Joel Goodson
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I'm stoked too:
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kind of like the metric system?That weird ball is that standard ball for the rest for the world.
I am a half glass full person also. I think, if Coleman and others aren't being forced into so many end of shot clock prayers this year, we should shoot considerably better from 3, or at least better enough to be average. And average should be enough to get us to top 4 or so in B1G, in the dance, and a decent chance of making the second weekend when there.
I’m more “wait and see” with a helping of “half empty” myself. Feel the same way you do on TSJ, Dain and CoHawk. I think the latter will continue to dazzle us with his potential and have some great in-game stretches as well as some full games that are really good, but in the end be only slightly better than last year in his overall stats. Just so many question with all the others. Some good pieces among the others for sure, but who knows. I mean who had RJ shooting almost 20 percentage points lower overall and 30 percentage points lower from 3?I'm half empty, personally. We get a lot of off-season hype each year, and while I can buy into some of it, I feel this team has too many unproven and/or questions to be projected as a second weekend team. I'll subjectively given them a 30% chance of getting through their first 2 tourney games, and a 95% chance of being a tourney team (and that would most likely be an injury situation).
Love Ty and what he brings, and it's a testament to his dedication the way he's adapting. But no way am I confident that a pure freshman outside the top 100 and Ty are a plus backcourt. DGL seems like he'll deserve plenty of tick.
TSJ has been a favorite of mine, so I'll enjoy watching him attack.
Don't really know the other new-comers, so that will be fun to watch how they play. If they're better than advertised, I'll up my optimism to half full
Really like Dain as well. Very efficient in his role.
Coleman IMO is going to continue to be Coleman --people will keep talking about his ceiling, and he'll be very solid, but the NBA level stretch 4 role would mean a big improvement in his 3 point shooting, which I don't think it's fair to expect.
I'm forming a guestimate of 12-8 in conference. Good enough for a middle tourney seed, but not competing for the title in the last week. And from a stats viewpoint, if the 3 point shooting and FTs are anywhere near the Spain trip, 12-8 would be quite impressive.
Ty/DGL plus a very possible First Team All-American in TSJ is a plus backcourt. People are sleeping on what our team can look like with an improved TSJ alone.Love Ty and what he brings, and it's a testament to his dedication the way he's adapting. But no way am I confident that a pure freshman outside the top 100 and Ty are a plus backcourt.
But we don't even know if ty/DGL are even big ten level starter material (at pg and next season)... It's an experiment. That's why not even getting a decent starter level pg (not a star) is such a miss/gamble because we had the opportunity to be plus plus in that area. Now... Hope for the best that ty can play pg and that DGL is ready to play in the big ten as a freshman.Ty/DGL plus a very possible First Team All-American in TSJ is a plus backcourt. People are sleeping on what our team can look like with an improved TSJ alone.
Regarding #7...please refer to bullet #4.My thoughts on Spain
1. Ty Rodgers is not Magic Johnson
2. TSJ will lead us in scoring again
3. We seem to be surviving post Sky Clark/Jayden Epps
4. Disappointed we did not get to see Marcus Domask play
5. Luke has to look for his shot more
6. Moretti may be able to help
7. Nobody injured
I didn't see any of the Spain games but if Coleman still shoots with very little arc on his shot- I have a hard time believing his 3-point % is going to improve much at all. Maybe if he is shooting them with more than a few seconds left on the shot clock that will benefit him a few % points but he's gonna need to be better than that to make an NBA roster. It's crazy to think how much we need Domask to show up as a reliably good shooter to prevent this team from being an epically bad 3-point shooting team. If he turns out pretty good and gets 20 minutes/game, with our athleticism, we could be a really good team.I’m more “wait and see” with a helping of “half empty” myself. Feel the same way you do on TSJ, Dain and CoHawk. I think the latter will continue to dazzle us with his potential and have some great in-game stretches as well as some full games that are really good, but in the end be only slightly better than last year in his overall stats. Just so many question with all the others. Some good pieces among the others for sure, but who knows. I mean who had RJ shooting almost 20 percentage points lower overall and 30 percentage points lower from 3?
I do like the way this roster can be mixed and matched in different ways. The problem is most of them have the same gaps, shooting the ball and the inability to play PG.With the exception of Shannon, all of our players have major gaps in their games. For that reason, who to play at any given time against any given team is going to be continually changing. It's really going to come down to coaching.
NBA players call those shots "grenades" since you are getting the ball with a couple seconds left on the clock & you have to "chuck" it up there no matter what. This is a really good point you are making. Eliminate a bunch of these & your % goes up significantly.a big part of our 3pt percentage last year was just the sheer volume we took. I think a lot of that was chucking and not getting looks off set plays. Obviously that number isn’t going to zero this year, but hopefully guys play more within the offense. That should help the percentages.
Also, Matt Mayer is no longer on the team.a big part of our 3pt percentage last year was just the sheer volume we took. I think a lot of that was chucking and not getting looks off set plays. Obviously that number isn’t going to zero this year, but hopefully guys play more within the offense. That should help the percentages.
Also, Matt Mayer is no longer on the team.
FAU & UT back-to-back within four days will test what's under the hood.
The different ball thing is kind of a lame excuse in my opinion.That weird ball is that standard ball for the rest for the world.