Brandon Garrison
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That defensive possession was actually pretty impressive. Big man was moving his feet and beating the guard to the spot each time
By season's end he was getting much better defensively (had a few key blocks in the tournament). Keep it UP BG!
That's garrisons strong suit. He's a great perimeter defender for his size, needs to work on his post D but perimeter is good.
Post D and rebounding. He improves in those areas, he will be very tough.
Exactly! Effort inside on the defensive end (every play) would be worth $$$$ to him. And it would go a long way to making a great season for us this year.
When watching his post defense and rebounding, I think it is as much lack of court awareness & instincts as it is effort.
Guys who are great rebounders, great assist guys, great shot blockers, etc, have a great read on the floor where they are often 2-3 steps ahead of everyone else. So, whatever they lack in physical attributes (quickness, leaping ability, etc), they make up for it by starting that move a little sooner than everyone else.
This can be improved with experience, watching film, etc, but there is also huge level of natural ability that plays into it. When players don't have it, they look slow not b/c they don't have the physical attributes, but they aren't reading things quick enough and/or are hesitant.
Hopefully, the mental aspect of Brandon's game improves as much as the physical as that will allow him to play faster not just for the sake of playing faster and with more energy but playing faster into the right play.
I want to see him in a big man camp, learning rebounding positioning, how to wall up and how to work from outside the lane to go after the rebound. His perimeter defense was good most of the year last year. His inside and down low defense was an open hole in our defense. I know he wants to be the 2025 outside in player but you still have to do the defense as a big man.
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I hope he picked up those quick feet from watching Amari Williams.
It's a main reason why I think he'd be more than serviceable as a 4. I actually thought he should've gotten a little more run at the 4 spot last year as AC struggled w/ his back
Now lets get Pope and WCS linked up and have him take BG under his wing
bet you guy's didn't know WCS played wide receiver in high school,,,, sorry guys couldn't help it
This upcoming version of the Kentucky roster will have 10 or 11 potential NBA prospects.
That's for sure and being objective. The team is loaded this year and Pope sure seems to feel that way looking at our upcoming schedule. Going to be a fun ride this season
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