The competition took a big step up from the exhibition game and will take another big step up on Saturday. I really like the fact that we will essentially have a 7 man rotation and Otz has gone to that right off the bat. No messing around with guys that aren’t gonna see the floor just to let them get some minutes to reward them for being good practice guys and the opportunities to play them when we have 20-30 point leads will be few and far between this year.
Being an old gym rat I enjoy getting into the arena when the doors open to watch the shoot around. Jonah is unbelievable, rarely misses a 3 in shoot around. Amauri still has a funky shot that either goes in or misses badly, Long misses at a good clip as well.
The guy that caught my eye was Hamilton, his shot looks much better this year and he was really stroking it in the shoot around. I don’t think he made a 3 in the game and only took 1 that I remember in the game but he became much more assertive on offense in the 2’nd half taking it to the hole with authority. I think the 3 will start to fall with him.
Some weaknesses I saw were that we need to shore up our help defense as there were multiple times their guards had a free lane to the hoop, Dembele is a total liability on defense and offense & the short rotation could hurt us on the road when playing at altitude. (What was Tark’s famous quote about playing at altitude?)
What I loved was the spread offense which opens up the lane for everyone & especially Amauri to drive and the continual movement we saw last night and the full court pressure. Not sure if we got any turnovers on the press but it did take 8-10 seconds off their shot clock every possession and they never beat us for an easy bucket.
Tillman is going to be more than an adequate replacement for Ntambwe and it’s easy to see why he wanted to leave after talking with Otz cause he liked to shoot was mid range jumpers.
Win lose or draw this team will be a lot more fun to watch than the last 3 years and will probably exceed our expectations more often than have us walking out of the T & M wondering why we continue to pony up our hard earned money for a shit show!
Did I forget to mention that Diong is for real?
Being an old gym rat I enjoy getting into the arena when the doors open to watch the shoot around. Jonah is unbelievable, rarely misses a 3 in shoot around. Amauri still has a funky shot that either goes in or misses badly, Long misses at a good clip as well.
The guy that caught my eye was Hamilton, his shot looks much better this year and he was really stroking it in the shoot around. I don’t think he made a 3 in the game and only took 1 that I remember in the game but he became much more assertive on offense in the 2’nd half taking it to the hole with authority. I think the 3 will start to fall with him.
Some weaknesses I saw were that we need to shore up our help defense as there were multiple times their guards had a free lane to the hoop, Dembele is a total liability on defense and offense & the short rotation could hurt us on the road when playing at altitude. (What was Tark’s famous quote about playing at altitude?)
What I loved was the spread offense which opens up the lane for everyone & especially Amauri to drive and the continual movement we saw last night and the full court pressure. Not sure if we got any turnovers on the press but it did take 8-10 seconds off their shot clock every possession and they never beat us for an easy bucket.
Tillman is going to be more than an adequate replacement for Ntambwe and it’s easy to see why he wanted to leave after talking with Otz cause he liked to shoot was mid range jumpers.
Win lose or draw this team will be a lot more fun to watch than the last 3 years and will probably exceed our expectations more often than have us walking out of the T & M wondering why we continue to pony up our hard earned money for a shit show!
Did I forget to mention that Diong is for real?
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