My Hoops ManCrush on Marcus Capers

by Jo-Jo on Jan 24, 2009 12:35 PM PST

A late night film study of the UCLA game last night revealed an amazing number to me. It is no secret that I've been lobbying for Marcus Capers' PT over the past few weeks, and I'm very happy to see him pushing 30 minutes per game over the last three contests. It is easy to be critical of the kids offensive inabilities in his current phase of development, but one thing that cannot be denied is his defensive contributions to this team.

The number that amazed me was the number "1". One. Uno. One, singular field goal was scored against Marcus Capers in 27 minutes of play. That number is even more impressive when you consider that at least 20 of those minutes was while he was defending Mr. Shipp, who certainly isn't some spanky reject from Oregon State, or a fundamentally special needs player like Vinoy Overton.

All his weaknesses aside, if this team had an equivelant to a "lock-down corner," Capers would be it. Add in his rebounding and I think that it is obvious why he has taken minutes away from the upperclassmen. If Rochestie, Thompson, and Baynes are scoring, then this team doesn't need much O from Capers, and his defensive abilities will contribute in a large way to the success of this team in the Pac-10

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You have me on the Capers bandwagon

I know he’s struggling offensively, but outside of the big three (Klay, Aron and Taylor), who isn’t?

And he’s still just a true freshman.

by Grady Clapp on Jan 24, 2009 10:08 PM PST reply actions

All he needs is a shooting touch

I didn’t realize how good a defender he is. The team functions well when he’s on the court. He needs to take it to the hoop, and take it there strong so he can get to the stripe. It’s going to be hard to keep him off the court in the future.

by SW WA Coug on Jan 25, 2009 3:09 AM PST reply actions

He's an amazing rebounder, too

He does so many things well, other than shoot. He even made a couple of really, really nice interior passes yesterday. I’m a little disappointed that he wasn’t in down the stretch yesterday. I know he doesn’t provide “offense” the way Tony normally wants it, but he can get it for you in other ways.

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by Jeff Nusser on Jan 25, 2009 2:37 PM PST reply actions