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Message: [QUOTE="nomar, post: 5117973, member: 651"] I finally got around to watching the game (I DVRd the replay) and Mahaney was one of the guys I focused on, based on this and several other comments in this thread. The fact is he's off to a very slow start, BUT there were 2 threes that were 90% of the way down, plus two bunnies that were in and out, plus one blown bunny. If the ball goes in on half of those, it's a different story. He also made a very crisp pass for a 3 (to McNeeley I think) and played under control. He also was working hard to stay with his man. And he almost had a pick 6 but couldn't keep his foot off the line. He clearly isn't integrated in our offense like Cam managed to be right away, and he probably never will be that kind of facilitator. But if he's making shots like we know he can make them, he'll fit in fine. A few other random comments: *I know Alex was complaining about the crowd size but Fanta & Spanarkel noted a couple times it was a good crowd. Seemed pretty loud for a win over a cupcake. *The coaching staff seems to be working wonders with Reed. We'll see how he holds up against better competition but so far so good. Samson is Samson; Reed will be the variable. *Not only did Stewart have 5 assists in 15 minutes, he had at least 2 other passes that either led to a foul or a makeable miss. He was killing it in the middle of the zone. As a team we can really pass the ball until a good scoring opportunity is there. Fanta asked half-facetiously if maybe we're too unselfish, and there were times it looked like we were running a passing drill. But there's no pounding the ball into the ground (a la Gaffney) and I trust the staff and players to improve their execution of the sets. [/QUOTE]

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