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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1976793" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>It's that the guys the Illini are having to rely on to bring up the ball often look sluggish and not comfortable doing so. We've all seen good ballhandlers where they just glide across the floor and the ball moves effortlessly in their hands and defenders look silly trying to reach and poke at the ball. </p><p></p><p>And when the Illini get into close games this season and the opposition begins to press at the end... that will be real trouble. </p><p></p><p>The Illini have some great players with good to great skill sets. But for the bulk of the roster... ballhandling is simply not a strong point.</p><p></p><p>By the time they get to this point in their careers their individual skills are usually already settled. But guys can work hard at building up parts of their game (like Ayo working on Three Ball in his career). It sure would help if the Illini seriously worked on developing this key part of the game. </p><p></p><p>Just like in hockey... the guys with great speed just play at whole different level from other guys. Same with roundball ballhandlers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1976793, member: 748116"] It's that the guys the Illini are having to rely on to bring up the ball often look sluggish and not comfortable doing so. We've all seen good ballhandlers where they just glide across the floor and the ball moves effortlessly in their hands and defenders look silly trying to reach and poke at the ball. And when the Illini get into close games this season and the opposition begins to press at the end... that will be real trouble. The Illini have some great players with good to great skill sets. But for the bulk of the roster... ballhandling is simply not a strong point. By the time they get to this point in their careers their individual skills are usually already settled. But guys can work hard at building up parts of their game (like Ayo working on Three Ball in his career). It sure would help if the Illini seriously worked on developing this key part of the game. Just like in hockey... the guys with great speed just play at whole different level from other guys. Same with roundball ballhandlers. [/QUOTE]
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