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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4203943, member: 237"]
Benny is far more Hakim Warrick, Damone Brown than Kris Jo, Wes Jo or Billy Owens in terms of playing style. He needs to own that and master it.

Four big things that can really propel him forward are

1- Work on his hands. Benny needs to make it priority number one that he catches and holds on to everything. As many simulated catches in traffic as he can possibly stand.

2- Finish the drive. Benny bails on his drive too soon. One more dribble to a jump stop and then laying it in or throwing it down. Even if he has offensive foul issues like as he works it out, be aggressive. We know he can pass it which is great but be a threat to score.

3- Clean up release on the jump shot. Benny is pushing his shot too much and part of that is timing on the release to go with lack of arc.

4- Sliding on defense. You can tell he is much more comfortable playing mtm in how he does well sliding his feet on the perimeter but loses himself chasing in rotations. If JB isn't just saying things and mixes in more MTM- Benny i think can be an elite defender given his length and instincts on the ball. He can be a good zone defender too especially as a weak side shot  blocker but needs a lot of work on rotations.
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