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Message: [QUOTE="iommi, post: 1972019, member: 249"] Outstanding writeup as usual, Tom. A few thoughts on what you said and a few additions: Chukwu on the press reminds me of a little kid learning to play soccer. If you ever watch a team of 6-year olds, they all just run to wherever the ball is. That's what PC does. To amplify your point, he needs to think of himself more as a goalie. Stay at home and guard the rim. He's in the backcourt far too much. I like how JB never seems to yell at PC. You can tell JB likes him, understands that he tries hard and knows he has a lot of work to do. Love what we are getting from AW3 but I'm not crazy about how he seems to have a gunner mentality. It wasn't so obvious this game, but in our last game he was hunting for shots in the second half when he was ice cold. There was one possession in the first half last night, when DC had tremendous position inside. White ignored him and fired up a three. His passing has been fine but he needs to look for his teammates more often. No one can deny how tremendous he's been, so I don't want to come off too negative. I get your points as to why Battle's minutes were limited but I don't have to like it. JB could've just as easily given TB some more minutes in the second half at the 2 in place of AW3. Battle still needs floor time to get himself comfortable, not matter how talented he may be. I hope he's unleashed on Saturday. His family will be there for sure, so he should get an opportunity to shine. Battle and his dad, Gary, expected Tyus to come in and play significant minutes. That I know for a fact, let's just say. Howard's shot is not a product of the competition IMO. Yes, he's been open but you can tell he and the staff have completely reconstructed his shot mechanics. Kudos. And at 6'5" and a high release, he should be able to shoot well over a hand. Also, Howard's vision is amazing. Those no look passes! He's so confident and aggressive. Gillon has gotten a little sloppy the past couple games. He needs to tighten that up. Also, those crazy-angle and/ or high arc layups have been falling less frequently. Not worried. Gillon dunked but hes capable of even better. This guy can throw down like Jonny Flynn did against Rutgers. I was there for that one-- one of my favorite SU dunks ever. Roberson had the quietest double-double I can remember. He did rebound his own miss once or twice, so that helps the rebounding numbers. Lunch pail effort from him. Great to see Lydon hot from deep. He needed that. He also hustled a lot. Great effort. Team looked sluggish to say the least in the first half. Taurean reminds me of Chris Bosh. Feathery jumper. Can attack the rack when he puts his mind to it. That one dunk he had was impressive. He got off the floor very quickly. Explosive. Awesome to see how the bench was going crazy for the walkons. No surprise my main man Matty Moyer was leading the cheering section. [/QUOTE]

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