Quentin Coleman on the USA U18 National Team

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Emerson Bigguns
Fly Illini Fly! said:
If you made it thru the second half of that game, it's legitimately a testament to your patience.
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I watched it once it was over Started to watch the whole thing, but ended up fast forwarding through the most of the parts where Q was on the bench...

A lot of sloppy, selfish play... but not by our boy. You don't have to tell that kid to play hard or pass to the open man. He's cutting while everyone else stands around, and crashing hard every time the ball goes up.

He is going to need to work on finishing with his left hand. He had another layup attempt where he did a 180 and put it off the glass with his right, rather than just going up with his left. It worked last night, but it won't in NCAA ball. I foresee a lot of left-handed layup drills in his plans this summer... If he has any dreams of being one and done, he's got to get it comfortable with it.
 
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Boricua Illini
Emerson Bigguns said:
I watched it once it was over Started to watch the whole thing, but ended up fast forwarding through the most of the parts where Q was on the bench...

A lot of sloppy, selfish play... but not by our boy. You don't have to tell that kid to play hard or pass to the open man. He's cutting while everyone else stands around, and crashing hard every time the ball goes up.

He is going to need to work on finishing with his left hand. He had another layup attempt where he did a 180 and put it off the glass with his right, rather than just going up with his left. It worked last night, but it won't in NCAA ball. I foresee a lot of left-handed layup drills in his plans this summer... If he has any dreams of being one and done, he's got to get it comfortable with it.
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I agree on the left-hand finishing. That's probably the most obvious area where he can add another layer to his game as the competition level increases.

That said, it's worth remembering that Ty was also extremely right-hand dominant around the basket and still found ways to be highly effective.

Based on the limited film I've seen, Quentin actually reminds me quite a bit of Ty in a lot of ways: relentless motor, high basketball IQ, outstanding rebounding instincts, and a knack for producing despite not being the biggest guy on the floor.

The difference, at least from what I've seen so far, is that Quentin appears to have a much more developed outside jumper at the same stage. If that's real and continues to improve, it could open up parts of his game that Ty didn't rely on as much (understatement).
 
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ptgrd23
Good news is our guards are BIG

I think Vaaks and Coleman are CG, Morillo is a PG and Brown is a SG

Vaaks SOP, Coleman FR , Morillo FR Brown FR

We are young.
 
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