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Thanks.Mag: no, he actually missed a few bunnies or he would’ve prob had 20+ pts
Paul: yes. He was actually draining 3s during shootaround. Wish he would be a little more selfish and passed up some open shots
AW: seems accurate. Dude is big and lean. Can prob add some weight but he looks like a specimen
Jalen: will get some minutes when we need defense. I also think we’ll press a bit this year so he’s valuable
Cliff: he was fine on defense. IMO he wasn’t going 100%. He also uncharacteristically had butter fingers on some rebound attempts. Fairfield had their big playing away from the basket so Cliff was pulled out a bit
Cam: he’s crafty on defense and plays ok help d. He didn’t have his shot today and knew it but he can put it on the floor and get to the rim. He also seems automatic from the line. If he can’t find his shot though I think we’ll just see Simpson ear into his minutes.
This is a really good take and I completely agree. I was relieved about Spencer's defense as well. He's actually a plus defender in every area except likely containing dribble penetration. He wasn't horrible there eitherI was actually quite pleased with the defense considering Hyatt was playing the 3 for 30+ minutes. As has been pointed out, he just doesn’t defend perimeter players well on backcourt rotations. Clearly Caleb is going to plug that hole. Cam may not be the most athletic player out there, but IMO his defense was a big relief. I know he didn’t shoot well and is going to need to move better without the ball to get more open looks on offense, but he’s not a massive liability on defense. He isn’t a stud, but he plays smart, hard and doesn’t sell out. He’s going to be servicable which is huge.
Bottom line - we held Fairfield to 65 points without our best defensive player and didn’t need to play Miller much to contain their offense. Despite only a 13 point margin - the game was never in doubt throughout the whole second half.