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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 5728247, member: 1674"]
Haven't watched the Newman game yet but did watch this one. Think he finished with over 30 points and was fairly efficient doing so. He's both very crafty and very athletic, pretty great combination there. Kinda took a beating and was letting the refs know how he felt about it, but kept chugging along doing his thing. He has the hostage dribble down where he comes off a screen and gets his defender on his back and holds them off while reading the help defenders before deciding if he should shoot or pass. If we're going to be a heavy ball screen based offense, he is definitely a fit for that kind of system; seems extremely comfortable doing that.

I imagine being small (both in height and strength) and having more of a set shot is probably a big part of why he's only a 3 star recruit. On the brightside, while he doesn't really elevate for his jumpshot, it is at least quick. But really, he seems to mostly want to use his craftiness and quickness to get into the paint and get to his floater/layup game. TBD how well that'll work against D1 athletes, but the hostage dribble/floater combo is an absolute must to survive with his size IMO and it is fortunately a strength for him. Pretty cool player; always tough to succeed at his size but he seems to have the tools that you need to be able to survive.
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