I liked how he was dribbling away from the dbl and surveying the floor, he's got some nice passing instincts when he's not in full tunnel vision mode, hopefully we see more of this going forward. There were some flashes against Xavier as well.
Wasn't Butler down a few of their top players who are out for the season? I'm really not sure how good a team the Bulldogs are at this stage of the season.
Yeah, I don't remember many games where we got schooled inside that way so easily.
He's a pretty imposing figure physically - Chinyelu. He's 4th in the country in rebounding in 24 mpg, at 11.5. As long as they explode off the floor and can slam home a lob, I'm good with it. Those buckets are usually more than 2 points, they're killshot energizers.
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
Yes but does he explode off the floor? If so we can come up with some other arbitrary thing
Good observation
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
None of them are Steph or Ajax like I said
So much for “a half full kind of guy” 😂
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.
They were only down their point guard since the last time we played them. They have had another player out since the beginning of the season but they have played good ball since the beginning. Still nice to win on the road against any Big East team and in double figures makes it sweeter.
Of course athleticism is a part of it which you admit in your last sentence.
Abdou Toure doesn’t fit that mold.
We haven't going on three years now.
He should be. I just don’t know if he fits our system. He isn’t a high level passer yet or a consistent shooter. Have to be able to do one. It’s why Stewie and Ross struggle. Ajax couldn’t shoot but he was play maker. He also stayed until his Junior year. Steph was just special. If I thought Abdou would stay and develop I’d be all for it. I just don’t think that the path he wants. He wants to go to a system that will get him to the NBA sooner than later. Arkansas with Calipari is a good fit. I think he’d struggle here his first year.
A huge part of our back to backs were being bigger, stronger, and faster than everyone else.
Hawkins was in no way shape or form physically and athletically superior than 99% of anybody
Who were the 2Gs that year that were physically bigger/more athletic than Hawkins that year?
I think there is a happy medium here. Our offense and defense systems are complicated (need some semblance of bbiq) and Dan Hurley notorious
Nice but what we really need to see from him is a love for the boards and shot blocking. Finesse on offense around the hoop is ok but his bread and butter at 7 feet and 250 lbs is savvy physicality around the basket. He's facing it in practice every day. Opponents need to fear coming in the paint with the tandem of Reed and Reibe. They can open up the floor for the three pointers when they establish the inside game.
