This is a good and accurate assessment of his game. Not sure why the staff can’t make tweaks to his game, teach him to limit his bad drives and shots, maybe they have been trying to get that message to him and he is not listening. That would explain the benching. The guy has assets that can help, but he has plenty of liabilities as well.I think the kid is athletic, quick, hustles, has hops and can run but needs to translate those abilities into basketball play. He has poor form on shots, poor judgment on when to shoot and when to pass, finishes poorly at the rim, inconsistent at the FT line and needs to move better without ball and when guarding man without ball.
He’s a flawed player but has ability you can’t teach and needs to improve abilities you can.
Let’s see if this sends a message and resets his mindset to earn mins.
GO RU
In terms of overall fundamental basketball skills (dribbling, catching, passing, FTs and shooting), as terrible Derkack is, Myles J #15 was far worse, as were most 5s. Myles was a defensive space eater and adequate rebounder. Am not sure if those traits make him a better basketball player. He was an afterthought on O here and 100% excluded at UCLA and mostly not allowed to touch the ball in the front court there.That's a bold statement.
There are plenty of snowier small towns and mountains, but Siberacuse does reign supreme as the snowiest major city (100K+) in the US. Over 127 inches of not-very-useful snow a year.I thought it was Syracuse.
LikePasses the eye test too. Dylan, Ace, Acuff, Grant, Lathan to start, some combination of Ogbole, JMike/JWIll and Hayes/Martini off the bench. I do think JMike’s defense might be a little undervalued here, but he’s still probably not a positive player
icon has never been good or reliable in winter other than a joke for the weeniesPeople crapping on the ICON are basing that on old information. It now has higher resolution than even the Euro and did quite well with both Beryl and Ian (tropical) and seems middle of the road for snow in our area. Did quite well for 1/6, when most models had shifted way south showing no snow for CNJ, but it still had an inch or two, but it didn't do great for 1/11. Many pros in Europe, who have more experience with it (it's a German model) seem to like it a lot. None of the models is perfect and they all have their biases, which is why I tend to like the NBM (the model blend) as it might not be as accurate as certain individual models, but will rarely be way off like some models can be.