Freshmen vs Transfers

[navery12]

What do you define best player as?

To me, your top 3 players would be your best players. Maybe we see it differently.

Yeah top 3 or 4, and either way Newton was in that group of best players

 

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Yeah top 3 or 4, and either way Newton was in that group of best players

So you’d put him ahead of Clingan and Karaban?

 

[navery12]

So you’d put him ahead of Clingan and Karaban?

Last year, absolutely. This year I expect both to be better in their sophomore years

 

[superjohn]

What do you define best player as?

To me, your top 3 players would be your best players. Maybe we see it differently.

Are you this difficult in real life?

 

[Rocktheworld]

There’s a lot to say about bringing in mature kids from D-1 programs who have played in big(ish) games against real college competition and in front of hostile crowds, who may be more capable of absorbing a Hurley offense that we’ve heard is complex. This is why I’m not of the camp who expects the freshmen outside of Castle to be big contributors; and I doubt he will lead our scorers. The scoring will already be spread too evenly between Newton, Clingan, Karaban, and Spencer; three of those guys will be in year two of the program, and two guys will be in their fifth year in D1. Castle will be drafted on potential more than production imo. Hope I’m wrong, because if I am, he will be an all-BE player.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

What do you define best player as?

To me, your top 3 players would be your best players. Maybe we see it differently.

Good lord.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Are you this difficult in real life?

I’m the difficult one and not the take that all of a sudden has Newton being more impactful than Karaban and Clingan?

Gotta be a troll. Lol

 

[Edward Sargent]

My desire for players is based on whether I think they move the needle to contend for championships whether they are freshman or transfers. Bouknight, Akok, Jackson, Sanogo, Hawkins, Floyd, Johnson, Clingan, Karaban, and all 5 of our new guys have seemed like worthy freshman investments to me. I really don't have the same view of our 2024 prospects. Admittedly, I have only gone in and out of games watching our top prospects, but, sign me up for a heavier dose of transfers for next year's team. I liked Carlton who showed well with Houston, and Ngongba seems like a player of that ilk. I think adding any actual 2024 impact player will need to come from the portal or a 2025 reclass.

Look at Nowell some more and tell us what you think. From my uneducated and inexperienced (watched two Peachjam games) I liked his game a lot