lydon

[tipphill]

su version of larry bird in the making

 

[bevosu]

In college ball...watching Iowa and Minnesota...Iowa senior forward Jarrod Uthoff plays a similar game. Lydon is only a freshman.

Lydon also looks like a smoother and more natural BB player than Uthoff. Solid potential.

Uthoff is a very good college basketball player.

 

[donniesyracuse]

su version of larry bird in the making

Right, because he is white.:rolling:

 

[Delmar]

Is Lydon one and done? Will he leave before the ACC tournament?

 

[AZOrange]

A few times this year Lydon has vociferously called for the ball, got it, then buried the shot. He's the best

 

[Ajflood12]

For the first time since Bahamas he didn't hesitate. He let it fly. Nailed a couple big ones. Also did some nice work with the hook type shots. Great game overall.

 

[creatorsgam]

A few times this year Lydon has vociferously called for the ball, got it, then buried the shot. He's the best

At his best when assertive and confident.

 

[alphaorange]

Come on...I know you're not serious but really...Only similarity is height and rebounding and skin tone. Bird was always an other-worldly offensive player and passer. Can't compare any freshman to one of the top 5 players of all time. I loved that he walked away from Knight and IU to work on a garbage truck...

 

[Dave85]

su version of larry bird in the making

He reminds me more of a slightly shorter version of Fred Kaminsky of Wisconsin last year. Lydon has great leg work around the low post. I love his pivot and drop step moves. He does seem to be able to dribble one or two steps which is a huge plus for a big guy. And of course his outside shooting stroke is pure gold. And he has a tendency to make free throws which is a really great skill. I hope we get another year out of him but if by some Orange magic we make a deep tournament run he may be gone.

 

[Delmar]

Bird was always far and away the best player on the floor in every college game he played, except maybe once.

 

[Shark58]

Right, because he is white.:rolling:

because of the cheesy stash

 

[Moontan]

Bird was always far and away the best player on the floor in every college game he played, except maybe once.

Magic Johnson says "hi".

 

[SoBeCuse]

In college ball...watching Iowa and Minnesota...Iowa senior forward Jarrod Uthoff plays a similar game. Lydon is only a freshman.

Lydon also looks like a smoother and more natural BB player than Uthoff. Solid potential.

Uthoff is a very good college basketball player.

I think Uthoff is quicker. He has a real quick first step but they are similar. Uthoff seems pretty natural to me. Game comes easy to him and Lydon.

 

[br801]

Come on...I know you're not serious but really...Only similarity is height and rebounding and skin tone. Bird was always an other-worldly offensive player and passer. Can't compare any freshman to one of the top 5 players of all time. I loved that he walked away from Knight and IU to work on a garbage truck...

And equally bad mustaches.

 

[tipphill]

Come on...I know you're not serious but really...Only similarity is height and rebounding and skin tone. Bird was always an other-worldly offensive player and passer. Can't compare any freshman to one of the top 5 players of all time. I loved that he walked away from Knight and IU to work on a garbage truck...

i did say in the making

 

[MonsterGame]

Bird's signature move was to put his right shoulder into the defender's chest then immediately fall away and pop the jumper with his body at a slight angle to the basket. (Hard to call it a jumper as he was barely off the ground most of the time.) Bird did do other things offensively, but that was his signature move. I don't see that from Lydon.

Passing? Lydon is a very good passer for a freshmen 4/5 in college. Bird's court awareness and passing skill was amazing. Lydon has a long way to go to get to that level.

I do not see Bird's game in Lydon. I do see Leo Rautins' game in Lydon.

 

[longislandcuse]

If you're comparing Lydon, you have to compare him to a wing player and disregard him as a stretch 5. Yes, he's somewhat effective as a necessity this year but also a liability (through no fault of his own). Next year we should see his game take off playing on the wing with his shooting range, length, skill set and ability to rebound and block shots.

I'd imagine he will be the starting 3 next year, moving to the 4 at times if we use him to rest Roberson and play 3 guards.

 

[tee1222]

Keith Van Horn

 

[zhanjuzi]

To me, he is a unique individual expressing a great all around gift for the game, with a deep desire to keep on learning .. with a limit I do not know. I sincerely hope in the future years that it is he that one compares up and coming players to.

 

[Townie72]

i did say in the making

Yeah, you did. But still and all, a comparison at any level to Larry Bird?

He reminds me of Maryland's Jake Laymon.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Bird, Uthoff, Kaminsky, Rautins, Van Horn, Laymon; is there really no African American basketball player, past or present, to whom we can compare Lydon?

I'm not being the PC police. I have not come with one either. Do we have a perception issue or are his skills uniquely white?

 

[MikeSU02]

Bird, Uthoff, Kaminsky, Rautins, Van Horn, Laymon; is there really no African American basketball player, past or present, to whom we can compare Lydon?

I'm not being the PC police. I have not come with one either. Do we have a perception issue or are his skills uniquely white?

Until he starts being better on the interior, he looks like Harrison Barnes to me.

 

[MonsterGame]

Bird, Uthoff, Kaminsky, Rautins, Van Horn, Laymon; is there really no African American basketball player, past or present, to whom we can compare Lydon?

I'm not being the PC police. I have not come with one either. Do we have a perception issue or are his skills uniquely white?

While we're at it, let's find both Hispanic and Asian players that Lydon's game compares favorably to. And then let's continue to compare every African American player in SU history to a non-African American player. Make sense? Not.

Being too PC is a bad thing. That said, I'd go with a better version of Wendell Alexis.

 

[donniesyracuse]

While we're at it, let's find both Hispanic and Asian players that Lydon's game compares favorably to. And then let's continue to compare every African American player in SU history to a non-African American player. Make sense? Not.

That wouldn't make sense because there aren't nearly as many Hispanic and Asian college basketball players.

 

[retro44]

In college ball...watching Iowa and Minnesota...Iowa senior forward Jarrod Uthoff plays a similar game. Lydon is only a freshman.

Lydon also looks like a smoother and more natural BB player than Uthoff. Solid potential.

Uthoff is a very good college basketball player.

I was going to bring up his name a few weeks ago.