I think you are misremembering a bit about Naz..
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Late in the game last night Solo made a couple of tremendous defensive plays in the pick and roll. I have always been a huge Solo fan, so even though this year has been brutal, seeing him come on like this has been great to see.
Not really. Naz came in with George. ISU had plenty of guards that year but you could see his potential. Had good size too. Hit some really big shots in big games as a sophomore.
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I remember that Naz was quite a surprise in the game at Okie State.
After that, we just assumed he'd make big shots, but nobody expected it before that.
If I remember his freshman year correctly, we were all pretty concerned about his ball-handling and wondering how he could be a point guard.
You said you could see the potential right away, Matt maybe, but Naz? No. Noone expected him to be the player his was/is today after that first year.
He shot 23 total shots as a freshman. 18 of them being 3 pointers. he made 5.
If you had him pegged as the guy he turned into after year 1, you are in the wrong profession.
Yep, exactly. Because he was a PG heavily on his AAU team. And OSU was his coming out party in the eyes of Cyclones fans. He was certainly making strides that second year, not saying that at all. Just the "right away" part that held me up. I was always of the impression he was a shooter, based on his highlight tape. But noone should've been expecting NBA or even all big 12 after frosh year..cmon.
Actually, it was the 7 3’s he hit first game of his sophomore year.
Naz was not considered an elite recruit
I'm too lazy to find them but there were plenty of posts ripping on Matt T his first 2 yrs on CF. People warmed up to Naz sooner than Matt quite a bit sooner if I remember right.
Into matts Junior year he was still getting crap from fans.
he struggled shooting the ball some his freshman year. But at the beginning of the year when he was starting, he did a lot of other things.
I remember he had like 13 and 7 at BYU during the eye gouge and middle finger game.
then it just became apparent Monte needed to be in with the starters, and he kind of faded off. Made a pretty big 3 in the first half of the Carolina game, if I remember correctly
judging by what’s happening now, it’s probably not terribly surprising some of the fanatics on here would be critical of a kid trying to find his place in the world
First of all, this isn’t 1960 basketball with “centers”....second, even Fran McCaffrey can figure out how to get 2 bigs (Garza, Kriener) on the floor at the same time. In fact elite teams do it all the time. Only a moron would make our 3 bigs split 40 minutes like Prohm has done this year with Solo and George.
CAT YOU ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE DUMBEST F**K ON THE PLANET.....INCLUDING THIS MESSAGE BOARD
youre the one that made a completely ignorant statement showing no knowledge of Beards resume.
I get you’re an old guy, you’ve said as much with your stories.
but you can work the internet, obviously. Google chris beard, and see where his entire professional life, with the exception on one year in Little Rock, has taken place.
You are correct, sir. Think of the biggest douche you ever met at Iowa State....and he/she is that person.
don’t sell yourself short. There are others too.
