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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5349546, member: 1414"] View from row 4 near midcourt. 1. Reibe is bigger/stronger than I thought, more capable and physical in the paint. Never once stepped outside to shoot. As a backup center, wow. He does need to dunk more or at least go up stronger. 2. Smith is a terror on D, very slick and quick ball handler. Again, as a backup? I think he's probably better than Diarra was. He's going to play a lot, especially late in games. 3. Shooting. Don't care. They all looked off, Alex, Solo, Mullins, Stewart. Doesn't matter. Not worried about it. 4. Mullins is quick and has a nice looking stroke. Strong players are going to body him and he's going to slap at them and will probably commit a lot of fouls. He couldn't handle Hand Jr. He does put effort into defense but clearly is still learning. 5. Stewart is a calming influence. He's a Junior and when Hurley needed the team to settle down, Stewart was the call. Knows the system, does the right things. Rebounding looks improved. 6. Ross got extended minutes in an effort to slow down Hand Jr. and was fairly effective. He's no Lyman DePriest, but he's the closest thing we have to a wing defensive stopper. That seems to be his role. If somebody is going off on us, I expect him to get the call. 7. Furphy didn't do much, but was also fine in his minutes. Wasn't mistake prone, played hard. He'd play a ton on a lesser team. 8. Millender. Seemed like a throw in depth piece, but with Silas out, it's clear we needed him. Not sure who plays PG without him, Furphy maybe. Teams are going to press us just to reduce our time in half court, so having him for situations like this is critical. Clearly a veteran player. 9. Koroma. Very tough, aggressive rebounder and interior defender and scorer. Gives up size to most 5s. Will be very useful to have against some opponents and plays very hard out there. Side note: the speed of the game compared to the women, sitting in the same seats just hours apart, is really staggering. The cuts, the speed of ball movement, the speed of moving up court with or without the ball, it's just not even comparable. [/QUOTE]

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