Totally ridiculous over-reactions to what was essentially a scrimmage:
* Kentucky State, God bless them, is terrible so it is tough to make any actual assessments. Kind of like that time Wiltjer dropped a billion points on Morehouse. Who knows?
That said, I really like this team. We've got a bunch of fast twitch athletes at almost every position. The wingspan on this team is going to become one of those Did you know Heshimu means strong, black warrior or Michael Porter had a football offer from Southern California announcer tropes that will drive everyone crazy, but it is legitimately amazing.
There were times last night where guys were roaming in our halfcourt defense with everyone out on the perimeter and our guys looked like a pack of wolves or something. This team has unreal defensive potential. Whether it is realized is, of course, going to be a matter of effort.
* I'm all in on a frontcourt rotation of Whitney, Brooks, Sestina, and a healthy Richards. EJ Montgomery is glacially slow. That's not going to change. If we are going to have three 6'2 guards ripping and running, it makes little sense to have two slow bigs out there trying to keep up.
I actually like playing a big, burly *** Tom Izzo team early in the year. It will be a good test to see which combinations will really work against good teams.
* Keion Brooks, Jr. cracks me up. He's got a goofy haircut and he has this sort of awkward baby deer way of moving but he gets stuff done and is effective. I like that kid.
* There's only about three guys on this team who have any business taking an NCAA three point shot right now. Maxey's shot is fugly.
Shooting is going to be a concern if we play smallball. Thankfully Sestina can drop bombs so we can create space. That kid is going to play a ton of minutes this year. He and Hagans are going to go neck and neck for most minutes played this year, which is always a sign of how much Cal respects a player.