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kind of a no-brainer on our end. and the fit is pretty darn good. he's not a guy who expects to be a lead offensive option; he isn't a volume shooter
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kind of a no-brainer on our end. and the fit is pretty darn good. he's not a guy who expects to be a lead offensive option; he isn't a volume shooter
With the very modest difference of 78.7% FT vs. Sincere's 20%
Joel Goodson
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Lol. Harris has great energy and effort on D. Can't shoot, weak handles, plays too fast, poor vision.
Really a plus athlete but really limited BB skills at this point.
Needs work.
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Gill: impressed by his play, guessing we'll want to see more, especially against better competition. this is one they don't want to get wrong, for glaringly clear reasons. plus, it's super early
Jakstys is nothing like Brown, other than really tall. backing off on Brown was the right call
Ty: if we don't bring in another point (I think we will), I don't think the plan is that Ty will be the full time PG (from a role perspective). he'll get the bulk of the time, but a some portion of the duties will be by committee. for example, Ty doesn't need to be bringing it up. for sure, he'll be the initiator most of the time. I'd rather pass the ball into the forecourt, than dribble it, even if my PG has crazy handles.
I'll preface it by saying I have watched him play both for Iowa and WVU (I believe he had a career game against us a couple years ago, just KILLED us in the paint) and shoots in the neighborhood of 80% (!) from the line and about 33% from 3. He understands pace and can control it.
He's been through the B1G and Big 12 gauntlets, has a TON of college experience. Mature body.
So actually very little like Sencire except they both play defense
But I think Ty still would play plenty of minutes at PG even with Toussaint. His career high in minutes is 21.8 per game. He’d probably play 17-2o mpg with us if Ty experiment works out and could play more if it doesn’t. The question is if that is enough minutes to bring him here.
I personally think RayJ is the better fit
Ty is a default option at PG if we do not add an experienced one.
Honestly in an ideal world he is our 6th man and playing the 3 and 4.
Ideally we have a legit PG/ TSJ/Domask/CH/Dainja starting.
Rodgers and Guerrier and Goode next off bench and can move CH to center.
DGL and Harmon helping at 1/2.
Hansberry and Harris spot minutes.
That is 12 guys so if no portal PG, and Harmon doesn't get in you still have 10 guys to work with.
If you loved Andres Feliz, you’ll like Joe Toussaint. He was always my favorite guy on those Iowa teams, love his asphalt game.
I personally like this team better without a guard who needs the ball in his hands all the time, I think he’d be a good fit.
I personally like this team better without a guard who needs the ball in his hands all the time, I think he’d be a good fit.
Dain should be coming off the bench.
The best lineups you can put together include Hawkins at the 5 and likely Rodgers off the bench though I think playing both Domask and Goode together could be absolutely lethal and both have enough size to play small ball 4.
I agree with much of what you said, and I’m not enamored with the Ty PG experiment, but it does seem like BU wants to try it. And if the experienced PG we bring in is Toussaint, I just don’t think he’s going to play 30 mpg for us. Now if we brought in Krissa that is a different story. But sounds like that isn’t happening.
i personally like a team that doesnt turn the ball over 20 times a game.
Oh, ok
You can say what you want about Iowa's total lack of defense, but they have had one of best fast paced offenses in the country for years and very low TO rate.
Fran is an asshat, but much better offensive coach than Underwood.
I think Bronny James would be an even better one.
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The PG BU is looking for this year has 2 jobs and that’s its
1.Get the ball past the half court line in less than 10 seconds.
2. Pass the ball to TSJ, or CH.
Let them shine, get them to NBA, and next year the recruits will come rolling in.
It’s a chess game
1.Get the ball past the half court line in less than 10 seconds.
2. Pass the ball to TSJ, or CH.
Let them shine, get them to NBA, and next year the recruits will come rolling in.
It’s a chess game
He was a freshman, nervous and a little intimidated. This year will be different he will be comfortable. Him and Ty will split the PG roll with Harmon.
He's shoots 40% from the line, can't be in the game anywhere near the last five minutes and shouldn't be handling the ball anywhere near the amount of time is required of that position. Double that for Harris.
And when doing that....pray that they don't get fouled and miss the front end, which ultimately loses games.
What he did to us last year in Iowa City told us everything that we needed to know about our guard situation. Add that physicality, toughness and ability to shoot free throws to our group of wings...I'll take it.
He is not a PG and will never be a PG. He is a very athletic wing and needs a ton of work on ball skills and to learn how to shoot.
Very raw. Maybe down the road if he stays he will be in rotation.
We didn't and don't have anyone that can stay in front of him. Not many teams do. Now he can be a little out of control at times, and a spotty shooter, but kid is a straight up baller.
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