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David Onuorah

I got to the Chat room with about 13 minutes to go in the game. Everyone in there wanted Onuorah off the team and KO fired.
 
SMU, Cincy and Temple bigs have pushed us around for 5 years, and I look forward to them trying their usual dirty tactics this year. Big Dave, Cobb, Whaley and Carlton will put them on their ass.
 
huskiesnyc said:
SMU, Cincy and Temple bigs have pushed us around for 5 years, and I look forward to them trying their usual dirty tactics this year. Big Dave, Cobb, Whaley and Carlton will put them on their ass.
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I want you to be right. I really do. The p.k will give us an idea if the recruits are high or mid major level. Every top 10 team plays freshmen now so that is no excuse. I am with holding judgement until pk.
 
huskiesnyc said:
SMU, Cincy and Temple bigs have pushed us around for 5 years, and I look forward to them trying their usual dirty tactics this year. Big Dave, Cobb, Whaley and Carlton will put them on their ass.
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Cobb and Dave O shouldn't get pushed around by anyone but Whaley is a twig and Carlton needs to gain strength.
 
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Again, we get caught in this great or suck trap.

He showed he can help simply by setting screens and not looking to shoot, and by rebounding. Not yet sold on his ability to guard a big insider, and he's not going to help us scoring. We are a big by committee team. None of them are likely to really grab a hold of playing time this year. Hopefully, as a group, they can get it done.
 
huskiesnyc said:
SMU, Cincy and Temple bigs have pushed us around for 5 years, and I look forward to them trying their usual dirty tactics this year. Big Dave, Cobb, Whaley and Carlton will put them on their ass.
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Whaley and Carlton are not putting anyone on their ass.
 
businesslawyer said:
Again, we get caught in this great or suck trap.

He showed he can help simply by setting screens and not looking to shoot, and by rebounding. Not yet sold on his ability to guard a big insider, and he's not going to help us scoring. We are a big by committee team. None of them are likely to really grab a hold of playing time this year. Hopefully, as a group, they can get it done.
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That is exactly right. We should judge players by their strengths and not their weaknesses. Because all players will have both. It's like ragging on Derek Jeter because he wasn't a power hitter. Teams are groups of complementary players. And this year, there looks to be enough answers inside to match up regardless of opponent.
 
bigknight3 said:
Wasn't that Cobb who was failing to defend the 3pt shot?

Felt like DO came in during the timeout after their big hit back to back 3pts and then we went I our run.
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I was getting confused who was at the 5. Guess I need those new glasses. I dumped on DO, then learned later it was Cobb.
 
pepband99 said:
...i can't take credit for this observation, but...

the 2nd coming of Torraino Walker. Ok, maybe his hair. :)
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Some points for physical resemblance, though I'm pretty confident he'll sustain a good attitude for his full season. For those not familiar, a quarter century ago, Torraino Walker was a true rarity: a walk-off co-captain.
 
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Ewekon said:
I want you to be right. I really do. The p.k will give us an idea if the recruits are high or mid major level. Every top 10 team plays freshmen now so that is no excuse. I am with holding judgement until pk.
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You are not wrong... however...

That being said, we generally have our success when our guys develop. Duke, KU, and Kentucky roll out freshman because they get a ton of top 25 recruits and they are ready right away
 
imno1 said:
Those who saw him in the summer league said not to expect much but DO is much better as a comp piece that only needs to defend, rebound, and set screens. Playground basketball is not a good showcase of his value. If he could develop any pnr offense this team will be so much better.
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Good point - summer leagues and utube Dunk videos are very different from competitive structured basketball. In the summer league even if you set a good screen most dudes don’t know how to use it.

So we got 14 rebounds out of our center position last night. I will take that.
 
businesslawyer said:
Again, we get caught in this great or suck trap.

He showed he can help simply by setting screens and not looking to shoot, and by rebounding. Not yet sold on his ability to guard a big insider, and he's not going to help us scoring. We are a big by committee team. None of them are likely to really grab a hold of playing time this year. Hopefully, as a group, they can get it done.
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I don’t disagree - And we won’t fully appreciate their offensive deficiency until Bigs score against us drawing a contrast. But still screens and rebounds are something we haven’t seen much of the last couple of years.
 
superjohn said:
Cobb and Dave O shouldn't get pushed around by anyone but Whaley is a twig and Carlton needs to gain strength.
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Whaley may be a twig but I’d go to war with him every day of the week and twice on Sunday over softies Vance, Enoch and Brimah.
 
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The Funster said:
Its nice to see bigs not have the ball slapped out of his hands all night.
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That's what I think about after every rebound. First that they got into position to make one and second that they don't fumble the rock or get it stripped by a guy half their size.
 
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