Class of 2019 PG Dakota Leffew (GA) Portal to Georgia

[Nicknack]

This comparison is like saying Chris Bell is a better rebounder than McLeod because he had 75 rebounds and McLeod only had 60.

Maybe Bell should spend some time at the 5 so we can sell Brown on the 3/4. It's never too late.

 

[chugg21]

how many assists did JJ have?

I cant remember a single passs he made all season

meanwhile, without even trying I can think of at least 10 passes by Q and Judah

JJ's turnovers in the last 2 most important games of the year were horrific

i just want a PG and not a 5th shooting guard...for this roster...is that too much to ask?

Well JJ had the worst Ast/TO margin of the 3 so that should probably clear things up you'd think but guess just total turnovers is the way to go on this one since the 3 all had the ball in their hands an equal amount of time.

 

[chugg21]

Maybe Bell should spend some time at the 5 so we can sell Brown on the 3/4. It's never too late.

Well he did manage to have more than 2 rebounds in 12 of 32 games this year and that's more than McLeod did so guess it makes sense.

 

[Orangezoo]

I would take the Carlos kid from Hofstra 10/10 times and twice on Sunday over letting JJ run the point.

 

[Melancer46]

We WILL get another guard. We SHOULD get another forward, too.

Everyone in this thread is saying that JJ isn't good enough to play point, if he has to, when he was the most secure guy with the ball among our 3 most ball-dominant guards.

That's why people make comparisons. To try to take the subjectivity out of some of these H0T Takes.

I just don't think that's true. He had fewer turnovers because he wasn't actually trying to create for anyone. If you pass the ball more, you're likely to turn it over more. JJ's assist percentage was lower than Maliq's (okay, Maliq is a good passer relative to big men) and also lower than Benny Williams'. Simply looking at turnovers per ____ possessions doesn't really tell us who takes care of the ball best because it doesn't tell us what kind of possessions they're getting.

Between JJ, Judah, and Copeland, JJ is the only one who was more likely to turn the ball over than to assist someone. When JJ was on the bench, we turned it over less and assisted more. In fact, our lineup with Judah and Copeland on the floor and JJ off was our best combination in terms of creating offense while taking care of the ball and was pretty remarkable overall.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Villanova 247 writer

 

[Franz69]

Villanova 247 writer

"Grown closer"? He was this close yesterday, today he's thisclose.

 

[albanycuse]

Im officially unbothered I don’t care where he goes. If he comes here cool, if not good luck at Nova. We will get someone from Slovakia.

 

[SUFan44]

we will get a guard, whether this kid or someone else.

DEFLECT DEFLECT DEFLECT!

 

[Cusefan0307]

Maybe it's just me getting older or maybe it's just twitter getting worse, but the amount of 12 year olds that claim to be recruiting experts has increased exponentially in the past couple of years.

 

[cusefan88]

Get that guaranteed money Dakota. Good on him.

 

[SUFan44]

Get that guaranteed money Dakota. Good on him.

Hate this take. Terrible

 

[phil77]

Maybe it's just me getting older or maybe it's just twitter getting worse, but the amount of 12 year olds that claim to be recruiting experts has increased exponentially in the past couple of years.

As the NIL expanded there are probably more people that know stuff now than ever before. Not saying the people on twitter know just in general with more hands in the kitchen the more information that will get leaked.

 

[SUFan44]

I think Nova is aiming for bigger fish for the starting guard spots than Leffew

And the fact that this is happening, shows me all I need to know about the NIL situation that many people on this board said "was fine".

If Villanova is out-doing us, it isn't fine. Not even close to fine.

 

[Orangezoo]

"Grown closer"? He was this close yesterday, today he's thisclose.

Funny thing consider it’s a post in Cuse gear reaching out to Cuse fans on his IG…

 

[Orangezoo]

And the fact that this is happening, shows me all I need to know about the NIL situation that many people on this board said "was fine".

If Villanova is out-doing us, it isn't fine. Not even close to fine.

Well they can outdo us on NIL but whiffed on their coach choice. They are back to the same Nova they always were before Wright

 

[SUFan44]

Well they can outdo us on NIL but whiffed on their coach choice. They are back to the same Nova they always were before Wright

NIL is 80% of the game these days. And becoming a bigger deal as the days go by. It's an issue.

 

[Orangezoo]

Maybe it's just me getting older or maybe it's just twitter getting worse, but the amount 12 to 80 year olds that claim to be experts on everything has increased exponentially

FIFY

 

[phil77]

And the fact that this is happening, shows me all I need to know about the NIL situation that many people on this board said "was fine".

If Villanova is out-doing us, it isn't fine. Not even close to fine.

It depends right? The NIL isn't an unlimited pot of money it is a budget. Say we have a budget of 2.5 million per year and Nova has a budget of 2.0 million per year. We could have used up 2 million of our 2.5 million budget on JJ - Bell - Freeman - Lampkin - Davis - Westry etc and only have 500k left. Nova probably has more left to give to players because they don't have people already taking money like we do. So in turn Nova can offer Leffew more NIL but that doesn't mean our NIL situation is worse than Nova's.

 

[Orangezoo]

NIL is 80% of the game these days. And becoming a bigger deal as the days go by. It's an issue.

Tell that to Louisville for one example. Coaching matters too. Nova another being front and center

 

[djorange1989]

Well they can outdo us on NIL but whiffed on their coach choice. They are back to the same Nova they always were before Wright

They need to bring back Coach Ratface

 

[TommyA13]

https://x.com/writerleader247/status/1780675648245174607?s=46

 

[Cuse2023]

It depends right? The NIL isn't an unlimited pot of money it is a budget. Say we have a budget of 2.5 million per year and Nova has a budget of 2.0 million per year. We could have used up 2 million of our 2.5 million budget on JJ - Bell - Freeman - Lampkin - Davis - Westry etc and only have 500k left. Nova probably has more left to give to players because they don't have people already taking money like we do. So in turn Nova can offer Leffew more NIL but that doesn't mean our NIL situation is worse than Nova's.

This is the last time I'm going to speak on NIL because some people refuse to believe it. Villanova has a larger budget than Syracuse period. Our basketball NIL is by no means a "problem" for us but with that being said we also have major room for improvement. There are schools that have more than double our budget.

 

[albanycuse]

This is the last time I'm going to speak on NIL because some people refuse to believe it. Villanova has a larger budget than Syracuse period. Our basketball NIL is by no means a "problem" for us but with that being said we also have major room for improvement. There are schools that have double our budget.

That’s pretty much common sense. We can all name schools with a higher budget Nil. And Nova has no football so hoops is getting bread, ya dig.

 

[FrancoPizza]

This is the last time I'm going to speak on NIL because some people refuse to believe it. Villanova has a larger budget than Syracuse period. Our basketball NIL is by no means a "problem" for us but with that being said we also have major room for improvement. There are schools that have double our budget.

Having 1 or 2 big donors in the fold can make ALL the difference. See St Johns. What is the current plan to find some more white whales for Red? I would have expected football to have a much harder time with NIL given its futility over the past 20 years... so it's quite depressing to see that hoops with one of the largest fan bases in the country doesn't have more wealthy donors stepping up.