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Looks much better tonight. Jeez, he moves so well without the ball and his court-vision at both ends is great. And he's already got one of the smoothest foul-shots of any big-man in the league. It's that good. Ed Davis also playing great tonight.

I'm also very impressed with Lucas. He was a guy who I hadn't seen a lot of and didn't have a very favorable impression, but he's a far better distributor than I had been lead to believe. Bargnani's still struggling offensively, but he's working pretty hard and smart on defense, which is all I want to see from him in the preseason.

Also seeing a very aggressive DeRozan tonight. That's a good sign.

I think JV will need to learn to not rush things offensively. Concentrate on doing one thing at a time: catch, pivot, pump-fake, dunk.

Ah man. Last minute, one-possession game. JV gets the ball with four seconds left on the shot-clock, doesn't panic and calmly makes a big, sweeping hook. Definitely wasn't a perfect game from him, but the things he does well are things you don't expect a 20-year-old to do well. I love that Casey gave him 28 minutes tonight, so that he can really get a feel for what the game is going to be like.