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26 are all aboutsucceeding.Carroll is not waiting until January. In a meeting with his players reported on the USC Trojans blog, he talked about restarting and rebirth. "How far can we take this Ain't nothing to hold us back but us," Carroll said. "I want to restart this thing now."He began by moving up the practice schedule from next Monday to this Saturday and Sunday."We have to capture where we are and take it to the top," Carroll told his players "Our mentality needs to shift to capture this thing. Our gears have to shift."I'm not waiting until after the bowl. I want it starting now."Instead of an ending to a mediocre season, the Emerald Bowl represents a new beginning for the Trojans."I can only think of one way to go about this (the Emerald Bowl) Let's go for it, all out," Carroll told his squad "Let's make this everything we can make it Let's max it out.He acknowledged that it would not be easy "The challenge is there; we've got a hill to climb. But we can rise to the opportunity."Carroll also spoke of recreating and reestablishing their previous success Our attitude needs to be about recreating ourselves We need to reestablish it and earn it It's exciting in a way because we have a new challenge now.

We've had a different challenge in the past, we've talked differently, now we have to go back to where we were Orange Bowl time, first time around.''Some may consider Carroll stubborn, but no one can deny his determination or his competitiveness. He and his coaches had their bags packed and took off on the recruiting trail for the rest of the week. Good fishing, fellas!. Tonight against the Thunder, Monta Ellis scored 31 points on approximately 31 possessions and had nine turnovers. Not the most efficient night imaginable, but it is important to note that Monta used 40 percent of the team’s possessions that game. Not 40 percent of the possessions when he was on the floor, but 40 percent total. Monta’s season usage rate was 28.8 percent before tonight, 12th highest in the league. The league leader is Dwayne Wade at 34.6 percent for comparison.

After the departure of Stephen Jackson, and the injuries to Azubuike, Biedrins, Wright, Turiaf, Bell and others, Monta has been forced to raise his usage significantly Usage rate does not tell the whole story, though. Tonight, it was very clear that no one else on the floor was able to create besides Monta. Monta’s Percentage of FG’s Unassisted is 67, a very high number LBJ is also at 67. Wade, who like Ellis is a high scoring guard lacking a great supporting cast, has a percentage of 70. Still, Percentage of Field Goals Unassisted is not the best measure of how helpless Monta is.

Ellis’s numbers were 34.9 percent for the former and 24.0 percent for the latter Wade’s numbers are 39 percent and 33.2 percent Message me if you want to see the calculations. The fact that Monta’s scoring figure is in the ballpark of Wade’s and he has been scoring much more than average lately is what’s striking. And Wades’s True Shooting Percentage (.533) is barely higher than Ellis’ (.526). I wish I could calculate the Percentages of Team’s Total Unassisted FG’s for the last nine games in which Ellis has averaged 31 points. His percentage of Team Assists has increased slightly to 26.3 percent. I have never seen anyone make so many difficult plays as Ellis has recently Plays like this have become routine.