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To the surprise of no one. Great kid and credit to the program.

[Demo 19,611]

Improved lateral movement and hand discipline will keep him on the floor. Will be pretty floored if he’s not this team’s leading scorer next year.

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20 minutes ago, Demo said:

Improved lateral movement and hand discipline will keep him on the floor. Will be pretty floored if he’s not this team’s leading scorer next year.

He did a whole lot better staying on the floor at the end of last season. He'll probably backslide now and then, but the light has already started to turn on. The skill is there, and if you have heard him interviewed, he's just a  plain old good guy. I don't see him being a vocal leader, but he should be a 30 minute per game guy.

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On 6/27/2023 at 4:17 PM, Demo said:

To the surprise of no one. Great kid and credit to the program.

Way to go Anthony, you have a very bright future.

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On 6/24/2023 at 3:56 PM, JimmerNoe said:

Also they are in “win now” mode so they aren’t stashing guys/slowly developing them, if he can contribute he will play.

And if he can’t? 
 

Therein lies the problem for a 2nd rounder. There are other places he can make the roster and find playing time even though he’s not ready to contribute on a winning nba team. 
 

Agree on style which I alluded to in my initial post. I don’t see how you can look at GSW’s roster situation and love the spot for him, personally. Great situation if they can get him in the back end of the rotation though.

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On 6/24/2023 at 5:14 PM, Scotty R said:

GS doesn't has many big guys and nobody over 6'9 so there is aying time available 

Not sure GS, of all teams, is a team to play guys ‘cause they are tall.

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On 6/29/2023 at 11:04 AM, Demo said:

Improved lateral movement and hand discipline will keep him on the floor. Will be pretty floored if he’s not this team’s leading scorer next year.

I hope he’s the leading scorer next year because I think that will say some good things about us as a team. I wouldn’t go so far to say I would be floored if he wasn’t. I could see a pretty balanced attack with a few guys around the 10-12ppg mark narrowly led by someone like XJ.  
 

Like you though, if I were betting on someone to lead us in scoring next year it would be Reneau. 

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2 hours ago, Demo said:

 

Love this kid!

Between Malik and Jalen,  their buy in of CMW/staff and the IU culture, will do wonders moving forward in recruiting. 

 

 

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TJD got himself a good deal for 4 years with 2 years guaranteed. In that way, it's like a 1st round contract but the money won't be. Still way better than most 2nd round picks get. 

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11 hours ago, go iu bb said:

TJD got himself a good deal for 4 years with 2 years guaranteed. In that way it's like a 1st round contract but the money won't be. Still way better than most 2nd round picks get. 

It’s an outstanding deal for his draft spot in the 2d and gives him time to develop into a role on a contending team with excellent management. 

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On 7/4/2023 at 8:02 AM, str8baller said:

I hope he’s the leading scorer next year because I think that will say some good things about us as a team. I wouldn’t go so far to say I would be floored if he wasn’t. I could see a pretty balanced attack with a few guys around the 10-12ppg mark narrowly led by someone like XJ.  
 

Like you though, if I were betting on someone to lead us in scoring next year it would be Reneau. 

I don't think he'll be our leading scorer because he hasn't proven he'll be able to stay on the floor. He was very foul prone last year. That was something that was very underrated about TJD, his ability to defend without fouling.

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3 hours ago, HoosierX said:

I don't think he'll be our leading scorer because he hasn't proven he'll be able to stay on the floor. He was very foul prone last year. That was something that was very underrated about TJD, his ability to defend without fouling.

Yep, almost 7 fouls per 40 minutes. He did improve some over the course of the season in this aspect but still fouled a lot. He's said he's working on defense a lot during the offseason so being able to defend without fouling is quite likely something he and the coaching staff are concentrating on improving. 

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1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

Yep, almost 7 fouls per 40 minutes. He did improve some over the course of the season in this aspect but still fouled a lot. He's said he's working on defense a lot during the offseason so being able to defend without fouling is quite likely something he and the coaching staff are concentrating on improving. 

Simply becoming a sophomore eliminates a lot of fouls since being a freshman post in the Big is worth at least two fouls per game.  

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3 hours ago, hoosierbgh said:

Simply becoming a sophomore eliminates a lot of fouls since being a freshman post in the Big is worth at least two fouls per game.  

That his foul rate was going to be bad was clear early on, but there's truth in your comment, plus expected growth as a soph and work on perimeter defense has me thinking we'll see at least decent improvement -- he'll stay on the floor longer

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On 7/5/2023 at 9:33 PM, go iu bb said:

TJD got himself a good deal for 4 years with 2 years guaranteed. In that way, it's like a 1st round contract but the money won't be. Still way better than most 2nd round picks get. 

Yea, I thought that was a good sign for his chances of nailing down a roster spot. They’re way over the luxury tax too, so having him fill out the roster with a minimum (or near min) salary might help. Hopefully he has a good summer league. 
 

I saw they signed Saric though, so I’d guess he now has an even more uphill battle to any playing time. 

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On 7/6/2023 at 9:32 AM, HoosierX said:

I don't think he'll be our leading scorer because he hasn't proven he'll be able to stay on the floor. He was very foul prone last year. That was something that was very underrated about TJD, his ability to defend without fouling.

I agree it was an issue last year, but I don’t think it’ll be of too much concern this year. He seemed to struggle adjusting to the speed of the game a little bit which is pretty common for freshman. He strikes me as a smart player and has a nice feel for the game, and I think he’ll have a leap mentally. He seemed a little more comfortable towards the end of the year. In any event, he doesn’t need to bring down his foul rate too much to be able to hit 28-30mpg.  
 

If anything, the fit with Ware has the potential to complicate things. But if Reneau is getting the majority of post touches I think he’ll be tough to stop. 

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20 minutes ago, Demo said:

Uhhhh…..

That’s a (not very well done) Photoshop, for anyone wondering. 

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47 minutes ago, Demo said:

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