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We will have 3 guys (JA, AG, Dan Hurley) with a high level handle, and another (RP) with a decent/ok handle. We need at least 1 more to break a press, or spell a guard in the event that there is foul trouble on the perimeter.

Even with SCJr, we would have needed that though, far more, imo, than a big. The last 2 championships we won were with lower level bigs, and guys who could handle the ball and shoot.
 
Comments about Justin Simon being a 6'5 PG in the mold of Doron Scheffer are way off. In all the Brewster games I saw last year I would say there wasn't even a single possession where he was the primary ball handler. He handled the ball well in transition situations like Hamilton and is an excellent player but he isn't a natural PG. Off guard ok, wing player ok, PG no. Didn't see him take quantities of shots to say he is or is not a good deep shooter. He plays within the flow of the game and is athletic. He would be a particularly good player for a 'havoc' system with defensive pressure and transition.
 
Ricker said:
Comments about Justin Simon being a 6'5 PG in the mold of Doron Scheffer are way off. In all the Brewster games I saw last year I would say there wasn't even a single possession where he was the primary ball handler. He handled the ball well in transition situations like Hamilton and is an excellent player but he isn't a natural PG. Off guard ok, wing player ok, PG no. Didn't see him take quantities of shots to say he is or is not a good deep shooter. He plays within the flow of the game and is athletic. He would be a particularly good player for a 'havoc' system with defensive pressure and transition.
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Agreed. He did show some very good defensive skills in high school. He would be amazing in a press system.
 

Can't find a lot of hard evidence behind this but still interesting to take note of and think about as a possibility.
 
James said:
really like Simon a lot. I was confused why he never got tick @ Zona . Instead Miller favored that tiny pg Cartwright
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Yeah Simon only got 12.9% of minutes, while Cartwright got 51.9%. Seems pretty clear that's the reason he's transferring, plus Arizona bringing in 2 5* guys around his height.
 
Michigan’s Spike Albrecht told ESPN he was granted his release today and plans to play next season elsewhere as a grad transfer.

 
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Huskyforlife said:
Michigan’s Spike Albrecht told ESPN he was granted his release today and plans to play next season elsewhere as a grad transfer.

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Surprising, when they announced he was done for the year he talked in terms of his career being over.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Michigan’s Spike Albrecht told ESPN he was granted his release today and plans to play next season elsewhere as a grad transfer.

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Could be an OK starter on a Mid-Major, don't think he is anything special
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Could be an OK starter on a Mid-Major, don't think he is anything special
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He's not anything special but I would take him in a second assuming he can get back to what he was his junior year at Michigan. A fifth year guard who can shoot, post a high assist to turnover ratio, and offer experience in big games would seem to be just what the doctor ordered.

It's far from a guarantee that he's healthy enough to be that player, though, and I doubt he comes here even if he is. I'm a bit surprised he's leaving Michigan - they were so thin in the back-court this season that they were playing walk-ons, and with basically their entire roster coming back, they should be able to at least get back to the tournament.
 
Lefty2one said:
Miller, Brimah, Nolan, Facey and Enoch combined for 38 minutes, 1 point and zero rebounds in the first half. We got our asses absolutely kicked in the paint. KU's bigs and guards did what they wanted in the lane.

On the game it was 75 minutes, six points and four rebounds for that quintuplet. This group didn't have the gang rebounding prowess of the '14 group - Bazz & Boatright were very good rebounding guards. Hell, vs UK in the title game Kromah matched the output of our entire 5-man frontcourt against Kansas and did so in only 20 minutes.
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In '14 Bazz led the team in rebounds up until the last couple of weeks of the season. As was said Boat had a lot of rebounds too. Our guards did not leak out but stayed home
because of poor rebounding by bigs. Those two guys however could play in the half court offense and create. Our guards leaked a lot this year and had big trouble with the half court offense and there you have it. Other teams killed us on the offensive glass. It's not too much to expect to have bigs who can rebound.
 
reddevilhusky said:

Can't find a lot of hard evidence behind this but still interesting to take note of and think about as a possibility.
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Frank Jackson coming in, K becoming a bit of a Calipari these things will happen. He's a real nice player, most teams would love to have him.
 
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This is like scrutinizing the waiver wire after nfl teams have made their last cuts. Maybe you can come up with surprise 4* and 5* players in the spring, and with some experience. Per 'Laugh In' for those who remember - "Veryyyyy Interesting"
 


Albrecht is an interesting one. Not an impact guy, and missed most of the season to injury, but he was Michigan's starting PG last year and played 32 minutes per. Career 40% shooter from 3, gets some assists, doesn't turn it over. He might be looking for a place he can start, and if that's the case, he'll find one, but if he's ok being a rotation guy, he's definitely my first choice.
 
Ohio State, a team on the schedule for next year, brought in 5 guys in their 2015 class. 3 of them have already transferred. Austin Grandstaff in the middle of the season, and then Daniel Giddens and Mickey Mitchell just got their release, too. Only remaining players from that class are Jaquan Lyle and AJ Harris, and the reports are that Harris could be transferring soon too.
 
tcf15 said:
Ohio State, a team on the schedule for next year, brought in 5 guys in their 2015 class. 3 of them have already transferred. Austin Grandstaff in the middle of the season, and then Daniel Giddens and Mickey Mitchell just got their release, too. Only remaining players from that class are Jaquan Lyle and AJ Harris, and the reports are that Harris could be transferring soon too.
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Where is Giddens going? I think I'm thinking of the right guy, PF strong looking kid with some nice upside? Take him in a second.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN

Ohio State exodus continues: Daniel Giddens, Mickey Mitchell and now A.J. Harris all transferring.


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Giddens has that look of sitting out a year and coming back a monster. Strong frame, have seen him show signs of owning the inside despite the short numbers of 3.7/3.2. Take him in a second, the crowd was good that day and he should have been impressed with Storrs that day getting their a**es handed to them?
 
mauconnfan said:
Giddens has that look of sitting out a year and coming back a monster. Strong frame, have seen him show signs of owning the inside despite the short numbers of 3.7/3.2. Take him in a second, the crowd was good that day and he should have been impressed with Storrs that day getting their a**es handed to them?
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Lower rebound rate than Brimah, lower block rate than Brimah, and shoots 45% from the line.

Pass.
 
CallMeBruce said:


Albrecht is an interesting one. Not an impact guy, and missed most of the season to injury, but he was Michigan's starting PG last year and played 32 minutes per. Career 40% shooter from 3, gets some assists, doesn't turn it over. He might be looking for a place he can start, and if that's the case, he'll find one, but if he's ok being a rotation guy, he's definitely my first choice.
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This guy is literally perfect for what we're looking for and can provide leadership and deep tourny experience that we will now be lacking. Think Vital can be a real nice piece, but I'd take the proven player over the unproven.
 
That Ohio State home and home which was supposed to bolster our OOC is starting to look like a marginal opponent. Good for exposure, not so much for RPI anymore.
 
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aceboon said:
I'd be worried about how effective he is after that hip surgery.
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yeah, I highly doubt he's gonna be the same player.

This is from when he shut it down at Michigan earlier in the season:

Because for the 22 years he has been walking, the doctors feel he has been adding to the problems of his genetic hip conditions. The last few years and the intensity of playing major college basketball may have aggravated it even more leading to the two offseason hip surgeries to repair torn labrums.

Four to five months after surgery, he expected it would be improving. Constant rehab, limited practice, Michigan and Albrecht were taking every precaution — and it barely mattered.

Doctors told him the soft tissue had to regenerate and he didn’t give it enough time.

When he sat on the bench Tuesday at SMU in the second half, fearing that U-M coach John Beilein would ask him to go back in the game as his hips were locking, that was the final sign. He knew that his genetic condition, the one where he sees how his father, Chuck, moves and needs two hip replacements, was something he had to avoid now, not later.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...spike-albrecht-retires-hip-michigan/77139936/
 
tcf15 said:
yeah, I highly doubt he's gonna be the same player.

This is from when he shut it down at Michigan earlier in the season:

Because for the 22 years he has been walking, the doctors feel he has been adding to the problems of his genetic hip conditions. The last few years and the intensity of playing major college basketball may have aggravated it even more leading to the two offseason hip surgeries to repair torn labrums.

Four to five months after surgery, he expected it would be improving. Constant rehab, limited practice, Michigan and Albrecht were taking every precaution — and it barely mattered.

Doctors told him the soft tissue had to regenerate and he didn’t give it enough time.

When he sat on the bench Tuesday at SMU in the second half, fearing that U-M coach John Beilein would ask him to go back in the game as his hips were locking, that was the final sign. He knew that his genetic condition, the one where he sees how his father, Chuck, moves and needs two hip replacements, was something he had to avoid now, not later.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...spike-albrecht-retires-hip-michigan/77139936/
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Yea, good luck to him but that doesn't sound like something you get back to being 100% from, we saw what happened to Omar.
 
Matrim55 said:
Lower rebound rate than Brimah, lower block rate than Brimah, and shoots 45% from the line.

Pass.
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Guess I only saw good minutes from the kid, those aren't really good. He will be a better rebounder than Brimah but 45% at the line is glaringly weak. Something to work with? Maybe, he certainly had his moments but I guess not enough of them for Thad to play him more - pass may be best don't need another one who doesn't improve much.

His 7 and 6 vs the Huskies may have mislead me, but he does miss FTs too. He was a tough kid around the hoop but that doesn't always lead to success as in this case it would seem.
 
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I'm pretty sure Ohio St. was a pretty big team, that may have lead to less rebounds for a guy who played very little min. He's got a great frame, is already pretty strong, athletic, and may be able to take over the rim protecting role after Brimah is gone. Also read some articles about his transfer, and a common theme seemed to be he was a very good teamate and person. This is the type of kid you use one of your last scholerships on, at minimum all adding him does is add depth. No brainer.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I'm pretty sure Ohio St. was a pretty big team, that may have lead to less rebounds for a guy who played very little min. He's got a great frame, is already pretty strong, athletic, and may be able to take over the rim protecting role after Brimah is gone. Also read some articles about his transfer, and a common theme seemed to be he was a very good teamate and person. This is the type of kid you use one of your last scholerships on, at minimum all adding him does is add depth. No brainer.
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Also saw that he supposedly wants to be closer to home which is GA...even though Ricky Moore has set up a nice GA pipeline to Storrs I doubt that we qualify if that truly is his main transfer reasoning
 
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