Bell and Cuffe

[OttoinGrotto]

I was very confident that Bell was not a guy to build around. Because he’s a 3 point shooter who literally does nothing else well.

*edited to add* I posted this in the second half of the LeMoyne game thread. So that would make it the first game of the season.

“I’ll be honest, if we’re expecting Bell to be the guy it’s not gonna be a good year.”

In fairness to myself, when I was thinking of Bell to be a guy to build around, I wasn't expecting him to suddenly start rebounding like crazy or dropping dimes everywhere.

I thought he could grow into a respectable defensive player and give us 18ish points a game with a bunch of bombs from deep.

 

[Fly Rodder]

So did a ton of people not on this board before this season started. Are you saying you saw this train wreck before the beginning of this year?

I did.

Players Returning Next Year

Duke's talent next year is on a different level. There's still guys we want to keep who are going to leave, so let's see how things shake out. A high performing Donnie and returning Maliq is a good start. For sure. They have like an entire starting lineup of Donnie level or better coming in...

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[Dcuse]

I was very confident that Bell was not a guy to build around. Because he’s a 3 point shooter who literally does nothing else well.

*edited to add* I posted this in the second half of the LeMoyne game thread. So that would make it the first game of the season.

“I’ll be honest, if we’re expecting Bell to be the guy it’s not gonna be a good year.”

You’re right about being a one trick pony but you have to say his shooting last year was a lethal weapon. Ideally, that would have opened the floor up somewhat for the rest. But I don’t know how anybody could have foreseen the total collapse of his shot.

 

[Scooch]

You’re right about being a one trick pony but you have to say his shooting last year was a lethal weapon. Ideally, that would have opened the floor up somewhat for the rest. But I don’t know how anybody could have foreseen the total collapse of his shot.

What I saw last year was a guy who was an atrocious defender who gave up as many points as he scored. Also a guy who was a black hole who never tried to rebound. I deeply hated his game.

Of course I didn’t see his shot disappearing like it has. But I did see that Red prioritizing him as a critical piece was a death wish.

Hence the comment I made 25 minutes into this season.

 

[NineOneSeven]

What I saw last year was a guy who was an atrocious defender who gave up as many points as he scored. Also a guy who was a black hole who never tried to rebound. I deeply hated his game.

Of course I didn’t see his shot disappearing like it has. But I did see that Red prioritizing him as a critical piece was a death wish.

Hence the comment I made 25 minutes into this season.

Another hater of Bell’s game checking in.

Both of these are true—
1) didn’t expect to see such regression in the one skill he seemed to be above average at. Basically impossible to predict this one.

2) him struggling in all other areas doesn’t surprise me at all given the data we already had available.

I showed the per40 numbers last year. Worst rebounding forward in Syracuse history. AND we can add worst passing forward as well based on the numbers shown in this thread.

BUt WhAt a sTrOke aNd CHaSe DowN BloCK.

Still plenty of games left to…..

 

[Irishsecra1]

Unfortunately, he apparently needed someone like Gerry to work with him on a daily basis to keep his shot coming and his ego in check.