What i want our player to improve on
Galen- the obvious, improve his shooting… LSU and few teams flat out disrespected him and didn’t even bother guarding him. and its not simply about making it when open, but not hesitating when he is about to shoot, you can tell 3 miles away when he is thinking about shooting, gain confidence in his shot
Corey- finishing around the rim. learning to use his body to protect the ball when he goes up. also he flat out missed some tear drops. his presence around the rim has to improve
Armoni - he isnt going to become an elite handler by next year. but he needs to add some moves to his collection…something i noticed is that he disappears when there is better defense/defenders on him… he has to add some moves to get space on tight D (the step back, a basic crossover etc) things to get a little room to shoot… armoni also has the arms length of someone 6’7/6’8 his defensive presence could be drastically improved
Breon- his foul numbers are historically bad. he only averaged 12 mins a game and that was exclusively on fouls.that has to change. he needs to remove the chicken wing spin from his collection of post moves…he does it a lot, gets called a lot on it too…
Fabian- his confidence and his mid range…if he can really master that mid-range his game could explode…his handles need to improve if he is going to be a stretch 4. he also had way to many traveling calls. his fouling numbers were almost as bad as breons
Chris Harris- become viable for 15min a game…basic improved hand eye coordination, basic handles (dribble back a small big on a post up, 2/3 dribbles on a fast brake/pick and roll situation)…add 2 or 3 basic post moves… adding another 10lbs wouldn’t hurt
New players:
Cedric alley- it looks like he has fully transitioned to the 3 and no longer a stretch 4 (he practiced with the guards not the bigs)…not sure what he has been doing for the last year but his handles were definitely not good enough for a 3 in the last game film of him. if he hasn’t improved it already it definitely needs to be
Dejon- his 3pt% at umass was horrible (24%)… he was actually a good 3 point shooter in HS (in the 40s)…we are going to need him to atleast be 33% . i dont think he starts if that doesn’t improve, we arent going to put 2 bad shooters on the court at the same time. his shot HAS to improve…similar to armoni he has to improve his defensive intensity
Nate- adjust to the college speed- honestly fine as is, i doubt we put a lot on a freshman’s plate, and he is likely already good enough for what we’ll ask of him
Brison- to add some offensive versatility to his game, as is he is all defense and rebounds…all his points are lobs or put back dunks. his free throw percentage at umass was 27%., that needs vast improvement
(Im curious what the umass guys were doing to improve in the off-season)
Antoine- he needs to find a way to add 15lbs before the season he if want any kind of minutes…at his current weight/height he is a defensive liability