For Jun to be considered an elite player and even an NBA candidate, he needs to show he can knock down an outside shot on a regular basis.  Four games into this year, he has not shown he can do that (he is 0-8 from the three for the season), and I would say that the vast majority of his 27 made baskets was powering the ball inside against opponents that were not as physically strong as Jun nor nearly as quick.   I can't even think of many midrange shots (12-18 footers) that he has made this sesaon.   This is by no means meant to be critical of Jun, as he is playing in a manner that gives us the best chance of winning against this level of competitoin.   I believe he should be worthy of making one of the 3 all conference teams.   Based on what he has been doing his first 4 games, you can likewise argue that Castro is a top 15 player in the conference, but like Jun, he has been doing it so far against smaller, slower and less athletic competition.  Lets hope that this will trnslate into similar play at conference time.   One very nice gesture that Jun has been doing is wearing Garrett's #9 warmup jersey during pracitce.     The player I am kinda down on after 4 gams is Trey Moss, who is now shooting 40% for the season (including 4-16 from the 3), got his first assist of the season tonight and doesn't defend particularly well.   I think he may be better suited as an energy player coming off of the bench, and see him ultimately losing minutes to Christian Jones (who had his second steal and dunk of the season but may be better suited as the backup point guard); Ty Bevins or Dayan Nessah, each of whom are going to need alot more games to develop.   I would have liked to have seen Dayan get a bit more playing time tonight, but I certainly understand that coach's desire to give him very brief appearances (totalled 7 minutes for the night) to ease him into college play, especially with his coming off of an injury.  

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