I think he has the highest floor this year. I just dont see him being a major contributor by the way he plays. I think he will bring more value than the stat sheet shows because he is smart and will have the ball a lot putting others in position to succeed. I dont see him taking over a game with D or O tho.
Uh… what? You know Fino refers to JHS, right? What you just said is exactly opposite of what everyone who’s seen practices have said.
Okay, that makes a little more sense, because he definitely doesn’t have the lowest floor.
I would guess he plays more than any freshmen this year, but I would also bet the others have bigger flash moments. I think he is more of a sure thing than any of the others, but I also think his ceiling this year might be lower than any of the others.
I think JHS will have a very good year with numbers similar to Yogi’s freshman year. I think he starts alongside XJ, so it doesn’t really matter who is the “PG”.
That was my pick for starting 5 too. I also think Yogi is a very comparable expectations for him as a frosh. But yogi was pretty bad as a frosh.
Saying Yogi was bad is a little misleading. He had a ton of talent around him, similar to what JHS will have this year. I think JHS will have a bigger impact defensively than Yogi his first year.
He just didn't have good numbers, hard for freshmen to have great numbers. 45% from two, 30% from three, 25% TO rate. That is bad stats.
Still, for a freshman on that team he played very well. 26% assist rate and a +10 net rating. Either way, I expect JHS to be very solid and at the very least will provide a better option to backup XJ than Rob did.
He was a freshman on a fairly veteran team. This team is OLD and experienced, so it’s not a bad comparison (and perhaps expectations should be honed in for him slightly)
Ya, Rob gave us PU! Still just shocked Lander never saw the floor. How could he be that wildly overrated.
Unfortunately his shot mechanics are very poor, much harder to develop into a good to great shooter with poor mechanics.
He was. Turnover and foul machine, poor defensive positioning. Very quick, great penetrator, average shot, physically not equipped, bodywise, to play in the B1G. No real secret and no real questions. All you needed to do was watch him in the games he played.
He didn’t see the floor under two different coaches! Should tell you something. Same for Leal.
Where can I read the comments about practice and individuals performance. That’s my favorite part of off season
I’ll just post one of the quotes I saw from TOS:
9 years before I was a thought. But literally no players have ever played 5 years of bball like miller, x, and race will this year.
He answered a follow up question about Bates and said that he still needs to work on defense. For Geronimo he said to listen to the Coach Ya podcast.
Thanks, always good to feel old ! No, more history than watching live and you may have a point but I will still take May, Buckner, Wilkerson and Benson on experience!
I’d take them too from what I’ve heard. You may be “old” but I’ve never sniffed excellence. All those years watching IU, and the memories, is an unreal gift.
You really missed out ! From Knights hiring thru 83 a couple down years but that was just dominance, Alford came thru in 87 with some help but those 10 yrs IU save injuries was just a dominant force . You think about and 75 had more experience, if May doesnt get hurt IU is somewhere around 65-0 two championships
I’ve heard stories about how wild the hall was in the 70s and 80s. Just packed, people coming from all over the state no matter the time or day. Can’t imagine it.
I don’t see this changing but I’ve been wrong before. Hopefully he can find his inner Anunoby.
I will wait and see. But I hope we have 2-3 freshmen who surprise us in a positive way. Heck, I at least want 1 of them to exceed expectations.
It wasn’t just the Hall. The state and fans worldwide literally hit the pause button when the Hoosiers were playing. That lasted well past Calbert and is still true to a lesser degree today.
