So you want him to average about 20 and 12 on 70% shooting? Because I mean that’s the next step from where he is.
I would prefer that to being the 1 in the south with Houston as the 2 or 3
Who said he's a problem? You don't have to be so defensive to everything. His reaching an upside only helps our chances to feel like an NC fav. If you look ahead of us, there are some formidable front courts. AZ has a kid at center that is now getting mocked first round, along with Peat. UM is UM. Duke has Boozer & Ngongba. Tarris needs to be clicking for us once we get into the real action. Illinois rebounds the cr@p out of it.
Taris is clicking.
I was going to put something in my post that likewise it would also be good if Ball was shooting closer to his historical average instead of 10% below. And it would be good if AK was taking a few more at 42% and also making more bunnies, but I decided to focus just on Reed as that was the player referenced.
I get that what I'm saying puts him in elite status, but it's there. You can see it. He can actually be a 20 and 12 guy. It's right there in front of him. And yes, he can absolutely be better than Sanogo. He has all the size, skills, strength and athleticism to be.
No, no he's not. Sorry buddy, you cannot just flash the stats. You're on an island with that. We've been outrebounded by garbage rebounding teams in the BE in this stretch, in games way too close, with garbage centers. Keep fighting the fight, but there a peoplel here who watch the game who see plenty he can be much better at.
EvanMiya’s top lineup has Stewart replacing Mullins instead of Ball
Understood. But do you realize this is not the angle from the fan base. You have guys like @RuffRuff calling him soft. He’s being labeled as “inconsistent” when his numbers and advanced metrics say otherwise. “Eye test” is very biased. And I don’t see the critics rooting him on. I see people saying he needs to lose minutes to Reibe. As if he’s been less than. When he very clearly hasn’t been. I respect your angle. But if we’re being honest this is not what people are saying.
Well that's just stupid 😊
I do not speak for the people - just saying what I think. There's more to his game that hasn't been tapped. Not having tapped that isn't hurting us, but tapping it can bring us to another level. Just like getting Ball back to shooting around 40% brings us to another level.
I’m only responding to you saying you don’t think it’s hate. I’m telling you there is a subset here who are absolutely doing that. I respect wanting all the players to be better. But this board/fan base picks a guy or 2 every year to pick on. He got called soft for sitting out a game due to injury this year. Its unwarranted.
FWIW UConn out rebounded Illinois by 5 when they played, 43-38.
That game didn’t count because it was in the beginning of the year
BTW, Tarris averaged .5 rebounds less last year on like 6 less minutes a game. If he was going to stay to last years rate, he'd be closer to 10/game.
If it came down to it I’d take #2 in the east vs number one anywhere else. Except maybe possibly the west. But let’s stay local and run this B!!
1. I’m not alone.
Tarris is more or less fine, he’s honestly not even the one who needs the most improvement. He can do better, he should get a few more boards per game but I also think some of our guys don’t rebound well elsewhere