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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5206290, member: 722"]
One thing I liked while watching Jaquan Carlos highlights was his decision making.

Even while at Hofstra, he knew he wasn't able to finish under the basket against big men ready to challenge his shot.  Often, instead of attempting an acrobatic shot doomed to get blocked, he wouldn't pick up his dribble, continued through the paint and eventually find the teammate who came open during his dribble penetration.

I remember how frustrating it was watching God Shammgod dribble through our defense all game long, even if he didn't shoot it.  Carlos reminded me a little of that in some of his highlights.  He just kept moving until he could get somebody a shot.

Can he do that at the next level? It's hard to say, but he had a few nice highlights playing against Duke last year. He went for  10 points and 9 assists against them with only 3 turnovers. He missed all 3 of his threes attempted.  Then again, it's hard to get excited about stats he put up during a 21 point loss.

If you count the AAC as a major conference, Carlos also had a great game against 25-8 South Florida, getting a double double, 11 and 10 with 2 TO.  Hofstra won this game.

Hofstra didn't play many good teams, though. The only other decent basketball teams  Hofstra played were 24-5 Princeton (11 and 9, 4 TO) and, I don't know, 20-13 St John's (10 and 4, 3 TO).

Not a lot to go on.
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