Butler Postgame Thread

[superjohn]

High flying Rueben Chinyelu has 27 dunks this year, public enemy #1 Tarris Reed Jr has 20 dunks in 67 less minutes. So adjusted for their minutes that's 0.3 more dunks per game. Not exactly a difference

Tarris didn't dunk through anyone or catch an alley oops but it's nice to at least see some powerful dunks from him lately. He was pretty much laying everything in for a lot of the season. Could he possibly be getting some explosiveness back? Even a couple of his blocks have looked more emphatic recently.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Tarris didn't dunk through anyone or catch an alley oops but it's nice to at least see some powerful dunks from him lately. He was pretty much laying everything in for a lot of the season. Could he possibly be getting some explosiveness back? Even a couple of his blocks have looked more emphatic recently.

More than that I like his passing out of double teams rather than dribbling into a TO. 7 assists! He already is a double - double machine. A few more for a triple - double

 

[Edward Sargent]

StJ - Mitchell
MSU - Carr

But you're right, not many of them to go around. Those two stand out, might be missing some.

Budinga at the 5, same with Florida's 5.

None of them are Steph or Ajax like I said

 

[RashadRay11]

A win is a win, but it's not impressive after the loss to St. John's, in which they were completely outplayed.

So much for “a half full kind of guy” 😂

 

[RuffRuff]

None of them are Steph or Ajax like I said

 

[KingAG]

Hurley for his championship teams recruited IQ. Athleticism isn't what makes this team different than 23 and 24. Basketball IQ and passing ability are. AJax as a brilliant player who understood angles, Alex elite level IQ, Cam elite level IQ, Steph elite level IQ, Donovan elite level IQ, Hawk elite IQ with using screens, etc. Our guys are more than athletic enough. It's the boneheaded moments and the times where we suddenly forget how to run the offense. We need to recruit more elite passers. The improvements from "really good" to Number 7 will happen in the mind if it happens at all.

I think Silas and Braylon are the 2 that can make the IQ leap for us. Solo and Taris aren't IQ guys. They are supremely talented, but I don't want them necessarily at the forefront of our decision making. This is where Malachi is killing us. He was supposed to be another IQ guy and just hasn't been that.

Our championship culture is based on execution and being better at thinking "basketball" than everyone else. If an athletic freak has those high IQ attributes(AJax, Steph) then they'll be here.

 

[Marat]

Hurley for his championship teams recruited IQ. Athleticism isn't what makes this team different than 23 and 24. Basketball IQ and passing ability does. AJax as a brilliant player who understood angles, Alex elite level IQ, Cam elite level IQ, Steph elite level IQ, Donovan elite level IQ, Hawk elite IQ with using screens, etc. Our guys are more than athletic enough. It's the boneheaded moments and the times where we suddenly forget how to run the offense. The improvements from "really good" to Number 7 will happen in the mind if it happens at all.

I think Silas and Braylon are the 2 that can make the IQ leap for us. Solo and Taris aren't IQ guys. They are supremely talented, but I don't want them necessarily at the forefront of our decision making. This is where Malachi is killing us. He was supposed to be another IQ guy and just hasn't been that.

Our championship culture is based on execution and being better at thinking "basketball" than everyone else. If an athletic freak posses those high IQ attributes(AJax, Steph) then they'll be here.Alwx

I dont think anyone on the team can top Akex for IQ decisions, but others can improve.

 

[KingAG]

I dont think anyone on the team can top Akex for IQ decisions, but others can improve.

Definitely. I think that what Hurley is hoping to get in Pierce. He seems like he understands the game at a high level as well. Stewie has flashes, but never consistently. He has games where his passes to Reed are phenomenal. I think Reibe has a high IQ ceiling as well. The game just has to slow down for him. Hass was an underrated IQ guy, he was just small and beat up his last year.