Saw my first Cougar game of the season over the weekend and seriously: I thought Kelati had the prettiest jump shot I'd ever seen in a Coug uniform, but good lord, Thompson is going to be something special. His release is so quick and accurate, this is going to completely change how teams plan for us. It's a zone-buster. It's Christmas and Shark Week rolled into one.I was impressed with Capers' maturity and ability to run the office while McLovin sits. We're going to be happy with him. I've also read that Watson is going to redshirt this year, so Casto is going to be our starting PF once coach Dreamy decides Caleb's better coming off the bench.
One negative thing I noticed was Daven was routinely getting beaten off the drive and in the post. A couple times, he was just flat-out shook out of his shoes. Crazy thing was on both of those plays he came right back down the court and hit a 3-ball on the ensuing drive. This scares me once I realize the list of players he'll be manning-up against 25 minutes a night: Tasmin Mitchell, Austin Daye, DeMar DeRozan, Josh Shipp, and Jamal Boykin headline a pretty strong list of Small Forwards on our schedule.
Up this weekend for him in New Jersey: Ravern Johnson of Mississippi State and either Mike Singletary of Texas Tech or Gilbert Brown of Pitt. After that we should be able to tell if Daven can handle starting in the Pac-10 or praying that Dolph's back heals by Christmas.
Now we just need to figure out who the hell has HDNet.
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