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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 16, 2006 15:37:43 GMT -5
If it wasn't for guys like Wallace, Cook and Owens our offense would have been far less efficient last year. Due to the loss of 3 point shooting, I expect our offense to be less efficient this year. Aren't we all being a tad forgetful? There were times last season in which people were disgusted with our three departed seniors. There were games in which the threes were not dropping and those guys as a result disappeared because they couldn't take their men off the dribble, wouldn't take them off the dribble or could not finish when they did. There was a reason, even one week after the Duke game, that Dick "Hoops' Weiss wrote that the team's three most important players were Green, Hibbert and Wallace. And as much as I think the guys have been slighted by NBA scouts, there is a reason why Green and Hibbert excited scouts far more than the three players who graduated. First off, I didn't comment on Bowman. Second, I never said that Cook and Owens were superstars; just that their three point shooting (along with Wallace) was a major contributor to our offensive efficiency. So, I basically have no idea what the point of your response was. GIGA - sure, if Pat, Sapp, Summers, etc. can't shoot even a respectable clip from 3, then they can try to attack a sagging zone in other ways. The simple fact, however, is that the best way to hurt a zone that sags is with threes, and the best way to help our big men and keep it from sagging is the threat of threes. If we only have one guy that consistently hit threes, our offense won't be as efficient as last year. I really don't see any way around that, unless those 40% shots from 3 are suddenly turned into 60% shots from 2 - which is highly, highly unlikely.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 16, 2006 13:59:09 GMT -5
Gerald Riley was hanging around yesterday - I was thinking about how useful he would be for us this year. He was simply ahead of his time.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 16, 2006 13:18:37 GMT -5
The problem is that the 3 is open because the D is sagging off. If they take a few dribbles, all of a sudden they aren't open anymore.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 16, 2006 12:01:29 GMT -5
If it wasn't for guys like Wallace, Cook and Owens our offense would have been far less efficient last year. Due to the loss of 3 point shooting, I expect our offense to be less efficient this year.
We will need Sapp, Ewing, Summers and whoever the third guard is to at least hit some threes to minimize that loss. If they barely take any 3s and make 25% of those they do take, I'm not sure our improved defense and rebounding will make up for our overall offensive losses.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 16, 2006 8:44:14 GMT -5
Gist hit a three early but then got jumper happy, and missed 2-3 dunks. He made at best 1/3 of his shots. Vazquez had a much tougher day today than he had so far, and chances for shimmies were few and far between. He made a halfcourt three at the end of the first, but other than that struggled. He missed 2 3s near the end with a chance to tie, and was clearly outplayed by Summers, who he was matched up with for most of the game. Was it Summers on him a lot or Green on him a lot? I noticed the times when Jeff was on him. In either case an interesting defensive alignment, I guess what do you do w/ a 6-5 guard in a Kenner League game. Honestly, now I'm a bit confused. What I am sure of is that Vazquez spent most of his time guarding Summers. On the other end I'm now very messed up. I remember that both Jeff and Summers guarded him at times (and I think you are right that it was Jeff at the end), but as for who did it more I'm at a loss. As for how the Tombs has played so far, I'll say a C. I didn't see the first game though, and Green missed 2 games. Summers has been pretty consistently good, Macklin up and down, and really besides one half Rivers has struggled. Nobody has really had a great game in the 3 I have seen, except maybe Wallace's 26 point performance - although he struggled mightily against tougher D today. I expect that as times passes the freshman will play a lot better and now that Green is back things will open up more for them. However, I actually think Clyde's should be the favorite to win the league.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 15, 2006 23:42:50 GMT -5
I had Roy at something like 37 points and 15 or so boards. Maybe 6-7 blocks. Spann guarded him at first, then Thomas after he showed up. Didn't really matter. He is by far the most dominant player in the league. He was also very vocal, yelling at teammates who weren't doing what he wanted, and being visibly Editeded while sitting at the scorers table and not being able to egt back in during a sloppy stretch in the 2nd half.
Sapp played OK - made a 3, maybe had 10 points, but probably also had close to 10 boards.
Spann was being guarded by Roy early on, but missed two fairly open threes and airballed a lefty runner. Spann and Egerson started scoring well after things got out of hand, so hard to read anything into that.
In game two, the Tombs took down the Jammers. FlHoya will surely have a better recap than me, so I'll be brief. Jeff was only OK, as his jumper was off and he had some sloppy turnovers. Macklin had by far his best game, probably scoring somewhere in the teens. He had some nice hooks today Summers was solid again as well, hitting two threes and probably also scoring in the teens.
Rivers was pretty bad - he couldn't hit a shot and was sloppy with the ball. Wallace struggled a lot with some guy named Kreppy - I think he had in the low single digits.
Gist hit a three early but then got jumper happy, and missed 2-3 dunks. He made at best 1/3 of his shots. Vazquez had a much tougher day today than he had so far, and chances for shimmies were few and far between. He made a halfcourt three at the end of the first, but other than that struggled. He missed 2 3s near the end with a chance to tie, and was clearly outplayed by Summers, who he was matched up with for most of the game.
Tomorrow Clyde's and Tombs play, in what is probably a preview of the Kenner title game.
Edit - I also saw the 2nd half of the DeMatha game. I intentionally showed up late since they are usually 15 minutes behind, but today they were on time. Oops.
Anyway, it wasn't very eventful. Austin barely got the ball, and in the 2nd had 5 points on 2/3 and 1/2 FTs. Braswell played very well, getting a lot of boards and 9-10 points in the half. He also had a nasty block or two.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 15, 2006 10:09:42 GMT -5
For those planning on heading to the main Kenner league (games start at 3:15), I thought you might be interested to know that Freeman's team will be playing at 2. If you want to make a (long) day of it, you could see Freeman, Braswell, Ewing Jr., Sapp, Hibbert, Egerson, Spann, Green, Wallace, Summers, Macklin and Rivers in a 5 or so hour period.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 13, 2006 22:05:12 GMT -5
But, again, the problem is those spots might open up after they have already decided to commit somewhere else.
Basically, if they commit to us, they are taking a risk.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 8, 2006 19:35:41 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Sapp will start - I think the real battle is for the third guard spot.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 8, 2006 18:25:36 GMT -5
I'd say Ewing (Jr., not the original, who was lounging next to JT) was about an inch shorter than Summers, as I saw them talking between games. Not sure where that leaves us though.
I gotta eat, so I don't have time to post a real recap - I basically agree with what was said above. Only Summers played well, but Macklin and Rivers had some flashes - but also some awful plays.
And yes, what you've heard is true - Jeremiah can't shoot. At all.
One quick question - have the Tombs ever started out 0-2? Or lost by 20 like they did today?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 6, 2006 18:16:59 GMT -5
Here is a list of some notable players I pulled from MDVarsity
"Meyers & Alterman-Will Thomas, Folarin Campbell, Louis Birdsong, Andre Smith(George Mason incoming freshman PG who was VERY good), Marc Egerson, and Octavius Spann
Bulldogs-Gil Goodrich, Tyronne Beale, Orlando Wright(brother of Chris Wright) and a bunch of Bowie State players. G.Goodrich was SPECTACULAR!!
D.C.Jammers-James Gist, Greivis Vasquez, Mike Creppy, Kelvin Creppy, Gordon Klaiber, Louis Brookins
Electro-Lite 02-Mamadi Diane, Tony Bethel, Devin Sweetney, Randy Gill(White Chocolate), TRAJAN LANGDON(yeah, the former Duke player), Calvin Hampton, Tyler Crawford, Josh Thornton, Phil Goss
Custom Uniform- Randy Hampton, Calvin Brown, Devin Mooring, Patrick Ewing Jr.
Clyde's-Frank Peterson, Brandon Bilby(American), Roy Hibbert, Jessie Sapp, Lorenzo Miles
Tombs-Jeff Green, Jonathan Wallace, Desmond Adedeji
Bethesda Magic-Rob Little, Willie Shaw(UDC, he played well), Travis Lay, Walter Booth(North Carolina A&T), Jordan Nichols, Steve Danley, Cameron Lewis"
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 30, 2006 14:48:18 GMT -5
and we all know you like a hotdog YAAAAAAY My intern is currently staring at me and wondering why I am laughing so damn hard. Nice thinly veiled brag post
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 29, 2006 20:01:49 GMT -5
For the record, the schedule was added later. In this instance my incompetence was not the problem.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 29, 2006 18:27:33 GMT -5
New article at GU Hoyas: guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062706aaa.html"Juniors Jeff Green (Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern) and Jonathan Wallace (Harvest, Ala./Sparkman) will play for The Tombs, while juniors Patrick Ewing, Jr. (Marietta, Ga./National Christian Academy [Md.]) will play for Custom Uniforms. Sophomores Marc Egerson (Wilmington, Del./Glasgow) and Octavius Spann (College Park, Ga./Banneker) will play for Myers & Alterman; junior Tyler Crawford (Staunton, Va./Robert E. Lee) and sophomore Josh Thornton (Rochester, N.Y./Caesar Rodney [Del.]) are on the roster for Electro-Lite 02; and junior Roy Hibbert (Adelphi, Md./Georgetown Prep) will team up with sophomore Jessie Sapp (New York, N.Y./National Christian Academy [Md.]) for The Clyde's." Maybe Sead is the "juniors" on Custom Uniforms? It claims that there is a schedule attached, but I don't see it.I also sorta preferred the idea of Sapp with Green on the Tombs so Rivers could play point all the time, but whatever. Finally, nice to see that it is Pro/Am again instead of having a seperate Pro league.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 28, 2006 23:00:30 GMT -5
Well, hopefully he can get picked up via FA
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 27, 2006 17:57:26 GMT -5
I searched around for this once a few months back. The guy who was hosting it no longer is.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 24, 2006 10:07:04 GMT -5
Come on now guys. You are grossly underestimating how hard it is to be an NBA All-Star. I know that it's incredibly hard, but are you saying you don't think those guys have the potential. I certainly dont think they'll all be all stars, but I definitely think at least one of them will be. Maybe Roy does, simply because there are so few good centers - but his chances are certainly lower than 50 percent. Summers and Freeman I have no comment on - they need to play in college before I can make a good guess. I'd say Jeff's chances are maybe 10% at best. I can't imagine him ever scoring 20 a game or getting 10 boards in the NBA, and if you can't do one of those you won't make the All-Star team as a PF (and yes, he'll be a PF in the NBA). Jeff can be a good solid player, but I don't think he's likely to put up the numbers to be an All-Star.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 23, 2006 23:08:53 GMT -5
If Roy keeps improving it could be him, but I'd probably bet on Jeff being the one to carry the torch. Summers and especially Freeman are also very likely to be allstars. Come on now guys. You are grossly underestimating how hard it is to be an NBA All-Star.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 22, 2006 20:41:58 GMT -5
2 weeks ago I was not confident that he'd be drafted. Now I'm sure he will be.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 26, 2006 19:36:36 GMT -5
Gani Lawal looks like he was the last cut
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