Solo’s development seems more mental and maturity. He’s clearly gifted physically, has a great lefty jumper, wingspan and overall athleticism. He just seemed so out of place at times, standing and watching way too often. Would take shots out of flow of offense often, and then lacked finding other ways to contribute. Felt very shoot first, rarely made the types of passes we often saw in the Hurley offense.
Given our lack of pursuit of the the true rim protecting 5, I’m wondering if the approach here is building size at the 3-4 with Stewart.
For Ross, I imagine it will all depend on how quickly his body fills out.
I’d agree with that analysis. I hope it’s just a matter of our offense being so complicated that it just takes some guys longer to adjust than others. Probably needs another summer to get comfortable playing his role within the system
Maybe, also possible that if there is no Steph Castle, Solo continues along a learning curve and by the end of the conference regular season Solo would've rounded into shape. Instead he missed game development time right as it got a lot harder and regressed a little bit. He can shoot, he's athletic and he played within team constructs when with the starters - I think he'll be a solid contributor next year with a floor something like Alleyne from 22-23.
Singare was the only one outside of the consensus top 100. Ross was in the 75-80 range.
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Stewart looks more athletic and explosive, since he lost the baby weight prior to the start of the season he looks like a 3 with Karaban continuing to play the 4.
I was sold from the first game i saw him. He was built and moved like an NBA player. I think hes going to be terrific and we know he can score but his rebounding and defense are really going to make him special.
If Karaban comes back, Stewart and Ball improve like we think they will this team is just a transfer at C and Nowell being the real deal away from making another run. Of course there are some other things we need to fall our way but this is a nice start.
Idk, but I'm sure we're going after another big, not that we can expect anything like Cling Kong. We've got a ton of rebounds to replace for next season. Lots of everything to replace but no one had a backcourt, 1 through 3, rebound like us the last few years.
It'd be nice if Reed were being recruited to back up or replace Karaban (if he enters the draft) at the 4 and we're still going are a true run protecting 5.
Singare was the only one outside of the consensus top 100. Ross was in the 75-80 range.
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Also, remember that in the preseason Hurley said Ross had cracked the rotation. He played in the first 2-3 games and then quickly fell out of the rotation. So Hurley must have seen something in all the practices leading up to the season. We need to have some patience with the current freshmen. It's Hurley's way. If they all stick around they will get there.
Reed shoots almost exclusively at the rim, he's not being recruited as anything other than a 5. It would be worse than the years playing Whaley at the 4, because he doesn't fit on offense or defense
He is such a clown. He is the podcast version of Donny Marshall, but somehow even worse.
Thanks. Can we still say "tweeted" or does it have to be "X'd" now? I'm not of the Tweet/X generation.
