Summer of 2018

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This tells me Green hasn’t progressed more than Rob has excelled. Romeo and Juwan both need to stay healthy all year and both aren’t built as bruisers so I’m not concerned on effort in practice with those two. Romeo needs to get us 25 ppg and Juwan 17 & 9 if we’re gonna have the kind of season we hope to have. The others are earning PT now in practice and because shooting will be a premium;  Al & Green may be on the outside and Damezi & Hunter could get those wing minutes. Both are better shooters/ scorers also. Green has potential but takes horrible shots and tries to make too flashy passes combined with inconsistencies we cannot have at point. 

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This tells me Green hasn’t progressed more than Rob has excelled. Romeo and Juwan both need to stay healthy all year and both aren’t built as bruisers so I’m not concerned on effort in practice with those two. Romeo needs to get us 25 ppg and Juwan 17 & 9 if we’re gonna have the kind of season we hope to have. The others are earning PT now in practice and because shooting will be a premium;  Al & Green may be on the outside and Damezi & Hunter could get those wing minutes. Both are better shooters/ scorers also. Green has potential but takes horrible shots and tries to make too flashy passes combined with inconsistencies we cannot have at point. 

Well keep in mind it was one practice, the first one where they ran full court and some were battling colds. I was a little discouraged until after when the first words from Archie’s mouth were along the lines of - we looked terrible. That gives me comfort that he will get it righted.

I forgot to mention that it was good to see Clifton work down low some. He was more willing to play down low and hit a few hooks.




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Cool experience 8bucks.

Yeah as you said, panic off of one practice isn’t necessary.

Archie will motivate using the bench this year.

It’s going to be magical.

I have the most confidence in Fitzner, Juwan, McBob and Romeo.

I’m taking the wait and see approach to Green, Durham, Smith.

So so so many other pieces that can be good and useful. Race, Phinisee, Hunter, Clifton, and others.


Im ready to see some basketball and hope Archie is right that shooting has improved because it was his focus in the off season and it’s our biggest need.



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28 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Well keep in mind it was one practice, the first one where they ran full court and some were battling colds. I was a little discouraged until after when the first words from Archie’s mouth were along the lines of - we looked terrible. That gives me comfort that he will get it righted.

I forgot to mention that it was good to see Clifton work down low some. He was more willing to play down low and hit a few hooks.




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Awesome viewing in Assembly Hall! I’m ready for some game action.

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Cool experience 8bucks.

Yeah as you said, panic off of one practice isn’t necessary.

Archie will motivate using the bench this year.

It’s going to be magical.

I have the most confidence in Fitzner, Juwan, McBob and Romeo.

I’m taking the wait and see approach to Green, Durham, Smith.

So so so many other pieces that can be good and useful. Race, Phinisee, Hunter, Clifton, and others.


Im ready to see some basketball and hope Archie is right that shooting has improved because it was his focus in the off season and it’s our biggest need.



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That was our takeaway as well - our depth. Still need our top guys to play like top guys but it could be though getting everyone else minutes.


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Well keep in mind it was one practice, the first one where they ran full court and some were battling colds. I was a little discouraged until after when the first words from Archie’s mouth were along the lines of - we looked terrible. That gives me comfort that he will get it righted.

I forgot to mention that it was good to see Clifton work down low some. He was more willing to play down low and hit a few hooks.




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Right there with you with being discouraged until Archie spoke. Didn't completely resolve that discouragement, but knowing that he knows was enough to help calm some of those fears. I was also there (and from the looks of that picture you were almost right over my shoulder lol) and spent some time focusing on Clifton. You could tell he was much more with it this year than last, and was looking for contact down low. I'm still not sure how he will fit into the rotation, but having the willingness (and the body) to bang should earn him some minutes.

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Right there with you with being discouraged until Archie spoke. Didn't completely resolve that discouragement, but knowing that he knows was enough to help calm some of those fears. I was also there (and from the looks of that picture you were almost right over my shoulder lol) and spent some time focusing on Clifton. You could tell he was much more with it this year than last, and was looking for contact down low. I'm still not sure how he will fit into the rotation, but having the willingness (and the body) to bang should earn him some minutes.

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Wow pretty close. I moved around a bit to visit with some customers. Who were you there with?

One thing was true - the drinks and snacks were very good.



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Wow pretty close. I moved around a bit to visit with some customers. Who were you there with?

One thing was true - the drinks and snacks were very good.



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I was there with a group from Kroger.

Agreed. Was very surprised to see that given it was only a practice.

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11 minutes ago, Iugradman said:

Romeo is not going to average close to 25 ppg. Gordon averaged 20 and he is a better player.

Agree.  I expect more like 15-18.  If we have to get 25 from him, we're in trouble because it means our shooting hasn't improved over last season.  

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18 minutes ago, Iugradman said:

Romeo is not going to average close to 25 ppg. Gordon averaged 20 and he is a better player.

Agree. Gordon played something like 35mpg and Sampson ran virtually everything through him. No chance CAM does either of those.

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3 hours ago, Iugradman said:

Romeo is not going to average close to 25 ppg. Gordon averaged 20 and he is a better player.

With you on the 1st part, not so sure on the 2nd.

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9 hours ago, HoosierHoops1 said:

With you on the 1st part, not so sure on the 2nd.

Gordon did all that while being injured most of the season he was absolutely incredible and was an impact defender as a true freshman. If it weren’t for injuries he would’ve made at least a few All-Star appearances but they kept him from his true star potential. It’s amazing that he has recovered to still be an elite role player, really speaks to his skill level and bbiq

As I see it Gordon came into his freshmen year as a stronger, better shooting, more aggressive to the basket version of Romeo. I do think Romeo is better with the ball in his hands generally, but I give Gordon the nod defensively as well.

 I would be thrilled to see Romeo eclipse Gordon but I don’t see it. Romeo will get plenty of possessions and opportunities but I don’t think he’ll get THAT many and I’m not sure he’all be aggressive enough to get to the free throw line as often as Gordon did either. I think he’ll be very efficient and score in the mid teens.

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Gordon did all that while being injured most of the season he was absolutely incredible and was an impact defender as a true freshman. If it weren’t for injuries he would’ve made at least a few All-Star appearances but they kept him from his true star potential. It’s amazing that he has recovered to still be an elite role player, really speaks to his skill level and bbiq
As I see it Gordon came into his freshmen year as a stronger, better shooting, more aggressive to the basket version of Romeo. I do think Romeo is better with the ball in his hands generally, but I give Gordon the nod defensively as well.
 I would be thrilled to see Romeo eclipse Gordon but I don’t see it. Romeo will get plenty of possessions and opportunities but I don’t think he’ll get THAT many and I’m not sure he’all be aggressive enough to get to the free throw line as often as Gordon did either. I think he’ll be very efficient and score in the mid teens.

Yep. IIRC, Gordon hurt his back and arm/wrist for much of the season.


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Yep. IIRC, Gordon hurt his back and arm/wrist for much of the season.


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By season's end I feel like it was the wrist more than anything, which is why his shooting went to doo-doo.


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As long as we're talking about Eric Gordon's stats here, let's remember that DJ White was unanimous Big Ten POY that year.  DJ was so good that year that he had it wrapped up with 5 games to go.

 

Hopefully Romeo can have that level of help on this team too.

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Had to laugh at part where he was in the stands and yells “Romeo!!, Romeo!!”




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18 minutes ago, IUsafety said:

Had to laugh at part where he was in the stands and yells “Romeo!!, Romeo!!”




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I did too!

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15 hours ago, InArchWeTrust said:

 

 

 

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I can only imagine how rowdy my friends and I would be if this type of thing was around when I was in school.