OMG...prep school to BE is a HUGE transition...while skilled yes, he will have to 'share the rock' in order for this team to try and repeat...i'd guess 9 pts 7 rbs 3 blocks avg...now, by march, as he develops a low post game against better comp, maybe he's 13, 8 and 3...otherwise 50 ppg, and 30 rpg
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OMG...prep school to BE is a HUGE transition...while skilled yes, he will have to 'share the rock' in order for this team to try and repeat...i'd guess 9 pts 7 rbs 3 blocks avg...now, by march, as he develops a low post game against better comp, maybe he's 13, 8 and 3...otherwise 50 ppg, and 30 rpg
After watching about 50 of his games over the last two years it's safe to say just about everything has been covered regarding Andre on this board.....He will contribute but not fully at first , as good as the prep school league is it is a huge jump to the Big East. He is coming from a stuctured, regimented environment where his every move is choreographed for him. He's going to have to buck up to all aspects of college life and that will take some time....And while he seemed to have a great relationship with JC when they acknowledged each other at games and while Jere Quinn was in his face more than often, the coach can be trying as everyone here knows.
His physical gifts are freakish...Not only does he jump well the top 5but he does it very quickly.....It's safe to say that We will be in the top five for blocked shots .....Often he was the fastest player on the court and believe me there were a lot of Napiers in the league last year. The STM press could be suffocating when he guarded the inbounding player and if they got it inbounds AD was the chaser and reaked havoc. I'm guessing like Karreem he can pick a dime off the top of the backboard. I'm guessing that if he hits the weights he will be very close to Howard.
He can be very physical and will initiate contact....not sure if it was an intimidation tactic but he'll have to watch his step with it. He plays defense within the system, even though during his first year at STM he really had difficulty learning to play defense within a team context and got suckered into commiting a lot of fouls. Last year was very different and once opponents figured out what he could do the entire lane wasn't violated very often unless they wanted a painful facial dinner. My guess is that in the beginning he will accumulate fouls but he learns quickly.
Offensively he is very raw but has made great strides. Dunking is his main scoring weapon but his jump hook with either hand was becoming lethal at times. He has some paint moves but he has relied on just over powering people. His jumper has low release so some have been blocked but it can be corrected....he practices it continuaoully especially on the turnaround....fairly accurate.........Foul shooting is not so good but he works on it all the time and has developed a nice follow through......He's no Boone
He is a very good teammate and plays team ball....at least he did at STM. Quinn ran a motion offense that year after year kills prep school opposition because his kids are very disciplined and AD bought into it.....His passing that has garnered so much attention was largely done within the context of that disciplined offense.....he also is great on the break which STM pushes all the time and like the Huskies it is a disciplined fast break......He will showboat a little but if it was done to show up an opponent he got a quck hook. Yes he did sit lot like he will for UConn but he doesn't usually repeat the same mistake and he does not argue back or look aloof after his first year.
As noted by many observers he doesn't play hard all the time but towards the end of last year i saw a lot more effort....In the natianal prep school championship game i saw a sustainded effort every minute for the first time and it was "wow" McD khiem Birch seemed like a two year old trying to contain AD.....both ways he dominated ....completely.............Some have mentioned that he might be a bust.......sheer folly......He is one and done in my mind but will make his mark on huskie nation.....the individual statistics will not be eyepopping, at least in the beginning but he will make his mark......Bocks per minute might be interesting though
