hammb wrote:Globetrotter wrote:hammb wrote:I haven't noticed him playing what I'd call the 4, but I don't generally pay THAT close of attention. His size/length has given some teams problems on the perimeter though. He's gotten hands/fingers on balls that other guys wouldn't. Unfortunately his out of control style on the break hasn't allowed it to really manifest itself in easy buckets yet.
Speaking of easy buckets I thought sure Alcegaire was gonna throw down a sweet dunk last Saturday and came up just short and then I thought he hurt himself when getting stoned by the rim. Something tells me he wants that one back and will throw down a good one soon.
Speaking of easy buckets, I thought you were going got talk about Spencer Parker last night. He was consistently the first guy down the floor and they lost him 2-3 times for layups.
I didn't really watch much last night. I had the game on in my browser but if I tried to make it full screen it got so choppy it was unwatchable. In the window it was so small I didn't enjoy watching it much. I mostly just flipped back and forth to keep tabs on the score.
At this point I'm done with OOC play. We got drilled by the one truly good team on our schedule, and we've been beating up pretty well on a lot of lower tier teams. I'm ready for MAC season already to see where we really stack up against our conference mates. Honestly the way we've played thus far I have no idea what to expect. The Cincy game was ridiculous but we've been consistently beating up on teams that are, most likely, closer in talent to what we'll see in the MAC than Cincy was.
I'm ready for answers that we just won't get until the real season starts. I do have to admit this team is already light years better than I thought they'd be. I honestly thought we'd struggle with our OOC schedule as well...which was, I thought, why we set it up with a lot of lower tier competition. Nice to see that we've beaten up these teams...I'm ready to step up the competition.
I completely agree. For me it comes down to if the team is just fun to watch. I want you to win but if you lose wrestling for balls out of bounds, pressing or attacking the basket that is so much better then the slow methodical stuff we saw for over half a decade. It's the reason I am so high on Malik. He is a tremendous athlete and brings tons of energy. I don't know what that means for his basketball ability but I am intrigued. Same can be said of Alcegaire and Lillard and even to a lesser extent Ali and Wiggins. As long as they are active I am happy.
