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Post by mckspicks on Jul 30, 2010 19:43:42 GMT -5
Jerelle played good active D (nice job fronting Julian) and had a few nice finished under the hoop. Vee was abilty to get the ball into the lane easily, but had no success getting it into the hoop. Julian showed better hands than I remember and corralled a lot of touch passes. I thought Markel looked very good, especially in the first half, Austin was almost fatherly, helping the kids out and exploding from time to time. Nate was very active with his hands knocking the ball away when he was face guarding. I posted a little bit more about the night here, no stats but more commentary: strainedvocals.blogspot.com/
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KHoyaNYC
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Jul 30, 2010 21:17:28 GMT -5
Do not underestimate the positive impact Jerelle will have on the team this year.
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 30, 2010 23:17:59 GMT -5
Do not underestimate the positive impact Jerelle will have on the team this year. I agree. I think some people have been a bit quick to write him off, or at least assume that if we're relying on him for big minutes, that's a bad sign. I've said for a while that Nate will be huge for us, and I think he may be the biggest X factor next year. But Jerelle gave us quality minutes last year. He fought for the ball. He made some nice moves to the hoop. He hustled on D. At times, he played like a bigger guy than I think he actually is. He seemed more willing to mix it up for rebounds than anyone on the team. (Sure, Greg got more rebounds, but Jerelle seemed to have to fight for his, and he seemed willing to do that.) The one thing that drove me nuts about Jerelle is that he would hang out on the wing, but whenever he got the ball there, he'd freeze up or immediately look to pass. He was no threat to shoot from there. Rarely was he a threat to make an agressive move from outside. So after a while, defenses were giving him all kinds of space, but nothing would come of it. I would love it if he could: (a) pop a three every now and again, (b) drive to the hoop from some distance out, and/or (c) put the ball on the floor for at least a few seconds and try to find a cutter or at least force the defense to respect the fact that he has the ball. If he could consistently do two or three of those things, I think that goes a long way to making him a complete and really productive player.
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Post by skyhoya on Jul 31, 2010 7:45:51 GMT -5
strummer85 JB exhibited all the skills that you just wished for in his last Kenner game. Last year he lacked any offensive confidence and was injured most of the year. His ankles appear to be fine this year. He looked good in two games at Kenner this year, but there is questionable defense in that league. He should get minutes early in the upcoming season because he has a head start over the freshmen in progressing in knowledge of the system, but if he doesn't produce, he'll collect splinters,
Just think if Hank could play with JB's energy and still have his skills, what a player Hank would be.
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Post by mckspicks on Jul 31, 2010 9:04:13 GMT -5
Sky I think you're characteristic of a JB as a triple threat is a little generous. He impressed me a lot on thursday night, but must have had a sub 1 dribble/touches ratio until in the final minutes he dribbled from the 3pt line to the block and back. Around the paint, he was confident and made strong moves, but on the perimeter, where he usually finds himself in the Georgetown scheme, he was almost always was looking for the pass. There is still a strange distinction between his aggressive inside game and timorous outside one. Hopefully he can bridge that over the summer and use his fairly quick first step and arc-less though seemingly very efficient jumper to keep people off balance.
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Post by calhoya on Jul 31, 2010 9:42:45 GMT -5
I hope that JB develops. Last year his energy was a needed component for the Hoyas in the Big East. However, his game (as noted by others) was very limited to high energy rebounding. The problem is that he really is not that tall and against bigger teams he will have trouble getting too many boards. Sitting on the perimeter is part of the Hoya offense, but to be effective out there he needs to have a shot that will at least keep his defender honest and prevent that defender from sagging back in the middle to play help defense on the other post. It all comes down to the outside game this year--not just for JB but the whole team. If we can extend the defense it will open up the inside for JV, MA, NL, JB and hopefully Henry Sims.
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skyhoya
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Post by skyhoya on Jul 31, 2010 10:40:39 GMT -5
Two games do not make JB the answer to our position. Hank looked good in Kenner a couple years ago, never has made the in side player we all hoped for. Perhaps, this is the year for both JB and HS to play effectively. We can only hope.
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Post by rustyshackleford on Jul 31, 2010 11:28:56 GMT -5
One of the fortuitous realities of this year's BE that'll work in JB and Henry's favor is that the quality of an average level frontcourt player in the league is likely below what it was in previous years. The number of solid returning frontcourt players in the league can probably be counted on one hand (especially since Greedy Pete was kicked off Provy). That means we just need league average play from JB/Hank/Nate/Moses and can hope they develop as the year goes on.
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