What about Polley?

[ClifSpliffy]

That's all well and good, but what you leave out in your post is that 10-9 to 19-12 stretch also coincides with when outside of the first 5 minutes Whaley was taking Carlton's minutes

we shall see in the fullness of time. josh starts on day one.

 

[Palatine]

He was actually a better, more consistent rebounder in the beginning of the season. He had 8 total rebounds in the three games leading up to his 11 rebound game. He has eclipsed 7 rebounds in a game ONCE in his career. I would call that a flash in the pan. He is not a good rebounder by any means for his frame, and he is not good defensively either.

When Hurley means he'll have a big role that means he will come off the bench and make shots. He is what he is. Do not make him more than he is.

Nothing personal, you cannot read Hurley's mind (or anyones mind). I take what Hurley said at face value. The lights are coming on for Polley. He is improving.

 

[JB75]

I follow the talk. and there is that pesky reality where the squad went from 10-9, to 19-12, including 5 in a row at the end, with a lineup not including polley, akok, and a diminished al. im pretty sure coaches like winning. will his feet speed up? I don't know, but I do know a lot about watching your body change completely in a nanosecond, and then trying to figure out what to do with it. imma big fan of josh, now and for the future. both ours, and his. I also think the closer he gets to the cash part of his future, the more focused he will become.

Well see what josh brings this year - I’m not too confident , but hope he improves and I’m rooting for him. Also , that 5 game run at the end of the season was 90% due to CV, bouk and whalley.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Well see what josh brings this year - I’m not too confident , but hope he improves and I’m rooting for him. Also , that 5 game run at the end of the season was 90% due to CV, bouk and whalley.

both whalley, and especially aac player of the year (in my mind) cv spent plenty of time subject to the infamous boneyard dis machine. downright criminal were some of the many, many extended harshes put on cv over the recent past, up to around January, and notwithstanding his superior career statistical record to that point. then, it stopped. it was so bad at times, I half expected to look in the dictionary for 'cv' and find the phrase 'hot garbage' next to it. so, there's that. and, im not a big fan of the mentality that every single recruit coming here is therefore all-nba. Jalen Adams had to spend years here getting regularly eviscerated, and now, he sits on the edge of the big show. a very difficult achievement, indeed.

 

[Spaceman213J]

I think a lot of people are only remembering Polley's defense from his freshman year. The second half of his sophomore year and some of early on last year, he was a pretty good on ball defender. I remember Hurley giving him praise at the end of his sophomore year and often said he had the toughest defensive assignment and came through.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Polley was definitely a plus defender. Insane wingspan and really good footwork.

 

[Waquoit]

Nothing personal, you cannot read Hurley's mind (or anyones mind). I take what Hurley said at face value. The lights are coming on for Polley. He is improving.

Polley needs service to be effective. Something he didn't get from AG and CV. Once the ball stopping stopped last year, Polley was hurt. I'm looking forward to seeing him a ball-moving offense.