sutomcat
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I happened to be close to the Melo Center last night and stumbled upon the men's team playing a spirited scrimmage. Was able to watch for a few minutes.
Brissett, Sidibe and Howard were not there so no comments on them.
One team had Tyus on it. The other had Elijah. They covered each other. They dominated the scrimmage, each taking most of the shots. Hughes was really impressive. I think he took 6 shots and made all of them. 4 were from outside the 3 point circle; one was a mid range jumper and one was a floater from the middle of the paint. His shooting form is excellent. He mostly stayed on the perimeter but showed the ability to penetrate as well.
Tyus tried to respond to this barrage and did a good job. He kept beating Hughes with a crossover, got into the paint seemingly whenever he wanted to and either scored on a short shot, got fouled or made a pass for a layup to one of his teammates.
Buddy was on Elijah's team. He had a couple of open looks from outside (one on a nice pass out from the paint by Elijah) but missed the shots. Got a couple of rebounds, got fouled inside once and made both FTs. He looked like he belonged out there.
Howard Washington played PG for Hughes' team and looked solid. No signs of recovering from surgery. Made a floater and ran the offense well.
A player I believe was Jalen Carey got in the game about halfway through the time I was watching. He rarely touched the ball and I can only say he looked good elevating to get a rebound.
A walk on played PG for Tyus' team. Feldman I think. He took one outside shot and missed the rim badly. I don't look for him to play much.
Marek rarely touched the ball but played good defense and made a crazy headlong dive for a loose ball, as is his wont. He didn't take any shots while I was watching.
Braswell didn't touch the ball much either but he got a couple of rebounds and showed a nice handle on a play where he was taking the ball up and noticed the defense wasn't paying much attention to him. Ended up getting close and made the layup. No shots taken from the outside.
Chukwu also didn't touch it much but did get the ball down low in scoring position once. Missed thatshot (well defended by Marek I think) but got the rebound, pump faked and scored down low.
Biggest takeways for me were Howard looks 100% or really close to it and all that look about Hughes being good looks legit. His defense was not impressive but on this day anyway, his shooting was really impressive.
Brissett, Sidibe and Howard were not there so no comments on them.
One team had Tyus on it. The other had Elijah. They covered each other. They dominated the scrimmage, each taking most of the shots. Hughes was really impressive. I think he took 6 shots and made all of them. 4 were from outside the 3 point circle; one was a mid range jumper and one was a floater from the middle of the paint. His shooting form is excellent. He mostly stayed on the perimeter but showed the ability to penetrate as well.
Tyus tried to respond to this barrage and did a good job. He kept beating Hughes with a crossover, got into the paint seemingly whenever he wanted to and either scored on a short shot, got fouled or made a pass for a layup to one of his teammates.
Buddy was on Elijah's team. He had a couple of open looks from outside (one on a nice pass out from the paint by Elijah) but missed the shots. Got a couple of rebounds, got fouled inside once and made both FTs. He looked like he belonged out there.
Howard Washington played PG for Hughes' team and looked solid. No signs of recovering from surgery. Made a floater and ran the offense well.
A player I believe was Jalen Carey got in the game about halfway through the time I was watching. He rarely touched the ball and I can only say he looked good elevating to get a rebound.
A walk on played PG for Tyus' team. Feldman I think. He took one outside shot and missed the rim badly. I don't look for him to play much.
Marek rarely touched the ball but played good defense and made a crazy headlong dive for a loose ball, as is his wont. He didn't take any shots while I was watching.
Braswell didn't touch the ball much either but he got a couple of rebounds and showed a nice handle on a play where he was taking the ball up and noticed the defense wasn't paying much attention to him. Ended up getting close and made the layup. No shots taken from the outside.
Chukwu also didn't touch it much but did get the ball down low in scoring position once. Missed thatshot (well defended by Marek I think) but got the rebound, pump faked and scored down low.
Biggest takeways for me were Howard looks 100% or really close to it and all that look about Hughes being good looks legit. His defense was not impressive but on this day anyway, his shooting was really impressive.