exactly. the 2 together might make 1 decent big 10 center. and that wouldn't be bad.
The curious case of De'Ron Davis
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I was hopeful that he'd knock down 1 or 2 threes a game. Learned my lesson on that.
I don't think Smith is going to explode, nor do I think Brunk is going to give us any more than he gave Butler last year. I hope I'm wrong. But based on his inability to do anything in that short 8 min scrimmage against Thompson and TJD, I'm not very hopeful.
Miller's offense was completely ineffective for Fitzner's abilities and the kid lost his confidence. He can shoot in a spread floor offense. He was terrible in Miller's system.
Count it as a major recruiting miss.
Joey had a nice basket in the scrimmage. Not bad in a game with a score of 15 - 9. I expect Davis/Brunk to take turns as the more effective low post player. TJD and Thompson are additional options Archie can go to.
These might be the 6 most important words for the upcoming season.
Archie can go big or small with 4 out. Either way, I look forward to seeing the new players and what they can do. I'm also interested to how players like Durham, Thompson and others will play together with this new roster.
It is interesting that with 11 players, we have more options than we had with 13. This roster feels like a new team where almost everyone is expected to play or has a role.
If Davis is underneath the basket and he has to reach down to grab the ball by his feet, a defender at the top of the key can still contest the shot
And he also had his shot blocked by RT and TJD, in addition to having a hard time catching a ball in traffic. He'll probably give us the same numbers this year that he gave Butler last year, while playing a few more minutes. He's not going to suddenly become a force down low like some seem to he will. That's all I'm saying.
If he is starting and playing more than 25 minutes a game, hell probably 20, we are in big trouble.
In an ideal world he plays 10-15 mins a game off the bench, DD gets 20 mins a game, and we play about 5-10 minutes with TJD and a small line up.
Of course I assume 1/2 the games DD will be in active due to injuries.
That's the genesis of my more minutes comment. I fear that DD will continue to miss time due to injury. It's a shame, because he's got a good post game, despite the fact that he's slow footed.
Hopefully, Davis will have a good impact this season. The fans in Denver
will be proud also. Colorado Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle passed on him.
Who were we up against in his recruitment I forget. I remember watching him commit and saying he needs to get back in the gym to his sister or friend 10 minutes after he committed.
Joey Brunk was a huge recruit in the off-season! Brunk will likely start and play every game. Save DeRon with his injury track record for the big B1G games and the Post-Season.
Im going to go out on a limb and say Justin Smith finds his role in the offense. He has to length and athleticism for defense and of he works with what the offense gives him I'll be the first one to tell the naysayers to Eat an enormous bag
I hope you are right. I will root for Smith to succeed. I hope he has reconstructed his perimeter shot and his FT shot.
We need him to slash the wing and get others open. I agree about ball handling but we should have two capable guards he can kick to as well as TJD.
For some reason he wasn't sought highly after, Miss State got close to
inking him. The home team Colorado Buffaloes wasn't interested at all
if they were it wouldn't been any probably.
