Evan Miyakawa Transfer Portal Rankings

[kingtidge]

This is the last time I will look at any of this. They were so far off on the players we brought in last year that they have zero credit ability.

I actually think Miyakawa is one of the better stats-rankers, but we'll see how his prognistications pan out here in due time. If I had to guess, he isn't rating the centers high and they are dragging down the overall team transfer ratings a bit. I don't disagree with that TBH, but certainly hope I am wrong about that.

Also, they weren't as far off as some of the posters on here on rating LY's team... Their were a few ITK's on here saying "Red and staff were ectstatic and think they won the portal" and who saw "top tier player performance" in the pre-season practices with LY's transfers. Some real shoveloads were slung out... I bought into it as well.

That sentiment up and vanished like a fart in the wind when the games started and we all actually saw what we had. Some hung on to the "the team just needs to gel for a handful of games" hope, but that didn't last long.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Starling will benefit from some teams putting their best perimeter defender on George.

Few teams are so good on defense that their second best defender is going to be able to guard Starling one on one. The end result is going to be foul trouble on opposing bigs, and lots of runners and layups for Starling.

The guy was the only offensive threat for most of the year, and still managed to go 18, 4, and 3 with a positive assist to turnover ratio. How many guys can you think of who could have isolation called for them as much as Starling did last year and not become turnover machines?

Some people just want to talk trash about our own players. I don’t understand it.

Let me help you. He shot under 30% from three . Under 70% from the line. 40% overall. Averaged less than 3 apg. Don’t act like there is no explanation as to why someone might not look glowingly at the opportunity to plug him right back in to the role he had last year. not a winning player. In fact, will take opportunity from better options.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I didn’t ask you for specifics on his faults. Your nebulosity wasn’t about that. You said he was “overrated,” with the assertion that some ambiguous collection of “people” think he’s “essential to team success.” You keep projecting ignorance unto everyone else, while implying you’re the only sage. Point is, ‘we’ know what kind of player he is. The rest of your diatribe is just kind of ugly, frankly. He’s our player. And what he does and the volume in which he does it should be managed by the staff.

he’s overrated on this specific message board based on the surprising number of people that actually believe him coming back is essential to team success. He’s not really a player that is talked about in the national conversation so there really isn’t an overrated or underrated aspect to him regarding that.

People listing his ppg as evidence of his value argues against your “nebulous” assertion that “we know what kind of player he is.” This isn’t a friends and family message board. Im not going to lie because “he’s our player”

“Implying you’re the only sage”. Hmm. Ok. You just made that up. I didn’t imply anything. Good stuff .

 

[Zelda Zonk]

he’s overrated on this specific message board based on the surprising number of people that actually believe him coming back is essential to team success. He’s not really a player that is talked about in the national conversation so there really isn’t an overrated or underrated aspect to him regarding that.

People listing his ppg as evidence of his value argues against your “nebulous” assertion that “we know what kind of player he is.” This isn’t a friends and family message board. Im not going to lie because “he’s our player”

“Implying you’re the only sage”. Hmm. Ok. You just made that up. I didn’t imply anything. Good stuff .

Your campaign against him is just weird.
You still keep rambling about irrelevant stuff that wasn’t part of my post.
You still don’t recognize what I was referring to as the nebulous assertion in your post….
No one—least of all, me— is asking for lies. You, however, are kinda into the real if irrational hate.
But, whatever. Enjoy yourself.

 

[phsyra]

Good thing we got that out of the way now. So what’s the plan for hoops season then?

What about the past few years/months makes you believe that our team has a plan to play better defense? See the Lemoyne game...

That's what makes the games so difficult to watch.

I'm a huge fan but its hard to imagine Donnie and JJ getting enough stops to make us a tourney team.

 

[Orangezoo]

What about the past few years/months makes you believe that our team has a plan to play better defense? See the Lemoyne game...

That's what makes the games so difficult to watch.

I'm a huge fan but its hard to imagine Donnie and JJ getting enough stops to make us a tourney team.

I’ve never said I was on the opposite side of the spectrum. I’m willing to see what an upgraded roster looks like under Red. JJ and Donnie are not an excuse. Donnie has shown he can defend 1v1 it’s the help defense that is his issue and he was just a freshman he should improve. JJ is another story but there is a stable of talented guards now.

Thus let’s see if Red has the chops or not is all I’m saying.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Your campaign against him is just weird.
You still keep rambling about irrelevant stuff that wasn’t part of my post.
You still don’t recognize what I was referring to as the nebulous assertion in your post….
No one—lest of all, me— is asking for lies. You, however, are kinda into the real if irrational hate.
But, whatever. Enjoy yourself.

The only thing nebulous is your use of the word nebulous. It’s a straightforward concept as to what I meant. The irrational hate part is classic gas lighting tactic. I don’t have a campaign against him. The campaign is against the idea that he is the type of player that helps you win and was such a great get in keeping. you don’t agree ? Fine. I find your lack of agreement nebulous and irrational.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I’m excited by the JJ we saw at the very end of last season. I’m not saying he shouldn’t shoot 3s, but he just seemed much more aware of reading the defense. I just hope JJ plays to his strengths. An elite slasher who can occasionally hit a 3. I think we will have enough spacing for him to thrive on his strengths.

He is a career 29% three point shooter. He should stick to driving and improve his drive and kick. that would be a positive contribution. What cannot happen is he is given free reign to launch from all over given his veteran / returning status. The coaching staff cannot let that happen. Hopefully that will have been discussed when his returning was finalized

 

[Fly Rodder]

He is a career 29% three point shooter. He should stick to driving and improve his drive and kick. that would be a positive contribution. What cannot happen is he is given free reign to launch from all over given his veteran / returning status. The coaching staff cannot let that happen. Hopefully that will have been discussed when his returning was finalized

And defense. Lots of defense.

JJ is a perfectly average guard. He's probably a 4th option on a top-20 team. He's played over 2,800 minutes at D1 and has a career 13.1 PER and his teams have a record of 42-44 in those games. The only two statistical areas that he's improved/increased since being a frosh are his assist rate and FGA. Everything else is more or less flat. Every now and again he can fill it up.

I agree, keep him in a limited role to keep defenses honest and not collapse on a shooter or the post.

 

[Niastri]

The only thing nebulous is your use of the word nebulous. It’s a straightforward concept as to what I meant. The irrational hate part is classic gas lighting tactic. I don’t have a campaign against him. The campaign is against the idea that he is the type of player that helps you win and was such a great get in keeping. you don’t agree ? Fine. I find your lack of agreement nebulous and irrational.

I think we all can agree that Starting has been misused most of his career, and has had insufficient talent around him most of his career.

In spite of this, he has had some really good statistical seasons. Efficiency is definitely a thing, and Starling hasn’t been efficient, especially in his three point shooting.

With next year’s roster, Starling will finally have adequate talent around him. The starting lineup and even the bench will have lots of options.

The question isn’t about the talent any more, but big questions still loom about how Starling will be used.

Starling averaged 5.5 three point shots last season, and 10.5 two point shots. He shot .268 from three and .480 from two… If he shoots that many threes again, it’s a coaching disaster. If he shoots that many twos, it’s probably a good thing. We definitely don’t want any more 1 of 10 three point shooting stinkers like at SMU. Red had him in the bench a whole ten minutes that game… But who else was he going to send in that was better? Next year, Red will have actual options off the bench.

Another major difference is that we are unlikely to have half as many fruitless possessions next season where everybody is standing around and nobody can do anything.

Starling took a lot of bad shots last season where the alternative was a shot clock violation. Next year, there will be fewer of those, and George is going to have the ball in his hands when it does most of the time.

Starling is going to look a lot better next season. Nobody can say he’s been great so far… I don’t think anybody is arguing that he has been. He has done a lot in a difficult situation, and looking forward, I think he’s going to be in a much better situation to succeed in his last year at Syracuse. I’m looking forward to it.

 

[RedtheGOB]

What about the past few years/months makes you believe that our team has a plan to play better defense? See the Lemoyne game...

That's what makes the games so difficult to watch.

I'm a huge fan but its hard to imagine Donnie and JJ getting enough stops to make us a tourney team.

What is selling me on defense is that we dumped everyone from the roster last year that was not a P5 level athlete. We were playing rotations last year with Carlos (barely 6 feet), Cuffe 6'2, Moore a true freshman, Bell (a nitemare on defense) and Petar (when he wasn't lost he was fouling).

Maybe a hall of fame coach turns those guys into a team that can play "better" defense and win a few more games. The difference this year I don't believe we have any any guys that will see the court that are not P5 level athletes. At worst the freshman will be P5 level athletes eventually just not as freshman. They are also long and athletic this year which was missing last year.

Will the effort, intensity and focus be there this year is a valid question.

 

[Sherman20]

“Average transfer” ranking gets killed by Zephir and Souare being end of the bench nobodies.

Souare actually has some potential. Played well for Ga Tech late in the season and even started for them after they had some injuries. But Zephir was a nobody even for Montana State. I’m still confused why we added him. Definitely hurts Cuse’s average transfer rankings.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Souare actually has some potential. Played well for Ga Tech late in the season and even started for them after they had some injuries. But Zephir was a nobody even for Montana State. I’m still confused why we added him.

He’s a 12th man practice player. There’s zero need to overthink it.

 

[longtimefan]

Souare actually has some potential. Played well for Ga Tech late in the season and even started for them after they had some injuries. But Zephir was a nobody even for Montana State. I’m still confused why we added him. Definitely hurts Cuse’s average transfer rankings.

I don't care how he affects rankings as long as he's a net positive in the locker room and on the practice court.