Itās kind of a thing where if he could address 1-2 issues that seem to be low hanging fruit heād be elite. His stat line from last game was awesome but he should have had 18 instead of 10 if he could take any bit of contact around the basket and his hands were less rock like.
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I feel like we are appropriately evaluating him.** Zach is right at pointing out that stuff, but weāve known that since the Florida game. Remember the crazy Cory A play? That was a great Blake play on a guard.
The question mark is defending true bigs and as @Foresthoo points out, various things on offense (like finishing in traffic)
** at least my evaluation is correct. What else is new?
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And not pass up a dunk to pass it to the corner for a 3 point attempt
Wrong. He is a lot better and worse than everybody thinks.
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Agreed. Of course, if he was already that solid around the hoop as a young big he may not be at UVA.
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I am ready for Christian Bliss
Hope his injury is healed
He can shoot & handle the ball
I hope he can join a long list of UVA PGsā¦ Billy Langloh, Othell, Jeff Jones, Ty, Reece, London, Harold Deane, Cory, and others I am momentarily overlooking
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I feel like the game just looks to fast for Blake. Iām optimistic about this improving considering where he was playing in HS and being injured this summer.
Whatās not encouraging is that he doesnāt seem to have taken a big step since last year and continues to struggle to finish against smaller guys.
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I think that, as of now, we are seeing mostly the same game he had at the end of last year, because he was banged up and missed a good chunk of the offseason development time
Also, Kenpom shows him gaining 2 lbs YoY, but I thought it was more?
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You forget who was on that Siena team. Unreal PG the Wizard. May have taken us to overtime in lovely Anchorage
Game two was South Carolina then finals against a real UCLA squad
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Doremus Bennerman started and ended his career at the same overseas team as one that a UVa legend currently plays for.
Name the uva legend and Iāll give you one of my 5 votes for next uva coach
Name the team and Iāll give you two votes
Post the logo and Iāll write in your name
Justin Anderson Barcelona
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Nope. Will post spoilers:
BVP
Jamtland Basket (Bennerman played for some great teams in the middle of his career)
Logo is awesome. Google it.
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Apparently the guy I meant was called Showbiz. Marc Brown who currently coaches New Jersey City U team
Will have to go check him out
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What year?
That reindeer looks like its there to put someone on a poster.
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1990-1991 was his senior year. Averaged 23 ppg as a PG
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My bad. Iām a year or two laterā¦
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Was a freshman. Holy shit look up your guys college stats. Shot it at crazy %s and big scorer
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I feel like there was more patience with guys like Mamadi and Shedrick than there is with Blake. Donāt get me wrong people complained about them too, but I feel like too many people are basically writing Blake off like heāll never be the player we hoped he would be. Heās played like 30 games (and didnāt have the benefit of a RS year like some other bigs). I just think Blake is under the microscope more because heās had to play such a big role early on.
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The guy shot under 50% in Idaho HS basketball.
I just donāt think heās the guy. And itās been awhile since weāve developed a back-to-the-basket guyā¦
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