great article and analysis. best cal site for real basketball info. Are those animated GIFs you embed in the story? Cool way to do it.
Hate to say it, but this was a must win game. It was kinda like the first game back at Memorial after the renovation where there was a lot of built up hype and emotion, and then Nevada happened!
great article and analysis. best cal site for real basketball info. Are those animated GIFs you embed in the story? Cool way to do it.
Hate to say it, but this was a must win game. It was kinda like the first game back at Memorial after the renovation where there was a lot of built up hype and emotion, and then Nevada happened!
But this is exactly the type of game Cal would have lost in the recent past. WK's team would have been embarrassed, and Fox would have made all the excuses for the loss due to the missing players.
St Thomas plays five out and runs a motion to perfection. That's the type of team who can take down a big in the first game of the year, especially vs a team with lots of new parts. Madsen said they threw out 4 different types of defenses. Maybe the last one slowed them down but none of them stopped them. To my eye, Celestine was our best defensive (and offensive) player.
I liked the breakdown of the pick and roll. For some reason Cal never seems to be good at the pick and roll which is THE play in the NBA. Even when we had the perfect pick and roll player in Ivan Rabb we rarely ran a clean pick and roll for him.
Regarding Cone, his impressive high, balanced jump shot was on full display but his first 6 shots missed (the first one was an in-and-out.... his next 5 were hard rim. But one of those misses was a nice teardrop floater which I have constantly said is needed for a PG, especially an undersized one (Randle was the master)
I've been a Bowser advocate since late last season. I wasn't impressed when we signed him and during his earlier play last two seasons (limited by injury), but when he got his shot late last season he showed me a nice pull-up and good potential as a 3 point shooter due to his length. That same length was on full display when he elevated for some key rebounds.
I liked the wolfman for his defense and passing. On the fast break he dribbled at top speed with a very low dribble and made the perfect forward pass to a streaker. He will be a nice change up in the rotation.
Grant was visibly taller than last year. He is now taller than Okofor and is a key starter for us this year. Last year, I felt he was a tall 3, and a tweeter 4. Now he is a legit stretch 4, or just a very long 3. He can play both positions.
Overall defense is a work in progress, and we will need Tyson and Kennedy back to achieve our aspirations, but the team has real potential
great article and analysis. best cal site for real basketball info. Are those animated GIFs you embed in the story? Cool way to do it.
Hate to say it, but this was a must win game. It was kinda like the first game back at Memorial after the renovation where there was a lot of built up hype and emotion, and then Nevada happened!
But this is exactly the type of game Cal would have lost in the recent past. WK's team would have been embarrassed, and Fox would have made all the excuses for the loss due to the missing players.
St Thomas plays five out and runs a motion to perfection. That's the type of team who can take down a big in the first game of the year, especially vs a team with lots of new parts. Madsen said they threw out 4 different types of defenses. Maybe the last one slowed them down but none of them stopped them. To my eye, Celestine was our best defensive (and offensive) player.
I liked the breakdown of the pick and roll. For some reason Cal never seems to be good at the pick and roll which is THE play in the NBA. Even when we had the perfect pick and roll player in Ivan Rabb we rarely ran a clean pick and roll for him.
Regarding Cone, his impressive high, balanced jump shot was on full display but his first 6 shots missed (the first one was an in-and-out.... his next 5 were hard rim. But one of those misses was a nice teardrop floater which I have constantly said is needed for a PG, especially an undersized one (Randle was the master)
I've been a Bowser advocate since late last season. I wasn't impressed when we signed him and during his earlier play last two seasons (limited by injury), but when he got his shot late last season he showed me a nice pull-up and good potential as a 3 point shooter due to his length. That same length was on full display when he elevated for some key rebounds.
I liked the wolfman for his defense and passing. On the fast break he dribbled at top speed with a very low dribble and made the perfect forward pass to a streaker. He will be a nice change up in the rotation.
Grant was visibly taller than last year. He is now taller than Okofor and is a key starter for us this year. Last year, I felt he was a tall 3, and a tweeter 4. Now he is a legit stretch 4, or just a very long 3. He can play both positions.
Overall defense is a work in progress, and we will need Tyson and Kennedy back to achieve our aspirations, but the team has real potential