Biggest frosh-soph leap

[CorduroyG]

Shaky potatoes gotta be right at the top right? Fab had a huge leap too.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Shaky potatoes gotta be right at the top right? Fab had a huge leap too.

Fab had the biggest leap and the biggest fall from grace. Hopefully he banked some of his money (aka "real" in Brazil). However is still is only 23 so if he was serious about the game he could probably get back into the league someday. Being 7 foot helps.

 

[OrangeDW]

I'd give it to Warrick off the top of my head, with Cooney closing in.

I agree with Melo, and Etan Thomas made a huge sophomore leap too. Waiters too.

 

[SaltLakeOrange]

Cooney for sure. Etan is a close second. Fab doesn't count at all (you need to finish the season to be considered).

 

[jekelish]

Damone Brown had a pretty amazing leap from his freshman year to his sophomore year. From 1.7 points and 0.9 rebounds to 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.

 

[Knicks411]

Does Cooney get an asterisk, at least a small one, cause of the red shirt year?
My freshmen year was Hak's soph yeah, so I don't have much of an idea of what kind of playter he was prior to 2002-2003, but i think I'm going with Fab. I mean the dude could barely run up and down the court as a frosh.

 

[jekelish]

Does Cooney get an asterisk, at least a small one, cause of the red shirt year?
My freshmen year was Hak's soph yeah, so I don't have much of an idea of what kind of playter he was prior to 2002-2003, but i think I'm going with Fab. I mean the dude could barely run up and down the court as a frosh.

I was thinking that as well. Trevor had a full year in a big time strength and conditioning program, playing against elite players in practice every day, before he even played a single game. I'd put guys like Hak and Damone above him for that reason alone.

 

[JOC44]

Sherman Douglas went from a nice backup to an All American. MCW made a big jump as well.

Hak is a good call. As a freshman, he was terrible. You could see how athletic he was but he lacked strength and couldn't finish ANYTHING. He was 100 times better as a soph.

 

[CorduroyG]

nice one on Hak, nobody saw that kind of leap coming. kris joseph was much improved as well.

 

[jncuse]

Joseph and Scoop made huge jumps for the 2009/2010 team. They were both fairly useless as frosh.

 

[Louie&Bouie]

I'll mention Stevie Thompson. He went from 5.1 ppg as a freshman to 14.1 as a soph.

But no one made a bigger jump than Sherm. No one.

 

[Knicks411]

It's pretty amazing how many guys we've had to make that leap in the last few years. Has anyone even mentioned MCW yet?

 

[orange79]

Dion?

 

[Cuse'91]

Well, Cooney, but with an asterisk...
Trevor is playing like a stud junior, which is what he really is...

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Billy E.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Etan always sticks out to me because he was so raw as a freshman, but it was clear there was something there. It all came together on both ends of the floor REALLY early on in his sophomore season.

Etan is the only center I've ever seen that made you think that the guy that broke the press streaking to the basket was hosed.

 

[two3zone]

Etan always sticks out to me because he was so raw as a freshman, but it was clear there was something there. It all came together on both ends of the floor REALLY early on in his sophomore season. Etan is the only center I've ever seen that made you think that the guy that broke the press streaking to the basket was hosed.

McNeil was another guy, when the press was broke I was always like "sucker".

 

[Knicks411]

Another one that I don't think that was mentioned, though was broken up by a redshirt, was AO.

 

[Ghost]

Arinze??

He had a year off, but jumped from 2 to 12 points per game. 3 to 8 rebounds.

Pretty nice jump.

 

[NineOneSeven]

MCW, Warrick, Cooney.