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I had my post Thanksgiving nap to the Arkansas/Illinois game. I caught about half of it. Boogie couldn't hit a shot and had a few issues on defense, just not being big enough. I'm still a fan.

Kasparas was great, but had some bad turnovers. Overall he was really impressive.

The Ivisic twins play for both teams, so it was kind of cool that they got to play against each other. One of the twins is currently shooting 57% from 3 and gets almost 3 blocks per game.

I'll wait until I see the film on Demin before commenting.
 
Few notes about Demins last game:
  • Pass placement was not nearly as great as in the two games I watched before. Not all the turnovers were 100% on him (1 I would actually credit to the roller who sort of slowed down)... but even the passes he completed he (whether they made the shot or not) he didnt put them spot on with similar insane accuracy.
  • However he could have had a dozen assists but his teammates missed a lot of shots..
  • Took a bigger role (props for that), just failed to deliver due to his shot not falling (at least now his shooting % looks more legit)
  • Didnt really use his size against the smaller opponent, except to get his jump shot off. Had like 2 or 3 drives the entire game (may remember this wrong.. but it wasnt a lot).
  • I'm happy the majority of his 6 TOs werent dribble TOs, as one thing I have questions about is does he at 6'9 have tight enough handles so that he dribble against NBA guards
  • Defensively he looked like he was sleepwalking for large portions of the game. Floated into no-mans land on multiple possessions and gave up some easy and open looks. Had a few nice possessions/plays as well, but mainly negative imo.
 
HermanG said:
Few notes about Demins last game:
  • Pass placement was not nearly as great as in the two games I watched before. Not all the turnovers were 100% on him (1 I would actually credit to the roller who sort of slowed down)... but even the passes he completed he (whether they made the shot or not) he didnt put them spot on with similar insane accuracy.
  • However he could have had a dozen assists but his teammates missed a lot of shots..
  • Took a bigger role (props for that), just failed to deliver due to his shot not falling (at least now his shooting % looks more legit)
  • Didnt really use his size against the smaller opponent, except to get his jump shot off. Had like 2 or 3 drives the entire game (may remember this wrong.. but it wasnt a lot).
  • I'm happy the majority of his 6 TOs werent dribble TOs, as one thing I have questions about is does he at 6'9 have tight enough handles so that he dribble against NBA guards
  • Defensively he looked like he was sleepwalking for large portions of the game. Floated into no-mans land on multiple possessions and gave up some easy and open looks. Had a few nice possessions/plays as well, but mainly negative imo.
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View: https://youtu.be/ilYF3DiqOKM?si=SO8maxqP1JDrepaG


Here's the extended highlights. After watching I was not deterred by his offensive potential, but really disappointed with his defensive awareness.
 
SoberasHotRod said:

View: https://youtu.be/ilYF3DiqOKM?si=SO8maxqP1JDrepaG


Here's the extended highlights. After watching I was not deterred by his offensive potential, but really disappointed with his defensive awareness.
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Yeah watching that he is definitely ballwatching and poorly positioned quite often so that he does not have his man even in his peripheral vision.

Is it a college BBall thing that everyone cheats towards help defense all the time? It feels like when I'm watching these games/highlights that everyone is sort of constantly sliding towards the rim when the ball isnt being passed around by the offensive team. Demin certainly did that a lot. There were few occasions where he clearly was not in help position and still almost found himself under the rim despite his own guy still being at the 3 point line.
 
There are seemingly so many productive Freshman and Sophomores this year. We'll see how they all look once we get in to conference play.
 
Demin struggled a bit again today (had 11 rebounds though) in an easy BYU win. 3-7 (0-2 from three), 8 points and 4 assists with 2 turnovers.
The 11 rebounds were nice though and I thought he played better defensively.
 
Donovan Dent has to be the most underrated prospect currently.

Averaging 19-8 with 42% from 3. The closest thing to a true PG in the draft.
 
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