Post Brooklyn Beatdown

[Newhouser]

It's interesting for me in that Eddie is much better than I thought he'd be and Carlos is much worse. I guess that is a draw for Red. I like Davis and get his role but have no idea why he brought in Taylor - we need to play Moore regular minutes. Davis will get minutes when Donnie has a Frosh game. Speaking of Donnie I think the board overstated his impact due to the glare of the MCD game and the rankings. The kid from Texas was one spot ahead of him I think and clearly was more ready to carry a team than Donnie has shown thus far.

 

[TheCusian]

I’m so over the “the bar is so low” “we’ve fallen so far” posts … I don’t know what good comes from it. Reality is a good thing. Now we celebrate incremental improvements, hopefully getting better game by game. That’s the path forward for the team *and* healthy fandom IMO

 

[Sbucketball]

It's interesting for me in that Eddie is much better than I thought he'd be and Carlos is much worse. I guess that is a draw for Red. I like Davis and get his role but have no idea why he brought in Taylor - we need to play Moore regular minutes. Davis will get minutes when Donnie has a Frosh game. Speaking of Donnie I think the board overstated his impact due to the glare of the MCD game and the rankings. The kid from Texas was one spot ahead of him I think and clearly was more ready to carry a team than Donnie has shown thus far.

I've been saying this for a year, but Donnie was rated highly on potential and measurables, not because he already put it all together. In the NBA draft, he's the guy scouts get excited about because of potential despite that he's still raw. That translates to an up and down year of college, and then hopefully representing Orange in the NBA over a long and successful career.

 

[Lukeyloo]

So if we don’t pay Lampkin we automatically get Leffew? Is that your point? Because if it is, you’re likely wrong. SEC money is endless. I’m sorry people don’t grasp this at this point.

Didn't we outbid an SEC school for Lampkin when we had to fight to keep him?

 

[Cstate]

It's interesting for me in that Eddie is much better than I thought he'd be and Carlos is much worse. I guess that is a draw for Red. I like Davis and get his role but have no idea why he brought in Taylor - we need to play Moore regular minutes. Davis will get minutes when Donnie has a Frosh game. Speaking of Donnie I think the board overstated his impact due to the glare of the MCD game and the rankings. The kid from Texas was one spot ahead of him I think and clearly was more ready to carry a team than Donnie has shown thus far.

After watching the game against Texas up close you are spot on with this assessment! Lampkin was an absolute difference maker, however we all saw that he is in no condition to play back-to-back nights. Luckily for us that will only come into play months from now at ACC tourney and possibly NCAA’s (every other night). Carlos unfortunately I already addressed in the Texas post-game thread. Davis was really pounding his body against Texas, but again not ready for back-to-back nights. And lastly to your point about the two McD’s players on the court, never once did anyone in the stands say “wow Donnie is a pro!”…..however all night long the crowd (and I sat around 90% Cuse fans) said “Wow! Tre Johnson is a legit pro/lottery pick!” Even though he wasn’t that efficient either of his two games in Brooklyn. You could just tell he was their go-to guy.