I was able to see the DET vs PHX game and here are my thoughts.

Blalock: This guy can push the ball up the court. Makes mediocre decisions (mix of off the backboard flubs and some snazzy passes.) Hard to say he ran the offense well because of the lack of flow. The number of fouls called really hamper the big guys who hardly get to touch the ball because the guards shoot a lot of FT's. Nice ball handling that allows passes to be made at the right time...but maybe not at the best places or at the best angles yet. But its SL.


Cleaves: A cut above Blalock. Nice defense. Good floormanship. Brutal shot form. What else is new. If we could shoot, I'd like him over flip. Right now he's a poor man's Lindsey Hunter.


Acker: Good balance with the ball. Creates a stable firing platform when pulling up. Form is confidence inspiring but that could be I was looking at cleaves and blalock too. Made some nice passes. Ball handling is decent. Hard to judge defense but he got lost in the shuffle a few times and his man canned some spot up 3's. Penetration is hard to stop though esp with the way the game is called. Decent movement away from the ball but again its hard because that first pick that starts the play usually ends up with a whistle blown.


Samb: Good energy. Does good things on the court. Is OC. Flies from nowhere to try to get the block. Offensive rebound PHX. brrrp. shoot FT's. Rinse. Repeat. Doesn't set good picks.

Maxiel: Needs to lose some weight. I think its water weight. Not as active as Samb but I feel that he picks and chooses his moments. Some of those moments were jaw dropping. Needs to work on his shooting. Guard penetration made all our big guys look bad cuz they all collapsed and we either gave up an open jumper or let an opponent slip for an offensive rebound.


Johnson: I barely noticed he was in the game. I'm sure everyone else had the usual things to say about him.

Caner-Medley: Needs to work on his footwork and balance. He would be great to put on the team as a practice/DL player.

Rickert: Pretty productive guy in the game. doesn't have anything that makes him stand out to get him on our team.

Overall: our guards got chased out on a P&R while PHX had better success with it. I think its because our guys set lame picks. At any rate, they managed to disrupt our defensive sets by using picks, penetration and capitalizing on the rotations.

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