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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 5277045, member: 12414"] Needs to work on his left hand. If you can’t use both hands at the level UConn plays against it limits a players ability to finish when going to the rim. Ball is example one he has no right hand if he did he would have finished a dozen more drives last year. These kids are all so good even at a 3* level they are not pushed to work on their craft. Any high level division 1 recruit should absolutely have a better than average off hand if they plan on getting to the basket effectively. There may be some exceptions but those kids are athletic freaks who just jump over people or are so quick they can just get away with it. Wish the current crop of high school coaches spent more time on developing the player rather than just letting them score 25 pts even when they know there are parts of their game that are just not going to translate at the next level. But winning is way more important to them than developing the player. I played on a high school team that had two people secure div 1 scholarships in high school in 1980 and I can assure you if you used the wrong hand in the lay up line pre game no matter how good you where it meant you were coming off the bench to start the game. We all had decent off hands it was not an option. He did let us get away with jumping off the wrong foot but when we did there would be some practice reps for those who did it. But he looks a little less athletic but very similar to his brother. I think Jayden has that kind of handle but when he speeds up those cross overs and between the legs moves become to telegraphed and rushed and he starts fumbling the ball. I think the brothers have a chance to play two season together at UConn and that is pretty cool. We should all stop with the Jayden bashing, he clearly bleeds UConn blue and if he was at all frustrated with the coaching staff more than he is disappointed in his own development his brother would never had chosen UConn. More than anything else this gives me hope that we are going to see a different Jayden next season which could be a really good thing for us if for some reason Mullins struggles a bit on defense. If Jy Ross can be then lock down defender we need gives us a ton of options 1-3 next year. [/QUOTE]

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