Willy moves well and showed a few moves in the post. He banged well with a veteran NBA muscleman- Valanciunas.

You can see Willy picking up fouls in the quicker NBA, but I liked the fact that he didn't get pushed around in the trenches.

nixluva wrote:Yeah I was very impressed with Willy. He has NBA level ability to hold his spot in the low post. He's not a great player but you can see how he could be effective as a Center off the bench. I actually think he could be more effective as a post player than KOQ. Both players are below the rim guys but Willy looks a bit more spry and quick with his moves.

Well it won't be hard to be a better post player then KOQ is that's for sure.

EnySpree wrote:The very first spin move be did shocked me. That move alone showed he is a real nba player. The alley oop he caught shortly after was impressive as well. Shouted his agility and court awareness.

Kuzminskas was open a few times in the beginning and it made me think his players were freezing him out. Kuzminskas is constantly moving. You can see he can play, it's just his teammates aren't looking out for him. Hadn't had much chance to do something with the ball yet either.

Jonas looked lost on that play. Not to be a negger but I thought Hernie put the ball down again an unnecessary time on that dunk. Would have liked to see him go straight up. But the pivot was great. Jonas looked like David Lee.

WaltLongmire wrote:

meloanyk wrote:Didn't see game but bit surprised at the descriptions because I thought he was banger without much to offer on O. After seeing him, are we comfortable that Noah is adequately back by the trio of OQuinn, Wily and Plumlee?

Willy has some decent moves in the pivot and can use both hands. Lets face it, he went up against some decent bigs in this game.

He made some nice passes, picks, and he knows how to move without the ball after a pick. I thought his teammates missed him a number of times. Had one turn around J that he missed. More of a midrange shooter at this time, but he was not called on to do this in this game.

He's lost some of his baby fat, from what I can see. Hopefully he and KP work out together to put on some muscle.

Will be interested to see how he matches up with KOQ and Plumlee. He's slicker than Plumlee, and has a better offensive moves down low.

Also have to remember that KP can play some center, too.

Thanks, sounds good

EnySpree wrote:Willy got increasingly frustrated as the game went along. Valanciunas is being allowed to bump guys blatantly in the paint where in the nba he would have been ejected by now. That's the difference in the rules of FIBA and the nba.

Valanciunas is a bit dirty, though.

knicks1248 wrote:When i first seen this guy, he was very good in the post, I just question the competition.

The kid has big strong legs and he's pretty agile and light on his feet. He lacks the explosion but he can move very well. He really knows how to use that big body and get his below the rim shots off.

EnySpree wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:When i first seen this guy, he was very good in the post, I just question the competition.

Did you notice he's going against Valancients? In this video?

I think he comes in and really challenges for the backup center role, and you know that player is going to see some extended minutes and get some starts unless Noah plays 82 and I don't think we want that even if he could

WaltLongmire wrote:If Willy holds his own on D, he should get backup minutes over KOQ.

Will be interesting to see how KOQ responds in camp and whether he shows up in great shape.

That's what I've been thinking all along--Willy over O'Quinn. Just on that post threat element alone. That's the biggest thing that stands out to me about Willy--his advanced post game. Great mixture of skill along with excellent footwork. Might be the best post player we have on the team and the guy hasn't even played a second for us yet. I think you play Willy and exploit that post threat. Hopefully the other aspects of his game are solid enough to warrant the PT. What concerns me just a little after watching this: the plus rebounding and people like Fran Fraschilla calling him a 'banger' are two important parts of the scouting report I was hoping to see but surprisingly didn't in this game. Looked like he had trouble corralling rebounds and Jonas V. continually outmuscled him for position down low as the game progressed it seemed (not that he got tossed around out there--he didn't--just was expecting a little more in this area than what he showed). Still showed plenty of good things out there, esp. early on, starting with that post game. He's intriguing -- can't wait to see more.