Game #1 of new season thread.

[intlzncster]

Jumbtron with superimposed bongos; insert fan-cam and encourage people to pretend they are playing bongos.

Disappointing. I had much higher expectations for the bongo cam....

 

[Tampahusky]

To me chemistry issues implies guys don't get along with one another vs. poor play by a team in which the players are either still learning to play with one another or are missing a component to the team which undermines teams overall efficiency.

I felt the team had plenty of good looks and just had poor shooting night. Hopefully this will be the exception as opposed to the rule. There were plenty of decent drives to the basket by the guards setting up the bigs, but the bigs failed to complete. DHam has a great mid game and ability to get to basket. He should have been 6-7 instead of 2-7.

It's one thing to be good in practice. You know your team mates moves and adjust accordingly. Playing against totally knew players can be unsettling for someone who hasn't played against organized comp in 18 or so months. Who knows how long Purvis will take to regain his bb composure.

It takes time to get to know each others habits. When you have a high turnover mark early on its usually chemistry/getting familiar w each other problems not guys don't like each other.

 

[jibsey]

If we are using the same foul shot drill from last year FT shorting will improve as the year goes on. My big take was just seeing guys play who we haven't really laid eyes on and there wasn't enough to jump to any conclusions obviously except Hamilton can play and we knew that. But I am going to throttle back early expectations with so much shooting lost from last year. Young team of racehorses.

 

[mauconnfan]

If we are using the same foul shot drill from last year FT shorting will improve as the year goes on. My big take was just seeing guys play who we haven't really laid eyes on and there wasn't enough to jump to any conclusions obviously except Hamilton can play and we knew that. But I am going to throttle back early expectations with so much shooting lost from last year. Young team of racehorses.

Add Sam Jr to the "can play" list even most of missed were spot on. He's creative, as is DHam, and will be able to score and put pressure on others teams defenses. The fact they can throw a team at times with those 2 and Boat and/or Purvis, 3 solid ball handlers makes a big difference. It was rare we could do that the last couple of years to take the pressure off of Bazz and Boat - Giff, DD and LK were all one or dribble guys.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Yeah it was great to see how comfortable DHam looked handling the ball and working on that pick and roll with Brimah. That duo can be very effective this year.

 

[ctchamps]

Ok, this post has me convinced Chap's whole illiteracy schtick is a charade that is getting old quick. When he wants to make a point, his sentenses start out clear and make a somewhat coherent thought, then once he has made his point and his post is coming to an end he starts throwing in erroneous letters and abbreviations that make no sense to, "chap it up" as they say.

There was a famous English chap who wold say this blighter is a mysterious pedant wrapped in an enigma, bound by a Batman Riddler, inside the soup nazi's twinkie filled with a quonundrum.