There's been a few teams where they felt at the four position [power forward] they had a post-up advantage and went right at him. It's work that needs to be done, and I think he will.

From everything I can tell, he's been a real nice fit and I know he's probably a little overwhelmed.

His future is bright. But with all that green grass, there's a brown spot here and there. That body type that makes him able to slash and explode also creates challenges in some other areas of the game. He's going to have to find ways to be more effective on the defensive end.

It's one of the hardest things we do. That's the next step. ... It's like anything else — once you do it a few times, it gets easier.

Nate has a beautiful swing and is a gifted hitter with power. He's a line-drive type of hitter, and he has a better-than-average throwing arm.

With Skintight, we started with power pop, and it morphed into metal.