Watson
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I was hoping it was positive karma when he nailed that 3 from "The Donovan Jackson Corner."
Watson definitely flying under the radar with stats, but I don’t recall a lot of times this year thinking “oh, that’s a freshman mistake”. Seems to know his role and embraces it.
Athleticism is better than I expected as you never know watching HS highlights how that is going to translate to Big 12.
Excited to see how he develops and agree with others here that he could turn out to be a realy nice player for us.
As someone else posted above, people inside the program do believe he has the biggest upside of this year’s freshman class and NBA potential.
Athleticism is better than I expected as you never know watching HS highlights how that is going to translate to Big 12.
Excited to see how he develops and agree with others here that he could turn out to be a realy nice player for us.
As someone else posted above, people inside the program do believe he has the biggest upside of this year’s freshman class and NBA potential.
Physical comparison checks out. But Melvin was a much higher usage guy on a bad, bad team his freshman year. The numbers make it a difficult comp still in my opinion. Best comp I'm finding, going back as far as I can personally remember, would be freshman Tasheed Carr, who was much more of a true 2, than he was a 3/ small ball 4 like Watson is
Edit: I can't believe I missed this obvious player comp. He is a more efficient version of Jaden Walker. Very similar in physical comp as well.
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For a guy who has hardly shot at all this year to make those shots in a place like that takes alot of balls. Also, I remember when I saw haliburton walk right in front of me on a visit and I said that kid is way too skinny he won't make it at this level lol.
was Williams only a 'pg' at Temple? I mean, Lipsey at the pg, and Williams as the '2' will work next season, correct?
Omaha is known for his defensive ability/versatility. I think he would guard a 3 more easily, or is Watson just as good guarding most positions?
It was evident from day 1 that he has a nose for rebounds, which can’t be taught. It’s fun to watch everything else coming together for him. He’s going to be a handful.
Watson has crazy bounce and is so athletic! It’s really nice to have good size at all the positions and good bench depth. A lot of these guys are getting better every game and that is a outcome of engaged coaching. Fun to watch this team and excited for our team in the future!
I think TJ will do all he can to convince Grill to return next year.
I haven’t been a depth guy but if you’re going to play the way we play, you have to be able to go to 9 and 10 deep at times. It would be nice to have Williams because I do think those guards get tired and it leads to runs of mistakes like we saw yesterday.
It can force the opponent to go deep too. Both for getting tired and fouls. Not saying I want to play exactly like WVU but when officials are bad WVU’s opponents actually end up with more fouls than WVU yet obviously playing less physically.
Car and Walker were PG/wing types. Watson is more of a post/wing. Can see him getting stronger and being more of a force down low, but still be able to work on the wing and hit 3's.
If he can be deadly from the corner that will be a nice weapon down the stretch
Of all possible returning seniors, I'm least worried about grill. I believe he's already stated he wants to get his masters. BRE and Ward would be the 2 to wonder about. I'd think Ward would be least likely to return, but who knows.
