I am slowly trying to catch up on the video editing, but in the meantime Ed Odeven at the Japan Times wrote a good piece on Tyler's recent progress. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sk20110311n1.html

He seems to have found an outside shot, which opens up his interior game. I agree with the Akita coach's remarks about Tyler's "happy feet." He seems to be two or three steps ahead of himself at times, and too often throws one extra step or spin into his moves. One question that I am trying to figure out is how much this increase of production is related to Dartez's absence from the team. It has been interesting to watch Tyler play more minutes alongside Robert Swift, and Tyler is able to play his natural 4 position.

Look for videos tonight (I hope).