(2020) SG Anthony Leal to IU

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Leal named MaxPreps Player of the Year in Indiana.

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So read somewhere Mr Basketball will be announced tomorrow. It’s gotta be Leal. Right?

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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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31 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

So read somewhere Mr Basketball will be announced tomorrow. It’s gotta be Leal. Right?

100%

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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I haven't seen anybody here say that.

I’ve just seen it on Twitter.


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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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4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I’ve just seen it on Twitter.


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Whose account please. 

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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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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.

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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.

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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