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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 3360938, member: 1674"] Okay, watched the game against Brewster (link here: [MEDIA=youtube]-nX1rhy1rSQ[/MEDIA]) If I kept the numbers correctly, Newton finished with: 21 points 5 rebounds 1 assist 0 blocks 2 steals 6 turnovers 2 fouls 3/4 shooting from inside the arc 5/7 3 point shooting no free throws Some takeaways having watched two games now: [LIST] [*]As much as I kinda question the mechanics, 8/12 shooting from the 3 point line in the two games I watched is obviously very impressive (though 1 of them I would categorize as accidentally making it as he pretty much just threw the ball up and it happened to bounce off the backboard and in). Still a very small sample size, but impressive in that sample nonetheless. [*]He showed much better passing chops in the Brewster game than he showed against PSA. Had 2 really nice interior passes as well as a post entry pass. [*]Had a couple successful and impressive drives in the Brewster game, though he failed to finish on one of them. [*]I think my initial summary of his defense remains the same: very impressive 1 on 1 defender, flat out lazy off-ball defender/rebounder. He can really put the clamps on people when he wants to, but off the ball, he had two instances that looked like one of those James Harden videos where he just completely fell asleep and had no idea where his man had gone. Still pretty much no effort to rebound which is pretty concerning considering his size and raw offensive game. [*]Overall, hard for me to see him playing much as a freshman if these two games are an accurate representation of his current skill set. If he brings more effort on the glass, I think there's a role for him as a 3nD guy, but absent improvement on the glass or improvement in terms of creating offense, I can't really see him getting minutes early on. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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