There are threads about individual Maine Celtics, but thought this would be a useful catch-all thread for observations and news.
Went to the game today against the Gold, the Nuggets' team. Highly entertaining, as the Expo always is.
Observations:
- The Gold have Jay Huff, out of Virginia, and he seems like he could be useful big for someone - seemed more athletic than Kornet and drained threes from the top. 28 points on 11-19 shooting in 34 minutes. I know you can't take too much away from bigs in the G League, since they're often pretty unopposed, but he was fun to watch and the other dudes looking up to him.
- Walsh is legit athletic. Was throwing down windmills and through-the-legs dunks in warmups, and in-game had more than one flying dunk put-back. But he's definitely got that bull-in-a-china-shop thing going on. In warm-ups, you could tell he was struggling a bit with his shot, and it comes off his hands weird, with a little sideways rotation. But then he was 4-8 from three in game! Regardless, he does not stand out on the G-league floor — but there were a lot of good players out there today.
- JD can get to his little teardrop at this level at will and hits them at a good clip, his shot is smooth and he's taking it like a first-rate scorer (whether he is or not) off of little screens and off the dribble. He went for 19/8/11 and it was a noticable difference when he was on the floor vs. not in terms of flow of the offense and his decision-making was better than DJ Steward's. But he's very aggressive and that leads to turnovers and his three all came late when the Gold pulled away.
- Drew Peterson reminded my son of Hauser in person. And he can shoot it, for sure, but he's not as big as Hauser and that probably matters on D.
- Their point guard, Gillespie, played at Villanova and basically didn't come off the floor - 45 minutes. Tidy little 22/9/15 on the night. Doubt he's big enough for the NBA, but dude can ball.
Went to the game today against the Gold, the Nuggets' team. Highly entertaining, as the Expo always is.
Observations:
- The Gold have Jay Huff, out of Virginia, and he seems like he could be useful big for someone - seemed more athletic than Kornet and drained threes from the top. 28 points on 11-19 shooting in 34 minutes. I know you can't take too much away from bigs in the G League, since they're often pretty unopposed, but he was fun to watch and the other dudes looking up to him.
- Walsh is legit athletic. Was throwing down windmills and through-the-legs dunks in warmups, and in-game had more than one flying dunk put-back. But he's definitely got that bull-in-a-china-shop thing going on. In warm-ups, you could tell he was struggling a bit with his shot, and it comes off his hands weird, with a little sideways rotation. But then he was 4-8 from three in game! Regardless, he does not stand out on the G-league floor — but there were a lot of good players out there today.
- JD can get to his little teardrop at this level at will and hits them at a good clip, his shot is smooth and he's taking it like a first-rate scorer (whether he is or not) off of little screens and off the dribble. He went for 19/8/11 and it was a noticable difference when he was on the floor vs. not in terms of flow of the offense and his decision-making was better than DJ Steward's. But he's very aggressive and that leads to turnovers and his three all came late when the Gold pulled away.
- Drew Peterson reminded my son of Hauser in person. And he can shoot it, for sure, but he's not as big as Hauser and that probably matters on D.
- Their point guard, Gillespie, played at Villanova and basically didn't come off the floor - 45 minutes. Tidy little 22/9/15 on the night. Doubt he's big enough for the NBA, but dude can ball.
