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32 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

So there is mutual interest between IU & Miller Kopp. I would take him for a stretch 4 right now.

I think you lose a lot of rebounding if you play him at a 4.  On their 9 man rotation, he was 8th in rebound rate ahead of only Boo Buie.  I would hope he's nothing more than a spot player if he were to come.   We do need shooting and he's an okay shooter who does hit his free throws, but if he's outplaying Hunter and Thompson then I think those two haven't improved.  

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29 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Things that make ya say hmmm.....

1.5 hour from Atlanta and he'll play a lot. They should be good next year. 

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3 minutes ago, Gnet550 said:

From watching Kopp a few times the big difference to me is he stays under control. Jerome can make a big shot for you and get hot, as can Kopp.

 

Kopp however isn’t going to chuck a bad shot just because

IMO, it's a little worrisome that if that is true, Kopp taking good shots still shot a lower percentage than Hunter.  If Hunter starts taking better shots, his ceiling is much higher.

Not saying I wouldn't want Kopp, but I would hope it wouldn't be for anything more than some shooting off the bench when he spells someone.  

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7 minutes ago, goonaha said:

1.5 hour from Atlanta and he'll play a lot. They should be good next year. 

Why will they be good next year?  Other than they have Smith coming in. 

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4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Why will they be good next year?  Other than they have Smith coming in. 

I said should. I'm not a psychic; I don't know definitively if they will be good. Got some talent on the team with Kessler, Flanagan, Thor, Smith. Another top 100 guard in 2021 class too. Pearl is a good coach, I'd be surprised by two subpar seasons in a row. 

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24 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

IMO, it's a little worrisome that if that is true, Kopp taking good shots still shot a lower percentage than Hunter.  If Hunter starts taking better shots, his ceiling is much higher.

Not saying I wouldn't want Kopp, but I would hope it wouldn't be for anything more than some shooting off the bench when he spells someone.  

Kopp did shoot 39% from three a couple years ago on over 5 attempts per game. Last year was a bit of a down year for him but he can stroke it. 

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54 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Thinks Smith will get reconsider with Kessler at Auburn now.  

i still think Smith will stay at Auburn 
 

Except Smith isn’t a 5 and Kessler is. So I don’t see an impact at all. 

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Havent seen anything about kopp besides on here. Whered this come from? Not discrediting anyone just curious. 

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Just now, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Havent seen anything about kopp besides on here. Whered this come from? Not discrediting anyone just curious. 

Rabby has mentioned it today too.

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16 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Except Smith isn’t a 5 and Kessler is. So I don’t see an impact at all. 

Smith is #5 overall in 2021 class on 247

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4 minutes ago, IUBBx5Banners said:

Smith is #6 overall in 2021 class on 247

That’s correct but he’s not a 5 so he’d play with Kessler

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Just now, ap2345 said:

That’s correct but he’s not a 5 so he’d play with Kessler

Read that as a 5 star. Whoops

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A bunch of sharks over in the SEC recruiting.   Sec cleaning house in the portal 

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5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

A bunch of sharks over in the SEC recruiting.   Sec cleaning house in the portal 

It’s not called the $EC for nothing 

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59 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

IMO, it's a little worrisome that if that is true, Kopp taking good shots still shot a lower percentage than Hunter.  If Hunter starts taking better shots, his ceiling is much higher.

Not saying I wouldn't want Kopp, but I would hope it wouldn't be for anything more than some shooting off the bench when he spells someone.  

I can see your argument, for sure.

 

I’m thinking Kopps percentages dipped from trying to have to be one of the two main scorers. If he comes to IU I could see his going way up because he will get more open shots when defenses dive in on TJD or help on X driving. 
 

min some ways I know this contradicts my first argument about Kopp being ore in control, but I don’t think he got the open looks because of a lack of options at Northwestern. I think if he comes to IU he’s a 4-6 shot a night guy whose going to avg 8-10 on high percentages 

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This sets up perfectly for CMW. Our young talent from last year is a year older and will undoubtedly benefit from a change in philosophy and staff. Get a couple of pieces from the portal to fill the holes and we are automatically better than last year. It may take a bit to get off the ground, but this team should get better and better as the year goes on.

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2 minutes ago, cthomas said:

 It may take a bit to get off the ground, but this team should get better and better as the year goes on.

This is what I'm counting on to happen.  If we can actually see this happen, we'll be in good hands with Woody running the show.  The lack of player improvement during the season and the late season collapses --  I've had enough of that crap.  

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1 hour ago, Gnet550 said:

From watching Kopp a few times the big difference to me is he stays under control. Jerome can make a big shot for you and get hot, as can Kopp.

 

Kopp however isn’t going to chuck a bad shot just because

Maybe the way to look at it is that he may be a better Leal than Hunter.  Kid scored 11 pts a game in the BT doing what Leal needs to learn to do. So maybe worst case is he is a strong shooting guy who lets us slowly develop Leal

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1 hour ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

Kopp did shoot 39% from three a couple years ago on over 5 attempts per game. Last year was a bit of a down year for him but he can stroke it. 

He did -- I'd say after three years he's pretty established as a 36% three point shooter.  That's okay, but I don't see that much else in his game.  He doesn't rebound well, he's not a great defender, he's not going to create much for himself.  He's a decent player for a lower division Big Ten team but I don't see him being a major cog on an team hoping to be an upper division.  Indiana did catch fire with Nick Zeisloft and he ended up being a really, really good shooter for IU but he still was more of a bench player coming in to shoot;  that's the maximum role I would see for Kopp.  If he were to come in and the get the minutes at IU that he got at Northwestern, it would be because players we have who I think should be playing ahead of him weren't panning out.

Let me put it this way:  statistically, was his best year any better than Al Durham's year last year?

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10 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Maybe the way to look at it is that he may be a better Leal than Hunter.  Kid scored 11 pts a game in the BT doing what Leal needs to learn to do. So maybe worst case is he is a strong shooting guy who lets us slowly develop Leal

I have no problem with that.  He certainly would add depth.  I just don't see him as being a stretch four unless we were really having to defend a really small lineup.