For what it’s worth, Fighter of the Nightman, I have always considered you an Alpha.... Not sure if you were responding to my post, but I was pretty clearly trying to hypothesize what another person (i.e., Adam Miller) was thinking, not using the term "Alpha" myself.
You're right, and I encourage you (all) to continue that free thought! That said, I can voice my tiredness of your thoughts.
He jacked up shots every time he could, whenever he touched the ball and wasn’t heavily guarded (and several times when he was). The problem is they didn’t go in as much as he would have liked.
It really wasn’t DMW who stole minutes from AM, it was Curbelo. Often had AC playing with Ayo and TF for long stretches in second half, with DMW pulling minutes from Grandison during same timeframe.
Yeah..nobody stopped Adam from taking shots. Frankly, I was impressed with his confidence shooting the ball even through stretches where he was missing alot.
Hey, you do you. Doesn't have to make sense!
**As much as any of us would have liked**
I want him back as much as anyone here. Was just commenting that the issue cannot be reasonably argued to have been lack of opportunity to shoot.
Did Melendez sign? Not seeing any indications online.
I feel like Ayo and Kofi are just completely different scenarios. Ayo is a guard and was already a projected NBA player or at least borderline. He had to basically show improvements on guard skills he already had, as well as prove he had the athleticism for the league. He did all that.
Yes he did:
www.instagram.com
Word here is they used to follow basketball, but when Rennie dunked on Shaq most of the fans just gave up.
Awesome. Thanks for posting!Yes he did:
Felipe Martinez Roman on Instagram: "Oficialmente planta su firma para Illinois. . Fouleros en un día sumamente emocionante para el prospecto boricua Ramses Melendez (F / 6’7) y su familia, tiene su signing day firmando su letter of intent para la un
1,427 likes, 27 comments - foulyvalepr on April 14, 2021: "Oficialmente planta su firma para Illinois. . Fouleros en un día sumamente emocionante para el p..."
Well local media might not follow them, but LSU has had 3 NCAA tourney wins in the time BU has been at Illinois — including one this year. AM would get plenty of exposure there.
I mean, he's a shooter, so of course he's going to put up a shot when he's not guarded. That was his role, but that's also not the point. He averaged 7 shots a game. Thomas shot the ball 2.5 times that amount (17 FGA). Even though Miller's effective FG was 3% better than Thomas', it's the latter who will be a first round draft pick this summer. And they're both undersized scoring guards with similar HS recruiting rankings (Thomas rated #22, Miller #29). I don't personally think that's AM's best path, but I can see why he would look at Thomas' experience and its impact on his draft position and tell himself he needs to go do the same.
I was a little kid at that game and if I remember right, drove home in a snow storm afterward.
LSU will need a bunch of people to jack up shots next year. They are losing 80% of their scoring, and their recruiting is down compared to years past. AM would definitely have an opportunity to be the man at LSU.
No, I'm not, but that was a great post hahaAre you the guy who said "source: trust me bro"??
As to your question...
you realize you can only play 5 guys at a time right? And Griffin was not a "minor" contributor. Not to mention it takes awhile for a staff to make connections in recruiting. The bottom line is BU inherited a dumpster fire and 3 years later had the second best team in the country. I'll take those "whiffs" all day.Yep, we are doing this.
You literally replied to a post that cited 247 team recruiting rankings.
Tevian Jones, Alan Griffin, Samba Kane, Anthony Higgs, BBV, Hamlin, Kouma, Lieb. That's literally 7 players who will contribute almost 0 on the floor to Illinois basketball. And 1 who was a minor contributor for 1 year. That's A LOT of whiffs in 3 years.
Man, Underwood's talent evaluation record is just spotless.
The difference, so far, between Underwood and Weber's recruiting is that Ayo and Kofi became Ayo and Kofi and not Richmond and Leonard 2.0, as college players. We'll see what happens from here.
