On the other hand, anyone suggesting that SJ has some question marks to his game draws out folks like you that seemingly can’t admit he has any flaws. His ability to defend well and without fouling is absolutely fair game to discuss and very likely our largest question mark as a team. We all know he can be a huge mismatch off the pick and roll already.
I'm with you. I concede he needs to foul less but only a couple unicorns do everything well. He's a big part of the team's success to date; his pros outweigh his cons by a ton. So why harp on them? We heard you the first couple of times.
Wasn't Diarra year 4 last year? Seemed like a pretty good improvement to me.
He’s best skills are so unique and drive opponents crazy. He rolls to the rim so fast and with such explosion that he draws an incredible amount of attention. Newton, spencer, castle and diarra got a lot of layups because defenders are paranoid about Samson getting a lob.
Agree x100. I hate this "no shades of grey" crap.
Pros out weigh the cons in a bench role, not sure yet in a primary minutes role. One of his advantages was that we could build massive leads with Cling that made SJs minutes more of a breather. He had a lot of games with net negative even when we won big. That can’t happen in a primary role.
Ive rewatched the title game several times and Edey got off to a great start but after starting 5-7 against DC Edey ended up 6-15 including two turnovers during a 10 minute stretch he just couldnt score on DC. I think DC took time to adjust and once he did he handled Edey pretty well.
Yes, and you know why... SJ fouled out in 5 mins of court time and DC had 4 fouls. Note that Edey was not called for a flagrant when he hit him in the head with a forceful left elbow on one drive. Yes, Edey could not help but manhandle the much smaller AK.Toward the end it turns into Edey versus Karaban.
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I get the skepticism on Samson, and for the most part I agree that there's some uncertainty about his foul issues. But backup centers often have that "problem" until they become starters, because they know they're in for limited minutes. Whether he can make the adjustment is an open question, but it wouldn't be unheard of
Jr, but missed a full year, and only part-time last year. And everyone knew he wasn’t at DC’s level, so he was the attack point. We all hope he had a great offseason and will be up to the challenge.
What game were you watching? Im guessing you stopped watching the game with about 5 minutes left in the first half and never tuned back in lol!
This isn’t an argument that needs to be had.
You do realize Edey had 37 points on 15-25 shooting and 10 rebounds? By most accounts, that’s a pretty good game
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Lot of the shortages I saw with him were above the neck.
Edey's #'s were gaudy but that was him playing out of his arse in the first 14 minutes of the game and him overpowering Karaban in garbage time for dunks. Edey had 16 points with 6 minutes left in the first half and then didn't score a point until there was 14 minutes left in the game when he hit a ft, UConn was already up by 13 at that point. Edey scored 15 points when the game was a blowout and it was straight up garbage time where he was clearing Karaban out for dunks.You do realize Edey had 37 points on 15-25 shooting and 10 rebounds? By most accounts, that’s a pretty good game
Edey got gassed because he was the only one on floor able to do anything, Cling shut him down for a few possessions to allow an ultra efficient offense to pull away and create space. Rest is history.
100%. It's like people didn't even watch the game.
He wasn’t playing out his arse, he was being Zach Edey, the two time national player of the year, and 9th pick of the draft. Let’s give the kid credit - he’s really good. He was the only player on the court for Purdue that made the game mildly close. Not sure why we are using him as a barometer for this conversation anyway, as he was miles ahead of the next best college big offensively.
