(2020) SG Anthony Leal to IU

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1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Am I the only super optimistic guy here about Leal? I think he’ll definitely have a better freshman season than Franklin did. He will surprise some people. He will have us talking about if he should be starting.


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I will disagree 100% with the last part. But I love AL. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I will disagree 100% with the last part. But I love AL. 

Some seem to think he will redshirt. But we need shooting. Like bad.


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Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Some seem to think he will redshirt. But we need shooting. Like bad.


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I think TG is a much more likely person to RS. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I think TG is a much more likely person to RS. 

I could see that. A lot depends on what Archie is doing. I’d like to see a starting 5 of Lander, Leal, Hunter, Smith and TJD next season. Which brings Phinisee, Durham, Franklin, Thompson and Brunk off the bench. Finishing the game would probably be Lander, Durham, Smith, Thompson and TJD.


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22 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Some seem to think he will redshirt. But we need shooting. Like bad.


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I haven't seen anybody here say that.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I haven't seen anybody here say that.

I’ve just seen it on Twitter.


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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I haven't seen anybody here say that.

Adding Leal is a big reason I see Durhams minutes going down. Between him, Franklin and Leal, minutes will have to go somewhere for the 40 at SG. Unless Durham grabs minutes at the 3 around Smith, Hunter and Geronimo. And then minutes at the 1 around Lander and Phinisee. I could see Durham in the 20 minutes a game area.


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Some seem to think he will redshirt. But we need shooting. Like bad.


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Find it nearly impossible to believe that (most likely) Indiana Mr. Basketball will come to IU and redshirt...no way.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I’ve just seen it on Twitter.


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Whose account please. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Whose account please. 

Hooparazzi. Which I sadly seen because I was on my websites Twitter. He has me blocked on my personal Twitter lol.


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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Whose account please. 

Twitter is a whole different world of silliness.


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4 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Am I the only super optimistic guy here?


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I just couldn’t resist isolating this statement and reposting it. I have no comment, and nothing to add to this thread topic. It was just too good.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I just couldn’t resist isolating this statement and reposting it. I have no comment, and nothing to add to this thread topic. It was just too good.

I am when it comes to Leal. Not when it comes to Durham or Phinisee.


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4 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Adding Leal is a big reason I see Durhams minutes going down. Between him, Franklin and Leal, minutes will have to go somewhere for the 40 at SG. Unless Durham grabs minutes at the 3 around Smith, Hunter and Geronimo. And then minutes at the 1 around Lander and Phinisee. I could see Durham in the 20 minutes a game area.


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IMO, I don’t see Durham losing minutes to Leal. Al was our best shooter this year & has consistently improved his %s each year. He was our best catch and shoot threat, and a healthy Rob + Lander will allow him to play off ball much more. 
 

ITH had a nice write-up about him w/ this fancy shot chart....He’s a legit spacing threat for what I hope is a potent  Lander/RP & TJD PnR attack

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Next years team is for the first time that I can remember a team that won’t rely on any non 5 star freshmen to contribute. 
 

Exactly what we need to be. I don’t see any of our guys except lander contributing even as much as Franklin this last year. 

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IMO, I don’t see Durham losing minutes to Leal. Al was our best shooter this year & has consistently improved his %s each year. He was our best catch and shoot threat, and a healthy Rob + Lander will allow him to play off ball much more. 
 
ITH had a nice write-up about him w/ this fancy shot chart....He’s a legit spacing threat for what I hope is a potent  Lander/RP & TJD PnR attack

It’s not so much that he’s losing them to Leal, unless Leal is as good as I hope. But the fact like Franklin will likely play 10-15 minutes and Leal will probably play about 7-10. Which I think puts Durham at about 23 minutes averaged per game. I don’t consider Durham to be a spacing threat. Simply because spacing threats shoot more than three 3’s a game. If he’s shooting 38% next year but shooting 6+ a game, then we’re in business.


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9 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

It’s not so much that he’s losing them to Leal, unless Leal is as good as I hope. But the fact like Franklin will likely play 10-15 minutes and Leal will probably play about 7-10. Which I think puts Durham at about 23 minutes averaged per game. I don’t consider Durham to be a spacing threat. Simply because spacing threats shoot more than three 3’s a game. If he’s shooting 38% next year but shooting 6+ a game, then we’re in business.


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Sorry, I was going off your prior post when you said that adding Leal was a big reason you thought Al's minutes would go down. Wasn't sure if you were implying that he's taking some of Al's minutes because we need shooting. 

But on your other note..Seriously? lol. 2 players in the B10 attempted ≥6 3s a game. Both shot under <35%. 

Durham was 12th in the conference in 3pt% and was even more efficient on C&S opportunities. If he's not an effective spacing threat, then I don't know who on our roster is.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Sorry, I was going off your prior post when you said that adding Leal was a big reason you thought Al's minutes would go down. Wasn't sure if you were implying that he's taking some of Al's minutes because we need shooting. 
But on your other note..Seriously? lol. 2 players in the B10 attempted ≥6 3s a game. Both shot under Durham was 12th in the conference in 3pt% and was even more efficient on C&S opportunities. If he's not an effective spacing threat, then I don't know who on our roster is.

We will need Leals shooting. But I think just the numbers game will take away minutes from Durham. Which isn’t a bad thing. We lose Green who played 23 minutes a game but could be adding Lander and Leal who will probably take up more than that. I see Phinisees minutes dropping as well. But Durham was only taking 3 shots from behind the arc a game. Making him an ineffective 3pt shooter because he wasn’t shooting them enough. He should be a catch and shoot guy. He’s not good putting the ball on the ground and is a bad decision maker(like driving into a crowd). Maybe that’s on Archie not wanting him to shoot very much outside or that’s Al’s mentality. But it needs to change if he wants to see his minutes stay the same or even increase. If not, they will be decreasing.


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10 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We will need Leals shooting. But I think just the numbers game will take away minutes from Durham. Which isn’t a bad thing. We lose Green who played 23 minutes a game but could be adding Lander and Leal who will probably take up more than that. I see Phinisees minutes dropping as well. But Durham was only taking 3 shots from behind the arc a game. Making him an ineffective 3pt shooter because he wasn’t shooting them enough. He should be a catch and shoot guy. He’s not good putting the ball on the ground and is a bad decision maker(like driving into a crowd). Maybe that’s on Archie not wanting him to shoot very much outside or that’s Al’s mentality. But it needs to change if he wants to see his minutes stay the same or even increase. If not, they will be decreasing.


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Durham's three three point shots per game make him our leading returning three point shooter in terms of shot, makes and three point percentage.  He might not be a great three point shooter, but is he the most effective returning three point shooter we have.  And as someone who 'not good putting the ball on the ground and is a bad decision maker', he somehow had the second most free throws on the team.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Durham's three three point shots per game make him our leading returning three point shooter in terms of shot, makes and three point percentage.  He might not be a great three point shooter, but is he the most effective returning three point shooter we have.  And as someone who 'not good putting the ball on the ground and is a bad decision maker', he somehow had the second most free throws on the team.

He shot a bunch because he ran into a lot of people. And him being the best we have returning and Archie is still going after no shooters in the transfer market that can maybe play the 3 is a problem. We still need shooters. That will once again be a problem. Unless Leal is ready to go. I expect him to be. Also expect Franklin to make a jump.


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