Judah Mintz to test NBA Draft waters

[kidorange]

Excited to watch Maliq. He's about 15 pounds and some playing time away from being an absolute menace.

 

[bballbeadle]

glad that this saga is about to come to an end.

As a Syracuse fan, I want to see Red get off on the right foot. I also want to see the ship get righted, and for the team to move beyond the tangible decline that's plagued the last 9 seasons. And Judah returning seems to be the best way for both of those things to happen.

And if Judah opts to stay in the draft, I'll wish him the best and root for him if he makes the NBA.

But I'm also tired of this situation, which of course has dragged out to the last possible moment. Stay, go -- whatever -- just get it over with so that the team can move forward, either way.

Ok, what is the actual decision date? I have lost the thread, in more ways than one.

 

[Day2]

Ok, what is the actual decision date? I have lost the thread, in more ways than one.

Wednesday at midnight.

My new prediction is that Mintz will decide to come back to ‘Cuse, but will forget to withdraw his name in time.

 

[littlereg]

Ok, what is the actual decision date? I have lost the thread, in more ways than one.

I believe it’s the 31st.

 

[tptcuse]

Ok, what is the actual decision date? I have lost the thread, in more ways than one.

Wednesday

 

[Niastri]

There are times when we obsess because a kid‘s decision is likely to be critical to the teams success. I believe we already have enough at guard, so that even if Judah does not return, I do not see that decision taking us from “successful” to “unsuccessful.” That is, of course, not to say that we will not be better with Judah, of course, he would be a plus.

I think the team has bigger issues:

1. Will Red be as good a coach as we are anticipating ?

2. Will we get any kind of halfway effective o from the 5 spot ?

3. Will Benny be consistent enough ?

4. Will somebody take hold of the other forward spot ?

5. will we have enough 3 point shooting ?

imho, some, maybe all, of the above questions may have a bigger impact on the success of the season than will Judah’s decision.

Well, if Mintz comes back, there's a much better chance of Red Autry looking like a good coach than if he doesn't...

If Mintz comes back, offense from center and the second forward spot will be irrelevant. We'll be playing three guards and a forward most of the time, who will take 90% of the shots...

If Benny is as good next season as he ended last season, that will answer 3 and 5. Having a forward gunner to go with three driving guards who can keep you honest will be fun to watch.

I haven't looked to much into the lineup if Mintz doesn't come home, but my guess is:

McLeod, Williams, Bell, Westry, and Starling will be the starters.

Taylor, Copeland, Brown, and Hima fill out the rotation. Cuffe and Carey will have their chance to push into the lineup, but I don't have enough information to predict anything. Patterson seems very unlikely to see any minutes, and I kind of expect a redshirt with three guys (at least) ahead of him in the rotation.

This lineup is athletic and highly ranked, but will bea whole new team with so many unknowns. It will be a much bigger task for Red to sort into a good team. Mintz coming back would be such a godsend to this teams chances next year.

 

[kirbivore]

he should announce at 11:58 PM with this song in the background

 

[Col. Bleep]

My least concern is at guard. We have zero consistent production from anyone on our frontline. Benny, Bell and and the big guy have proven nothing at this point. That is where our season will be determined.

True.
But in some sense every player on the team is a question mark...especially in terms of how they'll work together.
In a sense so is the new head coach.
The nickname for this team should be taken from the 60's band that had the hit "96 Tears"...

? and the Mysterians

 

[newmexicuse]

Well, if Mintz comes back, there's a much better chance of Red Autry looking like a good coach than if he doesn't...

If Mintz comes back, offense from center and the second forward spot will be irrelevant. We'll be playing three guards and a forward most of the time, who will take 90% of the shots...

If Benny is as good next season as he ended last season, that will answer 3 and 5. Having a forward gunner to go with three driving guards who can keep you honest will be fun to watch.

I haven't looked to much into the lineup if Mintz doesn't come home, but my guess is:

McLeod, Williams, Bell, Westry, and Starling will be the starters.

Taylor, Copeland, Brown, and Hima fill out the rotation. Cuffe and Carey will have their chance to push into the lineup, but I don't have enough information to predict anything. Patterson seems very unlikely to see any minutes, and I kind of expect a redshirt with three guys (at least) ahead of him in the rotation.

This lineup is athletic and highly ranked, but will bea whole new team with so many unknowns. It will be a much bigger task for Red to sort into a good team. Mintz coming back would be such a godsend to this teams chances next year.

You have a lot of good thoughts, but you also have some assumptions that may or may not come to pass.

I think red will be a very fine coach, but he still has to prove it. Many of Jimmy’s best coaching seasons came when the talent was relatively down.

our ability to play three guards a lot may be limited by d and rebounding issues/matchups. I would not assume we will be going with three guards more than situationally, even w Judah. Bell is probably our best pure shooter and if your going small he might need to be out there to spread the court, and he certainly can’t play with three guards.

benny’s career hallmark has been inconsistency. Yes, I expect him to be better more of the time, but can he truly get past his inconsistencies ??

your suggested lineup wo Judah looks very reasonable, and even likely, but Taylor and brown were close to bell and it is possible one of them can jump Chris. Q is the wildcard here, huge potential if he can cut down dramatically on his mistakes. It would be nice to have somebody make a big jump. Brown is my personal favorite to be that guy because he does so much, but he needs some sort of a move to generate o other than a put back.

 

[bnoro]

he should announce at 11:58 PM with this song in the background

There's a MUCH better chance of Judah coming back than him knowing who Iron Maiden is.

 

[007]

Wednesday at midnight.

My new prediction is that Mintz will decide to come back to ‘Cuse, but will forget to withdraw his name in time.

there is only a 45.36% chance of that happening

 

[Orangezoo]

You have a lot of good thoughts, but you also have some assumptions that may or may not come to pass.

I think red will be a very fine coach, but he still has to prove it. Many of Jimmy’s best coaching seasons came when the talent was relatively down.

our ability to play three guards a lot may be limited by d and rebounding issues/matchups. I would not assume we will be going with three guards more than situationally, even w Judah. Bell is probably our best pure shooter and if your going small he might need to be out there to spread the court, and he certainly can’t play with three guards.

benny’s career hallmark has been inconsistency. Yes, I expect him to be better more of the time, but can he truly get past his inconsistencies ??

your suggested lineup wo Judah looks very reasonable, and even likely, but Taylor and brown were close to bell and it is possible one of them can jump Chris. Q is the wildcard here, huge potential if he can cut down dramatically on his mistakes. It would be nice to have somebody make a big jump. Brown is my personal favorite to be that guy because he does so much, but he needs some sort of a move to generate o other than a put back.

3 guard lineups are far more commonplace so you aren't going out against a bunch of traditional lineups every night. Thus the rebounding piece isn't as much about size as it is about scheme and having guards that have good size but also get after it in all phases of the game. There is still too much some of you are leaning on JB ball and playing that more traditional 2g 2f and a C lineup. The top teams in the country over the past 5 or 6 years plus have abandoned the traditional model in favor of being more versatile. We have been behind the times and combined with talent deficiency its compounded our issues.

Our bigger lineups have continually gotten hammered on the glass by smaller more athletic teams

 

[Cusefan0307]

You have a lot of good thoughts, but you also have some assumptions that may or may not come to pass.

I think red will be a very fine coach, but he still has to prove it. Many of Jimmy’s best coaching seasons came when the talent was relatively down.

our ability to play three guards a lot may be limited by d and rebounding issues/matchups. I would not assume we will be going with three guards more than situationally, even w Judah. Bell is probably our best pure shooter and if your going small he might need to be out there to spread the court, and he certainly can’t play with three guards.

benny’s career hallmark has been inconsistency. Yes, I expect him to be better more of the time, but can he truly get past his inconsistencies ??

your suggested lineup wo Judah looks very reasonable, and even likely, but Taylor and brown were close to bell and it is possible one of them can jump Chris. Q is the wildcard here, huge potential if he can cut down dramatically on his mistakes. It would be nice to have somebody make a big jump. Brown is my personal favorite to be that guy because he does so much, but he needs some sort of a move to generate o other than a put back.

Plenty of teams play 3 guards and have no issues rebounding. Our brains have been washed seeing poor rebounding teams due to the built in defect of the zone.

 

[llandz]

Wednesday at midnight.

My new prediction is that Mintz will decide to come back to ‘Cuse, but will forget to withdraw his name in time.

I think there might be some people that would help him to remember...

 

[jgeorge322]

I think there might be some people that would help him to remember...

Hopefully not the same people responsible for putting names on the back of retired jerseys.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

Any new info from dasher or AZOrange ??

 

[dasher]

Any new info from dasher or AZOrange ??

Nope. I have said all along, I have no idea what he is going to do.

 

[MikeSU02]

Long gone are the days of Muggsy ( was my favorite player growing up), Zo, Larry, Dell and company. I know they became the Pels.. but still.

Hornets Starter half zip coat was iconic.

 

[Bulldog04]

Long gone are the days of Muggsy ( was my favorite player growing up), Zo, Larry, Dell and company. I know they became the Pels.. but still.

I was the biggest hornets fan ever. I even went to Larry Johnson’s basketball camp when I was 10 in Charlotte. Went to many games at the Charlotte coliseum including a playoff game and the hive was electric ! Still some amazing memories

 

[two3zone]

Wasn’t JJ on the All-ACC freshman team?

Rafael Palmero won the gold glove playing only 28 games in the field.

 

[Cuse1055]

Rafael Palmero won the gold glove playing only 28 games in the field.

Literally just a yes or no question.

 

[two3zone]

Literally just a yes or no question.

The point it, you can see the numbers. He averaged 11 points, more turnovers than assists and not more than two assists or rebounds a game while shooting less than 30% from three. You can tout him as an all Acc Freshman but come on, he wasn’t good no matter how it’s spun.

 

[Cuse1055]

The point it, you can see the numbers. He averaged 11 points, more turnovers than assists and not more than two assists or rebounds a game while shooting less than 30% from three. You can tout him as an all Acc Freshman but come on, he wasn’t good no matter how it’s spun.

I wasn’t touting, I was legitimately asking if he was on the team or not lol.

 

[OrangeDW]

I was the biggest hornets fan ever. I even went to Larry Johnson’s basketball camp when I was 10 in Charlotte. Went to many games at the Charlotte coliseum including a playoff game and the hive was electric ! Still some amazing memories

I saw them get a win at home against the Bulls in the ‘95 playoffs. I used to love the noise meter thing followed by the buzzing sound when it got to a certain level, and also the fan jumping around behind the basket holding up a giant foam brick on opposing FT’s.

 

[Orangezoo]

I was the biggest hornets fan ever. I even went to Larry Johnson’s basketball camp when I was 10 in Charlotte. Went to many games at the Charlotte coliseum including a playoff game and the hive was electric ! Still some amazing memories

I went to see them play the sixers a few times and have an autographed Muggsy jersey still. Had the famous starter Hornets jacket( had a Bulls one too) as a kid.