We should all trust Hurley and staff with all this stuff, they're the best in the country at it. Also factor in that Reed and Hausen played their only two college seasons for absolutely terrible coaches.
The formula.
Edey ate him up, but there's no Zach Edeys in college basketball next year.
Or we’re not interested in them. The staff maybe spending the resources elsewhere. We don’t know what they’re asking for
Hurley hasn’t really implemented that in his system tho. Excluding the first year he was here, his starting big is usually getting 25-30 minutes a game. Clingan this year was down a bit given injuries and blowouts but was basically averaging that towards the end. Obviously he likes having two really good bigs but they don’t split time equally. Them attacking the portal for a big of his caliber suggests they are going after a big to start. Hard to see it otherwise.
He may be more athletic than people are giving him credit for. He is very good.
was thinking he looks a bit like Drummond physically
He's fluid for his size, but he's not the most explosive.
Big shoes if that's true. Jeff Adrien was a double double machine.
Do you think there's any chance Samson could resurrect his 3 point shooting that he was supposedly known for in high school? His form looks so broken now on free throws, but if he could add a respectable 3 point shot to his arsenal, he would be impossible to defend because of how damn fast he is. Drag the opposing center out to the 3 point line, whoops there goes Samson sprinting by you to get an alley-oop
It also might take a full year to get the bad coaching habits out of them, which is fine because they would be 2 year players for us
This is a question Ive had all year. Last year he won the starting 4 job over Alex in part due to his shooting range. Upon his return from his injury he would still come in and jack 3s with comfortability (very small sample size but he shot 2 3s last year and 2 3s this year as a comparison)
Having a guy go from a 45% free throw shooter with rough looking form to becoming a viable 3 point shooter in a game in one offseason seems like a big jump.
Free throws and 3 point shots are not at all the same. Even with that he’s hasn’t shown a 3 point shot at all
It’s indicative of shooting. Usually, there are parallels between being a good FT shooter and extending the range. NBA often will look at someone (say for instance Castle) and project their shooting potential based on current FT percentage. The idea being the shooting can be developed. Taking a guy whose a 43% FT shooter suggests that extending his range to a point where it’s viable in a game is unlikely.
Samson needs to live in the weight room the next 6 months.
Agreed to an extent.
I think that’s my biggest concern, he seems to be below the rim guy
