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uconn_jack said:
Watch that tape, Demary is plenty quick enough.
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He’s still 6-5 and can be vulnerable to ball pressure. Marquette and St. John’s are ball pressure teams and he struggled. Outliers, but you want options on those days when maybe he’s facing a defender or a defense that forces him to focus more on protecting the ball and our offense bogs down. For all his strengths, we don’t have a great passing 2 in Solo, and if Demary is off his game, there’s not a lot of other places to go on our current roster.

Doron wasn’t terribly quick so that analogy doesn’t necessarily work. But Hass was a nice change of pace from Newton sometimes the way he could push the ball off the dribble.

But of course we need Demary to make it official before we figure out how to build around him. First things first!
 
From a BYU blog:
  • Silas Demary, Georgia guard — Demary is one of the top players in the portal. Demary is a 6-foot-5 guard that averaged 13 points for Georgia and can play either guard spot. He’s one of the most coveted players in the portal. It’s already been reported that Silas Demary has visits planned for St John’s, UConn, and BYU. He visited St John’s Monday and UConn Tuesday. I’m not sure what his plan is for a BYU visit. Sources told me a week ago that BYU may be used in part as a smoke screen to drive up that price, and that may be the case. Multiple national pundits have already put in a crystal ball for UConn.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Does anyone remember any UConn player doing that well this year……
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Solo had this cooking towards the end of the year. Hoping to look forward to it being a big time weapon in our offense. Will open up a lot of driving lanes to the rim and trips to the FT line if so.

And if he learns how to draw fouls with it like Kemba and Shabazz did…
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Solo had this cooking towards the end of the year. Hoping to look forward to it being a big time weapon in our offense. Will open up a lot of driving lanes to the rim and trips to the FT line if so.

And if he learns how to draw fouls with it like Kemba and Shabazz did…
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Solo doesn’t have some of those natural instincts to finish, but you’re right he can learn some of those things. He’s got such a great frame for being a + finisher.

When or if we add a piece like Silas plus Mullins, that should open up a ton of opportunities and more space.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Solo had this cooking towards the end of the year. Hoping to look forward to it being a big time weapon in our offense. Will open up a lot of driving lanes to the rim and trips to the FT line if so.

And if he learns how to draw fouls with it like Kemba and Shabazz did…
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I am not sure how we can draw fouls in the Big East LOL

I’ve been wondering that all season…

We do it but they are rarely called!
 
Mr. French said:
Solo doesn’t have some of those natural instincts to finish, but you’re right he can learn some of those things. He’s got such a great frame for being a + finisher.

When or if we add a piece like Silas plus Mullins, that should open up a ton of opportunities and more space.
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He doesn’t and it’s something to work on. Being great in the midrange helps you get to the rim even easier though.

Bigs and guards will have to play up even when in the lane, leaving the rim more open. Compared to if they know you can’t shoot it they can bail towards protecting the rim.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
He doesn’t and it’s something to work on. Being great in the midrange helps you get to the rim even easier though.

Bigs and guards will have to play up even when in the lane, leaving the rim more open. Compared to if they know you can’t shoot it they can bail towards protecting the rim.
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I would happy if he could work on protecting the ball…. It cost us perhaps 2 games this season.…

At the end of the game… you don’t have to look up and look to make a crazy pass…

Just dribble low, protect the ball and MOVE!
 
Gurleyman said:
He’s still 6-5 and can be vulnerable to ball pressure. Marquette and St. John’s are ball pressure teams and he struggled. Outliers, but you want options on those days when maybe he’s facing a defender or a defense that forces him to focus more on protecting the ball and our offense bogs down. For all his strengths, we don’t have a great passing 2 in Solo, and if Demary is off his game, there’s not a lot of other places to go on our current roster.

Doron wasn’t terribly quick so that analogy doesn’t necessarily work. But Hass was a nice change of pace from Newton sometimes the way he could push the ball off the dribble.

But of course we need Demary to make it official before we figure out how to build around him. First things first!
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Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with a shorter defensive minded PG with great handle. I would take another Diarra in a heartbeat.
 
I guess those Capitol Grille meals are the real thing, 'cause this is CLOSED! He should be exactly what we want.
 
husky429 said:
He doesn't have a TON of high-level passing reads in his bag. Lobs, dump off, drive and kicks are there. He's certainly a very good passer. Just not GREAT the way a guy like Tristen was. There isn't the fluidity and timing in the PnR the best passers have. More mechanical. It will be interesting to see how our staff trains him up in the zoom and chin actions we love so much. I suspect we could get him to >4 assists next year simply because of our offensive structure.
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I agree, but the ability to do more in our offense seems to be there.
 
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