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A new era has started. A fun and late night for Chief.
The pressure defense does create turnovers and with our guard depth by the second half, it takes the legs out of the 3 point shooters, who made their shots the first half but not the second half.
One thing though we are missing for this approach, is the shot blocker to clean things up when someone gets beat.
The guy who gets minutes due to Hurley’s style is Polley. He has length to help out defending in the lane but can also defend away from the basket. Polley also looks a little stronger this season.
Two concerns are rebounding ( and that’s why Chief thinks Kwintin may play more than even Danny knows at this point) and outside shooting. Chief is still waiting for someone to step forward and be the 3 point assassin.
Overall, I liked the intensity and ball movement - both improved over last season. Cobb played better than Carlton. When Carlton finally pushed back late in the game resulting in a double foul - Hurley applauded.
Hurley has a love/hate basketball relationship with Kwintin. It drives Coach crazy Kwintin forgets his assignments but he loves the aggression, physicality and effort. The dunk he had was very impressive because it was contested but so overwhelmingly powerful it became an exclaimnation point.
Gilbert is a good and talented kid who does the right things. I do worry about his size sometimes against a team with dominant Bigs.
B. Adams and Smith will contribute. Jalen is a star if he matures just enough that he isn’t a bad example. Vital will likely have a good year, there’s a replacement this year if he falls into bad shot selection. Also, saw less celebration off a made shot.
The pressure defense does create turnovers and with our guard depth by the second half, it takes the legs out of the 3 point shooters, who made their shots the first half but not the second half.
One thing though we are missing for this approach, is the shot blocker to clean things up when someone gets beat.
The guy who gets minutes due to Hurley’s style is Polley. He has length to help out defending in the lane but can also defend away from the basket. Polley also looks a little stronger this season.
Two concerns are rebounding ( and that’s why Chief thinks Kwintin may play more than even Danny knows at this point) and outside shooting. Chief is still waiting for someone to step forward and be the 3 point assassin.
Overall, I liked the intensity and ball movement - both improved over last season. Cobb played better than Carlton. When Carlton finally pushed back late in the game resulting in a double foul - Hurley applauded.
Hurley has a love/hate basketball relationship with Kwintin. It drives Coach crazy Kwintin forgets his assignments but he loves the aggression, physicality and effort. The dunk he had was very impressive because it was contested but so overwhelmingly powerful it became an exclaimnation point.
Gilbert is a good and talented kid who does the right things. I do worry about his size sometimes against a team with dominant Bigs.
B. Adams and Smith will contribute. Jalen is a star if he matures just enough that he isn’t a bad example. Vital will likely have a good year, there’s a replacement this year if he falls into bad shot selection. Also, saw less celebration off a made shot.
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