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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 5217015, member: 837"] Just a few random thoughts that may (or may not) prompt some discussion: [LIST] [*][B]Love Carlos' defense.[/B] He had a couple sloppy turnovers (that happens) and wasn't quite as impactful on the offensive end (though he still played really well), but I love the way Carlos plays defense. The way he hops from his guy to another guy to thwart penetration but then recovers to his guy. We need to get more guys playing that way. That's exactly what I've been posting about regarding team defense vs. five guys on five islands. He's a fun player. [*][B]Starling MUCH more active defensively.[/B] It's easier to be active against the teams we played in these scrimmages, but I counted at least five moments where JJ got his hand in the breadbasket and messed up a ball-handler. He had a really tough year last year on the defensive end and i think part of it is that you have to anticipate and gamble at times defensively to be truly impactful. He's been much more active in that regard in both scrimmages this year. Hopefully a sign of things to come. [*][B]Kind of a weird game defensively.[/B] Played pretty decently on the defensive end but forced 14 TOs and came up with 8 steals while being +8 on the glass. Obviously no Lampkin affects that. Think Donnie was maybe dealing with some leg stuff, that might have been part of it. But just a strange game -- forced Slippery Rock into a ton of bad shots but didn't turn them over quite the way I thought we would when that game started. Not bad, just a little unusual. [*][B]Donnie was super-aggressive hedging screens.[/B] I like this style but just needs to be a bit more under control jumping those ball-handlers because better players will split that and attack the basket. If he's just slightly under more control he can string that play out a bit better. [/LIST] That was it I think. Not a whole lot to take from that one, but will be really interesting to see what this all looks like on Monday. [/QUOTE]

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