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Golden State in 6? Well damn talk about stepping up, 3 in a row against this C’a team and closing them out in Boston is something — assuming they finish, bout 3 min left

Not many teams are gonna be able to out tough us —

I hope you're right. A groin pull is bad enough, but groin surgery to regular mobility to the fitness and explosive up and down for bball is a real task. It's really not a lot of time between now and October, and then there's all the practice time / scrimmaging missed. I would be surprised to see him in games before December.

I don’t think so. Out for months after groin surgery to me says he’s out at the start of the season and probably a while after, that’s a rough injury- surgery to get back to bball shape from

^^ And I LOVE this quote from Wiggins: "I feel like being here, it's a winning culture," he said. "They have won before, and they have dominated the NBA. When I got here, they put you in position to succeed. They always bring out the best in you. They want the best for you. You know, supportive." https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34088217/andrew-wiggins-huge-double-double-effort-game-5-puts-golden-state-warriors-verge-another-nba-title That kind of sums it up. And side note, that's what I'm hoping to see building under Woodson at IU. A winning, supportive culture. We started into it last season. We've added a really nice 2022 recruiting class, with guys who have won and shown they buy in.

I’ve said bf I’m not really a GS fan but i love the way they built from the ground up - and Mark Jackson deserves some early credit. GS followed the Spurs model

Hell of a 3d Q for Boston but Wiggins brought his best game and Klay found his stroke. That GS won despite Curry not a hitting a 3 first time in forever says a lot for GS

Who you guys got in Game 5 Warriors - C's? Probably the game the decides the series imo. Tough game for GS, Williams looks to back for the C's, they've won every game so far after a loss in the playoffs, they led almost the whole of Game 4 until Curry's heroics pushed GS over the top in the 4th. C's look like the better overall team at this point with guys like Draymond playing mediocre to bad ball and Curry having to put GS on his back, but then Looney and Poole have stepped up and Wiggins is looking good, and we know GS/Curry know what's coming, should be an all out war of a game. I've got GS in 7. Not super optimistic at this point, but I'm going all in for Curry's heroics, best player on the court by a country mile, Tatum notwithstanding.

What i like at this point is he’s a long, natural scorer with confidence, decent athleticism, and a build that can fill out well at IU. He will probably have to fight for limited minutes as a frosh, with the other guards and vets, until he shows good D at the college level. That’s not a bad thing. As a soph - junior he has the apparent ability, length and athleticism with added strength and quickness to really blossom— a lot of things to like about him and his upside

CJ is the only person's in shape in this pic within 100 yards, lol

I haven’t been much of a Steph Curry fan since his college run, and i’m not a GS fan, but his game last night just cemented him in my mind as one of the best guards ever. He flat out carried GS over Boston, almost every other GS player was a no show (Draymond was completely neutralized), but no one can stop Curry when he goes full bore, and his added rebounding on top of the ability to pull up from anywhere is impressive all around. Hats off to Curry, one of the best ever

Yeah i see it the same. We are already adding marquee games to the schedule. If we continue to climb back up into a contending team again, as we look to have started into, the marquee games will come anyway If you build it, they will come

"Even if he doesn’t start right away, having him on the roster gives Indiana the depth to allow Jordan Geronimo to fully transition to the three spot - something he’s reportedly working on - without being too thin up front." "...he should give Indiana a midrange scoring threat it hasn’t had in years" Amen

Very impressive Some other guys out of Lawrence North Mike Conley Eric Montross Greg Oden Chris Hill

That, but also in fairness Montverde is prime recruiting grounds for the top college basketball programs, the players go there both for the level of competition/competitive play and for the exposure / recruiting

Yeah but I think JG's and Bates' emergence is going to be the key, and I think both will produce at a significantly higher level offensively

The D will be outstanding. Now we're looking for improved O.

Deep.

You can hope for more. Believe in yourself! :)

Good, balanced article / assessment. Crazy to consider JG has 3 years of eligibility, and in that this year isn't necessarily a 'defining' season for him, with Race and TJD leaving next season. The pluses to his playing more are what I tend to focus on: - 7th in B1G in blocks and rebounds on a per 40 basis - highest off board rate on team, 2nd def board and block rate, and that's with - 3rd highest effective FG rate, 55.9, and with good form on his outside shot and in big game moments - then there's a point that's been argued here - he's a "better lateral defender" and far better rebounder than Kopp. Uh, yeah. But the skill development side points are right on, to make that big step some of us think he's about to have, he'll have to - limit TO's and fouls - develop his perimeter skills including dribble drive / handle, showing improved outside shooting percentages on more shots - improve his FT shooting I still think he probably starts the season off the bench with Kopp starting (TJD, Race, Kopp, X and one of JHS or Bates, JHS imo), but continues to grow his minutes well into starter (and more importantly finisher) minutes as the season progresses. JG's and Bates' growth, imo, is the real key to our season.

Well, IU is projected at the top of League and pre-season ranked this season and is 3-1 in these games. Seems like a fairly good shot at it.

Even more fun on bottle 4 of beer

Exactly— it’s absolutely better for the team it pulls the defenders out, opens lanes, spreads the Floor

What do you guys think are the keys to IU living up to the pre-season rankings / expectations? - growth/increased production of JG, Bates and/Galloway- more outside shooting - JHS’s immediate impact as point/combo guard - TJD taking another step up with mid-range / outside shooting - crazy depth up front with TJD, Race, JG and Ren? - other? I think how good we can be is going to largely depend on one or more of JG, Bates and Galloway having that real jump up in their games / contributions (i agree with Goodman … ewww)

^^ Yeah I think they'll stay with the lineup - type approach, for the 'teams' - TJD has the chance regardless to make that step up from his already largely dominant play by adding in that jumper / shot we keep hearing about. If he does and does it effectively, I'd bank on his slotting in the first team.