That was Jackson this year but not athletic to dunk the ball over a another big man.
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need another pg to pressure other teams guards, take away some of Tamin’s punishment on defense. Hopefully the freshmen can develop to help relieve our loss of Keeshon and Cujo. Hopefully the freshmen Rock will develop to spell a portal center.
Jones was pretty good
I'd really like an experienced combo PG that can back up Tamin but also be a scoring threat at the 2.
We have a great freshman class coming in and I think surely one or two of them are going to make a push for minutes, but I'd like us to be fairly set in the top 7 or 8 so that their minutes are because they are too good to keep off the floor, rather than out of necessity.
We missed the ability to switch that Jones and Ward possessed
A healthy Gilbert broke down defenses with his slashing ability. Lipsey again when healthy could to. We missed both
I am not sure what the freshmen bring to the table. What we saw yesterday needs to be fixed. No one fast enough to stay in front of speedy pg, no one fast enough to create blow by layups, no one who can dribble the ball under trapping pressure. Tamin is Ok in all 3 areas, but he gets hurt A LOT. We are losing KG , who is the fastest defender and ball handler and leads in assists. We are losing CUJO, who is the best all around player. We are going from 3 great guards to maybe none, depending on injuries. Heise might step up to greatness. We don't want a walkon playing PG ever again. We need to make sure speed, handling, passing are covered - without saying Tamin is going to magically fill this role 40 minutes/game and never get hurt.
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I would love to see Batemon start next year. Batemon and Lipsey starting, with Heise and Toure getting minutes as backups. It would be good to land a 6'6"-ish SF/SG type who can drive to the bucket.
The big from South Dakota State would be a nice addition, but getting an athletic big similar to McKay or Ward would be huge.
He's a really good player. Great feel for the game, does well in big moments.
Definitely worth kicking the tires on.
I posted this in the Dishon Jackson thread but Oscar Cluff finished the year as #1 in Player Efficiency Rating. In the past 15 years, the following players also earned that recognition: Zach Edey, Keegan Murray, Luka Garza, Zion Williamson, Frank Kaminsky, Kelly Olynyk, Anthony Davis, Kenneth Faried, Demarcus Cousins.
That is quite the list. Oscar is a bit under the radar because he played at South Dakota State and has a bit of an under the rim, old man, Georges Niang style of game. EXTREMELY EFFICIENT! You pair him in the front court with the skill level and passing ability of Joshua Jefferson...WHOA!
#1 on my want list by a wide margin! If true he was on campus I hope we dont let him leave without a commitment.
He wasn’t willing to come off the bench. He wanted to come off the bench.
Either that or someone skilled enough to just get the job done. I think a problem this year was we sacrificed some of our ability to guard multiple positions for size. I don’t think that’s the best formula for us. We’re going to have to do something different with Keshon gone now. Being able to switch everywhere and being able to sag off with length is better for us.
I want us to get longer and faster. We were an overall slow team this year.
