You go Kaleb!

[urban96]

I can't find stats anywhere.

I couldnt find any either

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

If KJ can go through this season with his arms up on D, better lateral quickness and doesn't trip over himself when alone on a runout, I will be happy. Anything more will be gravy. I would love it if he has Scoop's growth curve.

Great audition for his next team. IMO, he transfers after next year, with Battle coming in.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

melo is a one hit wonder. ten seasons one wcf. he needed jb to get his nc. who does stricltly iso and wins. shouldve come to my clinic.

The one about how to crummugon in one hour or less.

 

[RF2044]

Great audition for his next team. IMO, he transfers after next year, with Battle coming in.

I know we're on different pages here regarding Joseph, but I'm hearing that the staff expects him to make a fairly significant sophomore jump, based upon how the offseason has gone. So I don't expect Joseph to go anywhere.

He can play alongside Battle [who isn't a real lead guard, by the way], or with any combination of Howard / Richardson. Plug and play. The backcourt is going to be LOADED next year, and those writing Joseph off prematurely will be singing a different tune.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Kaleb can play off the ball can't he?

 

[urban96]

Great audition for his next team. IMO, he transfers after next year, with Battle coming in.

I dont think he transfers, he seems like the type that will work hard to prove everyone wrong.

His weakness was his defense. After he lost his confidence he was a mess. I think both can be corrected and he will get significantly better.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Kaleb can play off the ball can't he?

Malachi will be Battle's back court mate.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Malachi will be Battle's back court mate.

You have a lot of faith in two guys who played a combined zero minutes at the collegiate level.

 

[NYCorange]

Malachi will be Battle's back court mate.

Perhaps, but perhaps not. We're bringing in a lot of multi positional recruits which gives us a lot of flexibility to get out best players on the floor at the same time. MR could potentially play the 3 with a year's bulking up, especially if Lydon doesn't progress the way we all hope. Likewise, I don't think the promise to Battle that he would play some PG means that Joseph isn't on the floor then--we've had a decent number of dual pg (or dual combo guard lineups) most notably with MCW and Triche. Bottom line: if KJ improves and becomes a great player, he's gonna see the floor, ostensibly as a starter.

 

[RF2044]

Perhaps, but perhaps not. We're bringing in a lot of multi positional recruits which gives us a lot of flexibility to get out best players on the floor at the same time. MR could potentially play the 3 with a year's bulking up, especially if Lydon doesn't progress the way we all hope. Likewise, I don't think the promise to Battle that he would play some PG means that Joseph isn't on the floor then--we've had a decent number of dual pg (or dual combo guard lineups) most notably with MCW and Triche. Bottom line: if KJ improves and becomes a great player, he's gonna see the floor, ostensibly as a starter.

See: Duke's national championship backcourt last year, featuring Jones and Cook [two lead guards].

People get too hung up on positions.

 

[orangefan13]

Dion did the same thing as a freshmen in transition it rarely ended good.
Kaleb has good speed, good ball control, solid midrange shot potential, decent height, His outside shooting could use some upper body strength as of last year, but we knew that preseason.
His shooting numbers were low but 6 points, just under 4 assists and over 2 rebounds isn't awful for a fresh.

Here we have another guy who could be good enough to be our 3rd scorer/leader on the court as early as this year. There is no reason to doubt.

I think the scoop comparison is a real tough one because scoop was a slower point guard for his first 3 years here although he had a killer crossover. He operated in a entry pass pg role instead of a drive and dish, and he was smaller with huge upper arms,he welcomed the contact because of his strength.
Kaleb is the opposite of that as a pg.
I see Kaleb like Flynn/MCW he is a blow by guy he needs to learn to blow by freeze time and finish the play like Pace could with his hook in the lane. I think the better comparison is to see him evolve more into a taller Flynn with less dribbling finesse and with better if not as good shooting potential. At the same time he is pushing to be a mcw to just go by his man without finesse or pounding the ball for to long, and he favors to attack the lane straight on violently more like mcw did as opposed to flynn changing left to right more. Kaleb will develop more of a stop and go and spin move in the lane then mcw did. His potential is Alot Higher then some people think. You can ignore the stats with that type of player.
If he gets his shooting numbers up like Gbinije did from soph to Jr, look out!

 

[Jake]

I think he'll get better and be part of this year's rotation as a contributor. He's gonna be a solid senior.

 

[tee1222]

I can't find stats anywhere.

There you go fellas and ladies. Dcuse jordoo
Most of KJ's stats are here. Looks promising, I love the line about attacking the lane!
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...es_kaleb_josephs_played_on_european_tour.html

 

[tee1222]

And yet even more goodies, more Kaleb statistics and some nifty recaps here (both China games and Nigeria):
https://www.facebook.com/USAEastCoast
Bam!

 

[jordoo]

Thanks tee! I'm glad that the competition has been tough thats what Kaleb needs. It certainly seems he must have been aggressive because he was in double figures every game while only playing around 20min.

 

[MCC]

Igor is the ultimate one trick pony.

Doubly ironic in that this puts Igor in a place he wouldn't expect (which is amusing) and he likely doesn't realize the subtle message here but the audience on the board does.