I'm not opposed to Diop but I think his shooting/ability to stretch the floor is being a bit exaggerated. He took 26 3's all year and shot 30.8%. Reibe took 13 at the same percentage in half the minutes so pretty similar abilities in terms of stretching the floor
Yes, he shot 30% from three and 40% from the field. He also scored 30 against Arizona, 29 against Arkansas, 28 against Tennessee, 27 against St. John's, 25 against Bama, 25 against Georgia, 21 against Vandy, 16 against Michigan.
We don't need 4 guys starting shooting threes all the time. We do need a physical freak athlete.
Sure, I'd love to have him here. Just saying he is not a shooter the way some here have alluded to
That comment is not really dispelling my point around your irrational disdain. Karaban is 0.2% off his freshman year (which was at way lower usage) and only appreciably below his sophomore year, where he played in one of the most efficient offenses we’ve ever seen. He’s been legitimately VERY good this year again. It’s just odd that you spend so much time talking about potential and development and then constantly disparage the guy that is actually producing at a level far beyond where the guys you focus on are right now.
Not posting that at all as a knock on Stewart. I hope he's back and playing a key role next year. I've been high, and probably too high, on Stewart since he got here. I thought he'd be getting NBA interest after his sophomore year but that jump just hasn't happened consistently yet
Alex was a starter and incredibly key piece on back to back national championship teams. His legacy is 100% not dependent on this tournament. This fan base has some truly wild and spoiled takes sometimes.
As a good kid and great ambassador of the program, can't say enough about him. As a stand alone basketball player that drives championships, he's not that. He's acted as a 5th man in some significant games for this team. It's easy to put the blinders on for exceptional humans, which he is.
He was a borderline top-100 recruit. His projection was never to be a #1 option on a great team. Sure, his inconsistency is frustrating, but you’re exaggerating and disparaging a huge part of our success recently.
Borderline top 100 recruit, and his lasting marks were during his frosh/soph years.
There are some comments that make me wish we still had old guys hanging people this time of year. The comment you responded to would have and should have made its author a candidate.
You really have to wonder how unfulfilled in life someone must feel in order to be so hypercritical of someone who has at a very young age already achieved more success than most can dream of.
This is the take of someone who doesn’t understand our offensive or defensive systems at all.
Hates our players, hates our team. Has been clear for a long time
Because every team has two or three guys who threaten having 50/40/90 years. I think not.
Or how many foul balls off the noggin from being a catcher
So now we’re going to denigrate KFree to try to save your point? Do you watch basketball at all? Not everyone who is important to a team is an All American candidate or a future NBA star. Alex is neither. That has not and does not make him easily replaceable.
Ill throw Malachi in there too.
