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Damion James will be better on the perimeter

Posted by HenryJames on October 17th, 2008 under Basketball

According to the Statesman, Damion James spent the month of June practicing with former Longhorn Kevin Durant. It paid off.

“You’ll be surprised at how much I’ve improved on the perimeter,” said James. “My ballhandling. I’ve extended my shooting range.”

Don’t hold back, Damion.

“Kevin coming back is by far the best thing that ever happened to me at UT,” James said.

Good news.


Foreshadowing?

A.J. Abrams said Dogus Balbay is the fastest Longhorn with the ball, and Varez Ward is the fastest without it. Ward is going to be a great defender.

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  1. Facebook User said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    I’d like to also extend a big thanks to Kelvin Sampson. Mensch.

  2. Gobble Gobble said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    That’s Calvin Simpson. I mean Corvin Simmons. I mean Colwin Johnson. I mean Kevin Simonds.

  3. Bob in Houston said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Barnes’s quotes on the players yesterday were a lot more positive and specific than the stuff that Texassports.com posted a couple of weeks ago.

    This is gonna be a fun season.

  4. srr50 said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    John Mackovic would have never stood for this.

  5. Scipio Tex said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    We’re going to murder people on the boards.

    Atchley on the perimeter guarded by a big while Damion posts up a skinny wing inside will be a matchup nightmare.

  6. The General said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am

    If Damion is a full time 3, then who sits from our three guards? How Barnes answers this question will have a lot to do with how our season goes.

  7. HenryJames said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    If he answers it with a Dutch accent, what will that mean?

  8. Nordberg said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    His comments yesterday seemed to indicate that Mason and Abrams will be the starters.

    And he sounded a bit like John Edwards when he said it, for whatever that’s worth.

  9. Bob in Houston said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    And of course, he looks like John Grisham.

  10. Trips Right said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I’d like to see Damion attack bigger forwards from the triple threat position. He doesn’t need to cross fools over to get to the rim, he’d be most effective as a shot fake, one dribble, explode to the goal forward.

  11. Trips Right said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Scip, Dogus or Mason will need to stroke it or teams are going to zone the shit out of us due to the matchup problems you typed about.

    Or f’ it, let’s just press the shit out of teams with our depth and run them out of the zone.

  12. CrazyJoeDavola said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I feel bad for Sonics fans, but it sure is nice having KD just a couple of hundred miles up the highway instead of two time zones away.

    Though I hope he has a good glazier on his payroll to make up for all the bricks the Okies will be throwing through his windows.

  13. MIA said:

    October 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    His GF is my employee. She has already promised me tickets. Good ones.

  14. Kafka said:

    October 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    Barnes sounded pretty high on Dexter and indicated that Texas is going to be tough on the inside. That means the front line starters are probably Dex, Connor, and Damion, right? The back court starters are Mason and Abrams.

    I’m guessing that when Dex is in the game, he is probably posting up (i.e. he probably won’t be outside too much). Damion, Abrams, and Connor should be shooting fine from the outside so the main question about outside shooting is how well Mason and Balbay shoot.

    Are Texas basketball practises closed?

  15. OK Guy said:

    October 21st, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    I’m as excited about the start of Texas Basketball as I have been in a long time - men’s and women’s. The men will go as far as their point guard play allows. Really looking forward to seeing what kind of player Balbay is. Or will we be pleasantly surprised by AJ’s point play? Mason is functional there but not the drought killer DJ was.

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