Team deflated. Need some insight.

Hello fellow coaches. Just a coach here who’s seeking some type of answers.

Started off the year 5-0. 2nd leading scorer gets hurt and has missed the passed 7 games. We are now on a 5 game losing streak. Without bias, I can honestly say we have beat ourselves in each of every one of the losses.

My best player, when the ball is out of his hands, no one can seem to produce or get a quality look. I’ve tried Rose series, and a couple other flowing sets with good spacing but offensively guys just stand there and have no sense of urgency on cuts, screens, etc.. Getting out rebounded every game off pure effort and lack of pursuit. Have tried different drills, different approaches, and me and and my staff cannot seem to light a spark under these guys.

Our defensive intensity will look great at times and others hand down, dead silent, no real activity. It’s like something took the air right out of my team and we are beating ourself up trying to figure it out.

Has anyone gone through this ? What has worked for you? Practice intensity we have to BEG them to give max effort.

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