Mullens’ range was particularly impressive Thursday in an intrasquad scrimmage at UNC Asheville. Mullens hit four 3-pointers, all of them swishes. He was the last player off the court at Friday morning practice, putting up an extra 20 3s before the bus left for the team hotel.
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“We believe in that phase of his game – it’s easy to evaluate. But we also know he can post up,’’ Dunlap said. “That allows him to get fouled and he’s a fairly good passer from the post. We know he needs to improve that ability.’’
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i must have missed something last year - mully's passing was pretty bad if i remember correctly. then again, he was usually making passes from the high post, either trying to hit cutters or trying to pass it around perimeter back to the guards. we didnt see much of mully in the post so obviously we didnt see much of his low post passing.
So far Dunlap has him exclusively at power forward, rather than switching back and forth from center. Mullens likes concentrating on one position, but power forward is full of decisions in Dunlap’s system.
“Moving to 4, I need to be a lot quicker on my feet for those switches. I end up guarding point guards and shooting guards,’’ Mullens described. “I’m working at it, but it takes time. I played so little before, I’m still figuring it out.’’
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“Guys who go from 8 or 10 (points per game) to 16, those guys get to the charity stripe. Melo (New York star Carmelo Anthony) is at the very tippy-top because he goes to the line 12 times a game. To do that, he’s got to go down to the right block. We’re campaigning with (Mullens) that’s the place for him to be.’’
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