Sooners showed unbroken faith in Christian James

[OUHoops]

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[Northbase]

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Good article!

 

[CoachTalk]

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Great Video. Kid seems so happy here and thankful for our coaches.

 

[scrybe]

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Great Video. Kid seems so happy here and thankful for our coaches.

I believe Christian is a great young man…and will become a great player at OU.

 

[Zimwillett]

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I've been really impressed with how physically ready James looks as a true freshman, and that's with all the time he missed. According to the video, they don't even think he's 100% yet. Another year in a D1 S&C program and full confidence in his leg, and I think James will be a force next year.

 

[Stikboy]

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I'd love for him to jump up and put a 15 spot on someone in one of these conference games to get his confidence up. I think we are really going to rely on him next year.

 

[AdaSooner]

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Great Video. Kid seems so happy here and thankful for our coaches.

I'm equally as happy that he chose OU.

What a great young man! I think he's going to be really good when he gets his confidence back. That can't be easy when a devastating injury like that is still fresh on your mind.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

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I think we are really going to rely on him next year.

true dat!

He will be key next year to softening the blow of losing a player like Hield.

 

[usedtobe1]

Re: Sooners showed unbroken faith in Christian James | SoonerSports.com

I love this excerpt. It shows me the 4 veterans are instilling the work ethic into the newcomers. That can be their legacy to the program. I also am really excited about the potential of James and Odomes.....

"Every day I tried to stay in the gym as long as them (Hield, Cousins, Woodard, et al), even longer," James said. "I really think I've improved in my shooting."

Hill has gone as far to say he sees All-Big 12 potential in James someday.

"He can move around, play different positions," Hill said. "He can post up. His shooting is getting better everyday. He's working on his ballhandling. The ceiling is very high for him."

I think James could become our key performer off the bench in the back court. He could earn more minutes and give Buddy some more rest.

Hill said James routinely excels in practice. The next step is to transfer those results to game day.

"We need him to play like he does in practice," Hill said. "He plays with so much confidence in practice, but when he gets in a game right now -- at this point -- he's playing not to make mistakes, so he's not as aggressive as he is in practice. We need him to play like he plays in practice. If you make a mistake, you make a mistake. We've told him since Day One, 'You're going to make mistakes, (so) make aggressive mistakes.' We need him to just go play freely, attack, make plays, drive and kick, rebound. We need him to do those things with confidence. That helps our team. We've got to start resting these guys (starters) some more."