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Kids these days!
I get Sky Clark vibes here. I hope I’m wrong.
Excited to see Boswell in a different role than when at Arizona, they basically just made him catch and shoot.
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Illinois Basketball: How Kylan Boswell Can Become an Elite Point Guard
Illinois basketball guard, Kylan Boswell, has to take the next-step in his development
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I'm not sure if they made him that or if that's what he's comfortable doing. I lean towards the latter. Some guys for whatever reason don't thrive getting into the lane, while for some it almost comes naturally (eg Curbelo). I don't think it's that easy to develop that at 19 or 20 years old.Excited to see Boswell in a different role than when at Arizona, they basically just made him catch and shoot.
Illinois Basketball: How Kylan Boswell Can Become an Elite Point Guard
Illinois basketball guard, Kylan Boswell, has to take the next-step in his development
I’m thinking non-public school don’t report that info or don’t have to.
Torvik tweaked some things...
Illinois was one of the biggest gainers. We moved up 27 spots from 44 to 17.
Illinois was one of the biggest gainers. We moved up 27 spots from 44 to 17.
And that's 17 with KJ projecting as the 9th option with 8 minutes per game. ( again, the model he uses makes it difficult to project international prospects with no game data). If instead he produces at an all-B1G level, the siys the limit for this team.
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Is that a hunch or an observation? His high school profile had him listed as a point guard, not a shooting guard, not a combo. His high school scouting reports don't seem to mention anything about catch and shoot.
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It's an general observation on types of players, not on Boswell himself. Did his H.S. scouting reports mention that he liked to penetrate, was good at getting in the lane and making things happen? One can still be an effective PG w/o those qualities.
When I see a player with his kinds of stats, I suspect that he does not thrive on getting into the lane. That may or may not be the case with him.
I knew they’d update eventually, 17 seems a lot more accurate
This is from a scouting report after one year at AZ:
'When the ball is in his hands, Boswell is quick and shifty. He is good at getting to the rim and finishes well in the paint. In his sophomore season, one area of improvement should be drawing fouls and getting to the line. The 18-year-old is a solid passer, but wasn’t a high assist guy in limited action."
Over wood?
You couldn’t have watched not one Arizona game!!! He played on a team with one of the biggest ball hogs in basketball in Caleb Love. They didn’t allow him to play his game
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Tweet says that rostercast is going to be a mess for a while.
That just means you can't use the tool to alter the roster. The projection is based on the listed roster distribution. Overall not an awful distribution, but KJ is going to get about 20 more minutes per game, probably at the expense of Kylan, Ty and Tre projected minutes.
Tre White?
I swear...literally about 2 weeks ago Tre was the guy that was the "might be sixth man, might start" guy - not Ty. Now it's pretty much a consensus that he's the 7th guy and Ty is the one we're having "maybe starter" conversations around. So...guess that's got something to do with a thing or two in these early workouts...?
Anyways...
if Tre's the 7th guy on this team...I mean...I doubt there are more than at most 10 teams in country where he'd be the seventh guy so...
means it's a pretty fine team then I guess...
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Love's ball hogging didn't prevent Boswell from launching a fair number of 3-pt shots.
I hope he does show us some ability to get into the paint and make things happen, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's not the case.
I'm interested to see if we'll be ranked to start the season. Does media use this type of tool when putting their first ballots out there in late October?
What wood the over and under be?
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