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KoppPop on fire

Good decision and dish by X

9th 3!

New nickname - KoppPop

Absolutely love our second unit. They look great tonight, so athletic and they’re gelling big time

Well, maybe Kopp read my criticism. :) Great — Great to see us using outside shooting, spreading the floor, playing to Kopp’s strength - spot up outside shoitung. Finally!!!!

Love the emphasis on two-way players

Feet on cheeks?

From ITH -Good interview, and really like his discussion of the competition in practice and his and his teammates' mindset on subbing in and contributing. I'd say I really like this kid, but he's a man now. The tats of his daughter's feet on his hands are pretty cool too -- https://www.insidethehall.com/2022/11/09/video-tamar-bates-discusses-his-role-competition-level-in-practice-and-more/

1976 all over again!

Circling back on Polyphia as they recently released this tune, Chimera, which is just flat-out fantastic, with fusion of Spanish-style guitar work, heavy metal guitar, and out of left field, hip hop (featuring Lil West) that fits in perfectly, about 3/4 into the otherwise instrumental piece. This is genuinely excellent.

Maybe PU should be afraid of IU this year?

Gotta love Painter's opinions!

He could always shoot, just wasn't ready for IU, good to see him start off with a bang at DM

The Mike Tyson of basketball commentating?

2012-13 season went ok :)

IU - 88 Cookedgoose - 55

He did have 7 assts to 3 TO's, and 2 blocks. Maybe shoot a little less? lol

Reliable is nice, but he has to actually be shooting. He shot by numbers at the bottom of the team last season. He added little scoring (6 PPG). As a reliable shooter, he needs to be shooting, can't create his own shot, but JHS and X together can get him looks. From last season: Per 40 Min and Per 100 poss: Kopp - 12th On totals, with 879 min, his 209 points was 5th, but that's because of time, not efficiency. 3-Pt %: Kopp, on total basis - 3rd at 36% (108 shots) behind Stewart (39% 135 shots) and X (38.3% 94 shots). He took 3.1 3's per game (which is actually more than I thought but not enough to justify starting at the 3).

Yeah I know and we've been having this convo here for a while -- No issue from me on the experience Kopp brings or, generally, his positional D (his ability to guard the perimeter though is limited, he lacks lateral quickness), but he wasn't brought over from NWU for his defense, it was, obviously, for his shooting, and to date he has shot the ball (volume) and scored at the bottom of the team. So, as guys like Bates grow into better defenders, yes, they absolutely should play more minutes -- but again, what I want to see is Kopp using his shooting when he's on the floor.

Yeah that's what I've been saying on Kopp, he's a spot up shooter who isn't going to create his shot be he can shoot, IF he's shooting, and with JHS there should be shots for him that he should be taking -- if that happens it will help spread the floor which of course is the whole idea of him being out there, starting or not. The first half was not encouraging. The second half gave some glimpses of how that can work. If he continues to start, hope it's because we see the second half looks and takes growing.

First time we've been top 25 in AdjO and AdjD since, well, since I can remember. Yeah it's super early on Pomeroy Ratings as they develop during the season, but man that is still nice to see

TCU not looking great

Yeah, we’re (actually) deep. I really like the Ren Geronimo combo, monsters, and when JG is playing relaxed, not rushing he needs more minutes. Ren is gonna be a force, one thing to watch in next few games is how he adapts to avoiding fouling as size and strength increase in the other guys - as good as he is he was 1 foul from fouling out tonight. We need him out there. And we need to take advantage of the spacing we create with the guys up front and shoot more 3’s. As these guys gel more we’re only going to get better, just want to see more diversity in our O

Just tell me when they fix male pattern baldness