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Post by bonaballa1 on Jun 27, 2017 16:52:00 GMT -5
Will we ever see a healthy Stockard in action? He could be the difference between Dancing or NIT.
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Post by fjs64 on Jun 27, 2017 16:56:48 GMT -5
Hard to add to much beyond what Chuck said, but I will add my 2 cents.
First of all, it was an awful weather day.....I was there in shorts and short sleeve shirt....needed jeans and a jacket, but as usual, the campus was beautiful. Walked into the new Franciscan Ministry building....go visit when you are on campus. Another beautifully done building, and by the way there is a lot of work being done on Plassman. They are gutting out the 1st floor and totally updating it, they were also working on the front entrance, new steps and more.
But back to basketball....
Chuck: Nelson looked bigger, was quick and he took it to the basket. Hopefully we see these drives this season. Me: After the scrimmage, he was being coached 1 on 1.....shooting, ball handling, if he missed he did push ups, reward when he made 5 3's in a row....which he did. He looked so much more agressive to me.
Chuck: Jalen Poyser probably was the leading rebounder during the scrimmage. He played the point during the entire scrimmage. Solid ball handler, who showed some good hops. Had an impressive dunk. Me: This was his first full day on campus. Played in the scrimmage, moves the ball well, missed a few 3's badly, but you can see the talent. Good handle and good hops.
Chuck: Idris as always showed great hustle. Me: Idris was working together with Amadi and Chef, taking shot after shot. I expect a better shooting year for his last year wearing the brown and white.
Chuck: Amadi looked considerably slimmer. Amadi showed he can hit from the perimeter by making a 15 foot jump shot. Only jump shot Amadi took. Me: Yes, considerably slimmer, and stronger. Taking lots of shots, hitting a good percentage of them. Has a soft stroke.
Chuck: Courtney watched the practice and did not participate. Me: Wearing a small boot, a slight limp. I was told that he will be ready for the season. I hope, I have my concerns. We need him.
Chuck: The 2 stars of the scrimmage were Josh and the new freshman Chef. Josh is a lot more muscular. You ever hear the theory that adding muscle is suppose to hurt your jump shot. Well Josh proved that theory wrong. I sit down and look over at Josh during warmups and he hits 3 consecutive jumpers a couple feet beyond the arc. During the scrimmage Josh hits a few more 3s. Never thought of Josh as a stretch 4, but he certainly is one now. Me: Amen to all that. Stronger underneath, will be much better inside, and outside. He will be a star.
Chuck: Chef is built more like a senior than a freshman. I was really surprised to see his solid build. Chef showed he can play inside or outside. He has a nice looking jumper and hit quite a few 3s. Honestly I was expecting Chef to have trouble finding PT being behind Idris, but now I'm anxious to see how much PT he will see this season. Chef would make a solid small forward as he has ideal size for the position, along with a nice looking jump shot and very impressive athleticism. With his build and athleticism I can see Chef playing some power forward. Schmidt's comparison to Denzel's athleticism is right on. Chef had a dunk were he jumped, moved the ball between his legs and then easily dunked it. Hopefully I never see it during a game, but it was an impressive dunk for a scrimmage. Me: Totally agree, plus he is a terrific kid. Talked to him around noon, talked a bit after the scrimmage. Another great kid as Mark's recruits usually are.
In the scrimmage Cumberbatch was fantastic, also watched Wil Bathhurst, former OHS star and now a senior at Cornell. Wonderful basketball filled day in the Enchanted mountains. Lunch at the Beef and Barrel....excellent Beef on Weck and great company.
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Post by pete on Jun 27, 2017 18:30:03 GMT -5
Glad to see you back posting, CHUCK. I hope you have the slide rule ready for the season. I hope and expect a good one.
LETS GO BONAS
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Post by dadster81 on Jun 28, 2017 4:01:05 GMT -5
Quoting fsj, "Wonderful basketball filled day in the Enchanted mountains. Lunch at the Beef and Barrel....excellent Beef on Weck and great company."
the definition of heaven for most Bona fans.
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Post by ceharv on Jun 28, 2017 9:24:38 GMT -5
Dadster - I agree but would add a rib eye from the Century Manor for dinner - medium rare please
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Post by wgt on Jun 28, 2017 12:01:54 GMT -5
Impossible to add much to Chuck & fjs64’s fine reports. I’ll try.
I expected to be impressed with Chef but came away being ecstatic about his potential. In talking with him he showed keen interest in hearing about Tom Stith who’s picture he saw in the RC. It was just his 2nd day on campus. He showed sincere interest in talking with two old koots and hearing about Bona history. That or he was just being very respectful or overly thankful for showing him where the Hickey Dinning Hall was.
His video highlights show great shooting but everyone looks good in highlights. Watching him shoot in the RC looked like a highlight reel. He has a deadly shot & makes treys with ease. I asked him about going to the hole because in highlights that is not evident. He rightly reminded me that they were from 2015 & assured me that aspect of his game is much improved.
During warm ups, twice I saw him launch from just inside the stripe, put the ball through his legs & finishing with a thunderous windmill dunk. Coach Schmidt’s comparison to Denzel ‘s athleticism is spot on. However he is a FAR better shooter.
Posyer showed very impressive hops & ball handling. Went 2-6 treys in the run. I think that Nelson will benefit from Posyer being at Bona.
Different than in past years, after the run the 7 players stayed and worked on shooting for 45 mins. LOTS of shots were put up. Nelson shot treys better than Poyser. They were challenged to make 5 treys in a row. Once, after 4 were made Nelson went up & Josh screamed at him to distract but he drained it.
Amadi & Josh were both nailing treys at an impressive rate. Amadi has a strange release with good resilts. Wonder if Josh will be allowed to take treys this year. He was hitting them better than 50% (unguarded). And not a small sample from the top of the key as well as the corners.
Nelson was looking to penetrate more than usual. A good sign. He knows he must improve that aspect of his game.
I heard there were 2 kids from Florida at the camp. Sorry I missed the opportunity to meet Cassain. Wouldn’t that be great if both were wearing the Brown & White one day!
Always sad leaving the Enchanted Mts.
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Post by ddsmugs on Jun 28, 2017 22:15:01 GMT -5
Was very high on Chef after posting alot of his highlites....Glad to hear all the early praise for him. Rutgers signed his 2guard teammate...did we steal the better player?
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Post by Hermit on Jun 29, 2017 0:09:12 GMT -5
Was very high on Chef after posting alot of his highlites....Glad to hear all the early praise for him. Rutgers signed his 2guard teammate...did we steal the better player? Time will tell
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Post by Chuck on Jun 29, 2017 7:14:43 GMT -5
Was very high on Chef after posting alot of his highlites....Glad to hear all the early praise for him. Rutgers signed his 2guard teammate...did we steal the better player? Unlike you I was not expecting much from Chef. His highlights as WGT explains are 2 years old (this coming from Chef himself). I did not know this, so Chef's highlights and following had me expecting a developmental project. -- From the highlights I saw an athletic, but skinny kid who needed a couple years to build up his body before he was able to compete in the A-10. -- Adding to this was his offers, which had 2 other A-10 offers (Duquesne and LaSalle) and the rest were from low majors. -- To top off everything it appeared Chef was the 3rd best player on his team. NERR All-New England Teams had Chef on the 3rd team while his teammates (Baker and Green) made 1st and 2nd team. To make matters worse Caleb Green signed with Holy Cross. WGT's word "ecstatic" is a perfect word to explain how I felt after watching Chef. I want to throw in some caution with the 2 stars of the team were not at the scrimmage, Chef probably had a lot more desire to excel in the game than others and as PYBonnie states it was more of a pick up game than an official scrimmage. With all that considered I saw: -- An extremely athletic player with a body that looked like he was a senior rather than an incoming freshman. By comparison Chef has a lot more of a physical build than Cumberbatch. -- A player who hit numerous 3s and was able to take it to the hoop against Marquise Simmons, David Andoh, Cumberbatch, Josh and Amadi. -- With everyone that played I thought Chef was the best player on the court. I realize Jay and Matt were not there, but 2 professional players is decent replacements with Marquise and Cumberbatch. Hermit is right with "time will tell" and it was just one pickup game, but now I'm wondering if Chef could be the X-factor for this season. Schmidt and his staff are incredible with how they find talented players who are under recruited. And yes Mugs I think you might be right with "did we steal the better player." Well it is not fair, because I've never seen Geo Baker play. I'll just leave it at Chef's performance far exceeded anything I expected. 247sports.com/Player/Tshiefu-Ngalakulondi-91709/TimelineEventswww.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/nepsac-announces-all-new-england-teamswww.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/recruits/caleb-green-2017
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Post by Chuck on Jun 29, 2017 7:46:23 GMT -5
Chuck, nice report as always. What time do they get together? Cat check your personal messages.
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Post by Bonafan71 on Jun 29, 2017 10:06:28 GMT -5
Will we ever see a healthy Stockard in action? He could be the difference between Dancing or NIT. I'm not counting on it. According to reports the poor guy is still in a boot and limping. I know he's trying hard but he's basically been away from the game for two years now. I think it would really be a stretch to count on much more than a late-season bench role. Anything more than that is a bonus and of course, he may surprise us. Fortunately, the reports on Ayeni and Chef make me feel good about the Bonnies minus Stockard. However, without Coburn and Obokoh, our bench is looking thin right now. Here's to hoping Griffin continues the hard work as well. He opened some eyes last year on defense.
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Post by bartmitchell on Jun 29, 2017 10:15:52 GMT -5
In a boot and limping ?
How do you walk in a cam boot and not limp ?
We'll just have to wait and see. Wishing him the best .
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Post by wgt on Jun 29, 2017 13:01:36 GMT -5
What he was wearing did not look like the traditional boot we typically see.
When he was working with the campers during the day he was wearing what looked like a different colored sneaker not a boot. At the night run in the RC he was wearing a higher type shoe different than during the day. His limp was more pronounced at night. Possibly due to the different higher shoe and or being on the foot all day working with the campers.
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Post by gdub2009 on Jun 29, 2017 14:34:16 GMT -5
I believe we have enough depth coming back. Let's look at percentage of minutes coming back since Schmidt's third year of coaching the Bonnies
09-10 65.4% 10-11 50.0% 11-12 68.3% 12-13 57.8% 13-14 49.0% 14-15 42.1% 15-16 57.1% 16-17 51.0% 17-18 73.4%
We have the most minutes we have ever had coming back for a Schmidt team. We have a JUCO who should provide solid minutes and a Freshman who could play some minutes too. This isn't even counting Stockard. I think depth wise we will be okay this year.
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Post by ddsmugs on Jun 29, 2017 18:10:28 GMT -5
I live 10 miles from Rutgers main campus so I follow mens basketball. Rutgers could really use a player like Chef on its roster. Find it hard to believe they took Baker and never worked out Chef. Pikell seems like a good coach and can spot talent why he passed on Chef has me puzzled for a few months. I think the 3rd teammate a PG signed with Holy Cross could have played in A10. Again alot of coaches recruited the school not sure Chef was under recruited.
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