Struggling to actually finish watching the game as only 6-7 minutes into the second half. A few other quick thoughts:
Chaundee - love him. Took a while to figure out who he reminds me of and I settled on cross between Jason Richardson (Michigan State) and DeShawn Stevenson (Dallas Mavs). Thought about Victor Oladipo some and a baby Arinze, but kept coming back to Jason Richardson. Josh Richardson of the Heat, currently, is more of a deep shooter. Chaundee has the athleticism and bounce of Jason R. - big time athlete and 14 year NBA career.
Sarr - dude looks like he is still growing. Devin Thomas was listed at 6'9, but he was more like 6'7. Sarr, on the other hand, is more like 6'9 listed, but still growing and might be 6'10. Agile. A little soft. But sweet stroke and major upside. Sarr looks more like a backup C, than a PF for now. Once he gets the baseline jumper and any jumper going, we can play him more at PF.
Melo - a rookie. Love the length though. If we, as a team, made a major commitment to defense (quickly), we have the guys to cause a lot of havoc (and thus offset the loss of Dinos, by playing pressure D, which Dinos could never do).
Thompson - paid more attention to him. No shot, no real offensive moves, not even a jump hook. Danny - how hard is it to teach this kid a jump hook? He did have one power drive right to the rim, power dribble, no fakes, just straight to the glass. Got fouled. Assertive, strong, like a real PF. That is what we need. Long, definitely could grab 8-9 boards a game if he got 30+ minutes, but offense is an issue. Hell, Guthridge at UNC made Matt Wenstron, Kevin Salvadori and Serge Zwikker serviceable bigs by simply teaching a jump hook (and countless other big stiffs at UNC). Manning's jump hook is famous - teach it, please!
Childress - what a cheap shot by Black. Hope he is not concussed. He needs to work tirelessly before and after practice on the exact shot his dad made to beat UNC in the ACC Tournament. That runner. He is getting right past his man, right into the lane, and he (like Crawford) instead of shooting the jumper or runner, is trying to get to the rim, all the way. Not working for BC at all. Allowing his momentum to take him too deep. Take and make the runner. If you miss it, shoot the damn runner again, and again. That's the open look, not getting STUFFED at the rim and whining about no foul call every time.
Wilbekin - like at times last year, his mid-range game and shot is really nice. That push off call on him was sort of bogus, but that was another mid-range jumper he nailed. Really like the fact he has that 15-18 foot shot - a lost art. Acted like he wanted to start making hot-hand multiple shots in a row. LOVE that leadership and awareness of what this team needs.
Woods - one more thing on him. Foul trouble. He got mugged, then committed the lame charge. They missed the bump and reach in, so he forces it. Needs to slow and calm down as this funk will not last long. He allowed the refs and his lack of offense to alter his entire game. Gotta do all the little things if you are not scoring.
