be bored. Zero chemistry issues on this team.

While I agree with your sentiment, I've got to ask: how the hell would you know about any potential chemistry issues on the team at this point in the season?

Zero wrote:I cannot tell if Bossy is an Arizona fan or UCLA fan the way he posts. His threads on BRO are freaking weird.

Bosy Billups wrote:Everything alluded to by Miller so far seems to hint SJ has not 100% bought in and is having trouble with his role.

Do you guys sense this? Or is Miller spoiled from Aaron Gordon, a true team player who would just do what he is told, honoring the process.

Thoughts? Seems like it's an issue. Maybe it's other players, but my hunch is it's Stan. Please Advise!

PS - Maybe it's because 5 starters have the chance to be drafted, which hasn't worked out so well for Kentucky.

Merkin wrote:I don't think TJ has any chance to be drafted, so 4 out of 5.

TJ just isn't that quick and shoots from too low.

Beachcat97 wrote:

Merkin wrote:I don't think TJ has any chance to be drafted, so 4 out of 5.

TJ just isn't that quick and shoots from too low.

Yeah. I love TJ, but let's get real: he's not exactly NBA material. He's definitely good enough to play overseas somewhere, but we've seen much better PGs than TJ fail to make it in the NBA.