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2024 Recruiting: Tarris Reed Jr.

FreeKlaiber said:
Gotta look beyond his stats. Watch the tape. Quick, Big frame, Great footwork, quick twitch, good passer, 2 yrs eligibility. He tries to play like Karl Malone. Looks like him physically. Will be great both sides with pick and roll. Someone said in other thread Jeff Adrien-ish
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Big shoes if that's true. Jeff Adrien was a double double machine.
 
husky429 said:
They are clearly recruiting over Samson. Reed Jr. is being recruited as a starting center and that should come as a surprise to no one.

Samson will stay and be a candidate for 6th-man of the year if he keeps his improving. We need a starting big.
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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
 
superjohn said:
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.
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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
 
aburks41 said:
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
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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)

This year he looked like he hadnt shot a jumper in his life
 
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aburks41 said:
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
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He wasn't really a 3 point shooter in hs. They always showed the same few makes from his senior season in highlights.
 
Really like the idea of this kid and Samson splitting the 5. You’re not getting the Cliffs or Aidoos without dropping a huge bag up front, which isn’t how Dan operates. He’ll get more out of Reed than Howard ever did, and his experience in the b10 is valuable.
 
aburks41 said:
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
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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.
 
Fatroony5 said:
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.
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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
 
ctchamps said:
I get the impression theydon’t want to appear to be recruiting over Samson. This seems to be a complementary player who has muscle to play against more physical centers.
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Why wouldn’t they recruit over Samson? We’re trying to win games, not collect friendship bracelets. Samson will get an opportunity to win a starting job. That’s all he can ask for. If he thinks he automatically wins a starting job due to seniority, then I don’t know what team he’s been playing on.
 
AntG168 said:
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
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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.
 
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3rdbass said:
Not super excited about the pickup but I can see why UConn is going this way. They want Johnson to stay. Well let's trust in the system and hope Johnson gains 20-25 lbs of muscle in the offseason without losing too much of his hops. Whatever happen to his shooting? He came as a recruit who could shoot from outside. I was hopng he could play more of the 4 position and not just the 5 but I don't see that happening based on how ugly his shot is right now.
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Samson needs to live in the weight room the next 6 months.
 
Fatroony5 said:
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.
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Agreed to an extent.
 
nomar said:
Why wouldn’t they recruit over Samson? We’re trying to win games, not collect friendship bracelets. Samson will get an opportunity to win a starting job. That’s all he can ask for. If he thinks he automatically wins a starting job due to seniority, then I don’t know what team he’s been playing on.
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Because if Samson feels like he's been recruited-over, then he'll leave, and we're stuck with Reed-Singare as our center combo- AKA back where we started. We need to manage a fine line between adding another center while not risking Samson leaving
 
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t8per said:
Because if Samson feels like he's been recruited-over, then he'll leave, and we're stuck with Reed-Singare as our center combo- AKA back where we started. We need to manage a fine line between adding another center while not risking Samson leaving
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Just can’t believe people think we’re purposely going after backups rather than starters so we don’t hurt Samson’s feelings.
 
t8per said:
Because if Samson feels like he's been recruited-over, then he'll leave, and we're stuck with Reed-Singare as our center combo- AKA back where we started. We need to manage a fine line between adding another center while not risking Samson leaving
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Unless you can manage to get a starting center and a backup center that both fit into the team of course.

Resources might be better spent getting a guy who won't force Samson out so you have more time/money to fill out other positions anyway. Plus there is some obvious future benefit to not recruiting over your own guy.

nomar said:
Just can’t believe people think we’re purposely going after backups rather than starters so we don’t hurt Samson’s feelings.
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I doubt they'd do that obviously, but it wouldn't surprise me if they looked for someone who would simply do another 25/15 or 20/20 split with him.
 
mets1090 said:
Unless you can manage to get a starting center and a backup center that both fit into the team of course.

Resources might be better spent getting a guy who won't force Samson out so you have more time/money to fill out other positions anyway. Plus there is some obvious future benefit to not recruiting over your own guy.
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Also, getting two transfers at the same position in the same offseason seems super unlikely in today's NCAA. After all, these guys transferred because they want to play
 
AntG168 said:
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
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Good free throw rates tend to indicate potential for improvement from bad to mediocre three point shooters.

I don’t see how we could reasonably use SJ as a 3pt threat in any capacity.
 
Wildly divergent opinions on Samson from good and bad posters alike. I think he makes a leap and is a monster next year. I do think the staff is intentionally avoiding recruiting over him. There is a difference between bringing a guy in to compete for big minutes and a guy like Dickinson who you would pencil in for 30 minutes a night. Clearly the staff wants to get a big body as a complementary player. I assume Samson puts on weight but that hasn’t always worked in the past. And I won’t be surprised if we get in the mix with Dixon, too.
 
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This is a Mokan kid and I talked with their director last week and he was very impressed with our staff. They have put in the work to get into Mokan and this would be a good first piece.
 
Here is the thing about Samson. He is really good against finesse players/teams that play a little more up tempo. When we play against a physical big with a decent offensive package, he is in foul trouble before you get back from the bathroom. His rebounding also is subpar at times as well. We need a physical option to pair with him for the rigors of the Big East and certain matchups in the tourney.
 
runner11 said:
Wildly divergent opinions on Samson from good and bad posters alike. I think he makes a leap and is a monster next year. I do think the staff is intentionally avoiding recruiting over him. There is a difference between bringing a guy in to compete for big minutes and a guy like Dickinson who you would pencil in for 30 minutes a night. Clearly the staff wants to get a big body as a complementary player. I assume Samson puts on weight but that hasn’t always worked in the past. And I won’t be surprised if we get in the mix with Dixon, too.
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You think their avoiding recruiting over him while they are actively hosting a guy on a visit who started every game in a P5 conference last year, as well as have had contact with Golden & the POY from the Mountain West conference? All of whom played big minutes last year?
 
nomar said:
Just can’t believe people think we’re purposely going after backups rather than starters so we don’t hurt Samson’s feelings.
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I think I know what they're saying but it's more about convincing the portal player he will get 20 minutes per game and have a chance to compete for the biggest prizes college basketball has to offer. If Samson was going to leave he would've left after last season, he knew then he had no chance of starting over Clingan and he knows now whoever is brought in won't be nearly as good as Clingan. He's already won back to back national championships here and he knows the two headed monster is the formula.
 
Fatroony5 said:
You think their avoiding recruiting over him while they are actively hosting a guy on a visit who started every game in a P5 conference last year, as well as have had contact with Golden & the POY from the Mountain West conference? All of whom played big minutes last year?
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Well actually I meant what I said. I think the staff is recruiting players with complementary skill sets to compete for big minutes with Samson and not a guy like Hunter Dickinson that you would pencil in for 30 minutes a night.
 
runner11 said:
Well actually I meant what I said. I think the staff is recruiting players with complementary skill sets to compete for big minutes with Samson and not a guy like Hunter Dickinson that you would pencil in for 30 minutes a night.
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It seems apparent by their actions that they are in the portal looking for a starting big. They wouldn’t be having contact with players of that caliber otherwise.
 
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