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First Impressions of the 2014/15 UW Basketball team (Tequila style)

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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited November 2014
    FreeChavez said:

    dnc said:

    Gotta hand it to Beach, sounds like he nailed the Dorsey call.

    Surprised to hear so much optimism on Winters, he's not a guy I had any expectations for.

    Yet I still can't get out of my head how beach railed on Levine. Everyone misses but that one always felt personal from him.
    That must have mostly been during my first exile from DM.c. I remember Beach having some negative things to say about Levine when I came back but they didn't seem like anything more than classic WDWHA stuff. Not saying he didn't have a personal vendetta against the kid, I missed a lot poast purge.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,599 Swaye's Wigwam
    Glad to hear about Dorsey. I didn't think he would be very good based on what people who had watched him were saying.

    Jarreau might become useful role player, but he has done nothing to receive the hype he has gotten. He sucked as a freshman and was hurt early last season. Who gives a shit that he used to be a guard in high school?
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  • H_D
    H_D Member Posts: 6,098
    edited November 2014
    FYI - "Biscuit in the Basket" is a hockey term, not basketball.

    Other than that, solid poonts.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    CuntWaffle said:

    Yea I can't take too much away from that game because it looked like they were playing Stanwood High School. I will wait to see them play a team with height. I will say a few things...

    - Dorsey looks like a good pick up for Romar in an overall shitty class. Could end up being all pac in his later years.

    - Upshaw has a shitload of talent but looks like he has no idea what he is doing out there. I dont know how he didn't score at will on a team that seemed every player was a foot shorter than him

    - Winters looks like a pretty good find. Should be a solid role player.

    - Kemp looks improved but I will wait and watch him play a team with someone near his height to really judge.

    - Andrews and NWG should be a pretty good back court (not the best in the fucking conference like the FS guy calling the game said)

    Better than last year? Sure. Tournament team? No way.

    Agree on what you can take away, but I also think watching a game vs Stanwood when we can't get in the key shows some serious warning signs.

    Nothing about this team looks tournament to me right now.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    edited November 2014
    H_D said:

    FYI - "Biscuit in the Basket" is a hockey term, not basketball.

    Other than that, solid poonts.

    my innner canuck got excited. well poonted eh?
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  • SevenEleven
    SevenEleven Member Posts: 318
    9-9. Who gives a shit
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    JJ has a skill set that you often don't see with a player at his size ... he COULD be a major mismatch problem for teams if he's fully healthy and has the bulk/strength to be able to play with his height.

    You can't underestimate how much of a problem it is for defenses to have to defend bigs that can not only stretch the court, but also be quality passers.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited November 2014
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Glad to hear about Dorsey. I didn't think he would be very good based on what people who had watched him were saying.

    Jarreau might become useful role player, but he has done nothing to receive the hype he has gotten. He sucked as a freshman and was hurt early last season. Who gives a shit that he used to be a guard in high school?

    But spado told me Jarreau was Kevin Durant 2.0, and that guy is the best hoops scout anywhere.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    Tequilla said:

    JJ has a skill set that you often don't see with a player at his size ... he COULD be a major mismatch problem for teams if he's fully healthy and has the bulk/strength to be able to play with his height.

    You can't underestimate how much of a problem it is for defenses to have to defend bigs that can not only stretch the court, but also be quality passers.

    I don't think you'll find a person who knows dick about bball who would argue that JJ could create matchup problems. The entire issue is that he hasn't yet shown the ability to create the matchup problems. He hasn't shown how athletic he is on any level. He hasn't shown to be some great shooter. Again, he could very easily be a nightmare to guard if he improves, but I still don't see it happening yet. His knee is going to be an issue this year. So if he starts to realize some of that potential I would wager it's closer to pac12 play this year or next season.

    I sure as hell hope he somehow comes into the form many want....cough cough....KD 2.0. BUT, the group relying on him as if he will make this team unreal overnight haven't seen the rest of the things which make a team win. IE, playing defense, making shots, and getting to the line.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    dnc said:

    FreeChavez said:

    dnc said:

    Gotta hand it to Beach, sounds like he nailed the Dorsey call.

    Surprised to hear so much optimism on Winters, he's not a guy I had any expectations for.

    Yet I still can't get out of my head how beach railed on Levine. Everyone misses but that one always felt personal from him.
    That must have mostly been during my first exile from DM.c. I remember Beach having some negative things to say about Levine when I came back but they didn't seem like anything more than classic WDWHA stuff. Not saying he didn't have a personal vendetta against the kid, I missed a lot poast purge.
    I've seen AB do a lot of critique of players and he gets many right, and some wrong just like anyone trying to predict a 17 yr old. He just seemed incredibly jaded against Zach and kept going even through his whole year at UCLA. It just seemed oddly not AB for player eval. It just seemed personal. Maybe I read it wrong, b/c usually he's not like that. Just was odd.
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