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Chin Diesel said:
This sequence is the highlight. All players crisply passing. They knew what to do as soon as they touched the ball and knew where it needed to go.
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Once HD initiated the offense, there were 9 passes and only 2 dribbles, each by a different player……in 17 seconds roughly
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Guys, do these games mean anything in the grand scheme? I’m not sure?
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The trip means everything. These trips are huge. Bonding, seeing a beautiful part of the world most don't get to see, culture, experiences...it's not about the games and who you're playing. If they could play against each other and scrimmage against some great teams at home it wouldn't have nearly the same impact.

This type of trip is gold. I don't have any of the same after championship worries I had in the past with this team. There's no egos, I don't foresee guys showcasing, they all pass the ball.

It will take the young guys some time but with the championship experience we have coming back, the jumps they'll make, and Spencer and the freshman getting worked in. This team can turn into something scary.
 
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TheChamps990411 said:
Other than team bonding and building some on court chemistry this means very little in the grand scheme of things. Theyll get more from a couple exhibition games in November. Still nice to see them on the court though.
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Don't underestimate the value of the experience for team bonding. It's important. In any event, besides that it's 10 extra practices and three extra games, albeit against weak opponents for a team that has a lot of new personnel. That's hugely valuable.
 
The observation reported that they we’re playing with intensity even though the opponent was vastly inferior tells all I need to know that Hurley has another team that matches his philosophy and intensity.
 
mcs333 said:
One thing sticks out. The starters were 14-23 on 3 point shots, the bench 3-16.
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And Johnson did not take one three. A freshman Ross found a way to put up 7 attempts and our leading candidate for 6th man and who is supposed to be a stretch four does not attempt one from deep during the entire scrimmage. I will keep my eye on that…..
 
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ctchamps said:
The observation reported that they we’re playing with intensity even though the opponent was vastly inferior tells all I need to know that Hurley has another team that matches his philosophy and intensity.
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More than that. It sounds like they are playing with precision. Anyone can play hard.
 
SilentDog said:
And Johnson did not take one three. A freshman Ross found a way to put up 7 attempts and our leading candidate for 6th man and who is supposed to be a stretch four does not attempt one from deep during the entire scrimmage. I will keep my eye on that…..
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I'm not sure I'd read too much into this at this point. Euro teams play a style that we won't see when we're back in the US and from the score it was pretty obvious that they didn't provide a whole lot of resistance to what we wanted to do on offense.

Ross' accuracy from three, as a freshman, may end up being far less than we are currently hoping. Time will tell and fortunately we appear to have more than enough weapons where this won't be a problem. We also won't have too many minutes to offer so I doubt that the staff is expecting double digit contributions from him this upcoming season, merely some games with six to eight quality minutes, some with ten to twelve quality minutes and maybe a few with fourteen to sixteen quality minutes.

Johnson's game will be to contribute while spelling Clingan at times and Karaban at times. If he doesn't attempt a three all year (this will be highly unlikely) it shouldn't be an issue.
 
SilentDog said:
And Johnson did not take one three. A freshman Ross found a way to put up 7 attempts and our leading candidate for 6th man and who is supposed to be a stretch four does not attempt one from deep during the entire scrimmage. I will keep my eye on that…..
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Thanks for pointing that out to us. I'm sure it did not escape the eyes of the staff. This is precisely why a scrimmage game by a revamped team with lots of youth and inexperience against an otherwise inferior opponent on the other side of the world will bring out the best in our world class staff. Intel.
 
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