Open Practice Replay

[wadesworld]

If we're comparing them to NBA athletes we have 0 elite athletes. For BE hoops level I'd say Eke, Jamal, and Greg are excellent athletes, but none are strong so some of that gets negated. I look at strength and athleticism as two separate things.

[Herman Cain]

The original thread shows tge second half video, in tge second half sam n markus switched from the winning side to the losing side.  So if u watch tge original video first u would think that sam n markuss team was losing throughout.  My brief takes:

Sam really good, great IQ and always gets open n makes the right play

Markus decent, seems to finally take some consideration into playing defense.  Still had the head scratching 3-4 lose the ball or dribble it off his foot unforced turnovers

Sacar same as last year seems to be gaining confidence in his shot and settling into that role.  Wish he shot better fts

Jamal really athletic, will need to play well in a dog fight for playing time.

Brendan very unassuming but really shoots the ball well.  Seems to have a good iq, like jamal more strength will help.

Theo and heldt both played well, nothing spectacular and both looked extremely comfortable. 

Joey big strong kid.  Needs to find his way.  Hasnt developed that IQ of jyst always being in the right place as his brother, but he can make plays.  Will struggle with speed of game initially.

Ed morrow.  Really struggled versus theo and matts size.  Will need to be a junkyard dog on defense and could get lost in our perimeter based offense. Got ball on block a few times n got smothered

Joseph
Played solidly, similar to sam in that hes not incredibly athletic but makes up fir it in iq. two silly turnovers.  Solid passer and defender, good strength and size.

Mcewen dribbles alot n a lot if shake and bake but needs to learn to do something with it.  Kind of sloppy play.  Big strong athletic. Season off will prolly be great for him.  Nba talk hugely off base off this one scrimmage.  Has talents needs to learn how to use them and make his teammates better, year with joseph and MUs pg staff should do wonders.

Eke n greg dnp

Overall would have really like to see greg out there.  Team shot a huge percentage if threes.  That can happen in a scrimmage like that tho.  Free throw shooting was terrible.  Will miss rowsey on offense.  Team not very athletic, but will play at a higher iq than most if not all our opponents.  Need someone to be a scorer along with markus and Sam.  Very deep but who will step up and stand out??

Thanks for the research report. We are going to miss Greg.

[Nukem2]

Thanks for the research report. We are going to miss Greg.

Yes.  Folks are underestimating his loss.  This is not a very long athletic team w/o Greg.  Lots of skill, but need bouncy guys like Greg.