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I attended the breakfast, got there early, had a very close table, it was a very nice morning, a good experience for sure.
I was going to report in but honestly all the information is already out here thru tweets and news articles. Very well covered.
Well
, three or four impressions that I got from listening and really these are more from Hurley than from me, but there is some crossover.
We are better at center than most teams in the country with Adama and Donavon. Adama will most likely shoot some open threes, sorta like Whaley last year. Donavon is going to play somewhat more than just straight up backup center's minutes. Tallest player on the court sure, but he's a very good basketball player.
Sanogo's the man.
Alex Karaban is tough too, on defense also, excellent shooter, very court savvy, and is a huge part of this rotation in this, his first year.
Samson Johnson with all that upside. Very, very good, but still putting it all together.
Naheim Alleyne, legit path to a starting role, much more than a shooter, very cagey and skilled, makes plays for others, huge part of the rotation.
All this talk about the point lately and justifiably so. Hassan Diarra is competing with Tristan Newton for the starting spot (could be coachspeak fostering competition), maybe Diarra is somewhat more moldable at the point than Tristan, not sure about this, but Tristan's higher strength is scoring the ball.
Which brings us to Andre Jackson. Andre is the man this year, with the ball, without the ball. That Kemba, Khalid, Shabazz, emotional leader this year is Andre.
On the court last year, especially as the year progressed, he was lights out in transition as far as bringing the ball up very aggressively, and then decision-making whether to score in the first 8 seconds or to move into a half-court offense. There are multiple ball handlers here, but I would expect Andre to be the main facilitator of this offense, setting up at the top of the arc, offensively rotating, mixing it up, maybe not the guy with the ball in his hands with 3 seconds on the clock, but the guy with the ball with 6 to eight seconds left. He did not, to my recollection, turn the ball over much at all the second half of the season especially if you factor in ball usage or whatever you might call it.
Joey Calcaterra, a much better player than they thought. If he shoots at a high percentage and plays well, he'll be part of the rotation, I won't speculate further.
Richie Springs could see some court time, Roumaglou, the Greek player might see the floor as the season progresses, Hasson, the Israeli, needs more strength to be effective I guess.
Hurley sees Hawkins, Jackson, and Sanogo in the draft next year. How that translates into what sort of season Jordan Hawkins has I won't speculate, but he added like 15 pounds of muscle or something, is a much stronger player, and like Ray, his shooting is a thing of beauty. He's got the keys to score.
Go Huskies!
I attended the breakfast, got there early, had a very close table, it was a very nice morning, a good experience for sure.
I was going to report in but honestly all the information is already out here thru tweets and news articles. Very well covered.
Well
, three or four impressions that I got from listening and really these are more from Hurley than from me, but there is some crossover.We are better at center than most teams in the country with Adama and Donavon. Adama will most likely shoot some open threes, sorta like Whaley last year. Donavon is going to play somewhat more than just straight up backup center's minutes. Tallest player on the court sure, but he's a very good basketball player.
Sanogo's the man.
Alex Karaban is tough too, on defense also, excellent shooter, very court savvy, and is a huge part of this rotation in this, his first year.
Samson Johnson with all that upside. Very, very good, but still putting it all together.
Naheim Alleyne, legit path to a starting role, much more than a shooter, very cagey and skilled, makes plays for others, huge part of the rotation.
All this talk about the point lately and justifiably so. Hassan Diarra is competing with Tristan Newton for the starting spot (could be coachspeak fostering competition), maybe Diarra is somewhat more moldable at the point than Tristan, not sure about this, but Tristan's higher strength is scoring the ball.
Which brings us to Andre Jackson. Andre is the man this year, with the ball, without the ball. That Kemba, Khalid, Shabazz, emotional leader this year is Andre.
On the court last year, especially as the year progressed, he was lights out in transition as far as bringing the ball up very aggressively, and then decision-making whether to score in the first 8 seconds or to move into a half-court offense. There are multiple ball handlers here, but I would expect Andre to be the main facilitator of this offense, setting up at the top of the arc, offensively rotating, mixing it up, maybe not the guy with the ball in his hands with 3 seconds on the clock, but the guy with the ball with 6 to eight seconds left. He did not, to my recollection, turn the ball over much at all the second half of the season especially if you factor in ball usage or whatever you might call it.
Joey Calcaterra, a much better player than they thought. If he shoots at a high percentage and plays well, he'll be part of the rotation, I won't speculate further.
Richie Springs could see some court time, Roumaglou, the Greek player might see the floor as the season progresses, Hasson, the Israeli, needs more strength to be effective I guess.
Hurley sees Hawkins, Jackson, and Sanogo in the draft next year. How that translates into what sort of season Jordan Hawkins has I won't speculate, but he added like 15 pounds of muscle or something, is a much stronger player, and like Ray, his shooting is a thing of beauty. He's got the keys to score.
Go Huskies!
