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Rather have pente and spriggs over him. I like team players not I play for myself type of kids

Both great senior basketball players, no doubt. I mean no disrespect to them. Do you think Keithley plays for himself because he feels like he doesn't have enough talent around him? Do you think it's coaching? Or do you think that's just how he's gonna play no matter what?

The team had to change the whole offense because the staff realized Keathley wasn’t going to pass. And to answer one of your questions about “Keathley shooting less”: I think saying shooting less is not the correct phrase. He needs to take higher percentage shots. If he shoots 100 shots and is making 55%, not sure there’s an argument. But because the team sees his wild shots, they tend to take bad shots because they know they have to shoot before he gets it back or else they’ll not touch the ball again. Again, stats don’t lie and there’s not a single stat out there that says Keathley deserves the ball in his hands. The argument could be made that Napier should be shooting 114 shots because he’s at 65% on the season and Braxton shoot the least. 

Having been around this program and analyzing nearly every bit of game film (that’s what coaches do), it’s easy to see Keathley has a high ceiling, but give anyone else on the team as many shots as he takes by himself and they’d average 27 as well. And that’s not an assumption. Percentages state that as fact.

To expand on rebounding: watch what the team does. Everyone wants to talk about “boxing out” but that’s why Prestonsburg struggles rebounding. The minute a shot goes up, the team instantly turns away from the ball to find someone to put a body on. They have no awareness to the flight path of the ball. They don’t “crash” the glass like they should because previous coaches have shoved “box out” down their throat. It’s just not appropriate to always box out. You have athletic wings. Watch the ball and you’ll have a good indication of how it’s going to bounce off the rim. This team was never taught that and now find themselves in bad positions to rebound.