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Skyler was a local, walk-on who proved himself under Pearl; earned his minutes under Pearl; earned his scholarship under Pearl. He has a bum shoulder, but still plays tough D. He'll be alright.

Pearl was a good coach, emphasis on 'was.' CCM is a top-20 coach, except without Maymon, we are not a top 20 team--yet! We are a "slashing" team, looking for our identity. We had three pretty good slashers in Trae, McRae and Rich. Enter slasher #4--Reese.

By mid-January, we will be a fast break team. These four slashers can fly! Our D makes people miss a lot of shots. Now we need our bigs clearing the ball off the rim. I see Reese making several flying dunks this year off the break.

Stokes can drive the ball, but right now he has problems handling the double team. His deliberate approach welcomes off-side defenders to double him up. Problem is, all those great passes could be assists, except we are one of the worst 3-pt shooting teams in America! Another reason our identity will become a slashing team.

Yemi is effective with this group of athletes because he doesn't clog up the middle. Yemi is not a good post player and doesn't play very well with his back to the ball--yet! Yemi is effective in what he does, and that is stay out of the way so the slashers can drive to the basket. His focus is on offensive rebounding. Think Dennis Rodman. I'm not saying Yemi should get covered in tats and multiple body piercings. I do like Yemi's rebounding style and tough nosed D. Go Vols!