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Williams & Blum: Is Iowa State’s 2026-27 basketball roster final?
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Great to officially have the big guy back, he won me over.
You claimed to read the entirety of my post before commenting, yet... you more or less said something i said in that post. You should take some time today to go outside and get some fresh air, maybe take a few deep breaths and touch some grass while you're out there
Cyclonepride
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It seems to me that he shot better when he was expected to carry part of the offense, as he was when Lipsey and Jefferson were out. Perhaps there was some hesitation in his shot or in his mind when the team was at full complement. That'd be enough to throw it off.
I really wish that Buchanan could develop a little jump shot from just inside the lane (yes, something like a free throw). Defenders weren't forced to cover him when he would get the ball near the free throw line.
I'm excited to see our bigs be here long enough to develop. We haven't had much continuity at that spot other than Jefferson, who wasn't a traditional big. I'm hopeful that will lead to the development of a serviceable jumpshot to keep teams honest.
I think Killyan's biggest need to improve his three-point shot is getting his feet set. Many times this season I think he was looking to pass when he got the ball. He has a decent enough looking stroke from three. I'm most excited for all to see his improvement
“Right?” Has to be near top of list as most frequent.
Others that are fairly common are “having said that” and “it’s gonna be really hard.”
So their podcast is in the English language, how annoying.
You guys act like every other word out of their mouth is "YOLO", "bruh", and "cap". Or whatever the kids are saying these days.
All good! I actually appreciate the feedback, only way to learn or to lean in more, ha!
Any idea on when the new assistant coach will be named? Excited to see who it is. I was hoping Buckley would bring a Cincinnati player or two, but I’m happy with who we got in the portal.
Got to love a four-year guy especially one who stuck around after Steve's final year, but I'm not sure I've seen a four-year guy who developed less than George Conditt.
When I found out who we were targeting, I felt like I completely understood the strategy.
This year’s team was very well constructed. Maybe missing a couple of pieces, but very well constructed. Why not try to get back to that, somewhat, and add to it if possible.
First…I’d expect the returning guys to all be better next season, so you don’t necessarily need to replace Lipsey, Jefferson, Heise and now Momcilovic competely, but try to get “like” players.
- Johnson is Lipsey-esque: Floor general, tough, good ball handler, really good/great on ball defender; to be seen is if he has a nose for loose balls like Tamin. Tamin seemed to be able to see a couple steps ahead and just be in the right place and the right time (not many have that innate ability)
- Singleton is Jefferson-esque: Big body that can do a lot of things well. Can handle it, rebound, score around the bucket, pass. Will see if he can knock down shots, but that wasn’t really JJeff’s game until later on
- Bond is Heise-esque: great defender, good rebounder from the wing position. More athletic, maybe a more consistent shooter, but to be seen if he can tap into Heise’s bulldog mentality
- Prather is likely who we wanted Nelson/Williams to be. We never got to see Williams, but I’m guessing Prather can give us more than Nelson. Prather can shoot from outside, can handle the rock and knocks down FTs. Nelson could really do only one of those things
- Manning hopes to be what we were missing last year. A guy who can legitimately spell Singleton at the 4. We don’t need him to do much other than not be a liability. Keep up defensively, rebound and finish when necessary.
Again…these guys are not 1:1 replacements, but if we get the development from the returning guys like we hope, the team itself comes closer to the team we had this year.
EDIT: If we can get Buchanan and Pleta to be 70%+ FT shooters, that would be absolutely fantastic.
Love my man Blake but I wouldn't hold your breath there haha.
Pleta might be able to do it.
Dom Nelson and Mulder say hi
Maybe we’ll go full Nolan Richardson 40 Minutes Of Hell and we’ll need 10+ guys to keep up the intensity.
I'm hoping one or two of the freshmen are good enough to earn some playing time...
Good post. Damn, you got me pumped for next year. I'm really excited about this team. The amazing thing is because TJ go these guys so early in the process, it means he wasn't settling for anything. Kind of felt like we settled for Williams and Nelson, partly because we probably didn't have the $. It doesn't feel like that this time around, these are guys
I feel like we missed on an early portal target at guard, then Williams was the backup for that, then Nelson the backup for that after "Williams actually can't play at all" emerged.
I might be mixing two years here though. Was "J'Vonne Hadley is a Cyclone" just last year or that was two years ago already?
