HSOM writer featured on Bobcats Blog
One of our basketball writers HoosierSully16 was featured in a piece about D.J. White on the Fansided.com Charlotte Bobcats blog. Follow the link to view the full post.
Here is a sneak peak of the post:
I was fortunate enough to have been at IU during the DJ White era. That’s right, I said “era” . I can remember back to the Midnight Madness practice his freshman year when the song “Go DJ” by Lil Wayne played and out came a lanky 6’8’’ goofy kid that nobody had really heard of. By the end of his freshman season everyone in the country knew who he was. His freshman season he averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 blocks a game and shot 57% from the field. This earned him B10 First Team All Freshman, B10 Freshman of the Year and First Team Freshman All-American honors. By his senior season he was a walking double-double averaging 17.4 points and 10.3 rebounds a game earning him Second Team All-American honors. At this point I’ll apologize to Bobcat fans because I’m sure none of this is of interest to you, but it’s hard not to reminisce.
So what to expect from DJ White? You can expect a work ethic like none other. You can expect one of the most consistent 8 to 12 foot jumpers in the game today. Not to mention he can get that jumper whenever he wants. He doesn’t have an impressive vertical jump, but with his 7’0’’ wing span and a release point above his head and at the peak of his vertical, very few NBA defenders will have a prayer. If he wants it, he can take it. He also uses his length effectively around the glass. It goes without question that he used his time in the D-league and his little time on an NBA roster working on his strength because he needs it. In the NBA world he’s a 4 in a 3’s body so where he lacks in athletic ability he needs to make up for in strength. Additionally, it would have been wise for him to have extended that pure short game to around 15 feet. He never extended himself in college because he didn’t have to. That is probably the biggest thing he needed to work on in order for his game to translate well into the NBA.
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