A few more observations from open practice. When the team first came on the floor they split up, five or six at each end basket plus walk-ons to shoot around and warm up. Nowell and Abraham were at my end and like right away they shared a moment, laughing with each other, sorta looking around like they could not believe how many people were there. It was cool, the two freshmen seeing how great this UConn fan base is.
J Ross stopped SJ from dunking the ball down the other end. That got a roar. There's a video somewhere I believe. I don't think he actually blocked it, maybe he did, but it was more like he rose up and got in his way and SJ missed the dunk. Just speaks to how much stronger J Ross was playing, last year he would not have stood a chance of doing that, or even tried to. His teammates were all high 5n him.
J Stewart had a nice play, set up for a three deep in the corner, shot faked the D, and drove the baseline for a lightly contested layup. Just sayin, he looked good doing it. From his earlier pre-UConn film, Stewart has the whole package, length and power, a good handle, quick feet, and an array of moves to get his shots off.
Speaking on Aidan Mahaney, he looked really good early in the practice, dribbling, shooting, court awareness, being physical same as his teammates, but he did run out of steam, you could tell, clanging the front of the rim when shooting during the 5v5s a couple of times at least. He sure had a nice stroke in the beginning though, very nice follow thru.
Abraham had a nice dunk on a breakaway that got the crowd appreciative too.
That's it, we're going to rock this year, and contend for titles.
