AJ's defense

[ucp990411]

By all accounts Xavier's best player is Paul Scruggs who was held to nine points with AJ being the main defender. To ask a freshman playing in hid 3rd game to guard a player as talented, experienced and physical as Scruggs is alot to ask and AJ was up to the task. Nice job AJ.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

By all accounts Xavier's best player is Paul Scruggs who was held to nine points with AJ being the main defender. To ask a freshman playing in hid 3rd game to guard a player as talented, experienced and physical as Scruggs is alot to ask and AJ was up to the task. Nice job AJ.

He has some normal freshman lapses but his size and athleticism play well most of the time on the defensive end. He seems to really cut down passing lanes because of that length and quickness. No one wants to be the one that lets him out on a breakaway.

 

[Hugo]

Yeah, I liked his quickness especially the way he moved his feet. That, his athleticism and his height give him an advantage over any guards he will cover as well as a lot of 3's. Definitely needs to get as much floor time as possible and probably at the expense of Gaffney.

 

[Umami Zen]

Good for AJ to get this kind of assignment vs experienced players/seniors like Scruggs. Will help him later this year in BET and the Tournament.

Learn when to take your chances on D and when not to.

 

[JMick]

he got burned a few times but he recovered pretty quickly. his length helps make up for it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

By all accounts Xavier's best player is Paul Scruggs who was held to nine points with AJ being the main defender. To ask a freshman playing in hid 3rd game to guard a player as talented, experienced and physical as Scruggs is alot to ask and AJ was up to the task. Nice job AJ.

He isn’t fundamentally sound. But he’s disruptive anyway. Quick feet, quick hands, long arms, height, great instincts for disrupting passing lanes (best we’ve had since Nadav). So while he gets burned or commits bad fouls now and then, I suspect a lot of passes, shots, and would be drives are never even attempted because of him. Akok has a similar effect, they have to account for him.

 

[Waquoit]

Imo, all Andre needs to do tighten it up a bit and he's on his way!

 

[coachn]

Most of the defense on Scruggs was Jackson.
Now Jackson is disrupted .
AJ had a great game

 

[Edward Sargent]

He has some normal freshman lapses but his size and athleticism play well most of the time on the defensive end. He seems to really cut down passing lanes because of that length and quickness. No one wants to be the one that lets him out on a breakaway.

With Scruggs getting 12 dimes I'm not sure cutting down the passing lanes was the defensive strong point I think Scruggs had a lot of trouble getting a shot off against AJ and Freemantle bailed him out - alot

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

He and Whaley at the top of PnR defense is devastating

 

[Kenny11]

he got burned a few times but he recovered pretty quickly. his length helps make up for it.

Exactly. Not to pile on, but when guys like Adams get beat, they can’t recover. Talent matters.