Dash Blitzes First Run

He’s only had one training session but Dash Daniels has already won over his soon-to-be NBL coach, Dean Vickerman.

The 17-year-old brother of NBA star Dyson went toe-to-toe with his future Melbourne United team-mates and received his biggest endorsement yet.

“He absolutely belongs on an NBL floor right now,” Vickerman told United Media.

“He can go out there and defend and go by people, he’s going to be a good impact player in the NBL. Hopefully he’s a great impact player in the NBL.

“We’ll take our time and go slowly with it, teach him our system but really quality basketball of play that we’ve seen so far.”

Daniels has joined the NBL’s Next Stars program and held his own against some former NBA players.

“You have Delly (Matthew Dellavedova) and IC (Ian Clark), top-notch guys that you can learn from,” Jack White said.

“Everyone is super talented on our team and I think it’s gonna be great for him to compete against them everyday.

“He’s got really good physical skills … he’s got great length, and he’s athletic - super reminiscent of Dyson.

“They look similar, they’re built similar. They play a similar position they’re sort of versatile guards where they can play 1 to 3 and have the size to guard anyone.”

Melbourne face Sydney on Thursday night at 7:30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.