AJ Green Leaves the Portal - Staying in Draft

CascadeClone

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Green:

Now do IZB's numbers against the MVC...

Apples and oranges. IZB has elite athleticism that Green does not come close to (based on my watching the 5 minutes of highlights video on him).

I get everyone is excited, but I don't see how he is much more of a piece than Grill.
 

1UNI2ISU

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If that elsewhere is here I'm afraid he will remain a late-shot-clock kind of guy.

Brockington, and to a lesser extent Hunter, found themselves in some not-so-ideal late clock situations last year.
Iowa State plays a lower possession game so even if he's that guy there won't be the volume that he had in Cedar Falls.
 

NiceMarmot

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Green:


Now do IZB's numbers against the MVC...

Apples and oranges. IZB has elite athleticism that Green does not come close to (based on my watching the 5 minutes of highlights video on him).

I get everyone is excited, but I don't see how he is much more of a piece than Grill.

The way people tell on themselves sometimes as far as "I don't know anything about basketball" is wild.
 

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In its purest form, the open letter is a manifesto.
I once had an employee that everyone could see was a little bit off, a little bit tinfoil hat, a little bit Unibomber. I once got a typewritten, single spaced four page manifesto on onion skin from him. I was watching my rearview mirror a lot on my evening drives home for the next couple of weeks after that.
 

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If that elsewhere is here I'm afraid he will remain a late-shot-clock kind of guy.

Brockington, and to a lesser extent Hunter, found themselves in some not-so-ideal late clock situations last year.
Not necessarily - completely different team with (hopefully) more offensive pieces to find better shot and driving to the basket opportunities.
 

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Green:


Now do IZB's numbers against the MVC...

Apples and oranges. IZB has elite athleticism that Green does not come close to (based on my watching the 5 minutes of highlights video on him).

I get everyone is excited, but I don't see how he is much more of a piece than Grill.

He'd be one the higher rated recruits to ever play in the program.
 

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He'd be one the higher rated recruits to ever play in the program.
They couldn’t be further from one another as far as similar players go. AJ Green is a bucket getter who can create his own shot in a multitude of ways. He also is a solid ball handler with a high basketball IQ. He was asked to do literally everything at UNI.

I love Caleb but he’s a 3 and D guy who’s above average at both. Love his energy and effort and he does indeed help us. But the comparison between the two players is a bad one.
 
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isufbcurt

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If that elsewhere is here I'm afraid he will remain a late-shot-clock kind of guy.

Brockington, and to a lesser extent Hunter, found themselves in some not-so-ideal late clock situations last year.

I bet if someone went back and charted it Gabe had the most late shot clock situations. It seemed like someone was always passing him the ball with 5 or less on the shot clock because they didn't want to take the shot themselves.
 

1UNI2ISU

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Green:


Now do IZB's numbers against the MVC...

Apples and oranges. IZB has elite athleticism that Green does not come close to (based on my watching the 5 minutes of highlights video on him).

I get everyone is excited, but I don't see how he is much more of a piece than Grill.
Two time Player of the Year in a Top 10 league and just shy of 1800 points in 3 years. I must have missed Grill being Player of the Year in the Mountain West.

AJ is the second or third best player in the portal.