puff puff don't pass and puff again. You get to talk some shit tonight bro! Keep bringing it Tamar!
Tamar keeps improving … and IU’s bench keeps getting deeper.
I for one am not a hater but have been a bit disappointed how his career has started.
Awesome to see. Stroke looked good last night. Would love to see it become consistent.. What’s up with X? Last two games combined he’s 4-19 from the field to go with 13 turnovers.
Thats X for you,us. Hopefully its time for good X Saturday. 17pts 6rebs 6ast and 3 or less
Not a hater, just need to see consistent play from him.
We don't. We need TJD and XJ to be themselves and then we need effort from everyone else and 2-3 to score. If we do that, we'll be fine, if not, we'll struggle. Not everyone is going to be "on" offensively every night, but everyone can defend and rebound and play smart. We've got enough depth to put whoever can't do that on the bench and play the guys who are.
If that's what he needs, then he needs to develop that in himself. MJ and Larry, and many greats, were masters at that. If that's what it takes, he needs to find those slights internally and come out ready to show whoever he feels has disrespected him!
100%. I am taking his dad to all the big games because that is what gets him going. His dad has told me so many times he plays way better mad, Im gonna piss him off.
That is why I love him..... He has IT in him to be great. He is only 19!!!.... MJ didn't even have that at UNC yet.
I promise you it won't be consistent. News flash everyone, If he and X are consistent at their best we are the number 1 team in the country. This is college basketball. Caleb Love and RJ Davis aren't consistent, they are some of the best guards in the country. They're always ups and downs.
No, but he was developing "it", and, well, he was still MJ! In his role I'll settle for Vinnie Johnson with some D!
This team has the feel of that year when Charlie Miller was mostly a disappointing freshmen and Allen Henderson was I think a senior. They became dangerous around tournament time
yes, and but I think TJD also had 4 TO's, as he did @ Rutgers, and of course XJ had 6 and then 7 last night. Need them to cut down on TO's. Seems to me Rutgers and NB last night are doubling him and then collapsing on the passing lanes and trying to pick off his outlet passes. I know a 10:4 assist to TO ratio is supposed to be good, but I"d like to see them both with 3 or less. Of course I'm sure XJ's will go down with JHS returns, but he needs to adjust to when he's the primary ball-handler and when he's not. When he is, he needs to back down his aggressiveness to score and pick his spots, but not put himself in so many bad situations.
The opportunity here for Tamar...and our team...and X...and our team is also the source of all our frustrations. Striving for consistent high level play, is what will allow both those guys to play professionally. NBA, overseas, whatever. It'll also be needed for us to win the B10 this year, and/or win 4-6 games in a row in the NCAAs.
wait didn't we get bounced from the tourney by Mizzou in the 8/9 game that year? I'm expecting a little more than that.
Um, are you talking about the Michael Jordan that averaged 13.5 per game and hit the winning shot against Georgetown to win the natty as a true freshman? Yeah, he sucked.
JG didn't see much of the court last night, but he's looked completely lost the past 2 games. He's stuck between worlds....doesn't have the game to play 3 on offense, doesn't have the foot quickness to defend the 3 on defense, but is undersized to defend against true bigs in the post. Kopp playing better means less time for him.
Finally starting to reach expectations, but the big surprise is Galloway who is hitting 46% from 3 and has just 1 turnover in 138 minutes of play. Talk about the most improved player award.
I meant Jordan wasn’t a killer at 19. He was not able to find any little thing and take it as a slight and fuel his fire. That came in the nba. Tamar also can’t do that at this point.
Tamar has one decent game and being discussed in the same breath with Michael Jordan. I have nothing against TB but WTF are you smoking?
Odds are X has great game Saturday. I think he gets going better in “big games”. Rutgers and Nebraska don’t qualify.
In the Nebraska game they scouted his tendencies and he played right into it. Instead of guarding him straight up, they gave him sideline and pushed him into help and he fell for it everytime and over penetrated. When he dropped his head, a tell, everyone knew the ball wasn't coming back out and that made it easy for them. Late in game, I assume Woodson finally got it in hs head, he quit doing it, got in the gap and made passes.
Actually has had two - he went off for 22 against Jackson State. Comparing TB and MJ at 19 is just that - not really any there there and certainly no cause for contempt.
I want to see him take the show on the road for once.
