Class of 2023 PG Naithan George (Ontario/AZ) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (4/4/25)

[RedtheGOB]

What’s nice is George is a true point guard. He might actually know how to run a break.

Like a sandwich break or a bathroom break?

I feel like the few breaks we had ended up with a kickout to a bricked 3 attempt.

 

[baggerbob]

Probably a lack of confidence in the coaching staff which is where I am at the moment.

At least those players fit the concept of playing fast and some pressure. And they have the size and athletic ability to play man to man if we have anyone on the staff who can teach it.

 

[orangemass]

Giddy up

 

[721Comstock]

Giddy up

Kid is Canadian, so maybe

Geddy up!

 

[Nicknack]

If we can beat out UNC and Texas for this kid, that would be a huge statement as to where we are with NIL and our ability to attract high level talent.

 

[Wrinkle]

I'm not a huge fan of George he doesn't do anything particularly well. I understand you guys are obsessed with him because he led the conference in assists but I just don't think he's very good. I think Kingz was a great signing, Kyle should be good but I will be disappointed if George is the guard

 

[dasher]

I'm not a huge fan of George he doesn't do anything particularly well. I understand you guys are obsessed with him because he led the conference in assists but I just don't think he's very good. I think Kingz was a great signing, Kyle should be good but I will be disappointed if George is the guard

I just asked a basketball person who he liked better George or Claude. He said George without a hesitation. I will take either one.

 

[Wrinkle]

I just asked a basketball person who he liked better George or Claude. He said George without a hesitation. I will take either one.

I personally take Claude all day

 

[ezbeezy214]

I'm not a huge fan of George he doesn't do anything particularly well. I understand you guys are obsessed with him because he led the conference in assists but I just don't think he's very good. I think Kingz was a great signing, Kyle should be good but I will be disappointed if George is the guard

He must do something well right?

 

[sufan59]

I'm not a huge fan of George he doesn't do anything particularly well. I understand you guys are obsessed with him because he led the conference in assists but I just don't think he's very good. I think Kingz was a great signing, Kyle should be good but I will be disappointed if George is the guard

I’m guessing you don’t like the fg% numbers? Keep in mind he played 36 minutes a game. Seems like Claude or George would be upgrades from last season so there’s that and hopefully we get one. Georgia Tech went 17-17 10-10 in the ACC. They probably wouldn’t have won 10 games all year without George.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I’m guessing you don’t like the fg% numbers? Keep in mind he played 36 minutes a game. Seems like Claude or George would be upgrades from last season so there’s that and hopefully we get one. Georgia Tech went 17-17 10-10 in the ACC. They probably wouldn’t have won 10 games all year without George.

Claude is JJ 2.0..

 

[bnoro]

I personally take Claude all day

As a lead guard, that's a crazy statement. I'd be surprised if we're even still really pursuing him with Kingz in the fold.

 

[RF2044]

As a lead guard, that's a crazy statement. I'd be surprised if we're even still really pursuing him with Kingz in the fold.

I'm not surprised -- the coaches view Claude as a 1, and were pursuing him independently from Kingz.

 

[CuseMan4]

Yeah so if we get this kid. Everyone should be pumped. This kid is really good and a perfect fit for what we have on the roster right now. He’d take this team to the next level. He’s a stat stuffer. You’ll see a lot of games where he gets 15 points 8 assists 5 rebounds. He’ll be good for a steal or two a game as well. He’s a really well rounded player. It’ll be quite the upgrade going from Carlos to George to say the least.

We have a very good shot there. But UNC really wants him and Texas is coming into play now too. But from what I’m hearing George is a fan of Cuse and Cuse is making him priority one right now

 

[CuseMan4]

I personally take Claude all day

Respect your opinion. I like Claude as a player and think he would help our team out. Claude is a wayyyy better player than Carlos. And I’d be happy getting Claude if it doesn’t work with George.

But if you are talking about a lead guard, that’s efficient and a PG you want to take your team to the next level.

It’s George>Claude and it’s not really close in my opinion

 

[orangepassion]

Yeah so if we get this kid. Everyone should be pumped. This kid is really good and a perfect fit for what we have on the roster right now. He’d take this team to the next level. He’s a stat stuffer. You’ll see a lot of games where he gets 15 points 8 assists 5 rebounds. He’ll be good for a steak or two a game as well. He’s a really well rounded player. It’ll be quite the upgrade going from Carlos to George to say the least.

We have a very good shot there. But UNC really wants him and Texas is coming into play now too. But from what I’m hearing George is a fan of Cuse and Cuse is making him priority one right now

My main concern is the 39% shooting percentage.

 

[bnoro]

I'm not surprised -- the coaches view Claude as a 1, and were pursuing him independently from Kingz.

Don't love that with his 4.3 AST and 3.5 TO averages.

 

[albanycuse]

Yeah so if we get this kid. Everyone should be pumped. This kid is really good and a perfect fit for what we have on the roster right now. He’d take this team to the next level. He’s a stat stuffer. You’ll see a lot of games where he gets 15 points 8 assists 5 rebounds. He’ll be good for a steak or two a game as well. He’s a really well rounded player. It’ll be quite the upgrade going from Carlos to George to say the least.

We have a very good shot there. But UNC really wants him and Texas is coming into play now too. But from what I’m hearing George is a fan of Cuse and Cuse is making him priority one right now

Anyone is an upgrade compared to Carlos. He was out of his league, undersized and didn’t have the game to play in th ACC.

 

[007]

Claude is JJ 2.0..

Do you mean the part where they were the leading scores from a P5 team and in the top 12 overall for their conferences (JJ was 7th)?

I understand you are worried about redundancy. Desmond is far from perfect, and his game has obvious flaws. But adding his proven scoring ability to JJ's will make the offense (whatever it is) much more difficult to defend.

 

[Melancer46]

I personally take Claude all day

I'm not sure where I land on these two to be honest. I think I lean towards George between the two, but like I mentioned before, any time you're flirting with a 50% TS%, I'm instantly concerned, especially knowing the ball will be in his hands a lot. Having said that, I can see the vision where you get him throwing lobs to Kyle, Donnie, Sadiq, etc. and kicking out to whoever we ultimately have to shoot. And he's definitely a better shooter than Claude which will help for when JJ is the one creating. Neither are really the ideal guy but that's why we have a chance at them lol. Amongst the guards we've been linked to, I think these two and Kezza Giffa are hands down the most intriguing of the bunch and I think you could make a decent case for any of the three.

 

[sufan59]

My main concern is the 39% shooting percentage.

The situation with George I would compare this to though different positions and players is Joe Girard. He needed to be a little more superman at Cuse than Clemson. Efficiency got better when he had Chase Hunter with him in the backcourt. I can see a very similar thing happen for George with JJ and the rest of our guards.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Do you mean the part where they were the leading scores from a P5 team and in the top 12 overall for their conferences (JJ was 7th)?

I understand you are worried about redundancy. Desmond is far from perfect, and his game has obvious flaws. But adding his proven scoring ability to JJ's will make the offense (whatever it is) much more difficult to defend.

I don’t care about straight scoring. I care about efficiency and the ability to defend.

 

[hoopsupstate]

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As a lead guard, that's a crazy statement. I'd be surprised if we're even still really pursuing him with Kingz in the fold.

In addition, he isn’t in the portal.

 

[kcsu]

Either one of them is a huge upgrade. I go back and forth between them. I do like a G that can put pressure on the D

 

[hoopsupstate]

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I’m guessing you don’t like the fg% numbers? Keep in mind he played 36 minutes a game. Seems like Claude or George would be upgrades from last season so there’s that and hopefully we get one. Georgia Tech went 17-17 10-10 in the ACC. They probably wouldn’t have won 10 games all year without George.

He also orchestrated wins over Duke, NC and Clemson the past two years. He’s a gamer and can elevate his game when games are on the line. He’s still only a sophomore. His numbers are really good for a young player. UCONN was really interested too. He must do something right.