2025-26 Preseason Practice

[HyattsCuse]

The usual disclaimers apply. This was just one practice. Sometimes strange things happen in practice. Take all comments with a large grain of salt.

William Kyle

Looks shorter than Freeman or White. Very quick and athletic. Can jump. Will block some shots. Scored some on pick and rolls. Likes that play. More on that later. Also flashed a few traditional low post type moves. Battled on defense. I don’t think he will be a major liability on defense. Don’t expect him to be a big scorer but should average around 10 ppg.

Disclaimer acknowledged, but this comment is what jumped out to me the most. If Kyle is averaging double figures in points, that sounds like a game changer to me! Legit inside presence that teams have to be honest about and defend against even if it’s just lobs and layups around the rim. That would open up the court for everyone else on offense IMO.

 

[Cuse On 3]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[pearl31]

with body language like that they'll be lucky to win 10 games

 

[hoopsupstate]

Where’s our computer/analytics wizard who works with Kline?

 

[Cuse99&01]

wow...how many coaches and team managers are on this team?

 

[Niastri]

Disclaimer acknowledged, but this comment is what jumped out to me the most. If Kyle is averaging double figures in points, that sounds like a game changer to me! Legit inside presence that teams have to be honest about and defend against even if it’s just lobs and layups around the rim. That would open up the court for everyone else on offense IMO.

Kyle is a very good shotblocker (10% block% in conference last season) and a good offensive rebounder 8%). His single best skill is dunking the ball. It's why he shot .70 from the field last season.

Kyle averaged 2.9 ppg in 9.8 mpg and it isn't a stretch that he'll score 10ppg with more minutes and with George as his point guard.

 

[Timonen]

Would be nice if we didn’t let Seth leave made him bench coach.