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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3315636, member: 37"] The bold clarifies the disagreement you have with my response to [USER=1844]@joober jones[/USER]. joober wrote this: [I]The article mentions Facey working out with Whaley a lot over the summer. Prior to reading that, I was just thinking to myself how much he reminded me of Facey in the exhibition game. I was semi-right about something for once. I'm a little scared.[/I] I wrote this: [I]Whaley had more bb experience and IQ than Kentan arriving at UConn. But Kentan is taller and has better hops. It took four years before Kentan knew how to play team ball. WTS the comparison is apt. Both have a nose for rebounding and decent mid range shooting.[/I] The last sentence was the pertinent one for joober. It accurately describes the similarity to their skill sets. This was how Kentan's high school coach described his play: [I]Facey is more of a factor on the defensive end of the floor right now thanks to his ability to rebound in traffic, block shots and run the floor to help his team. However, he has worked hard this spring on his jump hook and turnaround jumper as a counter move. His face-up game has also developed to the point where he can now make open jumpers out to 15 feet.[/I] I left out the similarity to blocking shots. Even with that omission my comparison of the two players is far more accurate than the description of skills and comparison you offered as a rebuttal: [I]He might have started out late, but he was skilled. Billed as being able to hit the three, similar to Akok.[/I] I never made a comparison who was the better player coming in. I stated it took four years before he understood positional play but deliberately chose not to get into why to avoid bringing in controversy. It's obvious that was a mistake. I won't comment about what role KO played in Facey's development. But I disagree with you which player was more lost on the court their freshman years. Whaley would lose his player on defense or fail to make a cut on offense that he should have made but Kentan had to be guided by his teammates to go to a place on the court. He had no clue where he should be never mind not understanding how to execute types of plays. [/QUOTE]

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