Is there excitement? If so, I missed it. I do think there is interest in a combo guard that picked KU over the likes of Bama, Arkansas, and UConn.
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Have no idea what you are implying.
Virginia would be one such game. I'm sure there were others. Epps is talented.
Definitely had some stretches in games where he was one of few effective players on offense and did a nice job. Could actually penetrate and get a shot up traffic.
Wished it would have worked out.
I was an Epps fan, but if you couldn’t see how bad he was defensively
. That’s one game, and he did make some big shots against Texas
You came strong and assertive, but with a few failsafe caveats. Not a complaint by any means. The mojo was just… guarded.
Best scorer but he also took the most amount of shots and didn’t record a single assist in almost 30 minutes of play. I wish Epps would have worked out but he was a shooting guard and wouldn’t have filled the need we have.
Definitely talented. Problem was the injury and then being more or less walking out the door. And defense.
Based on the videos I looked at, he is a highly skilled point guard prospect. He can handle, pass, shoot, and has good court awareness.
The downside is he was about the same height and weight as the kid from Moline that Iowa signed after we offered late -- about 6'1" 150.
The thinking was he would enroll early and work with Adam Fletcher and nutritionist Palmer Johnson. As of a few months ago he was up to 160 and the plan was to continue the program Into the off-season.
Good assessment and comparison to the Harding kid. Not sure that fits the profile that BU wants, but that type of player has value at this level.
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Lol. Fair enough.You came strong and assertive, but with a few failsafe caveats. Not a complaint by any means. The mojo was just… guarded.
I am cautious on this board.
It is highly moderated.
I enjoy the BB discussion which is mostly pretty insightful.
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I think what some don't understand is that a PG is a mindset. Just being short is not a PG. Yes there are skills associated with PG play like ballhandling and passing, but court awareness, actually wanting to find your teammate, taking joy in the assist, knowing how to set guys up to get good looks, that's PG play.
The reason Epps struggled, in my opinion, is because he had a scoring mindset. He didn't want to set anyone else up. He wanted to get to the rim. He wanted to take the shot. That is a recipe for a bad offense.
So when you look at someone like DGL, he strikes me more as a guy who wants to score than facilitate. I know nothing about that Chris Johnson, but that's the question you'd need to ask. You can be a scoring PG, but you have to have that mindset of setting up your teammates, facilitating the offense, using your drive to break down the defense and find the open man to be a real PG. That's why a PG is so important, they set everyone else up. Another guy looking to score with the ball leads to too much one on one crap.
The reason Epps struggled, in my opinion, is because he had a scoring mindset. He didn't want to set anyone else up. He wanted to get to the rim. He wanted to take the shot. That is a recipe for a bad offense.
So when you look at someone like DGL, he strikes me more as a guy who wants to score than facilitate. I know nothing about that Chris Johnson, but that's the question you'd need to ask. You can be a scoring PG, but you have to have that mindset of setting up your teammates, facilitating the offense, using your drive to break down the defense and find the open man to be a real PG. That's why a PG is so important, they set everyone else up. Another guy looking to score with the ball leads to too much one on one crap.
I’m generally drawn to absurdities (mild or major) and am compelled to comment accordingly. Like the poster who asked if any industry has ever had to adjust to a combination like the transfer portal AND NIL…. my first thought was “the sudden freedom of a group of people that must now be paid for their labor? Yeah, we had that happen at least once in this country.”
altgeld88
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Love it. Although, TBF, the athletes have always been paid, just not (over the table, at least) in cash until recently.I’m generally drawn to absurdities (mild or major) and am compelled to comment accordingly. Like the poster who asked if any industry has ever had to adjust to a combination like the transfer portal AND NIL…. my first thought was “the sudden freedom of a group of people that must now be paid for their labor? Yeah, we had that happen at least once in this country.”
I don’t think it’s a logical fallacy to say that a freshman shooting guard should not be our starting point guard next season. Everyone agrees that we need a PG for next year. I’m sorry, but I don’t think Chris Johnson is the right fit for that role.
Can someone more familiar with BU’s offense at SFA answer this: in the “position-less offense” that we heard so much about, was there still a PG running the show? Or is there a world where we succeed by putting 5 athletes on the floor?
Funny how people were calling Epps the next frank mason , now fans are saying Harmon will be a upgrade lol, Epps would avg 30 at Utah valley
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Più atletico Larry Bird?
Trey Pinkney was Brad's PG all three years he was at SFA. He was a defensive minded, offensively limited PG. That said it was just a 3 year stretch for him at SFA so hard to say where it would have gone had Brad stayed longer, but it looks like he brought in a freshman PG in Aaron Augustin his final season, so seems like he was planning to continue rolling out a PG.
Also talk on loyalty of creaning a PG to bring in another shooting guard. Brilliant idea!
Big Jack
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To me my personal opinion and understanding is that his position less offense was basically the Flying Illinois offense. A point guard to start the offense then it was movement to find open spots or drive to the rim. I personally believe without a real big like Kofi that a PG just needs to be able to bring the ball up court then get the motion started. He does need the ability to drive, pull up and shoot and pass to open players. Skyy and Jayden were more worried about their own shot and numbers.
A healthy , available Williams fills the role. Do we have one.
Big Jack
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Good question. Maybe out of necessity we took JWill I do not believe that we would take him if Fletcher didn't believe he was gonna be full strengths by season opener
He’d be a better PG than Epps. Epps is a better shooter but Johnson is much better at creating opportunities, he’s bigger, stronger, can get in the lane. He averaged almost as many assts and Pts for Monteverdi if that tells you anything
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