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Post by hoyalove4ever on May 7, 2021 13:06:35 GMT -5
Stroke that three Dante!!!
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Post by hoyas315 on May 7, 2021 14:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on May 21, 2021 22:03:53 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on May 22, 2021 10:33:28 GMT -5
Dante was the biggest surprise recruit last year and probably of the Ewing era. What a find. Great kid. Huge improvement during the season too. Works hard. Team guy. What else can we say? A foundation around which Coach Pat can build another solid team. Whether or not any additions are made to the roster between now and when the season starts, it is going to be another exciting year for GU Hoops. HOYA SAXA!
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Post by hoyas315 on Jun 7, 2021 16:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by hoyaguy on Jun 7, 2021 16:43:31 GMT -5
Can’t wait for him to make the haters’ jaws drop
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Post by EtomicB on Jun 7, 2021 17:36:58 GMT -5
Can’t wait for him to make the haters’ jaws drop In my view, he's done this already...
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Jul 1, 2021 20:44:51 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jul 2, 2021 15:16:52 GMT -5
Smart kid. Of course he chose the Hoyas, so that kind of goes without saying.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2021 15:22:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2021 15:29:34 GMT -5
That boy got that "G" on his chest!
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Post by tashoya on Oct 21, 2021 19:26:11 GMT -5
What I love most about Dante is his fire. He's the kind of player that other teams' fanbases hate and I LOVE that. And, I love that Dante loves that.
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Post by hibernatinghoyafan on Nov 14, 2021 13:56:30 GMT -5
Watching this again and what the actual fu(k happened to Dante's jump shot mechanics? It makes me think of Charles Barkley's golf swing with how nasty the hitch is now. I always thought Dante just had to get a little stronger in his legs to become a better shooter. Really confused why someone thought this was a positive switch?
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Post by professorhoya on Nov 14, 2021 14:06:31 GMT -5
Watching this again and what the actual fu(k happened to Dante's jump shot mechanics? It makes me think of Charles Barkley's golf swing with how nasty the hitch is now. I always thought Dante just had to get a little stronger in his legs to become a better shooter. Really confused why someone thought this was a positive switch? I think we need to give it a couple games to see if it's not him compensating for some injury. If a change was made then it would seem that Coach Crouch would be the one to have adjusted his shot.
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Post by EtomicB on Nov 14, 2021 14:16:47 GMT -5
Watching this again and what the actual fu(k happened to Dante's jump shot mechanics? It makes me think of Charles Barkley's golf swing with how nasty the hitch is now. I always thought Dante just had to get a little stronger in his legs to become a better shooter. Really confused why someone thought this was a positive switch? Agreed it’s terrible right now… The response below seemed odd to me but now I know why he made it…
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Post by saxagael on Nov 14, 2021 14:30:40 GMT -5
Watching this again and what the actual fu(k happened to Dante's jump shot mechanics? It makes me think of Charles Barkley's golf swing with how nasty the hitch is now. I always thought Dante just had to get a little stronger in his legs to become a better shooter. Really confused why someone thought this was a positive switch? I think we need to give it a couple games to see if it's not him compensating for some injury. If a change was made then it would seem that Coach Crouch would be the one to have adjusted his shot. Couch Crouch took this jerky shot out of Berger last year and made his shot much smoother. After a rewatch Dante's shot is an utter mess. Starting arms with a jerky motion after getting to the apex of the jump and not using the ball's motion up from the jump for an easy guiding isn't going to make many shots at all. That shot is an end of the bench player shot, it is that bad. But, in the second half, when Dante was at the 3 line and stepped in a couple steps and pulled up his old fluid shot made the quite long two. The good shot is still there. Having heard Crouch talk about shot mechanics, Dante didn't pick this shot up from Crouch. Hopefully he actually listens to Crouch to get this mess he himself created fixed.
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Post by kbones17 on Nov 14, 2021 15:32:11 GMT -5
I think we need to give it a couple games to see if it's not him compensating for some injury. If a change was made then it would seem that Coach Crouch would be the one to have adjusted his shot. Couch Crouch took this jerky shot out of Berger last year and made his shot much smoother. After a rewatch Dante's shot is an utter mess. Starting arms with a jerky motion after getting to the apex of the jump and not using the ball's motion up from the jump for an easy guiding isn't going to make many shots at all. That shot is an end of the bench player shot, it is that bad. But, in the second half, when Dante was at the 3 line and stepped in a couple steps and pulled up his old fluid shot made the quite long two. The good shot is still there. Having heard Crouch talk about shot mechanics, Dante didn't pick this shot up from Crouch. Hopefully he actually listens to Crouch to get this mess he himself created fixed. I agree that there is an odd hitch in his jump shot right now. It was evident in the practice clips the team released in the last couple of months. That said, how many jump shots did he actually take yesterday? He went 1-3 from 3, hit a midrange jumper late, a layup off of a steal, a weird floater from way to far out, and then got stuffed at the rim a bunch of times (he needs to work on jumping in to initiate contact and draw the foul or drop pass it to Tim/Malcolm).
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Post by iowa80 on Nov 14, 2021 16:04:49 GMT -5
I’d like see more dribble penetration and dish from Dante. Perhaps that’s expecting too much at this stage but he’s certainly quick enough .
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Nov 14, 2021 16:11:19 GMT -5
Harris is experiencing the same problem that Akinjo had- they can get past their defenders, but are too small and not bouncy enough to finish at the BE level. Dante will have to look to dish more and initiate contact to draw fouls.
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Post by iowa80 on Nov 14, 2021 16:18:00 GMT -5
Harris is experiencing the same problem that Akinjo had- they can get past their defenders, but are too small and not bouncy enough to finish at the BE level. Dante will have to look to dish more and initiate contact to draw fouls. True. Not everyone is Joey Brown!
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