Blue-White Game Biorhythms

[Bigs23]

I think Wilson, Trimble, Luka and Henri are going to be good to great. Just not sure about the rest of the team.

If we get good to great from those 4 it’s going to be a good season.

There’s enough complementary talent to piece together a quality 7/8 man rotation.

Evans
Powell
Young
Stevenson

Brown
High
Dixon
Denis

 

[UNCatTech]

Did we win?

 

[SnoopRob]

Did we win?

Yes. And no.

 

[nycfan]

Got around to watching most of the first half and a highlight reel. Obviously it is very early, ply was understandably raw etc, but I was glad to get to watch.

Random thoughts:

* I literally had to have a copy of the roster to figure out who was who, especially since first video I watched was by a fan in the crowd and you couldn’t hear the announcer saying names after a score

* first impression was this team has more overall physical talent and potential than last year, but I don’t get a top 15 team vibe

* the play was at about 75% speed/intensity, which is fine in this setting, though a few guys looked more like 50% (ahem Jarin Stevenson)

* we seemed to be trying to add a pick and roll to the offense, which is good if for no other reason than to hopefully help our guy learn to defend the pick and roll

* we had plenty of height but hard to tell quality; Veesaar was clearly the best big, but he didn’t look as physically strong as I expected; Brown seems to have developed and have potential; Zayden has tantalizing skill if he can learn to defend and keep a straight head

* Kyan Evans looked solid — he was being guarded by Seth, so I felt good overall (yes, perhaps a bit relieved) that he looks the part as a lead guard;

* Caleb Wilson looks like the best player on the squad, potentially by quite a bit, but unsurprisingly for a fresh, he also will be limited by lack of physical strength at times; Jarin defended him a good bit, so Caleb was often facing a similarly athletic and long player with several years P4 experience

* Luka has potential to be a microwave but his ball-handling was extremely suspect; not so sure he is interested in defense; he didn’t look not look as tall as advertised, but who knows

* how much are we supposed to expect from Young and Powell? Both looked like potentially solid contributors off the bench, though Young’s shooting form needs work

Rough and ragged but some potential there if the team can find some chemistry, figure out a rotation and develop a go-to player for tight games

 

[Zoo_View]

Got around to watching most of the first half and a highlight reel. Obviously it is very early, ply was understandably raw etc, but I was glad to get to watch.

Random thoughts:

* I literally had to have a copy of the roster to figure out who was who, especially since first video I watched was by a fan in the crowd and you couldn’t hear the announcer saying names after a score

* first impression was this team has more overall physical talent and potential than last year, but I don’t get a top 15 team vibe

* the play was at about 75% speed/intensity, which is fine in this setting, though a few guys looked more like 50% (ahem Jarin Stevenson)

* we seemed to be trying to add a pick and roll to the offense, which is good if for no other reason than to hopefully help our guy learn to defend the pick and roll

* we had plenty of height but hard to tell quality; Veesaar was clearly the best big, but he didn’t look as physically strong as I expected; Brown seems to have developed and have potential; Zayden has tantalizing skill if he can learn to defend and keep a straight head

* Kyan Evans looked solid — he was being guarded by Seth, so I felt good overall (yes, perhaps a bit relieved) that he looks the part as a lead guard;

* Caleb Wilson looks like the best player on the squad, potentially by quite a bit, but unsurprisingly for a fresh, he also will be limited by lack of physical strength at times; Jarin defended him a good bit, so Caleb was often facing a similarly athletic and long player with several years P4 experience

* Luka has potential to be a microwave but his ball-handling was extremely suspect; not so sure he is interested in defense; he didn’t look not look as tall as advertised, but who knows

* how much are we supposed to expect from Young and Powell? Both looked like potentially solid contributors off the bench, though Young’s shooting form needs work

Rough and ragged but some potential there if the team can find some chemistry, figure out a rotation and develop a go-to player for tight games

Pretty much my thoughts. I had to watch the video 5-6 times because I found it all so damn boring.

Team has A LONG WAY TO GO defensively. And handling the ball.

 

[superrific]

Got around to watching most of the first half and a highlight reel. Obviously it is very early, ply was understandably raw etc, but I was glad to get to watch.

Random thoughts:

* I literally had to have a copy of the roster to figure out who was who, especially since first video I watched was by a fan in the crowd and you couldn’t hear the announcer saying names after a score

* first impression was this team has more overall physical talent and potential than last year, but I don’t get a top 15 team vibe

* the play was at about 75% speed/intensity, which is fine in this setting, though a few guys looked more like 50% (ahem Jarin Stevenson)

* we seemed to be trying to add a pick and roll to the offense, which is good if for no other reason than to hopefully help our guy learn to defend the pick and roll

* we had plenty of height but hard to tell quality; Veesaar was clearly the best big, but he didn’t look as physically strong as I expected; Brown seems to have developed and have potential; Zayden has tantalizing skill if he can learn to defend and keep a straight head

* Kyan Evans looked solid — he was being guarded by Seth, so I felt good overall (yes, perhaps a bit relieved) that he looks the part as a lead guard;

* Caleb Wilson looks like the best player on the squad, potentially by quite a bit, but unsurprisingly for a fresh, he also will be limited by lack of physical strength at times; Jarin defended him a good bit, so Caleb was often facing a similarly athletic and long player with several years P4 experience

* Luka has potential to be a microwave but his ball-handling was extremely suspect; not so sure he is interested in defense; he didn’t look not look as tall as advertised, but who knows

* how much are we supposed to expect from Young and Powell? Both looked like potentially solid contributors off the bench, though Young’s shooting form needs work

Rough and ragged but some potential there if the team can find some chemistry, figure out a rotation and develop a go-to player for tight games

I think Evans and Trimble are the best players. Wilson could be by season's end but he's not there yet, in my view. I'm glad someone else noticed Luka really struggling. Different environment, different system, maybe he just needs some practice and getting used to a new system.