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Don’t think he was making a player comp. Just that BU places a very high value on strong D.
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Skyy clearly has the athleticism to be a strong defender. He does also definitely have some deficiencies there. I think coaching can correct most of those deficiencies.
Yeah I gotcha.
6'5" Trent with a few years left. Sign me up!
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Does he have the motor Trent has? That is the question....hard for anyone to have that motor though. But yes they are very similar especially in defensive statistics
I want to see what PODZ can do with some extended playing time. Really got me excited with his drives to basket.
He has good size 6'5".
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He has good size 6'5".
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That was frustrating. Am I going to have to change my user name? If so, how do I do it? LOLTo his credit, I think we can all recall that Damonte played the 1 a bit this year. I know I won't forget seeing that.
Good call.
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I'm not "taking" anyone, thanks.
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Enter Chester Frazier......
Agreed. Might not be top priority, but with his size as a PG, a 2 to 1 assist to TO ratio and his defense he looks pretty good as a 1b/2 option. His 30 steals last year would have been 2nd on Illinois, and his 76 free throw attempts would have put him third on the team last year just behind Plummer.
Does getting Skyy help with ZZ? That would be nice too.
A little off topic, but caught a few bits and pieces of thebMcDAA game last night, which, admittedly, has lost a lot of its luster. I know the dukies got all the love and Whitehead won MVP, but good lord is Whitmore a player. Sorry we missed on him…maybe wasn’t the biggest name but in a game full of 5 stars he stood out athletically. Guessing he is one n done.
The only reason I ask is that some brothers don't want to play with one another and others do (though there is that possibility Skyy moves on before his brother would arrive). I know that is why I didn't go to the school I wanted to straight out of HS.
Skyy explicitly said that he wants to play with his brother if I'm not mistaken. Therefore, landing ZZ definitely will become easier.
Grandy Hutch Poz Lieb??
If you read about his rehab while he was still committed to Kentucky, it was quite amazing. The rest is above the neck for him. Luckily he has a father who really cares and is in his corner. I've been researching the fellow, and he IS a 5 star recruit. Sure, he could have the very so so impact of a Marcus Liberty, and I wouldn't pin all my hopes on him, but his upside is tremendous. At least he isn't a turnover machine.
I don’t much about J. Williams but it would be nice to see someone wearing #25 again.
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Grandy Hutch Poz Lieb??
If I'm reading tea leaves and piggy backing on Lville, here's my uninformed prediction on the 13 schollies:
Skyy
TSJ
RJ
Coleman
Kofi
Williams/Miller
Epps
Rodgers
Goode
Dain
BBV
Harris
Podz
Liberty also had Battle and Anderson on that team, so he really wasn't expected to do a whole helluva lot. Once they left, his game flourished. Averaged 17.8 PPG his junior year before turning pro.
He also wasn't used as a wing on those Flyin' Illini teams according to Stephen Bardo (from https://uofi150.news-gazette.com/people/marcus-liberty):
"In Marcus’ defense, he really wasn’t allowed to play his natural position,” Bardo said. “Marcus is much more effective when he’s a two or a three, and he really wasn’t able to play that because we were such an undersized team. It kind of took away from his game.”
Oh no.. what about his neck? Too short? Or too long?
So is Miller off the table?
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