Took one of the boys down tonight... just got back.

Impressions:
Glynny ain't no elephant slow scrub... he moves very well and had a good shot inside and out today... he actually looked more polished under the basket than Darko.... fairly athletic for his size.

Darko looks much more willing to mix it up down low... he's getting to rebounds he wouldn't even try for last year.
Don't know if you guys saw his lil hook shot... but this could be a nice weapon (Ben didn't even come close to blocking it.... there is noone on our team that can push DMC around anymore (including DD).
He still looks unnatural in the post though (fumbles the ball or missing bunnies... he was able to get in for a couple slams.
Darko played a lot at PF... playing against JMax mostly... Jmax could only get transition buckets and a perimiter shot off against him (naturally)

Delfino mad a put back slam that was absolutely sic.
He does indeed get to the rim well... a little more mobile than last year... still not very good on "D" though (just ask Rip tonight)
But that is Rip we're talking about... would have luved to see more Dupree against Delfino

Dupree was doing everything right... he's just hard for others to match his athletisim... those dunks are all earned by beating his man to the rim.... I'm officially rooting for him to make it (but damn I don't want any of our draftees to go either).

Acker missed some of his 3's that we saw him make during the SL... he handles the ball with his left as well as his right (can't tell which hand he is).... I don't see him being this lock down defender though... Arroyo was able to get by him on a few occasions (most were picks).. but Carlos was able to get to the rim and finish.

Both Jmax and Evans look very comfortable in making their outside shots
Evans looked pretty good... he's solid at getting to the rim and finishing in with the big boys.

Sheed is just funny as hell... he's all over the refs face ...slamming the ball down (smiling the whole time) and working the crowd.

They couldn't start practice till Ben nailed a couple 3's (made about 2 of 6)

Rip is in mid season form hitting from everywhere.

Amir didn't play as much as some of the others... he finished a couple put back dunks... but that funky release is still there.. IMO, he's not ready yet.

What else?

They played with excelent intensity considering the nature of the scrimmage... a lot of running on just about every shot.

I saw a couple of new high screen plays at the top of the key where the big rolls to the basket for the easy dunk...
There were definately some zones that started off as man to man.

Tayshaun played a lot at PG... this hurt Ackers effectiveness as e was trying to get past the great wall of Tay.

Sizes: (we were 4 rows from the court)
Dice looks exactly as tall as DD
Glynny is at least one inch taller than Darko.
Ben was just a smidge shorter than Amir
If Glynny is 280LBS then so is Darko...
Glynny needs to bulk up his upper body...I hope we can hang onto him in some fashion and see him get regular PT somewhere.

Stand out in the scrimmage... Rip, Glynny, Delfino (offense), Dupree
I never even noticed DD out there... he was invisible.
Ben looked excellent...other than a couple missed fadeaways.

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