Tristan Enaruna PT
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The ball also tends to stop moving when he gets it, at least more than his current production on that end justifies.
Despite his stellar defense, his BPM only better than Jones. It being worse than Enaruna's is surprising given Enaruna is not in when Kunc is playing.
11-0. Top 10 team. Kalscheur has started every game.
That’s all I’ve got.
That’s all I’ve got.
IMO TJ is trying to play Kalscheur through his shooting slump during the non-con portion of the season.
Playing around 30mpg, from a PPG game standpoint, Gabe's upside might be 13-15ppg. Whereas, Tristan might be 8-10ppg.
Plus, if Gabe can find his groove from 3, it makes are big guys more effective and opens up the lane for Hunter and Brockington.
Yeah if Gabe can find some offensive consistency that raises the ceiling of this team quite a bit. Not sure if it will happen or not but hopefully he can at least have a few more he's where he gets hot and that gets us a W
The concern I have with Kalscheur was him not taking some really open threes yesterday. There was a stretch where on back-to-back occasions he passed up an open 3, drove into trouble and traveled. I'd just as soon he decisively rise up and shoot over being passive.
He's starting to remind me of Prentiss Nixon a little bit. A good leader, plays hard but is just seems to be perpetually a little off on his jumper. I think he can get it figure out if he stays confident.
As for Enaruna, it appears to me he doesn't guard and rotate with quite the same intensity as others. I really like what he brings on offense, so hopefully they can get that adjusted. I'd imagine that's what's holding him back right now.
He's starting to remind me of Prentiss Nixon a little bit. A good leader, plays hard but is just seems to be perpetually a little off on his jumper. I think he can get it figure out if he stays confident.
As for Enaruna, it appears to me he doesn't guard and rotate with quite the same intensity as others. I really like what he brings on offense, so hopefully they can get that adjusted. I'd imagine that's what's holding him back right now.
Gabe is in a shooting slump, he will for sure come out of it. We saw his potential in the Memphis game, it’s off the charts.
We are going to win games with defense. The offense will be generated by defense. You don’t take your best defenders off the floor when you win with defense.
Kalscheur shoots the ball with way too much arch. Using high arch to make threes isn't easily repeatable. He's not a good shooter until that's fixed and it's kind of crazy nobody has pulled him aside to work on shot mechanics this far into his career.
Sure as the sun comes out, he'll make 5 threes in the near future and the sunshine pumpers will be out full force trying to make the realists eat dirt. But he's not a good shooter. I would guess he hits well under 30% this year, but will keep hoisting out of necessity due to the makeup of this team. So Prentiss Nixon is indeed an apt comparison offensively. But defensively I wouldn't want anybody else guarding the other team's best guard.
In an ideal world he would shoot no more than two threes/game and work on being more aggressive driving to draw fouls or kick out a la senior year Naz.
Sure as the sun comes out, he'll make 5 threes in the near future and the sunshine pumpers will be out full force trying to make the realists eat dirt. But he's not a good shooter. I would guess he hits well under 30% this year, but will keep hoisting out of necessity due to the makeup of this team. So Prentiss Nixon is indeed an apt comparison offensively. But defensively I wouldn't want anybody else guarding the other team's best guard.
In an ideal world he would shoot no more than two threes/game and work on being more aggressive driving to draw fouls or kick out a la senior year Naz.
I love everything Gabe brings to this team, but his shooting woes have been going on for multiple seasons. This is a long “slump” and the Memphis game looks like an outlier.
before everyone takes my head off, this is not me hating on Gabe or failing to realize all the other great things he does on the floor. It’s just a statement of fact if you look at the decline in shooting percentage from his freshman year.
If you take out the Memphis game, Gabe is shooting less than 27% from the field and less than 21% from 3. His last two seasons have not been good, but this year is in pace to be the worst.
before everyone takes my head off, this is not me hating on Gabe or failing to realize all the other great things he does on the floor. It’s just a statement of fact if you look at the decline in shooting percentage from his freshman year.
If you take out the Memphis game, Gabe is shooting less than 27% from the field and less than 21% from 3. His last two seasons have not been good, but this year is in pace to be the worst.
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Gabe's upside isn't that much different than Enaruna's (he got a KU scholarship for a reason). And more importantly, our upside is more impacted by Enaruna reaching his potential, given Conditt and Jones limitations (and foul trouble). But this isn't even a Gabe vs Enaruna. Or Enaruna vs Kunc. Those are false dilemmas.
When we play teams that leave the offensive boards open and play a more open, transition style, Enaruna is highly effective there. Iowa was that way, as will KU and perhaps others. Teams that clog the paint will make him incognito offensively, since he’s not a post and his outside shooting isn’t all the way there yet. I like his game defensively. More of a rim protector than Kunc, which is useful in fast paced games as well. He’ll be needed, and I like the Kunc/Enaruna combo lineups.
Senior year Naz was insanely good at finishing at the rim. Kalscheur doesn't have that ability. He needs to take open threes in rhythm and get his free throw shooting locked in.
You gave us the most in-depth discussion of Gabe vs. Enaruna in this thread and then said "But this isn't even Gabe vs. Enaruna".
I just assume Baylor is always the best rebounding team on both ends in college hoops history. It’ll tell us something for sure.
Kalscheur's potential upside is1 or 2 months from now. Enaruna's potential upside is 1 year from now.
I like Enaruna's game, but think he is a work-in-progress playing post in the Big12. He is athletic for a post player, but not wing. So, he needs to become a more physical player with a more aggressive mindset.
Not sure what you mean by your last point on false dilemmas. If there is a shift in minutes as the Big12 season progresses, it would be Grill taking minutes from Kalscheur. The mix of minutes between Enaruna, Conditt and Kunz is probably going to remain.
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Where are you getting the difference in upside this year? One is a senior that is really struggling on offense and hasn't shot well in so long that he no longer has a shot (it changes shot-to-shot). Could it be that he just isn't very good in the high usage role? The other finally getting consistent PT and should make more progress over the year.
Also, Enaruna playing to his potential is a bigger impact on the team than Gabe imo. We have 4 to 5 capable guards. As we saw yesterday, Grill can be similar to Gabe. On the other hand, Enaruna is one of two frontcourt players capable of doing doing anything in the halfcourt, and the best setup to defend quicker 4s.
On the false dilemma comment- this thread is about Enaruna PT. Yet here you are talking about Gabe needing 30 minutes to reach his "higher' upside. There have also been responses about Kunc playing so well. We have 8 Big 12 level players for 200 minutes. Plenty for Enaruna to get more than 10 minutes.
