Dogbreath2U
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The injury is another blow to the team....it's too bad for Niels as he could have used a couple more games to continue his growth this year. He has shown steady progress in his game.
He's just a combination dose of "Rashad confidence" and "Adrien attitude" from being more than a glue-guy and complimentary type player. He should shoot jump shots all the time and drop the careful set shot that he routinely front rims. When he shoots in rhythm and without thinking, he is very good. We saw this yesterday when he had the ball with the shot clock running down and he had to react. He put up a midrange jumper with very good elevation and perfect form that hit nothing but net. His defense has been the best on the team ... the way he was great hedging on screens against Georgetown showed great timing. He completely stopped the player with the ball, then left quickly to reacquire his man. Not perfect, but he played Porter very well while he was on him.
He has also shown great improvement in his rebounding and toughness under the basket. How many times has he tipped a ball he could not get to to another Husky? Well, I don't know, but quite a few and it shows his ability to "see" the game as it happens.
It's been difficult because there have been games where the match-up did not allow playing both he and Deandre as much together (btw, much of what I have said about NG also applies to DD). It was no accident that our team played its best basketball with both of them in at the end of many games. I hope that there are more times when KO plays both NG and DD together with a real big at center next year. It seems that Niels has another level that he can reach if he can stop deferring so much and be more aggressive in creating his own offense.
He's just a combination dose of "Rashad confidence" and "Adrien attitude" from being more than a glue-guy and complimentary type player. He should shoot jump shots all the time and drop the careful set shot that he routinely front rims. When he shoots in rhythm and without thinking, he is very good. We saw this yesterday when he had the ball with the shot clock running down and he had to react. He put up a midrange jumper with very good elevation and perfect form that hit nothing but net. His defense has been the best on the team ... the way he was great hedging on screens against Georgetown showed great timing. He completely stopped the player with the ball, then left quickly to reacquire his man. Not perfect, but he played Porter very well while he was on him.
He has also shown great improvement in his rebounding and toughness under the basket. How many times has he tipped a ball he could not get to to another Husky? Well, I don't know, but quite a few and it shows his ability to "see" the game as it happens.
It's been difficult because there have been games where the match-up did not allow playing both he and Deandre as much together (btw, much of what I have said about NG also applies to DD). It was no accident that our team played its best basketball with both of them in at the end of many games. I hope that there are more times when KO plays both NG and DD together with a real big at center next year. It seems that Niels has another level that he can reach if he can stop deferring so much and be more aggressive in creating his own offense.
, wanted to see a lot more of those 2 on the court together this year. Not sure why but I do trust the staff just my opinion they bring things to the table in the game together.