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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 1392275, member: 569"] I agree with most of this. I would say that his jumper is a little flat and too mechanical looking but its his confidence on the release or rather lack there of that kills him. Everyone that ever played bball and got hot shooting the ball can tell you they never once thought about mechanics or release when they where in the zone. You basically just can't wait to shoot again because the shot feels so good coming off your fingertips since you're just letting it go. Tyler looks like he's thinking about the form itself as he shoots. He played a lot and still did this all season. He's a very talented and athletic kid as you point out but he is not an ideal size for the 4 in our system and he doesn't have the ideal skills to play the 3 in our system. He is excellent at running the floor and tracking rebounds. He's a good garbage man, a good defender other than losing the corner to start every game and he has some ability to slash but that is rarely showed off since everyone can play off him until he can make that jumper regularly. On a stacked team for us ideally he would be the 3rd forward who backup up both spots. By the time he's a senior I expect his skills to be developed enough to play the 3 and his strength and experience to allow him to play the 4. I actually think on an undermanned front line he played the 4 admirably for his size and other than a few matchups as you mentioned he held up well. I expect he gets most of his minutes at the 4 this year because the alternatives are freshman (Diange, Lydon) and I think Mike will play more minutes than anyone with a majority of those minutes being at the 3. I do agree that likely Roberson slides to the 3 when Mike isn't there. This team has a very interesting dynamic in that it could be especially good if we get a healthy and ready Coleman, consistent play from Mike/Trevor, player development in Kaleb/Tyler and production off the bench from our freshman. The thing is that almost all of those things are at least somewhat questionable and if most of them do not happen we very well could struggle in much the same way we did last season. Not necessary as bad as last season but similar. There are a lot of ways that things could go. I personally think we will be pretty good but I'm counting on a healthy Coleman(which is a gamble), I'm counting on a much improved Joseph, I'm counting on Roberson being more of an offensive threat, I'm counting on Mike being a star, I'm counting on Trevor having to do less and I'm thinking that that freshman will mostly be needed as bench players. Who really knows :noidea: [/QUOTE]

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