Well hopefully it's Ed Gray Jr.concordtom said:
There's an Ed Grey Junior??
Awesome!
Didn't Stephen Domingo light it up at Pro Am right before he came to us?Big C said:
Sometimes, the Pro Am can be good for players' development. Other times, less so. I could picture this being a good thing for JHD: Maybe he gets to work on his offensive skills in a more "free flowing" environment and can build up some confidence.
I saw some of Domingo's games in the SF Pro Am. I do remember him making some threes and getting some rebounds, but not particularly 'lighting it up", and he made very few threes at Cal. I was impressed enough to think he could help Cal, and was very disappointed. I should have listened to my cousin who played against him in high school, and he described Domingo as dunking everything, but not much else.KoreAmBear said:Didn't Stephen Domingo light it up at Pro Am right before he came to us?Big C said:
Sometimes, the Pro Am can be good for players' development. Other times, less so. I could picture this being a good thing for JHD: Maybe he gets to work on his offensive skills in a more "free flowing" environment and can build up some confidence.
That was the second best 'past performance does not lead to future success' moment for us. #1 being Nick Vanderlaan his first game for us at the Alaska pre-season tournament. He got like 17 and 11. I don't think he ever did that again in 4 years.
It doesn't attract near the talent it used to attract. It used to have a lot of NBA players,plus local players who had been playing pro overseas, and was a place here most of the local schools sent players to gain experience. Now and then all star players like Jason Kidd, Stephen Curry, and many others did cameo appearances.KoreAmBear said:
It's a glorified pickup league. I mean better than not doing anything.
Are you talking SF ProAM or Cal? Maybe both?oskidunker said:
Boring. No game plan. no plays. No defense. Stopped going last year.
Jabari Bird played, scored at least 15 from what I saw. randomly spotted Powe who was sitting in the standsIntuit said:
in attendance or playing ?
Chunger89 said:Jabari Bird played, scored at least 15 from what I saw. randomly spotted Powe who was sitting in the standsIntuit said:
in attendance or playing ?
KoreAmBear said:Didn't Stephen Domingo light it up at Pro Am right before he came to us?Big C said:
Sometimes, the Pro Am can be good for players' development. Other times, less so. I could picture this being a good thing for JHD: Maybe he gets to work on his offensive skills in a more "free flowing" environment and can build up some confidence.
That was the second best 'past performance does not lead to future success' moment for us. #1 being Nick Vanderlaan his first game for us at the Alaska pre-season tournament. He got like 17 and 11. I don't think he ever did that again in 4 years.
Eric Verniesel. I think he hit 5 threes in his first outing, and never again approached that level.KoreAmBear said:Didn't Stephen Domingo light it up at Pro Am right before he came to us?Big C said:
Sometimes, the Pro Am can be good for players' development. Other times, less so. I could picture this being a good thing for JHD: Maybe he gets to work on his offensive skills in a more "free flowing" environment and can build up some confidence.
That was the second best 'past performance does not lead to future success' moment for us. #1 being Nick Vanderlaan his first game for us at the Alaska pre-season tournament. He got like 17 and 11. I don't think he ever did that again in 4 years.
That sounds good, and it always is impressive when a player can do that. Those plays are exciting, and can turn a game around. However, that was the Pro-Am, and even though there are some good players in that league, there still is not much coaching, and I doubt that coaches and players study game tapes. When JHD plays against college competition, coaches will have watched film on him or will have seen him play and will know his tendencies. Such as when is he likely to leave his man alone and poach in a passing lane. Good coaches and good teams will know his tendencies and they will take advantage of him when he does leave his man to poach. You can't steal balls in the lanes and guard your man at the same time, usually, that is.Chunger89 said:
I finally had the opportunity to see JHD last night in the championships. His team is pretty stacked, with him playing alongside Juan Anderson (Marquette/SC Warriors), and some other D1/overseas players. JHD played at least 20-30 min, and was routinely assigned to defend East Bay's best player Jovan Harris. I was pretty impressed seeing him get at least 4 steals + breakaway dunks just by jumping the passing lanes.
Thanks for this. The Dream team is usually coached by Dean "the Dreamer" Maye. Maye is a very good coach, who coached Balboa to a City Championship and he is probably imparting some of his wisdom to JHD. Maye played point guard and was as good as anyone who ever came out of the city. He also played 2 years at CCSF for Brad Duggan, another fine coach. He relates really well to players, and it looks like JHD is listening. JHD might have been one of those players who did not perform well for Wyking Jones but may blossom under other coaches I never questioned how hard he was playing, if he can continue that, along with better coaching, it could be interesting to see how he fits into the Cal team this year. He will be a junior, and that means he could be one of the leaders at Cal this season, hopefully.smokeyrover said:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/cals-juhwan-harris-dyson-leads-dream-team-to-sf-pro-am-win/amp/
