Shead may be better offensively than advertised
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Powell I wish I could see in person because he may be the one who we need to play the most next seasons a backup to Gresham if he is ready.
His block stats are off the charts and good rebounding. Averaging a modest 10 pts per game but I have seen many HS teams who do not do a good job of working the offense to a big with a huge advantage.
What I have seen on hightlights is he has legitimate offensive skills just not sure how well he can play with his back to the basket.
Of course for next season the offense is the least important stat.
Mark is going to be fun to watch. Seems similar to Mills but 6’6
It doesn’t matter whether Mark is a PG or SG. Sampson doesn’t play guys based on their position. We’ve seen that he likes to play 3 guards with a SF and or center with various combinations depending on the matchup and who is hustling their tail off defensively. Mark will see the court if he’s hustling and playing the type of basketball Sampson demands from his players. The good news is that Mark is versatile enough to give Sampson options for how he wants to play him.
That’s really the factor with Kelvin. Can you play d and do something else pretty good. You can get a lot of minutes. If you play d and do two things good then even more.
If someone is a 6’6" point guard but can guard a 7’ center somehow Sampson would play him on the center and then have him bring the ball down the court. That is the way it should be.
We have two players who have not played this season; Tyson and Roberts. Does Tyson have to sit a year because he is a transfer; or is he a redshirt also? I guess Roberts is the redshirt you are referring to Rico, is that right?
Kelvin Sampson on Signing Day: “Tramon can play all three perimeter positions. If you asked me what my perfect backcourt would be, it would be guards of different lengths that can all play point guard and shoot. Tramon is a lot like that.”
CKS summarized his thoughts on Ced in the postgame presser vs UCF last night. When we play teams with a true 4, Gorham will play more. When we play smaller teams with no true 4, Ced will play more. He went out of his way to say there’s nothing “wrong” with Ced it’s just a matchup thing when he gets no minutes. Now I’m sure that’s subject to change but that’s the strategy going in.
Needs to tuck in his jersey and be ready when he is called on. Sampson put him in the game and he started to run to the scorers table with his jersey untucked and Sampson damn near lost his mind like he had just committed 17 technical fouls or something.