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<blockquote data-quote="EyeoftheIllini" data-source="post: 1561794" data-attributes="member: 623415"><p>Hats off to Kofi, Giorgi and DaMonte. I was worried about how DaMonte would do against the much taller Johnson after seeing the latter against MSU. There were times Johnson got the better of him, but not many — and he and Giorgi held Johnson to 7 pts (on 3-10 shooting) and 7 rebs after he had 11 and 4 against MSU. Kofi had some problems offensively, but he and Giorgi “held” Hurt to 19 and 7 after he had 21 and 13 against MSU. So they didn’t silence either of them, but they did hold them pretty much in check and allow the Illini’s advantage at guard shine through. </p><p></p><p>As to Curbelo, when I saw him in high school the talent obviously was easy to see, but I thought his sometimes loose play and penchant for getting into bad spots might be a problem since he’d be playing against better players and better team concepts. And that has certainly happened, but the skill and talent is unmistakable even on the bigger stage. Not ready to hand the keys to the kingdom — especially on this team — but he is going to be special next year and beyond. And he will be a big part of this year’s success. Guess I’ll just have to live with some mistakes this year — and enjoy the “how did he do that moments” because if BU is comfortable enough to play him 21 minutes against Duke, who am I to argue. One area of growth I think is needed and overlooked is knowing his teammates better. He can make some great finds, but the pass recipient is put in a position where he isn’t capable of doing something within his skill/comfort level leading to a bad/tough shot or a turnover by the pass catcher. So while the negative result appears under the recipient’s name in box score, AC has to share some of that responsibility. I have no doubt he’ll get there, just hope he can clean things up during B1G play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EyeoftheIllini, post: 1561794, member: 623415"] Hats off to Kofi, Giorgi and DaMonte. I was worried about how DaMonte would do against the much taller Johnson after seeing the latter against MSU. There were times Johnson got the better of him, but not many — and he and Giorgi held Johnson to 7 pts (on 3-10 shooting) and 7 rebs after he had 11 and 4 against MSU. Kofi had some problems offensively, but he and Giorgi “held” Hurt to 19 and 7 after he had 21 and 13 against MSU. So they didn’t silence either of them, but they did hold them pretty much in check and allow the Illini’s advantage at guard shine through. As to Curbelo, when I saw him in high school the talent obviously was easy to see, but I thought his sometimes loose play and penchant for getting into bad spots might be a problem since he’d be playing against better players and better team concepts. And that has certainly happened, but the skill and talent is unmistakable even on the bigger stage. Not ready to hand the keys to the kingdom — especially on this team — but he is going to be special next year and beyond. And he will be a big part of this year’s success. Guess I’ll just have to live with some mistakes this year — and enjoy the “how did he do that moments” because if BU is comfortable enough to play him 21 minutes against Duke, who am I to argue. One area of growth I think is needed and overlooked is knowing his teammates better. He can make some great finds, but the pass recipient is put in a position where he isn’t capable of doing something within his skill/comfort level leading to a bad/tough shot or a turnover by the pass catcher. So while the negative result appears under the recipient’s name in box score, AC has to share some of that responsibility. I have no doubt he’ll get there, just hope he can clean things up during B1G play. [/QUOTE]
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