Long was out last night with reoccurring concussion symptoms. He was in street clothes.
Terrence Lewis playing time
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Long was out last night with reoccurring concussion symptoms. He was in street clothes.
I feel bad for Long, I thought he was coming into his own a bit in Puerto Rico, could use another reliable shooter and defender. Lewis reminds me a bit of Matt Thomas, a guy you know can shoot but is just going to take some time to adjust to the college game. By the time is ISU career is over I'd be willing to bet he will be up there with the top 3 point shooters at ISU
The difference in high school competition level is really magnified when they get to college. I imagine had Terrence played competition similar to the level of what Wigginton or even THT do, he'd be far more ready to contribute than from against Wisky competition. You can see the raw talent, but it's not used to being challenged.
I don't think this is necessarily an either Long or Lewis will play situations. Once Long is recovered from his symptoms he'll still get an opportunity to play.
I think what the team needs game to game will dictate which of the two will come of the bench.
Lewis will get more minutes when scoring/outside shooting will be needed and Long will get preference when individual defense is required.
It was unfortunate the concussion occurred for Long but the silver lining is it allowed Lewis to play extended minutes and play through some mistakes and gain confidence (for himself and from Prohm). It has accelerated TL's growth and role heading into the B12.
I think what the team needs game to game will dictate which of the two will come of the bench.
Lewis will get more minutes when scoring/outside shooting will be needed and Long will get preference when individual defense is required.
It was unfortunate the concussion occurred for Long but the silver lining is it allowed Lewis to play extended minutes and play through some mistakes and gain confidence (for himself and from Prohm). It has accelerated TL's growth and role heading into the B12.
He was also late to close out on about three shots and Prohm did not like him jawing with Stuart after the cheap foul. That earned him some extended time on the bench.
I like Lewis a lot. Kid has a very high ceiling.
The Thomas comparison continues to look apt. Hopefully we give him a lot of investment minutes.
Hope you all had a good holiday break and start to 2018.
Updated PT tracker...
Suggestions on formatting (and how to handle the OT games) welcome.
Updated PT tracker...
Suggestions on formatting (and how to handle the OT games) welcome.
Can you convert from minutes to percent played? That would take care of OT type things.
Pretty clearly show the lack of depth in the back court with NWB, DJ, LW logging 105+minutes out of a possible 120 minutes. No wonder they look gassed and are struggling to execute in the final minutes when the other teams turn up the pressure.
