Agree there are levels, but my take on what JP wants everyone to believe is that we are poor in comparison to Ky, Kansas, Duke, and almost all of the teams in the Sweet 16 we are competing against.
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I wasn't saying that. We compensate really well for retention and I'm sure we pay incoming transfers well, but we aren't getting into bidding wars for guys who are mainly focused on maximizing their pay.
Maybe going forward if Jamie self imposes a cap that no one else is playing by but this group was all signed pre-House.
Does that mean Pleta and Toure are on P-1A (our O-1A?) visas already? Does this typically only come after competing a year?
Where did the notion come from? From this website the last few years after every tough loss it's the same parrots throwing down the "if you don't want to see this type of football/basketball, give till you piss blood. And if you don't.......the losses are your fault".
Or the obligatory "we can't compete because ISU fans are such tight as***".
Not exactly sure of your metrics on "right place at the right time", but I would overall say Buchanan is an upgrade over Big Rob, and that is saying something as I love me some Big Rob Jones.
And I would add other transfers, Curtis Jones and Keshon Gilbert, made it to the NBA this season.
Did you read my post at all? It has nothing to do with offense. In fact, it's not total overall defense. Due to shot blocking, Pleta would never pass Ward. My list was specifically about being in the right place at the right time a higher percentage of the time. Pleta has the potential to pass Ward as he improves.
Overall defense Buchanon. Offense overall obviously true. Overall better player, Buchanon of course.
There are two very niche areas that Jones exceeds Blake, but those two niche areas.
Being in the right place at the right time a high probability of the time. Jones didn't block shots or get a ton of steals, but if there was a stat called "guard drives into the basket and says oh **** and a turnover occurs" Jones would be a he all time record holder.
The other area is ball screens on offense. I have never seen anybody perfectly set ball screens such that the ball handler was going in the exact correct direction after the ball screen. It was a thing of beauty.
80% FT shooter. Want.
11.9 pts/game
6.5 reb/game
1.8 steals/game
Asst:TO - 2.9 : 1.6
Free throw % - 80.3
FG% - 48
3pt% - 37.5
6'3" 200lbs from WDSM
Led his team in:
scoring- 5 times
rebounding - 13 times
assists - 9 times
I'm sure some of you know him since he's local, but it seems like there is a lot to like here.
Agree with that assessment stat-wise, he made 45-120 threes (38%), 80% from the FT line, a good offensive rebounder, a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio and almost 2 steals per game. The downside is that he's only 6'3" - and it looks like he only has one year left (2 years non-D1 and then 1 at NDSU)
It looks like his first two years were at DMACC. Do those years count against NCAA eligibility? If not, he could have as many as three years to play.
