Idk - nice athlete but I’m not looking at him as that much of a plus there. Good athletes use their physicality to be disruptive, great defenders, play vertically, use their body to create. I wouldn’t say Mullins falls into that category at all. He’s an ok defender, is very handsy.
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I think the better point is being lost by people who argue for the sake of arguing. In this list, there are two players who are generational talents: AJ and Peterson. And Peterson plays Braylon's position. Go and watch Peterson play and then come back to argue that Braylon is in his class. On the other hand, there is no other guard in the country I would 'trade' for Braylon (other than Peterson). And that means that having him adds value to our team. Another point is that Braylon could easily be averaging more points per game for most other teams.
No. He wasn't the one that made either inbound turnover last night.
Listen any “complaint”/observation is nit picking obviously. We are 23-2 and poised for a one seed. I’m certainly not suggesting the program needs wholesales modifications. We have a wonderful product. It’s simply an observation that we’ve moved away from a key ingredient in record breaking teams of just two years ago, to a profile that tends to lead towards a less dynamic roster and much less “bullet proof”. If this team has an off shooting game against the top 15 of the country, how confident are we that we can still win? We just lost to the most athletic team in the conference while shooting 55%.
He was a lock down defender, was disruptive, played above the rim. So yeah, him. And sure he could create off the dribble. Andre was the same, plucked steals and turned them into transition. They’re the kind of catalysts that take a team from good to great. They don’t have to be great shooters. Look how disruptive a Mitchell was against us.
Precisely.
Mullins is our best athlete. Ross might beat him in a dunk contest but his athleticism rarely translates to the court.
No doubt. I just think the minutes he's getting recently are about what he's going to get unless there's foul trouble.
We should have blown them all up like Demary did when he ran the Butler player over and the Butler guy got called for the illegal screen he set. Of course it is rather dangerous also since Demary took a good pounding for doing it.
It’s not that hard to get 1-2 of these kids on the roster. We are stashing kids like Furphy there, who is a void of athleticism. We brought Mahaney & McNeeley in last year expecting them to be part of a unit alongside AK & Solo? County and Landrew aren't going to blow anyone away with their athleticism.
Totally agree with Mullins, which speaks volumes. It a trend. We seem to be moving away from a profile that was central at delivering two dominants NCs. This isn't a complaint, because we are 23-2, it's an observation. Ross is more of a striding athlete than a quick twitch type. He's not going to beat another player to a ball.
Solo is by no means a plus athlete, at all. Last night, Solo did nothing in the box other than sink shots, which is massively valuable. I think he had one rebound and 0 assists, didn't do much of anything else. Which is fine because he just doesn't seem to have the kind of versatility to do many things well at once, and keeping him in the shooting zone is where he's needed most.
I think you are confusing athleticism with performance.
He's like, Solo isn't athletic because he didn't fill the stat sheet, and Reed did but he's not athletic because he plays below the rim, and Braylon isn't because (answer uncertain). He's just throwing stuff against the wall, just to show he's not satisfied, or something
This is true but we had one elite physical run and jump athlete on both of those teams. We also had lob threats and the biggest player we've ever had as a defensive cheat code. We still had a lob threat in Samson last season but we've been lacking the elite physical run and jump athlete the past two seasons and we didn't address that with our recruits coming in next season. Hopefully we address it in the portal.
will you STOP trying to use logic with this guy??
I mean, Landrew is DEFINITELY not an athlete. He was only getting offers from the Alabama's of the world as a WR because.......