So we paid a kid to come stop over and get surgery and then leave? Sounds like modern College athletics in a nutshell
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So we paid a kid to come stop over and get surgery and then leave? Sounds like modern College athletics in a nutshell
I never got it either. I mean, he was a good athlete, but not great. It's not like he played above the rim. I guess he could move his feet well for a guy that size. Plus defender, but a minus everywhere else. He looked flat out lost when he got on the floor for us.
You guys would fall in love with Bully Johnson.
Kid plays so damn hard.
Kid plays so damn hard.
And to your point, Maybe developing Batemon to be that guy is the answer. Point being, Tamin and Nate got a ton of open looks due to Milan and Jeff attracting so much attention, we just can't have another season of open looks resulting in 30% from two guys. That's really what I'm getting at.
We definitely need a forum thread titled "Jamarion Batemon."This is the transfer portal thread, don't be giving folks heart attacks scrolling through!
I am declaring for the portal! Anybody need an oldster(72)?
With or without a cane?I am declaring for the portal! Anybody need an oldster(72)?
I think Milan's season is going to skew our view of good shooting numbers for a while ha. I would say anything above 38% with good volume is considered a "shooter" in today's game. If we could add that to go along with Milan and Batemon I think we'd be in a good spot from an outside shooting perspective.
What we really need is a few days to see what our roster actually is. Then we can project how each player is supposed to improve to fill our wants, discuss the team's shortcomings, the coaching staff's failures, and the doom and gloom of our program. All while achieving a preseason top 25 ranking and the eventual "see, I told you so's" while bickering back and forth during another successful season. That's what we do best
I agree. Was mentioned in @MyNameEhJeff post above. While he might be on the shorter side (5’10”/5’11”), he’s also 200#. Kid is a rock, good with the ball (3:1 A/TO ratio) and a really, really good on ball defender.
78% FT shooter who likes to get into the lane as well. 38% from the 3 point line.
You don’t earn the nickname “Bully” for no reason.
I’d be thrilled with him coming in.
The 40%+ from three is a high standard, as there is typically only ~100 players that hit that amount if you use the minimum standard of 2.5 makes per game.
If he’s leaving, and there is smoke, it seems like a mutually beneficial thing. Don’t know that there’s a significant market for guys that haven’t played in a year.
Cincinnati had a couple nice players. Hopefully we could get a shot at a few of them. I’m guessing this guy would be out of our price range? He’s played two years in the big 12 for different schools.
I also thought the portal oversight group came out a couple weeks ago and said they were going to be aggressive in pursuing tampering.
I doubt it has changed contact behind the scenes, but no reason to go public until after portal opens on Tuesday.
