Looked like the same gym that introduced Benny to us but this was more promising.
Saw lots of positives.  He has good size and frame to build upon.  Willing passer and likes to penetrate the lane.  Nice form on his shooting - good balance and backspin with nice touch.  His team had 17 TO's but he had some very nice assists.  Defense and ballhandling was hard to judge.  Look forward to seeing alot more.  Thanks again GW0509   

Watched yesterday and he looked great!  Saw him trip on a fluke play with time expiring and he came up limping.  Not in todays game…hope he’s ok!

I'm try to temper my expectations, but after watching some older highlights and yesterday's game I'm getting excited to see Dayan i'm a Revs jersey. He looks to be very athletic and skilled.In the game against Poland he showed he could create offense for himself and his teammates off the dribble. Saw the court exceptionally well, and was a very willing passer. He some very nice passes after beating his man off the dribble, and should have had 3 or 4 more assists had his teammates been able to finish a little better. He also handled the ball on several occasions the full length of the floor through traffic leading to buckets for himself and his teammates. Also battled hard for rebounds. If you have a chance, the replay is worth checking out.

Positives after watching 2 games. He can defend 5 positions. He can pull boards at a good rate. He can bring the ball up the court. Better, he can run a break from the middle. He has a good Eurostep around the rim, also can hit a teardrop or a sort pull up.

The swiss change on all picks. Nessah has a good feel for an inside pass  and work either side of a two-man game.

So far, he doesn't seem to take every 3 that presents it's self. I like his shot. He has more of a pro arc and not a ton of arc as mentions above. My person concern is arc heavy shots tend to introduce lower percentages and shooting that falls off as the legs tire--like Max.

Schroder was un-coachable in the course of a single season.with no summer. Poog's Garino reference is a good vector to consider. A player who grows and brings a high level skills to a larger size..

This team is going to have to raise the tempo in games. I know that is a bit away from our coaches comfort zone. We have 15 fouls to give with the 5's.  We should press hard with 4 players. Bevin may surprise us. Autry may key a number of decisions. Can he pickup some point minutes? He may do it if on the floor with Dayan Nessah and Buchanan, Bevin and either Castro or Hansen.

And then there is Moss... could be a good crew!!!
 

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Gwmayhem wrote:

He may very well be too unselfish as a freshman.  He seems to embrace all phases of the game and not just scoring. 
  

Sounds like freshman year Yuta. Is that too big of a comp?  

Freshman year Yuta stats: 20 mpg / 7 ppg / 3.5 rpg

Considering all his skills, we can call him a Swiss Army Knife [sorry] 

GW0509 wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

He may very well be too unselfish as a freshman.  He seems to embrace all phases of the game and not just scoring. 
  

Sounds like freshman year Yuta. Is that too big of a comp?  

Freshman year Yuta stats: 20 mpg / 7 ppg / 3.5 rpg

Yuta’s freshman year, he had Garino, JoeMac, Kethan, and KevLar all juniors. Not much bench, though. 

This year’s team has a lot more question marks and doesn’t have that kind of core 4.  With Garrett’s unfortunate injury, it’s not even clear who the number 2 option is on this team.  Maybe it’s Drumgoole or maybe Jacoi’s offense makes a sophomore jump. 

But all that to say there is opportunity for Dayan to put up Garret Johnson-like freshman year numbers if he’s good enough from the start.

CC, not prone to overstatement had the following to say:



"Dayan is one of the best young prospects in Europe," Caputo said. "He possesses great size and athletic ability with a tremendous first step. Most importantly, he has a great mentality and desire to become a great player. He will really benefit from his time playing for coach Ivan Rudez and the Swiss National team this summer."

Hungary beats the Swiss 78-63 but Nessah scores 22 points on 7-15 shooting (46.7%) including 4-5 on 3 pointers and 4-4 from the foul line. He also lead the team with 6 boards and had 3 assists and 3 TOs.  No on else on Switzerland had more than 12 points and the team shot 22/59 or 37.3%  His +/- was -18 but his efficiency rate was 20 while no one else on the Swiss  was higher than 10..

Link to today's game at 12:30 pm: 



 

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