Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2607924, member: 716"] That was why I was so happy about this. He's as good a kid as any. It would have been kind of weird for him to bail with such unfavorable feedback in spite of his apparent strong values, but mostly it's just nice to have an unusually likable person on the team. You know, since college sports is generally horrible when you think hard enough about it. But there's more... Some of us (and I've been critical of Battle's game at times this year) might have forgotten how good a player he's been at times. Not just a high-scoring guy who forces a few ugly step-backs a game, but the kid who dunked on everyone in that high school clip, who drives fearlessly and finishes pretty well (and maybe could finish better?), who single-handedly beat UVa when nobody could guard him one-on-one. Despite the NBA nonsense, his skillset is far from a finished product. This is pretty exciting. [/QUOTE]