What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.
Mara's teammates are running the floor for his deep outlets and even throwing him post passes.
โThey've learned that he outlets the ball deep. So they're getting up the floor in the outlets. They're looking for him in the roles... even like they throw the ball to him in the post... it's a sign of trust.โ
Mara did a lot of invisible work between summer league and the start of training camp.
โHe did a lot of invisible work in between the end of summer league and the start of training camp... your impact isn't felt if you're not in great shape. And no one's in 10 out of 10 shape, you know, in beginning a training camp like this.โ
Stirtz is adjusting to playing off the ball and had his best day yet.
โHe was like the highest usage player in college basketball last year. And so moving off the ball is a little new for him... today I thought was actually his best day.โ
Mara shut down the rim on many plays but fouled a lot in limited time.
โHe shut down the rim tonight on a lot of plays. He still has a ways to go fundamentally, obviously, fouled a lot in a short period of time.โ
