Orangezoo
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I swear if our coach holds this kid back...
We've gotta survive without a portal forward already let's not drive the knife deeper just yet
I swear if our coach holds this kid back...
LOL I must be scaryyyWhen I see a committed top-recruit's thread pop up to the top on the recruiting side and SUOrangeSU as the last poster, I clench up a little bit.
Mintz will get the 2nd or 3rd most FGAs on this team I'd imagine.
He has no choiceI swear if our coach holds this kid back...
I am excited to have 3 point guards, from 1 last year, and he got hurt. I think Jessie and Joe as a 2, can be stars. Fowards? I do not feel comfortable. I want to be wrong. Benny was just not good last year. The freshman? Zone has to has tall mobile forwards. So who are are best 3 bets? I know Benny starts, but does he play? Thoughts?We've gotta survive without a portal forward already let's not drive the knife deeper just yet
if the guards are strong and the center is strong...then the forwards can just be energy and defense...(which I am confident they can be)The one thing with Judah is he has the kind of opportunity to be a freshman that can put a team on his back for stretches and control the game.
With the unknowns at forward the optimism I do hold onto is his abilities paired with Joe's to be a top backcourt paired with a top 10 center nationally.
if the guards are strong and the center is strong...then the forwards can just be energy and defense...(which I am confident they can be)
if jesse can become dominant in 1 on 1 moves with the ball in the post...and the team can get him the ball reliably...(which, is kinda iffy as entry passes seem to have been a weakness for a long time now)...thats gonna open so much up on offense.So long as there are say 2.5 shooters on the court sure. You gotta have more than one capable and dangerous shooter these days and even with a good defense that is more and more true. Right now we have 1 guy who we know is a capable deep threat at a good pct clip.
The freshmen are an unknown, Judah included in terms of having a consistent shot or the ability to keep a defense honest.
Judah will need to be one of those other shooters or two of the freshmen will have to step up. It's the biggest concern offensively and without it the offensive strengths will be less effective as teams clamp down.
Recruit MiniMintz before he hits the transfer portal in 8 years.
Can he reclassify? We could run a 4-guard system.
He's skinny, but several inches taller than Iverson. Which is a good thing because Iverson had the quickest handle of anybody ever and Mintz is merely quick.Iverson-sized
He’ll be our next first rounder. Book it
That'll be Jesse.He’ll be our next first rounder. Book it
I am a huge Jesse fan, but I don't know (as in I am unable to really judge) if he is a good enough athlete to be 1st round guy, especially as a finesse player. (You can see glimpses, but the lean length makes him look a bit more athletic than he is, I think.). Then again, What do I know about who will draft who and why? I am curious to see how he come back size and attitude wise.That'll be Jesse.
But Mintz will follow.
I 1000% view him as a late 1st rounder. Not a lotto guy.I am a huge Jesse fan, but I don't know (as in I am unable to really judge) if he is a good enough athlete to be 1st round guy, especially as a finesse player. (You can see glimpses, but the lean length makes him look a bit more athletic than he is, I think.). Then again, What do I know about who will draft who and why? I am curious to see how he come back size and attitude wise.
He's going to rebound plenty.Don’t see Jesse in the first unless he becomes a better passer and rebounder.