Excellent and expected
Now AB has to get to work on his footwork, hand/eye coordination and developing some type of an inside offensive game. IF he has dreams of playing at the next level, this summer is so important to him in terms of growth. If AB can play like he did vs SMU at home this past season - sweet things will be coming from him and this team will be a pleasure to watch.
Having AB and Purv back means so much for leadership and "locker room" atmosphere.
The team is young but having these two vets back is huge
Big Ups to Brimah!!!
Quite frankly, I still think he needs to get functionally strongly so he can effectively execute whatever whomever teaches him. Whatever post move he learns he needs to:
- obtain and hold position at a sweet spot
- seal his man
- produce a hand target for the pass at the appropriate angle
- see the pass to his hands
- detect the defense and use the option that's least defended and that he is most confident in
- the move should be practiced so it's muscle memory and confident
- be prepared to follow the shot
We now know for sure who next season's co-captains will be.
Great news that Brimah will be back! @JimOllie I would expect Facey to start at the four (barring any other incoming help in that area) with Gilbert or Vital to come in when we go small.
Hi mau, agree you never know what happens. If Diarra kills it in practice early he might earn the spot, or Vance, or Ollie may decide to play three guards all the time if Gilbert lights it up. If they played a game today I would expect Facey to start at the four. We are hard on him but he does show some flashes. If they asked him to actually look for some shots could he do it? He seems to be content almost being the accessory player. He does rebound well offensively. Or Enoch at the 4 if he improves dramatically and can score which he also showed a little aptitude for? We have a lot of question marks. I think it is going to be interesting and frustrating. But I like young teams, they're fun.This all depends on who improves and how good people are. If Larrier is the real deal and Facey is still the same then I see a small line up. Actually I was just going to start with the "ifs" there's way too many. It really does point to the improvement of people and how the freshman are. I know that if AB and KF are similar players to what they were they can't spend a lot of time on the court together - they may even start but the minutes together won't be many. Long time away - could be Diarra, Jackson or even Jackson. Maybe even Vital has something to say? Deep squad only gets deeper with JJ, stay tuned