Re: Bobcat Basketball in Canada
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:17 pm
I think that is a pretty good assessment. The team looked really really deep as deep as Ever seen a Bobcat team and yet we will still have Green and Nikkarinen to the Mixbobcatfan4life wrote:Four games in four days...it is a lot but the guys competed in the last game until about 3 minutes left in the third. It was as if they just were wore out, they couldn't hit shots, and their defense was definitely lacking. But considering they didn't play Harry at all, Tyler for only 8 minutes, Devonte for only few. And not much for Zach as he is recovering from thumb injury, they competed. This team is going to be fun to watch and i am happy with how this trip went, yes it would have been great to be 4-0, but they did well. This made me extremely excited for basketball to start. I am looking forward to the season ahead. It should be really good, if everyone stays healthy.
Just a couple takeaways from this trip and although I didnt watch and just listened...
1. We are deep team, not i am not sure on if Fish plans to redshirt Luke Schultz or not, but we are deep without him. And he showed flashes as well with a couple steals and scored here and there, but he did have turnovers but he is a freshman. And to think that Lassi didn't play at all so that is another additional body to work into the mix, and could be the backup point guard. As for the other freshman, Isaac is very talented, he turned it over plenty, but think that will get better. He can score, he assists, he plays defense...seems like the real deal to me.
2. The addition of the two guys on the bench last year in Konnor Frey and Keljin Blevins is huge. They played great, and the fact they got a year of practice with the team under their belt helps. I was impressed with these two.
3. Although there were lapses, i would say for being August and only a few practices, we did well defensively. Yes, the last game was questionable and the second half of the 2nd game as well. even so, we have so much potential and this team is going to be tough.
Those are just a couple things i saw and can't wait for basketball season to start.
mslacat wrote:I think that is a pretty good assessment. The team looked really really deep as deep as Ever seen a Bobcat team and yet we will still have Green and Nikkarinen to the Mixbobcatfan4life wrote:Four games in four days...it is a lot but the guys competed in the last game until about 3 minutes left in the third. It was as if they just were wore out, they couldn't hit shots, and their defense was definitely lacking. But considering they didn't play Harry at all, Tyler for only 8 minutes, Devonte for only few. And not much for Zach as he is recovering from thumb injury, they competed. This team is going to be fun to watch and i am happy with how this trip went, yes it would have been great to be 4-0, but they did well. This made me extremely excited for basketball to start. I am looking forward to the season ahead. It should be really good, if everyone stays healthy.
Just a couple takeaways from this trip and although I didnt watch and just listened...
1. We are deep team, not i am not sure on if Fish plans to redshirt Luke Schultz or not, but we are deep without him. And he showed flashes as well with a couple steals and scored here and there, but he did have turnovers but he is a freshman. And to think that Lassi didn't play at all so that is another additional body to work into the mix, and could be the backup point guard. As for the other freshman, Isaac is very talented, he turned it over plenty, but think that will get better. He can score, he assists, he plays defense...seems like the real deal to me.
2. The addition of the two guys on the bench last year in Konnor Frey and Keljin Blevins is huge. They played great, and the fact they got a year of practice with the team under their belt helps. I was impressed with these two.
3. Although there were lapses, i would say for being August and only a few practices, we did well defensively. Yes, the last game was questionable and the second half of the 2nd game as well. even so, we have so much potential and this team is going to be tough.
Those are just a couple things i saw and can't wait for basketball season to start.
Surprises:
Keljin Blevins - What a great well rounded player, can score inside, can score outside, strong rebounder, plays great perimeter defender and a physical defender in the paint. Everything this team needed.
Isaac Bonton - Well everyone know I had high hopes for Bonton this year and he probably exceeded my expectations a little bit, but what really impressed me was that he played with great maturity he did not look like an out of control like a lot of high powered freshman can. Turn overs a little high, but give him some time to get used to his team and coach.
Konnor Frey - Not a surprise for me, but his offence looked a little rusty and I expect it to get much better as he shakes the rust off. I thought he was a solid rebounder but for a 6-6 guy he was outstanding!
Big Guys
Like most of us I would really like to have the option to insert a quality 6-9 or better big guy into the line up at times. Osayande is the closest we have right now. There are few big men in the league who have the combination of height, speed and athleticism, but he is so inconsistent. I put most of this on Osayande but I also have to some of this on Fish. I think that is what we are going to get this season, inconsistency. That said, as long as he gets regular playing time, I would put money on he is going to have 1 or 2 game where he get 15+ points w/10+, when he puts it all together. Kirby/Shultz the yin/yang duo. They did not get much time this week end, but for his minutes I thought Kirby did decent job on the boards, but shot the ball terribly. Shultz was a lot more effective offensively, but struggled at times in all sorts of ways. Still in my opinion Shultz has the bigger up side as most of his struggles could be worked out with more practice, but Kirby has to hit bunnies when presented to him.
This team has great potential and a lot of room to improve. Fish can bring in waves of players at time and keep out stars fresh for the end of the game. That is the spoken intent and I love the idea, but I wonder if I had a Tyler Hall and Harald Frey on my team could cut their minutes.
At some point, maybe in the next 10 years, I will get this transfer eligibility stuff down. But what year is Blevins? It says on msubobcats.com that he is a senior. I see that he played as a true freshman at Southern Miss ('14-'15), played as a sophomore ('15-'16), and then transfers to us for his junior year ('16-'17). It says he had to redshirt this last year to satisfy transfer requirements, doesn't that mean he is still a junior?mslacat wrote:I think that is a pretty good assessment. The team looked really really deep as deep as Ever seen a Bobcat team and yet we will still have Green and Nikkarinen to the Mixbobcatfan4life wrote:Four games in four days...it is a lot but the guys competed in the last game until about 3 minutes left in the third. It was as if they just were wore out, they couldn't hit shots, and their defense was definitely lacking. But considering they didn't play Harry at all, Tyler for only 8 minutes, Devonte for only few. And not much for Zach as he is recovering from thumb injury, they competed. This team is going to be fun to watch and i am happy with how this trip went, yes it would have been great to be 4-0, but they did well. This made me extremely excited for basketball to start. I am looking forward to the season ahead. It should be really good, if everyone stays healthy.
Just a couple takeaways from this trip and although I didnt watch and just listened...
1. We are deep team, not i am not sure on if Fish plans to redshirt Luke Schultz or not, but we are deep without him. And he showed flashes as well with a couple steals and scored here and there, but he did have turnovers but he is a freshman. And to think that Lassi didn't play at all so that is another additional body to work into the mix, and could be the backup point guard. As for the other freshman, Isaac is very talented, he turned it over plenty, but think that will get better. He can score, he assists, he plays defense...seems like the real deal to me.
2. The addition of the two guys on the bench last year in Konnor Frey and Keljin Blevins is huge. They played great, and the fact they got a year of practice with the team under their belt helps. I was impressed with these two.
3. Although there were lapses, i would say for being August and only a few practices, we did well defensively. Yes, the last game was questionable and the second half of the 2nd game as well. even so, we have so much potential and this team is going to be tough.
Those are just a couple things i saw and can't wait for basketball season to start.
Surprises:
Keljin Blevins - What a great well rounded player, can score inside, can score outside, strong rebounder, plays great perimeter defender and a physical defender in the paint. Everything this team needed.
Isaac Bonton - Well everyone know I had high hopes for Bonton this year and he probably exceeded my expectations a little bit, but what really impressed me was that he played with great maturity he did not look like an out of control like a lot of high powered freshman can. Turn overs a little high, but give him some time to get used to his team and coach.
Konnor Frey - Not a surprise for me, but his offence looked a little rusty and I expect it to get much better as he shakes the rust off. I thought he was a solid rebounder but for a 6-6 guy he was outstanding!
Big Guys
Like most of us I would really like to have the option to insert a quality 6-9 or better big guy into the line up at times. Osayande is the closest we have right now. There are few big men in the league who have the combination of height, speed and athleticism, but he is so inconsistent. I put most of this on Osayande but I also have to some of this on Fish. I think that is what we are going to get this season, inconsistency. That said, as long as he gets regular playing time, I would put money on he is going to have 1 or 2 game where he get 15+ points w/10+, when he puts it all together. Kirby/Shultz the yin/yang duo. They did not get much time this week end, but for his minutes I thought Kirby did decent job on the boards, but shot the ball terribly. Shultz was a lot more effective offensively, but struggled at times in all sorts of ways. Still in my opinion Shultz has the bigger up side as most of his struggles could be worked out with more practice, but Kirby has to hit bunnies when presented to him.
This team has great potential and a lot of room to improve. Fish can bring in waves of players at time and keep out stars fresh for the end of the game. That is the spoken intent and I love the idea, but I wonder if I had a Tyler Hall and Harald Frey on my team could cut their minutes.