Imagine how different ISU´s BB trajectory could´ve been without Monte:
Nice quote but this writer is geographically challenged:
Who wouldn't want to drive The Minivan?Georges is making his living with the 3 but I'm happy to see him putting the ball on the deck more. I wonder if there are metrics on that but it seems to me anyway, that he's become more willing to drive.
I checked up on how Marial Shayok's season went overseas and it seems like a mixed bag. He was a mid-season replacement in January for ex-Jayhawk Mallik Newman on Turkey's Bursaspor (known this year because of its sponsor through the poetic name of Frutti Extra Bursaspor). Bursa is a big city in the Eastern part of the country and Bursaspor is a pretty big club with a (more important) soccer team. The Turkish league is good and has produced a number of NBAers including Niang's teammates Eliasova and Bogdanovic.
Marial only got to play in 12 games in out of about 30 as he came in late and seems to have been hurt for a few late in the season. But he mostly started and had by far the highest PPG at 18.9. Bursaspor played in the Eurocup competition but I think Marial was ineligible due to joining the team in January. He only shot 32% from 3pt so it may be hard to make the leap to the NBA this year since teams would look at him as a 3-and-D wing.
Check out this buzzer beater by Shayok:
This contested shot will look familiar to ISU fans:
The NBA hopes to have a summer league in mid-August and I'm sure Marial will try to show what he can do there, if possible. He's a good ball player; I could see him making a roster but the NBA is just so competitive.
Not so sure. He has the size to be an NBA wing; he can guard multiple positions. But he needs to shoot the 3 better than he has. And cut down on turnovers. But I see his ceiling as a Nader-type role for someone. Maybe I'm wrong but that doesn't seem implausible to me.He is good but stuck without a position, I'm afraid.
Knock on wood. Georges and other Cyclone players please stay healthy and I can't wait to see y'all do big things in the postseason.
BTW, Georges has scored in all of the last 30 games (since March 22).
Here's Georges' full highlights vs. Kings.
Here's THT's full highlights vs. Pelicans.