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[QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 2758198, member: 2458"]
I’m not sure about Hughes’s knack for rebounding - either down low or up top.

There were a few boards he could’ve/should’ve had down low.  But when he was up top, he basically sprinted into the paint twice in a row while long rebounds went right to where he should’ve been.  Jimmy got on him pretty good during a timeout.

Offensively, he looks more like a forward to me though.  He’s a scorer.  A shooter.  A finisher.  He can handle the ball well enough to drive, but he’s not really a ball handler as far as setting up the offense.  Yet.  That may develop.  He found somebody(Marek? Or OB?) for a corner 3 late in the shot clock, that was a nice pass off penetration.

I think he’s a very good shooter, will get buckets in the open court, can get to the hole, and has smooth athleticism and body control.  He’s the kind of player that will get 20 ppg or so in another year or two, IMO.

Not so much in style of play, but in stats...I see him being Preston Shumpert like.  20 ppg and 6 reb. or so at his peak(junior/senior year)-provided we get back to playing at a pace that will allow stats like that. He’s bigger and more athletic.  Can’t say he as good of a shooter yet(the original #3 was one of our best ever), but in time it won’t surprise me if he gets there.  His shot looks pure and legit.
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