http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?SID=910&Year=2007&ra_key=1611
#107 They had him ranked above DJ Kennedy,Jeremy Hazell,Rashod Bishop ,Jamine Peterson and others. This looks like a good signing to me
That is funny that you found that link because I was just saying to myself he looks better on the Offensive end than DJ, that is the good.
The bad is he looks more like a SG/SF I am pretty sure that is not a need for us.We need another guy besides Thomas who the guards can dump the ball down into the low post, being that JB & Sean Evans are face up 4/5.
With the lost of Tomas & Wait that leaves us with 6-9 Dele as our tallest player, we must play at a high tempo with such a small team.
I think it is really hard to play uptempo with a PG that can't shoot, because part of playing uptempo is spreading the floor.
I agree that Boothe can't shoot well. I also agree that part of playing uptemp is spreading the floor. However, I do believe what Boothe does somewhat well is find the open man. I also think some of our guys are decent (not great) outside shooters like Horne and Mase. It's also been said Hardy is a very good outside shooter (I will believe when I see it). Therefore, with all of this in place, it shouldn't be hard for us to spread the floor.
Additionally, we do not have to spread the floor in the half court in order to play uptempo. We can play uptempo on the defensive end (full court, traps, etc.) to create alot of turnovers. I truly believe we have the right group of players to do this. If done successfully, it will create alot of easy buckets.
The problem is... Norm hasn't shown us he will utilize our players the way I think they should be utilized.