Also, I assume he won’t be wearing the shoes as a FL player. Cooper Flagg signed with New Balance prior to attending Duke but still had to wear Nike as a Blue Devil.
The Six Million Dollar Man…can the FL coaches rebuild him and make him better than before?..stronger…faster? Will he make a Di-di-di-di-Di sound when he drives to the rim?
Seriously, it’s a great growth challenge for Lee. He has ambitions to get to the NBA, so if he can figure out how to fill in his weak spots and enhance his strengths while getting paid at FL it’s hard to quibble with his decision. And the IL background of the coach might make for more familiarity on both sides about what to expect from one another.
Early report from Florida’s coach is that Lee has been “better than expected” and “an offensive juggernaut.”
Around 19:38 here Lee says that academics at Florida are considerably easier than at Princeton, in terms of both the amount and the difficulty of the work.
Rough first game for Xaivian in a 6pt loss vs. Arizona. Decent looking 14p/6r/5a but ice-cold shooting (5-17). He had his moments but not nearly enough of them. Against physical defense like Arizona (or Yale for that matter), he’s gotta hit his open 3s and he was only 3-11 tonight.
I suspect he’ll have a great season when he gets comfortable, but Arizona clearly wore out the Gators tonight.
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Hde struggled on defense, and was not hitting open 3s, but he got by his man constantly, and was
the best passer on the court.
Xaivian who?
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