Bruins fans, including myself, have tried everything in terms of dealing with the current situation with Josh Shipp. For those who just jumped on the Bruin bandwagon, the situation is that Josh Shipp sucks. There is no other way to phrase it. I tried being optimistic by saying he would get out of his slump after his game winning miracle shot against Cal. I tried staying positive just because I am superstitious, and I didn’t want to jinx this team. I tried hating on Shipp outwardly, but deep down it was just a play at reverse psychology. Now, like many Bruins fans, the reality has set in. The Bruins have been and will continue to play 4 on 5 in the Final Four, because JOSH SHIPP SUCKS. Plain and simple. Let’s take a look at how badly he sucks:
1. Shipp can’t defend. He plays horrible defense. Shipp is the laziest guy on the team on defense. He is the one guy who defense’s can attack on a consistent basis.
2. Shipp can’t pass. He makes lazy passes. Passes to the post to the Big White Beast (Love) are few and far between. He also has had numerous bad passes in the past month.
3. Shipp can’t drive. When he dribble drives, it is without any purpose.
4. SHIPP CANT SHOOT. As I just mentioned, he can’t do anything else, so you would think that he could provide the #1 supposed strength to his game - shooting 3’s. He was anointed as the team’s shooter (the fact that he has shot so many tells you this). Howland gives him the green light and during the first half of the season, when most of the games were meaningless, he was en fuego. Automatic. BUT, he has simply collapsed in the past 2 months. There is no other way to say it. This could be one of the BIGGEST SHOOTING SLUMPS in Bruin history. Take into account the importance of these games and the visibility of this UCLA team, this could be THE BIGGEST COLLAPSE in Bruin history. And, Shipp’s slump could very well be the reason why UCLA does not win a national championship. Here are Shipp’s 3 pt statistics:
- NCAA Tournament total - 2 / 14 = 14.3%
- NCAA Tournament - 1st 2 rds - 0 / 7 = 0.0%
- Pac 10 Tournament total - 5 / 15 = 33.3%
- Pac 10 Championship Game - 0 / 3 = 0.0%
- 6 game conference stretch (Az-Or) - 0 / 20= 0.0% (over 6 games!!!)
- Last 13 games in pac 10 play - 15 /67= 22.4%
Now, take out 2 games during that stretch against ASU who plays a matchup zone that none of the Final Four teams employ in which he went 9/16 on 3’s…..
- Last 11 games in pac 10 minus ASU - 6 / 51 = 11.76% !!!!!!!
- Total of the last 20 games - 20/96 = 20.8%
Seriously, these stats are incredible. How come nobody has looked at these numbers ? It is very sad to think that the Bruins would have a better chance to win if B-Mo (Brian Morrison) was starting instead of Shipp. Obviously, I am pulling for him to get out of it as we will need some big shots to have a shot at winning the title, but the bottom line is - Shipp Sucks. I really hope for his sake that he breaks out of it as well, or else he could be forever known as one of the biggest chokers in Bruin history. Please Josh, stop sucking.
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