Iowa State Transfer/Recruiting Class 2024
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If we have better players with them, yes maybe a minute or two less. Allows them to play harder with the minutes they have. Less cumulative wear and tear over the season.
28-31 minutes isn't very strenuous. We actually had some of lowest minutes totals from our starters in the Big 12 this year and still had the #1 defense.
Gilbert actually played the most % of available minutes this year and he was ranked 22nd in the Big 12 in that category.
It's not "recruiting over." It's getting better.
It's getting deeper.
What if Gilbert, Lipsey, and Milan go from 31 to 27? What if one game Hadley plays 32, and the next 24. Or Milan plays 30, then 22?
Not everything has to be cookie cutter. Top 3-4 don't have to 32+ minutes, and returning players aren't guaranteed more minutes than newcomers.
With the amount of breaks in action, having a guard play 30 mpg is not a big ask. Sure seemed like Pav was ready and able to play 15-17 min but there was not 15-17 min available.
It also helps to have a couple guys off the bench you can throw into the game and hope they provide a spark so you can avoid digging yourself early deficits like we did against Illinois
So the 4 best players from the best team we've had since 2000 can't be guaranteed minutes next year? That's quite the world we live in now.
Because we had little choice, as they only had Pav and Watson behind them.
Think of it this way, if Hadley and/or Heise been here this year, would the 4 returners have played 30 min/game?
Now add the loss of King opening some minutes, and it’s feasible. Milan, Gilbert, and Cujo’s draft stock won’t change because they play 25 min/gm on a deeper roster instead of 30 min/gm on a limited one the year before
Call Milan whatever you want but rebounding and defense are not in his DNA.
We need a physical traditional 4.
It was the best team since 2000. Those 4 guys are far from the best players since 2000.
Do you not want to get better? This is how you take the next step. Win the Big 12, get a #1 seed.
Isaacs required about 20 shots a game to get that 16, so no thank you
I’ll never complain about a deep rotation
I think Nojus is going to be a slightly shorter but more athletic version of Milan. Good shooter but can do more facing the basket than back to the basket.
If Milan’s “dna” isn’t capable of good defense, then maybe that’s why we’re looking at more big wings?
But I doubt he isn’t capable. He’s a freshman. He’ll improve, and become more athletic if defending 4’s
I'll roll out the 2025 national Champs thread here shortly
He may not be a natural defender, but he was way, way better as a freshman than I expected.
And improved greatly as the season went on
I didn't think that he could play the 3, but he did fine there. There weren't a lot of games where he was torched off the dribble.
