Frankly I thought that they just said that cause he's a white guy about the same size who can shoot the three. I haven't seen the same level of athleticism out of Thomas yet.
Frankly I thought that they just said that cause he's a white guy about the same size who can shoot the three. I haven't seen the same level of athleticism out of Thomas yet.
Found it in another CF thread (40 second mark)
[video=youtube;awNBdVM59vQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNBdVM59vQ[/video]
There are some similarities but their style of play as freshmen are pretty different. A lot of people forget that Fred was just a 26% 3 point shooter in his first year (13/50).
Any of those 3 (Bubu, Barnes, McDermott) could have been close but I don't think they could have equaled Fred.
It amazes me that Thomas and Morris can be so young but already play the game with more IQ than some of our seniors from last year. Those guys had so much talent, but didn't understand how to let the game come to them. Monte and Matt almost always make the right play.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Fred's pro career colors how his college career is remembered. Fred was such a complete player. His junior year he averaged over 20 pts, and nearly 4 assists and 7 rebounds a game. That's more assists than Holloway averaged. That's more boards than 6'10" Michalik averaged. He shot the most FT on the team, not because he was getting fouled on spot-up threes but because he was driving.
I like Matt and I really hope he turns out to be like Fred. But, like Scotty before him, I feel like our white shooters always get compared to Fred rather than the players who really should. If anyone on this team should be compared to Fred, it's Kane (points, assists and rebounds). But you'll probably never hear that comparison...