ND Postgame

[IthacaMatt]

This escapade you’re on is something. Starling doesn’t belong in the same sentence as Joe Girard let alone Gerry McNamara. Gerry TS% for his career was .547. JJ’s is .499. Also he has triple the assists as JJ.

(1) You know I'm not comparing JJ to Gerry McNamara; I'm making a point of advanced statistics. Gerry's total shooting percentage is pumped up quite a bit by the fact that he was an elite FT shooter. He did not make an elite percentage of his 3 point shots, and you know that's a fact.

(2) I'm making the point that for those who say there is "no such thing as clutch play" - which many stat heads say, they think calling someone clutch, you never have a representative sample size. Randomness comes into play.

"You can't measure clutch."
And yet somehow we all knew Gerry had it.
Judah Mintz had it. Even Buddy Boeheim had it.

I haven't seen it yet from Donnie.
That doesn't mean he's not the best player on the team.

Among the players on the team this year, JJ is the guy who has actually gone out and won games before. Not a lot. Not consistently.
But he has done it. Who else on this team has?

 

[LpoolNative]

Any insight on why Donnie was benched?

0% chance it was “strategic”.

Red’s comments postgame against NCST about Sadiq being the only guy trying makes me think Donnie gave poor effort.

I noticed Donnie just standing around looking at rebounds against NCST

 

[Newhouser]

Next game will be interesting. Does Donnie start and does Kiyan get less second half minutes than Johnny Whitaker ( dating myself I know).

 

[blust2i3d4]

Any insight on why Donnie was benched?

0% chance it was “strategic”.

Red’s comments postgame against NCST about Sadiq being the only guy trying makes me think Donnie gave poor effort.

I noticed Donnie just standing around looking at rebounds against NCST

Maybe not including Donnie in the starting five will fix him. He bears too much responsibility in his mind.

 

[Cuse19]

Nait George who has gotten a lot of hate during this season really showed improvement tonight. Granted it was an ND squad who struggled on ball the entire game George finished with 10 assists and 0 turnovers. That’s an outstanding game from your PG. He deserves praise for the way he played tonight.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Nait George who has gotten a lot of hate during this season really showed improvement tonight. Granted it was an ND squad who struggled on ball the entire game George finished with 10 assists and 0 turnovers. That’s an outstanding game from your PG. He deserves praise for the way he played tonight.

You're absolutely right. He's gotten a lot of stick on here, and he had an excellent game tonight. The ball was moving.