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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 4807263, member: 966"] Premature assessments, but: • Need more/better communications on D. Shots We’re going up and our defenders were unaware. • Id like to see earlier boxing out/rebounding preparation from both McLeod and Benny. They’re trying to rebound off of reactions, not technique. Benny gets beaten for boards, and McLeod just doesn’t even get near them unless he’s already near them. • Copeland is dynamic as heck but he’d be much more effective with like 15% less flash. • Cuffe is going to be very valuable. Love his game. • JJ has handles, quicks, and speed. Wow. If he demonstrates a three and can also pull up mid-range, he’s unstoppable. I need to see both him and Judah in the same game, but I’m wondering which would be drafted first. • Carey and McLeod—would rather not see them pressing defenders aggressively 25’ out. If their man is showing a 3-point shot, they’re not the right guys on the floor. Either way, they’re just going to pick up cheap fouls. • Disappointed not to see Patterson. Is he nursing an injury, too? • Exciting to see this new style of play, and I get that it’s exhibition 01, but I hope we become a team that runs intelligently. There was no scheme out there. McLeod had size mismatches all day but we didn’t even think about exploiting that except for a few incidental touches. I expect Judah and JJ will be the two guys who are the go-tos, then Benny, but I think we have been best historically when we have had a post player who was a dependable clutch/go-to option. Not sure we have that with Benny. Yet. He looked good with his lane turnaround/fades, but he’s going to be a finesse player and I worry about physical and talented teams. We may have enough talent on the perimeter to still be really good, but in crunch time against good/better teams, I worry about relying on outside/finesse stuff. • I am really glad we still have Taylor. I thought he might transfer. He’s solid now and I can see potential for him being something special. • Can’t wait until we are at full strength with Westry. It will be interesting to see how the minutes shake out, with so many players at the same ‘position.’ [/QUOTE]

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