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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5067591, member: 1268"] [MEDIA=youtube]3K9YTSWGKSE[/MEDIA] Not sure if this was shared yet but this YT offers 25+ minutes of what Tarris can do, and what UM didn’t do. What he can do: Use both hands effectively, with great touch from both sides. Hit a runner with touch Overpower his defender on the block Put it in the hoop in traffic, knows how to use ball English around rim Explode to the rim with force Great feet for his size, quick first step Can put the ball on the floor and dribble for his size He does a nice job of cutting and finding space in the paint off movement, unfortunately the stagnancy of the perimeter UM offense and inability to see an open man and make a quick entry pass is just bad. They were just so poorly coached. Overall, my feelings are that a kid like this likely just felt lost in their jaloppy of an offense, which was discombobulated freelancing. Players had no feel for where one another were, entirely reactive. I could see titanic upside for him, coming out of a bottom 5% coaching unit into a top 1%. He’s that skilled for his size. I certainly don’t want to over-compare to SJ, but the raw skills of TR are so much better. And size is so much of a better fit for the BE. If you watch the same tape of SJ, 95% of his highlights were a product of the sets where he has a free pass down the lane for a dunk. Whereas Tarris had to earn his buckets. I honestly don’t know what SJ does better at any phase of the game, other than knowing the system, which could be enough to start. I just cannot see a world where Reed isn’t our starting center by mid season, with a minutes distribution that leans heavier and heavier to him. [/QUOTE]

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