Donnie Freeman injures foot

[oldpinepoint]

Freeman would be nice to have back but he was the worst defender on a horrible defensive team. If another school wants to give him a huge check go ahead. Does anyone at KSU think Coleman was worth the money or Townsend at Arizona? Power forwards not named Cooper Flagg or Broome didn’t have much affect on winning this season. Guards and wings win in today’s game. Eddie got two shots last night. Post players get taken out of games. Get guards and two way wings.

Part of me wonders if they were all awful at defense or we just couldn’t teach it. Probably a combination of both.

 

[kcsu]

Freeman would be nice to have back but he was the worst defender on a horrible defensive team. If another school wants to give him a huge check go ahead. Does anyone at KSU think Coleman was worth the money or Townsend at Arizona? Power forwards not named Cooper Flagg or Broome didn’t have much affect on winning this season. Guards and wings win in today’s game. Eddie got two shots last night. Post players get taken out of games. Get guards and two way wings.

We need scorers' period. You don't get points for anything other than the ball going through the basket. Start with kids that can score. They put pressure on the other team. Getting stops is great but if you can't shoot better than 25%, if you don't have any threats on the outside nothing is going to matter. Bring in kids with size that can shoot the ball and score. 5 kids on the floor that have an O game, and we have a chance.
Other than that, focus on kids that do something else well. Namely Rebound and Defend. MAKE SURE that they are happy with that role. We don't need any more kids trying to be what they aren't at our expense. The goal is to win games. Individual improvement of players. Development is dead in today's free transfer NIL world. If they don't have a game when they step foot on campus they are not going to develop here. Forget that dream. You have to have game ready players now that can score. Start there.

 

[DCUNITED13]

Who is in better shape: doonie or chance?

What? I Know Know, Why, Because Today and Tomorrow, I Don't Give a Darn. Its Baseball Season

 

[grepal]

We need scorers' period. You don't get points for anything other than the ball going through the basket. Start with kids that can score. They put pressure on the other team. Getting stops is great but if you can't shoot better than 25%, if you don't have any threats on the outside nothing is going to matter. Bring in kids with size that can shoot the ball and score. 5 kids on the floor that have an O game, and we have a chance.
Other than that, focus on kids that do something else well. Namely Rebound and Defend. MAKE SURE that they are happy with that role. We don't need any more kids trying to be what they aren't at our expense. The goal is to win games. Individual improvement of players. Development is dead in today's free transfer NIL world. If they don't have a game when they step foot on campus they are not going to develop here. Forget that dream. You have to have game ready players now that can score. Start there.

As I was watching the game last night that was what I was thinking. We need more players who can score the ball. I do think Freeman could be a double digit scorer, was a good rebounder. Still the transition from high school D to College D eluded both he and Moore. This could change with experience, but the injury cost him a lot of valuable learning time. That is a shame because this was a lost season for us, if Donne and Elijah kept playing and figures out how to defend better, we could have derived some value for the future out if the season. Almost a completely lost year for Donnie. The intriguing athleticism is there but without effort and learning he could become another Bennie Williams.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I'm surprised he and Moore have entered the portal yet.

 

[phil77]

Yup, compared Donnie Freeman to Benny Williams I have seen it all now. Well done everyone, well done.

 

[Newhouser]

We need scorers' period. You don't get points for anything other than the ball going through the basket. Start with kids that can score. They put pressure on the other team. Getting stops is great but if you can't shoot better than 25%, if you don't have any threats on the outside nothing is going to matter. Bring in kids with size that can shoot the ball and score. 5 kids on the floor that have an O game, and we have a chance.
Other than that, focus on kids that do something else well. Namely Rebound and Defend. MAKE SURE that they are happy with that role. We don't need any more kids trying to be what they aren't at our expense. The goal is to win games. Individual improvement of players. Development is dead in today's free transfer NIL world. If they don't have a game when they step foot on campus they are not going to develop here. Forget that dream. You have to have game ready players now that can score. Start there.

we need kids who can attack the basket off the dribble and either finish or kick. We spent more time dribbling and going nowhere than any team I can recall. Guys more efficient than JJ who can go and get their own. As much as I like Freeman - he has shown that at this point he's a standstill jump shooter. We need to pressure the D with guys who can create their own.

 

[Red2003]

we need kids who can attack the basket off the dribble and either finish or kick. We spent more time dribbling and going nowhere than any team I can recall. Guys more efficient than JJ who can go and get their own. As much as I like Freeman - he has shown that at this point he's a standstill jump shooter. We need to pressure the D with guys who can create their own.

No one moves to get open. Do you know how many possessions they doubled Eddie and everyone should stood and watched last night ha. He got tripled once or twice too.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Not sure what people see in Cuffe. I hope he doesn't come back, needs to transfer down to a lower D1 school. Not crazy about foreign dude either. JJ,can take or leave, but he needs a true PG to compliment his play in my opinion and also needs to play D, he's one of the worst besides Bell. .

The Venn diagram of players we can afford, players who would take the risk to come here, and the kinds of players we need…. That’s a small, tight shape. We dump Cuffe and Petar, we might have a roster of five paid no-handle wings and ten walkons.