Armaan Franklin would be an excellent get. Better than AM in virtually every statistical category. 42.5% from 3 is tasty.
I'm not saying AM won't be a quality player and I do recognize it was his freshman campaign but Adam's struggles from deep weren't from "tough looks". He rarely jacked up a contested 3. He actually missed lots of open looks. I would say Franklin had far more "tough looks" this year. Indiana's offensive sets were agonizing to watch. I wish Adam well, but think Franklin could be more than a neutral replacement. JMOI'm not necessarily sold on that. I think we only saw a snippet of AM and like Trent he took a lot of tough looks that might not reflect his true shooting ability.
Not to mention Franklin himself shows the jump between Freshman and Sophomore year can be huge. As a Freshman Franklin shot 34.8% from the field, 26.6% from 3, and averaged 3.7 pts a game. I think that should put into perspective what Miller accomplished as a Freshman and why you'd rather have him back with the potential jump he could make. That being said, Franklin would be a great addition now that Miller is gone and I really hope we land him.I'm not necessarily sold on that. I think we only saw a snippet of AM and like Trent he took a lot of tough looks that might not reflect his true shooting ability.
That’s what has me down about it. I think AM will be much better down the road. He was a bit passive on offense a lot of the time, but he very rarely made “freshman mistakes”. He is going to make some team better.Not to mention Franklin himself shows the jump between Freshman and Sophomore year can be huge. As a Freshman Franklin shot 34.8% from the field, 26.6% from 3, and averaged 3.7 pts a game. I think that should put into perspective what Miller accomplished as a Freshman and why you'd rather have him back with the potential jump he could make. That being said, Franklin would be a great addition now that Miller is gone and I really hope we land him.
I heard their “no class” coach just retired.Could be no/easy class U.
I'm very excited about Luke and R J coming aboard...I think they will make up for AM leaving without ANY drop in production....We have two good shooters coming in the summer. It seems like we forgot that Goode and Melendez will be good for us next season. I would assume the coaching staff knew about this before it was released. But who knows that AM may realize that UI is his best option. I was looking forward to his sophmore year on the team.
Sounds like a package deal... pods and jovanovicch. And then add in Hawkins and burnettePodz' AAU teammate, '22 Jovanovich, intrigues me. Anyone know anything about him?
I really really hope Hutch is healthy as all the reports on his athleticism has me excited about what he can bring to the production on the court...If we bring in Franklin (and Hutch is healthy), we're gonna be a better 3 point shooting team than this season's team.
By a far margin.If we bring in Franklin (and Hutch is healthy), we're gonna be a better 3 point shooting team than this season's team.
Oh, well in that case...
By all accounts Goode sounds like an everyday guy can’t wait to watch him suit up for the beloved
There a timetable on his decision?hearing very good things about podz...brad and him had a long conversation yesterday
next couple of weeks he should make a decisionThere a timetable on his decision?
Its simple. We were a poor shooting team from outside. Numbers have a tendency to hide the reality. We did not have creators when it came to outside shooting. Frazier rarely created, Williams was too slow to create. Ayo was streaky. We did not have a guy people was scared of. Even Ayo has flaws. Teams who were long and athletic gave us issues. Next year, we will have better more consistent shooters. I am a firm believer that Hutch will be an option. Melendez and Goode can shoot over defenders that Williams and Frazier could not. We get TyTy into the mix or another shooter, we will have defenses spread out more. Teams knew that putting token pressure on Williams that he would not shoot the ball. Frazier, as much as he is a great Illini, was never consistent. We will be longer and have more pure shooters than we have had in several years. I expect Hawk and Grandy to be solid shooters. This will open up more scoring for either GB or Kofi if he returns. Teams cheated off certain players in which showed our other major weakness which was passing. I expect a more fluid, faster, better passing team next year which will open up shooters to hit shots.I would love to see actual statistics to back this up.