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This was the first time I've seen Carlton play in person. He'll eventually be a quality big, but keep your expectations low for next year. My net take away is that he has skills but doesn't play hard. On a 1-10 scale I would categorize his general effort as 2-3. He takes the effort to a 7-8 in very short duration productive bursts then settles back. This is what I saw:
He has size and broad shoulders that suggest his current 225lbs will eventually be 240-250 like Enoch.
He isn't extremely athletic but adequate, Vance Jackson type average athlete.
He has poise and a calmness when he has the ball after a rebound or during a possession.
At times he demands the ball and makes excellent moves that resulted in baskets nearly every time (4x).
2 of those times were demonstrations of power and 2x ended with nice touch from 3'
Those times he demands the ball are separated by 20 trips where he drifts and does nothing.
He used his big body to set exactly 1 pick, that I noticed, in the whole game.
He jogs quickly from end to end but never actually runs.
He had 2 strong put back dunks on the offensive board without coming to the floor.
On defense at almost all times his arms are straight down at his side unless his man already has the ball.
He is content defensively to let his man go anywhere he wants while he walks there to play defense, just in case the guy gets the ball. He just turns his head to follow the movement of the ball, there was not one occasion where his arms were raised to cut passing lanes etc. His shorts should have pockets.
On the boards he jumps once but then stays attached to the planet while everybody else is up a second or third time. He still got some of those boards on his tip toes because in this game he was bigger.
(In this game he was playing 6'6 kids with more quickness so I never settled in my mind if that was a harder test for him vs playing a kid his own size and speed)
He passed cross court smartly out of double teams a couple times.
He showed enough skills for me to say that he would be a very good player if he played harder.
I'm sure he has never been asked to play defense for a full shot clock, taking away the ability of his man to receive the ball, and ending with boxing the guy off the boards.
He never went to the line so I can't comment on his foul shooting.
He never took an outside shot.
I will be impressed if they make him a good contributor as a freshman.
PS. DJ Harvey on Dematha, and Charles O"Bannon are both better than Diallo. I knew they could shoot better, but they both showed athleticism that wasn't far below Diallo. That surprised me.
Also, the world stopped when Shaq entered the house. Private security as if he needed any. Hard to describe how huge he is vs a normal person.
He has size and broad shoulders that suggest his current 225lbs will eventually be 240-250 like Enoch.
He isn't extremely athletic but adequate, Vance Jackson type average athlete.
He has poise and a calmness when he has the ball after a rebound or during a possession.
At times he demands the ball and makes excellent moves that resulted in baskets nearly every time (4x).
2 of those times were demonstrations of power and 2x ended with nice touch from 3'
Those times he demands the ball are separated by 20 trips where he drifts and does nothing.
He used his big body to set exactly 1 pick, that I noticed, in the whole game.
He jogs quickly from end to end but never actually runs.
He had 2 strong put back dunks on the offensive board without coming to the floor.
On defense at almost all times his arms are straight down at his side unless his man already has the ball.
He is content defensively to let his man go anywhere he wants while he walks there to play defense, just in case the guy gets the ball. He just turns his head to follow the movement of the ball, there was not one occasion where his arms were raised to cut passing lanes etc. His shorts should have pockets.
On the boards he jumps once but then stays attached to the planet while everybody else is up a second or third time. He still got some of those boards on his tip toes because in this game he was bigger.
(In this game he was playing 6'6 kids with more quickness so I never settled in my mind if that was a harder test for him vs playing a kid his own size and speed)
He passed cross court smartly out of double teams a couple times.
He showed enough skills for me to say that he would be a very good player if he played harder.
I'm sure he has never been asked to play defense for a full shot clock, taking away the ability of his man to receive the ball, and ending with boxing the guy off the boards.
He never went to the line so I can't comment on his foul shooting.
He never took an outside shot.
I will be impressed if they make him a good contributor as a freshman.
PS. DJ Harvey on Dematha, and Charles O"Bannon are both better than Diallo. I knew they could shoot better, but they both showed athleticism that wasn't far below Diallo. That surprised me.
Also, the world stopped when Shaq entered the house. Private security as if he needed any. Hard to describe how huge he is vs a normal person.
