Q12543 wrote:Finally had a chance to watch this game:
- Holy crap that was some ugly basketball!
- Over two games, the Wolves starting 5's +/- is as follows (totals): McDaniels +24; Bowen +12; Knight +19; Nowell +25; Wright +19. Why so good? Defense. McDaniels and Wright stand out the most.
- Offensively, today was disappointing. I didn't think Wright or Nowell did enough to quarterback the offense and create good looks for themselves or others. Things got gummed up and Wright's unwillingness to let the 3 fly is a problem at this level. Nowell struggles to create separation between himself and a defender.
- McDaniels continues to try to make things happen offensively. He just doesn't have tight enough handles or a quick enough first step to put a lot of pressure on the rim. However, he does have a pretty nifty euro-step and his length allows him to get a clean look whenever he wants on pull ups.
- The announcers for this game were gushing over Patrick Williams. Seeing that he was the #4 pick in last year's draft with a year in the League under his belt, I wasn't all that impressed with him on offense. May be it had something to do with Jaden guarding him a good portion of the game. He was OK-ish from the field, but had 6 TOs. I guess he's probably similar to Jaden in that ultimately his role with the Bulls is more as a defender and catch-and-shoot guy.
OK, we'll see with only 24 hours of rest whether they can keep it up tomorrow!
Edit: LOL, just saw Kekgeek wrote up his summary too! We'll have to compare notes and see how different or same we saw things!
Wait a minute, Q...are you suggesting that defense is a factor in winning games? Does Rosas know this?
I didn't see the game, but I'm not surprised by the summaries here from kek and Q. The Wolves have assembled a SL roster with limited offensive firepower (with the exception of Nowell on the nights he remembers to bring his contact lenses), but some guys who have shown some promise defensively. Put those things together, and you end up with a game like last night.
I became a McDaniels fan last season, but I didn't get too excited about the early reports that the Wolves were going to feature him in SL. I still have high hopes for him as a starting SF (let's face it...statistically he wasn't that impressive last year), but he's going to make his mark as a sticky defender whose offensive ceiling is a role player who hits the occasional open shot. I'll take that.
