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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4968930, member: 1329"] Reed and [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrfoSn1gJSs']Michigan vs. Wisconsin[/URL] later in the year. (No idea what's going on with gifs, they load fine for me in the text before posting). -Opening possession, late contesting a switch on an OOB play. -Forces a travel in 1v1 post D. -Steal and dunk on terrible Wisconsin pass. -Incredibly lazy PnR defense just waving at the ball instead of moving his feet. Roll guy can't catch a simple pass and it falls to Reed, credited with one of the least deserved steals I've seen. - Blocks a shot in 1v1 post D. -Directing guys around on offense positioning is a good sign for his BBIQ. -Stunts at a guy on the perimeter, ball is passed to his man and he's a bit out of position due to the help and gets driven by and scored on. -Clogging the lane a bit (not great spatial positioning), but gets a dump off pass for a dunk anyways because Wisconsin D is bad. A very involved first 4 minutes start to the game for him. -Dribbles out of a double team, then attacks his man again, drives at him and draws a foul. Pretty agile and a load. Bricks first FT, makes 2nd. -Disciplined post D as guy drives in towards the basket, doesn't really go for any fakes, the guy kicks out. -Forces a jump ball, absolutely horrid call they call him for a reach in foul. -They miss him open on a roll, but he settles into good post position. They get him the ball, he draws a double once again dribbles out of it and then attacks off the dribble and draws a foul. [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/j8RygSz/Michigan-Wisconsin-Reed-dribble-out-of-double-and-then-attacks.gif[/IMG] -Reach in foul on a drive. Seemed a bit tired, long shift. -Offensive rebound activity leads to jump ball. -To start 2nd half, they get him the ball at the top of the arc and he finds a cutter. First time I've seen the passing people have talked about. Looked a lot like a Clingan DHO read. -Few minutes later, passes out of the post for an open double team (both clips below). [IMG]https://i.ibb.co/mXFhhGv/Michigan-Wisconsin-Reed-passing.gif[/IMG] -Running jump hook, not especially close. -[URL='https://youtu.be/OrfoSn1gJSs?t=3209']The best highlight from his highlight reel[/URL], the catch, face, stutter step, drive by the guy and jam. -Pick and roll alley-oop draws a foul. -Weakside block on drive help. -Poor box out leads to ball oob off him. -Travels on a post up. -Good screen frees shooter, Reed oreb. They reach in on him. He misses both FTs. -Reed blocks a shot, quick 2nd jump. Overall impressions: [LIST] [*]More involved in February for the team vs. December. [*]Agile for his size. Long. Body type and movement reminds me of Eric Dixon plus a few inches of height. He's not "below the rim" but not vertically explosive either. [*]Very good 1v1 post defender. Hard to move, mostly stays down. Physical without fouling. Closes space when offensive player goes to make a move. Same way we teach it. [*]Decent weakside rim protector, but not a guy who is shutting off the paint to the opposition. [*]Can post up or face up, but travels too often when posted up. [*]Flashes of passing, but mostly flashes at this point. [*]Hands are still a question mark at times for an elite prospect. Gets a lot of fingertips on balls without securing on rebounds/blocks. [*]Has a plan against double teams. Decent BBIQ and good communicator on the court. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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