Kypus
Diggers
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
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Playing with his countrymen buds again looks like it's doing wonders for his confidence. He's #9 btw.
:25 calls for the ball, takes his guy off the dribble & scores. Can't remember him calling for the ball last year(?), let alone taking anyone off the dribble...
:54 drives L and scores
1:22 drives into traffic and drops it down to his guard to score. The fact that he can even look away from his path to the basket shows more confidence in his driving, ie not being as afraid of stepping on anyone's feet & reinjuring. Still looks tentative driving into traffic, but it's an improvement.
1:52 unfortunately, look how easy it is to dislodge him from boxing out. Wouldn't be looking for him to rebound much early on this year, but he should slowly get back to his 4.6 REB avg from SAC by next year.
2:24 chooses to lob instead of driving in. Well, at least his decision-making is helping his team. And it doesn't hurt that he's pumped up about it.
2:42 runs the floor for a fast break... don't remember him doing much of that last year other than alongside the actual play, let alone dunking at the other end. I'm thinking Byron Scott training camp sprints deserve some credit here.
I know this is just highlights, but the dude deserves major credit for being mentally engaged and competing. I think by the end of this year we'll be seeing some good plays from him. He should continue to start over Gee. I think he'll end up being a loyal Byronite because of the trust that Scott gave him last year (starting even though he could barely move, let alone truly contribute) that he'll end up running through walls for him, hopefully right when we need him to. We'll be coming into our own next season, if not late this season, and he'll be in a good position to contribute to the longterm state of the team. He's still only 24 with a qualifying offer next year, and can grow along with our 4 core young guys.
PS- Lum, beat me to it.
:25 calls for the ball, takes his guy off the dribble & scores. Can't remember him calling for the ball last year(?), let alone taking anyone off the dribble...
:54 drives L and scores
1:22 drives into traffic and drops it down to his guard to score. The fact that he can even look away from his path to the basket shows more confidence in his driving, ie not being as afraid of stepping on anyone's feet & reinjuring. Still looks tentative driving into traffic, but it's an improvement.
1:52 unfortunately, look how easy it is to dislodge him from boxing out. Wouldn't be looking for him to rebound much early on this year, but he should slowly get back to his 4.6 REB avg from SAC by next year.
2:24 chooses to lob instead of driving in. Well, at least his decision-making is helping his team. And it doesn't hurt that he's pumped up about it.
2:42 runs the floor for a fast break... don't remember him doing much of that last year other than alongside the actual play, let alone dunking at the other end. I'm thinking Byron Scott training camp sprints deserve some credit here.
I know this is just highlights, but the dude deserves major credit for being mentally engaged and competing. I think by the end of this year we'll be seeing some good plays from him. He should continue to start over Gee. I think he'll end up being a loyal Byronite because of the trust that Scott gave him last year (starting even though he could barely move, let alone truly contribute) that he'll end up running through walls for him, hopefully right when we need him to. We'll be coming into our own next season, if not late this season, and he'll be in a good position to contribute to the longterm state of the team. He's still only 24 with a qualifying offer next year, and can grow along with our 4 core young guys.
PS- Lum, beat me to it.
catfish said:How did the great Macavan do in that game?
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