Herro has the defense and rebounding to get minutes and that means he's going to get some buckets for us. He had the confidence to show off his complete repertoire. Could he lead the Cats in scoring this year? The PGs are going to share, and nobody knows when Baker will be available this year. He's going to get more minutes and more looks than I thought a couple of months ago.
Richards looked pretty good, looked a little thicker. He did a nice job of getting very deep position. It will be interesting to see if he continues to get that close to the basket. He did a good job drawing fouls and can make free throws. The box score had him with only 3 rebounds.
Travis stayed closer to the basket than I thought he would on offense. I think he'll start to roam around a little more and show off more skill sooner rather than later. He showed a great motor all game and really rebounded well out of his area.
PJ looked a little trimmer and quicker and willing to drive from further out. I like him doing that a little, but we don't need him trying to be too much of a playmaker. He also did a nice job of drawing fouls and his FT% will be up a little this year.
EJ is a big man. He was a little quiet out there, also (like Quickley). He did run the floor and had a nice post up turnaround jumper. We need to get him involved in some action towards the basket and look for lobs.
I'm not sure what to think of Keldon Johnson yet. I think I had too high of expectations for him after what I've heard. He started the game with a nice jumper and then just didn't score as much as I thought he would. He was aggressive all game, though, missed a couple of poster dunks and was 2nd in rebounds to Travis. I'll reserve my judgment here, I think he'll bounce back.
Quade appears quicker which helped him driving and on defense. His jumper wasn't falling, but he led the team in assists with 5 and had a team-high +/- of 25. Not worried about his shot at all.
Overall, the team looked very willing to share the ball, but just doesn't have enough experience with one another to know exactly how to do it yet. That will come with time. This Bahama team did not play a few of their better players and we should have really rolled them by more than 24. The guys were just feeling one another out a little bit, though. They showed the ability to turn it on when they were focused. Some of the defensive lapses will get cleaned up, too. You know when Cal is coaching he'll yank them out for not playing D as quick as anybody; he has the bench to do it.