He HAS to figure out defense. He was letting his man get by nearly every time. It puts too much pressure on our bigs and was part of the reason both Samson and Hoss got 2 fouls in the 1st half.
He’ll be fine. Just give him some time
McNeeley very good on defense and clearly at least I under estimated his rebounding ability. He is a solid nba ready body freshman.
I don’t know why he isn’t getting more time in these games. Trust Hurley and staff, obviously, but what is he not doing that he needs to do, in order to see some PT? He’s got size and athleticism, and if you saw the open practice he did some impressive things.
Every single game that he comes in since last year i watch him closely and what i see is he always grabs a couple of rebounds through great positioning. I really like his future and im hoping Hurley starts giving him more minutes sooner to start getting a better gauge on his progress in real game situations. He looked great tonight in his 90seconds.
This team is going to get better and better defensively as the season goes on but those guys you mentioned are already showing high level defensive ability and once that individual defensive talent starts to really work together in the system the D could be extremely tough. Dont sleep on Reed either, he did some good things defensively tonight. No reason he shouldnt be moved to the starting 5 in the next game or two. He is progress far faster than i thought which much credit to him but yet another example of this coaching staff being on an elite level of coaching. Just incredibly lucky as fans to have this here.
All he needs to do is learn to finish the defensive stand without bailing guys out by fouling on the shot. When he figures that out i agree he can be really, really good.
Yeah - not sure why he didn't get minutes at the end of the first half when both bigs where on the bench with foul trouble instead of playing Karaban as the center.
Agreed. We also didnt look great with that lineup out there. I trust Hurley so i assume he sees enough in practice to know the kid isnt ready just yet. We`ll see. I hope he earned some minutes tonight.
Not sure that Ball can be the pg as it just doesnt seem to be a natural part of his game. He just seems like more of an shooter than distributor run the offense guy. If he were able to do it at the level we would need that offense would be a problem. I mean we already are but it seems like PG could take some time to be worked out. Would love to see Nowell take the spot but he just doesnt have the experience be given the keys to run such a sophisticated offense like Hurleys.
You know why it’s not a real worry for me? Because Nowell, if given time, can be better than anyone. Hurley has a culture here and Mahaney and Hass will get all the chances they need to be the best they can be for the team while Ahmad gets his reps in in practice and spot minutes. Hass deserves them for his service, and Mahaney is a high profile portal player that comes with unspoken promises, and chances. But if things go south Hurley has the best overall lead guard ( when all is said and done, I’m not saying this very moment) getting ready. Love that kid, and him knowing his place in the big picture is yet another reason why.
Hurley said Ross would have started the first game if he wasn’t hurt, which means Mahaney would be coming off the bench. We don’t need a traditional pg to run the offense in a position-less offense.
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Because the reality is it's far more likely Karaban or Stewart are getting those minutes in Big East play, and now is the time to find out if it's a viable option (spoiler, it is)
This was nowhere near a bad game for Mahaney, I have no idea what you were watching. He might get replaced by Ross because he looked that good, but that's not an indictment of Mahaney
