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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 4991476, member: 175"] My worry with Brea was that he shot 7 FTs his entire junior year and then 16 last year. He’s 21-23 in two years … so he should be trying to get to the line (and Dayton has won a lot so some of those 23 were probably deliberate last minute fouls where you figure Dayton would try to inbound the ball to him). He seems allergic to the territory inside the arc - just one 2 attempt a game. Theres the Joey C role he could have filled nicely, but is that what he wants? It feels like he’s not multi-dimensional enough to fit our offense the way we like to run it - perhaps he was held back by Dayton’s system, but with only one year to work with him, could he get up to speed? His 3 percentage last year was an outlier for his four-year career. Perhaps he has developed and is simply that good now ... but it also could be an anomaly. Shooting can be prone to slumps. When Cam was cold from 3, he brought other things to the table. There isn't anything in the numbers that would give me hope that Brea is not a one-trick pony. When he played Houston he had 0 in 30 minutes. Wasn’t so much an off night as he didn't even get shots up. I have a few worries with Mahaney too - feel like his assist numbers should be higher, but get him in our offense and out of the St. Mary’s one, and I feel like he has a higher ceiling there. And we lose so much with Newton and Spencer, just with their improvisation skills and triple-threat qualities - I feel like Mahaney gives us a better chance of filling that vacancy and I’d have prioritized him too. Time might show I’m wrong and that Brea will show more of a multi faceted game with a new lease on life. But I figure our staff has evaluated tons of film and can give an expert opinion. Could be wrong on this too - but I also think some of the “we aren’t recruiting him any more” leaks could be for Ball’s sake - a vote of confidence that they expect him to step up and have a big role in our rotation and that we aren’t recruiting multiple people to get in his way. [/QUOTE]

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