Took my two sons to see Bazley play tonight. As would be expected from a player that leads his league in points, rebounds, assists and blocks...the kid can do it all. The only bad news is that those hoping him to develop into the next DC will be very disappointed. The kid is a guard. A 6'9" guard that can drive to the hoop and shoot the 3. One drive tonight he started from the top of the key, broke a 5'9" kid's ankles with a cross over, 360 through the lane and converted with a soft right handed shot off the glass (he's left handed by the way). He will easily be able to play either forward spot with his height but posting up will not likely be a large part of his game for several years.
Tonight despite shooting 9-20 all of us agreed he was very unselfish and Princeton might be better off if he wasn't. He's obviously the team leader and tries to get everyone else involved. When Princeton is pressured Bazley brought the ball up and handles well even with smaller players guarding him. As impressed as we were we all agreed he probably didn't have his best game, even so he went for 22 and 15 with 5 blocks. As far as player comparisons are concerned I would go with Tayshaun Prince. My sons both say Anthony Davis but I think AD had more of an inside game even as a freshman when he was so skinny. Looking forward to seeing Darius in Orange.
