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I like to talk basketball, as well. The coaching discussion will happen when it happens. For now, I am trying to stick to on-the-court stuff.

I feel like I am picking on Kuany and Lars on these breakdowns, though it's not on them exclusively. Lars typically gets the big-man assignment who comes up to set the screen (just like he does on offense), and Kuany seems to be targeted more than other wing players. Maybe the scouting report on Cal shows that they are weak on rotations.

And yeah, it was fun to watch UCLA's offense. Jaquez should be POY. More consistent than Toubulis.

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Jaquez's most outstanding trait to me is his ability to create angles from all three levels - he's not outstanding athletically and honestly, a slightly below average 3 point shooter. But he's just churning and churning and creatively offensively and is able to get to spots to find ways to get the ball in the basket or create opportunities for his teammates. Tubelis is a better shooter and rebounder - but less versatile and (i feel) can be guarded more than Jaquez can.

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