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Stromboli

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  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, Demo said:

    The comp that I’ve had for Queen for a while, though I don’t recall throwing it out there because it may not be universally viewed as a compliment, though it is to me, is a rich man’s Cam Krutwig, who was the center on Porter Moser’s Loyola team that went to the sweet 16 in ‘21. Strong, thick, super-skilled, below the rim 5 who doesn’t give you rim protection but has such great offensive value as a post scorer combined with a facilitation element that’s really rare. Could easily see him as a 5 asst/game guy playing in a system with a lot of motion. But he’d certainly be effective playing out of the post. His footwork will be so tough for a post defenders to deal with and he will punish doubles assuming he’s playing with shot makers. 

    YES. 
     

    That’s the comp. And great callback to Krutwig. I had to watch him to understand the hype. A favorite NCAA basketball player over the past several years. 
     

    How a big scores isn’t really the differentiator. Edey reaches over you. Reneau sticks his butt into you to create space for a lay-in. Trayce would just spin move around you so explosively that you’d be looking at the sideline while he’s dunking behind you. Regardless of the how, they are all bigs that can receive the entry pass then put the ball in the bucket. 
     

    The comp here is floor vision and facilitation. Basically passing. And then as Demo noted below-the-rim craftiness to score as well. 
     

    In my eye the two passing bigs we’ve had over the past couple coaches are TJD and Juwan. Both not only looked to pass, but actually created a shot for the passee.  Queen, to me, is that kind of big. Play through the middle. And I do feel like Woody is versatile in a way to really exploit that ability. 

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  13. Posted

    6 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

    I don't think there's any real question that playing w/o X is beneficial to team/certain individual player development.

    The bigger question is whether we're better with him or without -- I don't think there's a legitimate question that we're better with him, but very happy to see the development of players like Cupps

    Tony Adragna posted this a week ago. We’re better with X. I’m ready for the question to die. This injury stinks because it feels like it does take him some games to wind up and start controlling the floor. 
     

     

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  23. Posted

    AJ Moye for me. This because I ran into him one afternoon upstairs at Nicks, a few years after we’d both graduated. And he was awesome to talk to, just sat there shooting the sh!t with me, telling stories about playing. Really personable guy. 
     

    @Hovadipo I can’t imagine some of the one-liners and awkwardness of watching with OG. 

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  25. Posted

    2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

    Like Loaded Pizza Sandwich said, we've almost made the full circle back to DirecTV being the best option for sports fans. I'm hanging on for dear life to my streaming service (DirecTV Stream), but I'm almost back up to the same price that DTV satellite was when I dumped it about a year and a half ago. And I'm kinda tied to it because it's the only one I've found that carries both the Cubs and the Pacers, both of which I watch regularly enough for it to matter to me.


    I can’t believe you’ve done this. 

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