RJ Cole Expectations

[StepbackCity]

Buddy of mine was underselling him in a convo I had. How many do we think he’ll average/play next year?

 

[Palatine]

He looked good in the Bob Hurley Sr. documentary.

 

[Apollo]

if his game is half as impressive as his beard, we are in for something special

 

[XLCenterFan]

I have only seen him play once, and it was at the open practice earlier this year. I was not impressed at all, but he may have taken a slight back seat to players that are actually playing this year. I mentioned that he looked undersized and just meh on another thread somewhere and got blasted for it. I guess he's pretty good...we will have to see.

How well he does depends on a few things. Technically, Gilbert could come back. Also, will Cole be competing with/splitting minutes with Gaffney, or is the starting spot his?

 

[gampelcrazies]

Courtesy of @tcf15

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I’m hoping for something like 12 ppg 6 apg on 40% from 3.

 

[Dooooooomed]

So long as he has a high bb iq, I will be overjoyed.

 

[husky429]

12/2/5 37% from 3. 40% from the field. 4 TOs per game early, but he settles down by mid-season as he adjusts to the pace of the high major game. Defense just okay--not sure the athleticism is there.

2pt%, TOs and defense will be important for him. He was a really had finisher at Howard. The shooting will translate.

I'm also hoping he's worked on his handles a lot. It was not good at Howard. If Gaffney and Cole don't improve ballhandling, we're in big, big trouble

 

[UConnDad]

I only hope it’s a battle for the starting point guard slot.

 

[Hogoff]

Courtesy of @tcf15

Looks like he can play in the Big East!

 

[Marat]

Hoping he can be the next Khalid El-Amin

 

[Huskybass]

15 and 5, minimum. Kid is GOOD.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Projecting stats is kind of silly, but what would be a reasonable comparison for his game?

Sterling Gibbs with a little more athleticism?

 

[bendm]

would he have been the best PG in the aac next year?

 

[InKembaITrust]

I only hope it’s a battle for the starting point guard slot.

He is the perfect transfer/type of player for Gaffney to battle for the starting position; a solid and mature mid-major player with good habits who will have some breakout games but ultimately be average in the BE.

Cole will start first half of the season, I expect Gaffney to start the second.

 

[StepbackCity]

Courtesy of @tcf15

Yeah I know he was nasty last year but it was also Howard, how would he transition to the Big East?

 

[Huskybass]

Projecting stats is kind of silly, but what would be a reasonable comparison for his game?

Sterling Gibbs with a little more athleticism?

I think Cole is a much better distributor than Gibbs, who really wasn't a point guard. Gibbs was really a spot up shooter. Cole creates for others more and can go to the basket pretty well.

 

[Martin]

12/2/5 37% from 3. 40% from the field. 4 TOs per game early, but he settles down by mid-season as he adjusts to the pace of the high major game. Defense just okay--not sure the athleticism is there.

2pt%, TOs and defense will be important for him. He was a really had finisher at Howard. The shooting will translate.

I'm also hoping he's worked on his handles a lot. It was not good at Howard. If Gaffney and Cole don't improve ballhandling, we're in big, big trouble

Why did he transfer?

 

[Huskyforlife]

Really glad we'll have a steady hand at point guard next year, regardless of Gilbert's decision. With that being said, I think Gaffney is more talented, so I'm hoping he pushes Cole for the starting spot.

 

[Stainmaster]

Why did he transfer?

Because he wanted to play for a more prestigious program?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Really glad we'll have a steady hand at point guard next year, regardless of Gilbert's decision. With that being said, I think Gaffney is more talented, so I'm hoping he pushes Cole for the starting spot.

If Gilbert leaves, both Gaffney and Cole will get a ton of minutes next year, and will spend a lot of it playing together.

 

[polycom]

He'll average 11 and 5 in 28 mins by the end of the season. He'll have to prove that he can hoop at this level. Big East isn't the conference he played in.

 

[Brochacho]

A big time player would be fun. Considering our recent history with transfers, I don't expect much more than Tarin Smith production. Not that I'd be upset with that - it just seems that he is reaching Ferarri in the garage boneyard hype.

 

[husky429]

Why did he transfer?

Because he averaged 24/4/6 on fantastic 3 pt shooting. And he was on a bad team in a bad conference. If he wants to play professionally at the highest level he needed to transfer

 

[StepbackCity]

A big time player would be fun. Considering our recent history with transfers, I don't expect much more than Tarin Smith production. Not that I'd be upset with that - it just seems that he is reaching Ferarri in the garage boneyard hype.

He’s much better than Tarin I’ll tell you that much