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The first thing that crossed my mind after the scrimmage was rim protection is not going to be an issue like it's been since Brandon Clarke left. It's not just Holmgren either. If that scrimmage was any indication, we'll average 6+ blocks as a team this season.
As was mentioned earlier, Strawther played extremely well, didn't seem to be selfishly hunting shots, just recognized the proper times to call his own number.
The same could be said about Gregg from what I saw. Wouldn't be surprised if Ben is the first big off the bench at all. Although, if I'm being completely honest, based solely off of the 15 minutes of scrimmage today, I wouldn't be surprised to see Gregg finishing games along side Timme instead of Holmgren. I saw a lot of 2nd or 3rd year Tillie in Ben ,whereas I saw a lot of 1st year Austin Daye in Holmgren. But again, it's 15 minutes of scrimmage.
Timme and Nembhard did what all upperclassmen do during Kraziness, set the table for the newbies and make a few good plays of their own.
Watson seemed very aggressive early on offense, then kinda regressed. But Anton definitely seemed to be in better shape and more in the moment than last year where you could tell he was over thinking a lot. Hopefully that continues.
Perry, my first impression of him is that he's a "get outta my way" kind of attacking the rim player on offense.
Hickman, Sallis and Bolton.....I can honestly see these 3 sharing a ton of minutes depending on what the team needs. All 3 definitely have skills needed to help the team on any given night. But I'll be honest, I wasn't really that focused on them.
As was mentioned earlier, Strawther played extremely well, didn't seem to be selfishly hunting shots, just recognized the proper times to call his own number.
The same could be said about Gregg from what I saw. Wouldn't be surprised if Ben is the first big off the bench at all. Although, if I'm being completely honest, based solely off of the 15 minutes of scrimmage today, I wouldn't be surprised to see Gregg finishing games along side Timme instead of Holmgren. I saw a lot of 2nd or 3rd year Tillie in Ben ,whereas I saw a lot of 1st year Austin Daye in Holmgren. But again, it's 15 minutes of scrimmage.
Timme and Nembhard did what all upperclassmen do during Kraziness, set the table for the newbies and make a few good plays of their own.
Watson seemed very aggressive early on offense, then kinda regressed. But Anton definitely seemed to be in better shape and more in the moment than last year where you could tell he was over thinking a lot. Hopefully that continues.
Perry, my first impression of him is that he's a "get outta my way" kind of attacking the rim player on offense.
Hickman, Sallis and Bolton.....I can honestly see these 3 sharing a ton of minutes depending on what the team needs. All 3 definitely have skills needed to help the team on any given night. But I'll be honest, I wasn't really that focused on them.
I hope your prognostication is correct. I like Dom . Team is so loaded though. I do not know the extent of damage to his foot . I hope he bounces back but keeping in the stable for next year might be a thought if he needs months of rehab.
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