UCLA’s Malcolm Lee, who coach Ben Howland pegged as the nation’s best wing defender, held Fredette to 25 points in an 86-79 win at the Wooden Classic on Dec. 18. Seven of Fredette’s points came on free throws; eight came in the first five minutes. Fans might complain about Lee’s scoring — he’s averaging only 12.8 points in 31.5 minutes — but there’s no questioning his defensive abilities. ESPN

Lee was invited to compete against Fredette and Kemba Walker when they worked out for the Jazz.

Wish I’d seen this post sooner. Anyway, I did see Chris Singleton in the wrap-up highlights, making an awesome block at the basket. He played on the Fredette and Faried team. I would have loved to see him playing against Biyombo. Who saw the game?

They say it will be rebroadcast at 3 AM Eastern/ 1 AM Mountain time tonight, and it may eventually get posted on the byutv.org website, but it’s not certain.

I watched the game, and Singleton looked solid. He was jacking up too many threes, and hitting a few, but he was very active on defense and just looked good all-around. If his jumper improves, he’s going to be able to earn a lot more time on the floor with his ability to guard the 2-4.

He has better-than-average hands on defense, has very good timing for blocks, & pretty good help defense. But on offense, it’s a totally different story. He must’ve taken (literally) 10 threes, and he hit only 2. Every time on offense, he was camped at the top of the 3-pt line. I don’t know what was going on there. His ball-handling skills are so bad, I thought maybe he wanted to get the ball from distance because he didn’t dare put the ball in the lane. He’s not a fast player. All in all, I’d say he fits the mold of a Wizards player: just good enough to break your heart.

The best moment was in the 3rd quarter, when Bismack Biyombo came down hard going over the back of that other player from BYU. Singleton went over to him with his arms outstretched and gave him a “what was that” bump. Nobody likes Biyombo, though he’s going to be a good player when he gets to the league. Jimmer, Kawhi Leonard, Faried, and Tyler Honeycutt were impressive. I also thought Tobias Harris was pretty good, I think the Bucks have something interesting there.

Just saw game on DVR. Singleton was totally uninterested most of the game, like a guy those girlfriend forced him to go to the mall on an NFL Sunday afternoon.

Spent 90% of time camped way beyond 3pt line. Terrible body language. Hit 2 trees early on and fell in love, shooting maybe a dozen more and hitting none. Not aggressive at all offensively. Didn’t even bother running the court.

More of the same on D. Lazy, seemed to be in some one on one contest with Kawhi Leonard, and lost repeatedly. Made the occasional deflection or block when he actually cared. Made no effort at all to pursue rebounds. Just terrible.

I don’t know the story behind this, but I havent seen such a lazy performance since Antoine Walker was last playing for Minnesota.

I admittedly didn’t watch Singleton much in college. Is this the norm, especially on offense? Should we be concerned? Yes, this was an exhibition game, but EVERY other guy seemed to be playing hard.