Iowa State Transfer/Recruiting Class 2024
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SIAP but think Curtis Jones played in High School with Hadley (Cretin Durham Hall in St Paul)
I take taller guards who can hit 3 point shots. His game reminds me of Curtis Jones offensively, but maybe a little more physical on defense.
Heise seems to be solid on offense- over 35% from 3, over 50% from 2 and over 73% on free throws over his last 2 full seasons.
Heise is what I hope Nojus can become.
It’s always good to add bigger guards that defend and shoot, plus handle and drive some
Like CuJo, he’d be difficult to keep off the court. And he’d be a great starter next to Lipsey in 2025-26
But with two ball dominant starting guards, CuJo, Milan…are there too many mouths to feed? And that assumes the two freshmen aren’t at all ready
Would be great to get Hadley but I still think we are a hard sell on playing time to any transferring guards with three guys coming back who all played ~30 mins/game plus a top-100 recruit coming in.
Everybody still wants the "small ball". Take a look at how we performed with that at times this year. No post defense, no rim protection, and no offensive rebounds. I will pass on small ball until we have a great 3 pt shooting team. With defense first, we need a true post playing defense and running our offense through.
Heise just started following Conrad and Demarion on IG. He also
Just started following J’Vonne Hadley.
Just started following J’Vonne Hadley.
I think the TJ version of small ball would be 6'5"-6'8" versatile guys in the 1-4, and then a big who is quick enough to switch on the outside (and maybe shoot a little outside).
Would be fantastic IMO to have Lipsey/Gilbert/Jones/Heise/Hadley/Indrusaitis rotating liberally in the 1-3 with Watson/Momcilovik at the 4 and Jackson/Rock at the 5. That would be a 10 deep that could apply pressure all game long and wear teams down.
If Hadley would have trouble getting PT, we wouldn’t be trying to sell PT to a 5th year guard. Particularly when losing our 3 bigs on and only having Jackson and Rock.
And I’d be surprised if 5th year transfers are factoring in freshman into PT calculations when a staff is telling a transfer they’ll play a major role
He knows CuJo. He knows we’re not trying to sell anything he won’t get
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At the same time, you can look at plenty of successful teams in March that were small. Villanova had a ton of success playing really small. Also, many of these possible lineups aren’t that small. Johnson or Rock at the 5 and Milan at the 4 and two wings that are 6’4-6’5 is plenty big.
Going small means a skill upgrade. So I think a caveat to that is a skill upgrade by Watson in the off-season, which I think is highly likely. If Watson can hit some shots and become deadly with some 1-2 dribble moves, he could be a huge difference-maker at the 4. That would be a fairly small lineup, but he’s a really good rebounder.
Obviously how well transfers work out will determine much about the season, but I think Watson’s offensive development will be as much of a determining factor as any.
We have 2 true post players? How many do you want?
Forwards need to be in that 6'6" to 6'8" range with able to slash and hit a jumper
I'm of course not saying I think we're lying to transfers about what they're going to get, it's just the numbers of having that many guards who all need/want PT. If we run a traditional two-guard lineup, that's 80 minutes split between five players, 16 mins/game each. If two of them are playing 30 mins/game that's <7 min/game for the rest. If we run a three-guard lineup, that's 24 mins/game average and 15 mins/game for the other two if three guys average 30. I think a four-guard lineup for large amounts of time is fantasy with our defense.
If I have to beat out at least one of Lipsey, Gilbert, and Jones otherwise I might be playing ~ 10 mins/game, that doesn't seem real attractive to someone looking for PT.
I'll be happy to be wrong, would be great to have five great guards.
I'd love a 10 deep rotation. Only thing is Lipsey/Gilbert/Jones should be getting 90+ of the 120 minutes 1-3 will have. Not sure we need 3 guards to fill those last 20-30 minutes, unless Indrusaitis isn't going to see the floor next year...I'd rather just get one of the Heise/Hadley and then get one more 6' 8" guy.
I wouldn't be shocked to see a commitment from Heise after his visit
Between Jefferson, Dailey Jr, and Milicic, if we land one of them this team is already better (on paper) than this past season. In order, I think I'd like Dailey, Milicic, then Jefferson, but all are good options. We don't need absolute studs in the frontcourt, but guys that are good enough to rebound and play defense. Sprinkle in some scoring ability and it makes us more lethal. BRE, King, and Ward were fairly limited offensively so we have a great chance to be better on paper with another good post pickup.
I guess I just don’t see why this staff is going after transfer guards. Where is the playing time going to be unless ISU goes small ball all year?
