Jameel McKay
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I find this a little crazy. Until i see otherwise Niang is easily our best player next year. Other teams just can't stop the guy.
Think McDermott ever comes on these boards wondering where these threads were when he was coaching?
I was here.
and so were these threads.
Although most of them were about McDermott being fired.
Literally Lol'd. McKay won't start, he'll play starter minutes but he won't start. You may be right, having the 4 guys wyou mentioned might be our best lineup but Fred has an NBA mentality. Just bc its your best lineup doesn't mean it has to be out there when the game starts. When a coach like Fred has 8 or 9 guys at his disposal, who starts is pretty meaningless bc he is going to get guys in when they need to be. Niang is the best returning known commodity we have and will be our only preseason all conference type of player, not to mention a 2 year starter.
I've seen McKay play in person a handful of times, with the way he plays, hes no threat o Georges.Niang will still be the only post up mismatch type of guy we have next year McKay will our best athlete and gives a highlight dunk a night but his game is much more like Hogue offensively than Niang.
The good thing is, McKay and Hogue played at Indian Hills, they are used to playing in a 10 man rotation and coming off the bench. Not starting won't bother either of these kids.
Dog's don't know much about basketball I take it.
@Oklahoma 7-12 from the floor, 14 pts 6 rebounds 3 assists
Baylor 4-10 from the floor, 9 pts 3 rebounds 5 assists.
I never understood why we weren't in the running for Doug McDermot. Did he not like ISU? He doesn't want to play for his dad and then he does?
I think the Nader stuff is becoming similar to the way Chris Allen was viewed after Lutz said something to the effect that he was the most talented guard he had ever coached and all of a sudden people expected him to be an 18-20 ppg scorer. Allen didn't turn out to be the best player on that team.
Please elaborate on how going 7-12 from the field for 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists (his OU game) is "horrible".
Some Cyclone "fans" are really really dumb.
His dad knew he wasn't going to stay here for 5-6 more years and he didn't want to be fired from coaching his son.
I firmly believe that if Barnes had committed here and the ''09-'10 team had been successful that Doug would have switched to come here.
The type of player he is, the type of players we have at his position. I guess maybe saying he WON"T start is going out on a limb but I'll say he won't start over Hogue or Niang bc neither have a postion really, they are just 2 of the 5 guys that start. How well Nader can handle the ball could dictate a lot, if he can play the 1 or 2, then maybe all those guys start. Like i said, it doesn't matter who starts though. This team will be loaded. I think having Long or Morris and McKay coming off the bench would be lethal next season.
Hope this isn't the case. I had way too high of expectations for Allen. After seeing Nader play some in CCL I do think he will be perfect in Fred's system though
I think (hope) they were referring to Niang's 3-point shooting over the past 3 games (he's gone 0/15).
Still, big deal. He's in a bit of a shooting slump behind the arc, which happens to virtually every single player regardless of their talent. The next time he drains 2-3, everyone will forget all about it.
I'll let Fred do the coaching if he thinks this is a problem.
I like that McKay thinks Nader is the hardest working player on the team. And I like that McKay thinks not playing is the hardest thing for him. Both of these things help these guys maximize their time while sitting out. I can't wait to see them in action next year for us.
don't see how he gets a waiver. Chose to leave Marquette after enrolling. Not the NCAA's fault he didn't realize what he was getting into there.