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Bouknight is the next one and Wow! When Chief saw him make many great plays look easy in practice early in the Fall, I knew only the great ones consistently do that! We have a go to star now.
Good to see the rebounding by committee and seeing Sid, Akok, Whalley and Josh own the boards. It’s nice not just seeing 4 guys standing as spectators on the 3 line but playing basketball instead. They cut to the hoop well and did great on second effort attempts. Josh dominated in his post game.
Danny sending a message to the starting guards and there’s no better way when the second string guys play such great team ball.
We have a bright future and to the small minority of perpetual skeptics here - The Grind Chief preaches about is working. It not all a straight line, that’s not what a Grind is. But, Danny and the staff are reeling in talent and developing a winning culture.
Akok is really surprising opponents with his blocks and living in their heads. Sid is a sub plot to that.
My thoughts on AG are that he played better today and he definitely is a part of our winning formula going forward. A couple of suggestions. First, he needs to pick up his man at half court, because he’s short and has short arms, so guys get good looks. Second, he is a great kid, Jim Calhoun speaks highly of him. That means a lot to me.
Really impressed with the development of Gaffney and Adams. These are guys who we will win with. They are guys with good basketball intelligence, who can run a decent half court offense. Their shooting too will open things up for the Bigs.
Chief, leaves you with one thought - Winning is contagious.
Bonus:
- Josh and James shot a combined 87% on 13 of 15. That’s having the right guys take the right shot.
- Give AG credit with his 7 assists, which is what a PG is suppose to do - this partially enabled the team to shoot 53% compared to Miami’s 46%.
- Rebounds, Assists and Turnovers - The game is simple. If you lead in rebounds by 8 and assists by 4 and have half the turnovers (6 to 12) you usually win.
Good to see the rebounding by committee and seeing Sid, Akok, Whalley and Josh own the boards. It’s nice not just seeing 4 guys standing as spectators on the 3 line but playing basketball instead. They cut to the hoop well and did great on second effort attempts. Josh dominated in his post game.
Danny sending a message to the starting guards and there’s no better way when the second string guys play such great team ball.
We have a bright future and to the small minority of perpetual skeptics here - The Grind Chief preaches about is working. It not all a straight line, that’s not what a Grind is. But, Danny and the staff are reeling in talent and developing a winning culture.
Akok is really surprising opponents with his blocks and living in their heads. Sid is a sub plot to that.
My thoughts on AG are that he played better today and he definitely is a part of our winning formula going forward. A couple of suggestions. First, he needs to pick up his man at half court, because he’s short and has short arms, so guys get good looks. Second, he is a great kid, Jim Calhoun speaks highly of him. That means a lot to me.
Really impressed with the development of Gaffney and Adams. These are guys who we will win with. They are guys with good basketball intelligence, who can run a decent half court offense. Their shooting too will open things up for the Bigs.
Chief, leaves you with one thought - Winning is contagious.
Bonus:
- Josh and James shot a combined 87% on 13 of 15. That’s having the right guys take the right shot.
- Give AG credit with his 7 assists, which is what a PG is suppose to do - this partially enabled the team to shoot 53% compared to Miami’s 46%.
- Rebounds, Assists and Turnovers - The game is simple. If you lead in rebounds by 8 and assists by 4 and have half the turnovers (6 to 12) you usually win.
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