Joey G.:. If he makes the same

[Capt. Tuttle]

year 2 progress as Buddy, watch out.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Am I the only one thinking he might be hitting the freshman wall? Doesn't seem to have the same accuracy on his jumper

 

[Newhouser]

Am I the only one thinking he might be hitting the freshman wall? Doesn't seem to have the same accuracy on his jumper

He seems to struggle shooting at home. Have not looked up numbers just from eye and failing memory.

 

[NateW]

Cowtown

My response to your question about JG3 that I couldn’t post because the game thread got closed:


At this point his role is more as a facilitator rather than a feature scorer. His shots often are more born out of the defense over playing EH, BB. Not really drawing a lot up for him. Also he is hedged hard off the pick and roll so he’s just making the smart play and dumping it down to Marek who is taking advantage.

He has missed some open shots tho for sure. We need him to hit at a higher clip.

Despite the shooting numbers (whatever they are) he truly played well today.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Big steal at the end

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Am I the only one thinking he might be hitting the freshman wall? Doesn't seem to have the same accuracy on his jumper

He takes dumb shots.. that’s the biggest reason his percentages are low .. when he takes good shots he makes them . Not sure why he feels he HAS to get up a certain number of shots regardless of quality

 

[oTTo113445]

5-14 in our win against virginia 4-14 against vt. 2-8 today.
Really he knocks one more down in each of those games and its a respectable percentage. He just needs to keep working on the rest of his game. That steal to seal the game was awesome. I have a feeling the shooting will just pop up overnight sometime soon. Hw went from unknown to one of the biggest sleepers in college ball.

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Big steal at the end

Last 10 minutes he stroked a 3 from deep, picked a pocket, drained both FTs and generally steadied the team to prevent a big comeback. I dont think hes hit a wall as much as he's learned his role.

 

[calorange]

Not sure why he feels he HAS to get up a certain number of shots regardless of quality

Maybe because he has 5 years experience on a HS team that need him to do exactly that. He's a freshman playing P5 ball; I suspect he'll figure it out.

 

[pfister1]

5-14 in our win against virginia 4-14 against vt. 2-8 today.
Really he knocks one more down in each of those games and its a respectable percentage. He just needs to keep working on the rest of his game. That steal to seal the game was awesome. I have a feeling the shooting will just pop up overnight sometime soon. Hw went from unknown to one of the biggest sleepers in college ball.

Didn't Buddy's shooting percentage take a huge jump at about the 1/3 marker in ACC play last season?

I think part of the problem for JGIII is that being the point, he sometimes finds himself with the ball with the offense stalled and the shot clock running down so he jacks a shot. If he weren't the PG with the ball in his hands he wouldn't be in a position to do that.

I suspect some of that comes from 5 years of high school ball where when the offense stalled and they needed a shot he was the best option.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Thought he had some good looks today and they just didn’t drop. He better get those percentages up or that will affect the spacing.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Maybe because he has 5 years experience on a HS team that need him to do exactly that. He's a freshman playing P5 ball; I suspect he'll figure it out.

Almost every D1 player had that role in high school .

 

[pfister1]

Almost every D1 player had that role in high school .

One reason that successful freshman point guards are far and few between.

 

[calorange]

Almost every D1 player had that role in high school

But 4,763 points suggests to me it was a bit different in his case. And that's not just due to the Class B competition.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Am I the only one thinking he might be hitting the freshman wall? Doesn't seem to have the same accuracy on his jumper

I agree. I think that learning PG at this level, he has taken a beating this year and it has effected his shooting. He's a baller, though. I really like this kid.

 

[OrangeDW]

Almost every D1 player had that role in high school .

I don’t know about that. There’s lots of prep school powerhouses with numerous D-1 guys on them. Lots of guys don’t put up huge numbers due to that.

Not many average 50 ppg.