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Message: [QUOTE="ElwoodJBlues, post: 5058957, member: 629"] I’ve mentioned it in other threads, but I watched a lot of Hofstra the past few years as they’ve been on MSG or SNY down here quite often. They had 2pm start times so they filled a spot between the big nooners and some of the later afternoon games. CAA basketball isn’t that bad of a level, the top 4-5 teams would be competitive in the A-10 imo. Carlos is fine as a backup PG at this level. [LIST] [*]He’s a streaky shooter, very good passer and good defender. [*]He penetrates very well, but really lacks the hops, bulldog mentality to get to the rim. [*]Hofstra hasn’t had much of an inside game in recent years, so him penetrating didn’t result in many easy dump offs to bigs when defenders collapsed. [*]Carlos does a really nice job of kicking out/finding the open man when defenses start to collapse on him during penetration. [*]He plays third (or fourth) scoring option really well. When Hofstra had Estrada, Thomas and Dubar last year, Carlos played off ball a lot. He was often the safety valve for those players when they got into trouble. [*]We heard Red wants to get more up/down. Carlos pushes tempo really well and hits buckets in transition. In an up-tempo game, his defense is really good because of his hands and his ability to draw charges. [*]Some of his shooting issues seemed mental. If he hits his first few shots, he has a ton of confidence and shoots well. If he misses a couple, things get ugly quickly and he’ll stop looking to shoot. [*]From what I recall, defensively, he was very good as an on-ball defender and was surprisingly not that bad against bigger players who would try to back him down. [*]I assume when he’s on the court, bigger guards will try to ISO and take it to the rim. Or, he’ll get picked and the opposing team will try to get a size advantage during the switch out of the pick. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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