Their games aren’t similar but Lamb was the better player. The guy averaged 18 a game on almost 50% shooting as a sophomore. He reached the point as a player where he scored when he wanted to that year.
I just don't see the similarities. One is more of inside physical player who can play defense and one is more of a thin guard who can shoot. I wasn't saying Stewart is better than Lamb. I just think their games are different. I think Stewart will make a big jump this year. Also, to compare Stewart now when he played on a stacked team with Lamb who was the 2nd or 3rd best player and needed to score is not fair at this point of their career.
I agree they aren’t similar. I hear you too, but Lamb was really good. He was one of the best scorers in the country that year.
Don’t forget how he took over against SDSU too on both ends to seal the game.
Remember what he did to Edey in the title game. He beat him on offense with his explosiveness and speed. If he had not fouled out Edey wouldve gotten absolutely lit up by Samson. He simply could not keep up with him. An improved version of that player is a problem for the rest of the country. If he really is 230 and still moving the way he is in this video we could see a huge leap (pun intended lol) from Samson this upcoming season.
We don't need any single guy to be on every night. In all likelihood it will be a different guy stepping up on each night. Teams with that kind of depth are lethal and very hard to plan against.
There should be plenty of attacking and playmaking even within the team concept. We would often run dribble handoffs at the top of the key for Newton, Spencer, or Castle to get a defender in their hip and force the big to challenge the driver (leaving the lob threat open) or back off and let the driver get to the rim for a weakly contested finish.
Most importantly, Hurley has shown that all sorts of players can thrive:
Damn, that sounds mighty familiar...
Lamb had a ridiculous mid range game - and like mentioned, a sophomore lottery pick. Can’t compare the two at all right now. Stew has some flashes last season, Lamb showed it in a full two years.
Yep, and their games are just too different to really compare. Like you said Jeremy had some great mid range game and used his long arms to penetrate. He was also a better shooter. I do think we will see a big jump from J Stew and I can see his game really exploding if his outside shot starts falling. He has the tools to be a 3 level player. He has physicality to be more effective inside and rebound well.
