Maybe not the deep 3 threat but 18 ft out? He definitely seems more comfortable facing the bucket. IMO Skal will be the person that Cal will turn to in place of Willis against AL.
Can Skal play as the "stretch" 4?
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Offensively, Skal isn't the problem. He essentially is playing a stretch 4 role now being used in almost exclusively pick and roll sets.
If you haven't noticed, almost any of us could go by him if he's forced to guard anyone outside of 5 feet. Making him guard someone like Luke Kornet, Ben Simmons or Dorian Finney-Smith would mean foul trouble within 5 minutes.
If you haven't noticed, almost any of us could go by him if he's forced to guard anyone outside of 5 feet. Making him guard someone like Luke Kornet, Ben Simmons or Dorian Finney-Smith would mean foul trouble within 5 minutes.
No & I hope we don't have to see him there. Weak as a lamb. I'm 70 and I can blow by him and probably out rebound him. I'm 6' 1" and still have 4 years eligibly left. 
He'd be eaten alive on defense by athletic bigs who can get to
A paraplegic could blow by him going to the hole.
Weak and his head is clearly not always in the game.
A paraplegic could blow by him going to the hole.
Weak and his head is clearly not always in the game.
Lol, you're correct. I guess he's technically a stretch 5, but they're interchangeable, IMO.
Dear Little Baby Jesus, please give Skal some defensive footwork and ability to stay on the floor when given the headfake.....
Skal needs more time in college, at least 2 more years. Everybody remembers WCS freshman year he got pushed around a lot as well. WCS stayed in school worked his butt off, turns himself into a lottery pick. Skal going straight to the NBA after this season, his NBA career will be short. It takes some kids time to develop physically and mentally. I hope he don't make the mistake as so many others kids did.
I hope Skal stays. I think we could see a nice improvement from this season to next season. Playing with the studs we're gonna have could really help him.
Do we really want Skal getting minutes from the plethora of bodies we'll have next year? Because Cal will be trying to up Skal NBA stock in addition to winning next year...and I personally don't want any part of his weak mess defensive game.
- C: Bam, Lee and Humphries are all better than Skal next year. Possibly Bolden as well.
- PF: Willis, SKJ, Gabriel can get some PF minutes next year as well. Then you have Wynard..who knows what he's got
Outside of Wynard, there are no players on that list I want to see grabbing less clock to put Skal out there...and the first time Skal starts wussing out on the floor again, I'll be having a fit why Cal is so pre-occupied with one players' NBA future vs. getting a title.
The only thing that scares me is WCS was 10 times better than Skal as a freshman,
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