As I mentioned, I got to check out practice today. I don’t think much can be gleaned from drills and scrimmage, but I’ll just mention some of my thoughts. I’m a fan of basketball, not an expert so my observations are rudimentary.
It looked like to me the emphasis was on tempo.
A lot of new faces and still trying to figure out who was who. I did notice Weaver making quite a few outside shots which was good to see. The hustle is still there. I’m always amazed at how high he can get off the ground.
I’ll be curious to see what others think but Shedrick to my eyes, looked like he was playing at a much lighter weight than last year. He seemed to be moving much better than last year so hopefully he is over all the injuries.
Looking at the body types of the players I don’t think we are going to be pushing anyone around down low.
As I said above, Kent really caught my eye as standing out.
Johnson has a nice shot and during a break he went around the arch and made pretty much all but a couple of threes.
The players did seem supportive of each other and generally seemed to work well together. It may be that it’s going to take some time to really get the chemistry going. I say that because I did see some really good passing under the bucket but unfortunately the passes seemed to be a real surprise to the recipient.
While the assistants ran some parts of the practice, RT was super engaged and hands on.
I really enjoy seeing games at Moody and it did get me excited for the season.