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Message: [QUOTE="gmacfor3, post: 2727900, member: 4703"] Awesome report! I haven’t been to a practice this year but I did attend the scrimmage tonight and I thought your assessments were pretty much spot on from what I saw tonight. I’ll try to add a few other additional observations from tonight while trying not to repeat what has been previously stated (and understanding there wasn’t any intense defense being played tonight): Battle is a stud, we all know that. Didn’t look to assert himself tonight like he will when they play for real, but you can tell he’s ultra confident. His shot however didn’t look a whole lot different to me. Watching him shoot in the 3 point contest, I saw a pretty similar stroke to last season. It seemed to me that he has made a slight adjustment to try to negate the hitch in his shot, but it’s still there somewhat. Hard to break a habit like that. I don’t think Tyus is ever going to be a knock down shooter, but the kid is flat out clutch and will make shots when he needs to. Paschal looked great...comfortable and decisive on the court, especially on defense. I was blocking everything and moving well. Definitely looks stronger as has been mentioned. Brissett’s shot looked great in the game and in the shooting contest. Consistency is what he lacked last season, and it certainly looked like he’s made strides there. Super confident as well, as you would expect. Marek didn’t really stand out (other than a nice windmill dunk on a break away), but a setting like tonight isn’t where his game will shine. Did shoot one three that I remember but it wasn’t really close to going in. Hughes shoots it well with RANGE. Nice looking stroke out to 25 ft. Excited to see what he can do this year. Carey’s injury put a damper on the whole night...the dome got deafly quiet when he went down. Hopefully it’s a minor sprain and he doesn’t miss much time because with frank out he’d get a ton of valuable mins in the exhibition games and even first few actual games as they likely ease frank back into the mix. Carey didn’t do much before the injury but it was easy to see his quick twitch athleticism. Buddy was very impressive. Love the Rautins comparison. Advanced feel for the game and so smart which makes up for lack of athleticism. He had a breakaway with Braswell trailing the play ready to pin his shot against the backboard, but Buddy slowed down, got his body into braswell keeping braswell from being able to jump, went off two feet and scored. Veteran move. I think he’ll get minutes this year, although probably not a ton with the guards we have ahead of him, but he’s got a bright future. Having him and Girard on the same team would be unbelievable and would create so much space on the floor for our better athletes to attack because defenders wouldn’t be able to help off them ever! Sidibe looked to be moving better but it is clear he is still in a lot of discomfort. He asked out of the scrimmage early after completing a dunk. He seemed to hobble a lot, but he was aggressive offensively and finished well. The article today said the pain is from soreness related to his recovery and not the tendinitis in his knees, so hopefully that’s a good sign. Trainer didn’t even come over to check on him when he asked out and he was put back in soon after so maybe it’s something he’ll work through, but didn’t look like a positive sign to me. Braswell impressed me, mostly with his timing going for rebounds and the fact that he seemed very poised on the court, never forcing the issue but still making an impact offensively. Southerland clone. So excited for the season to start, although the injury bug has already grabbed ahold of several players. While there is some depth this year to withstand some of that, if injuries linger it obviously lowers our potential ceiling. Fingers crossed for quick recoveries and a championship season! [/QUOTE]

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