Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[str8baller]

40 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

To hell with Dalton Knecht, just get Anthony Walker's.

Knecht is a pretty interesting one because iirc most said they thought he could score but not defend in the SEC. But Barnes got him to play pretty solid defense. 

[Scotty R]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Don't sign Bailey for $1.5 million (allegedly) or Jason Drake for $600k (allegedly) and you now all of the sudden have $2.1 million to spend on a 5 that better fills the team perceived weaknesses, if in fact IU is at the top of their budget. Not sure what's hard to understand about that? And you probably could have signed whoever you wanted.

Were the other P5 teams sniffing around Reed as poor overall defensively on paper as next years IU team? Were they offering $1.5 million (allegedly) plus?

I like Reed Bailey's game, I just don't believe it pairs well with the remaining personnel. Nothing more, nothing less.  

I would take Bailey over Fredricko or Miller. I don't understand your fixation with mediocre P5 players

 I will take a more productive mid major over a less productive P5 players any day if the week.

[Home Jersey]

Is there comfort in the idea of having a 7 footer mainly focused on rebounding, shot blocking and running the court? Of course… is it an absolute necessity to be a competitive CBB team? Not in my opinion.

Only time will tell RE: roster construction / style of play. Fair to have questions and be skeptical at this point but no sense in letting anxiety turn you from skeptic to critic. The fact DDV seems to have had a pretty high conversion rate on his targets should give some peace of mind that he’s executing his plan… we just have to wait to see it on the court. The wait is what you make it. Fun or painstaking.

[AH1971]

Just now, Scotty R said:

I would take Bailey over Fredricko or Miller. I don't understand your fixation with mediocre P5 players

Because Federiko fills a much more obvious role for next years team. And he's a proven commodity in a major conference. 

[Scotty R]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Knecht is a pretty interesting one because iirc most said they thought he could score but not defend in the SEC. But Barnes got him to play pretty solid defense. 

Watching a lot of basketball I really don't see many players who are just a great individual defenders. I think most of the really good defensive teams are good because of the defensive scheme. It seems to me most of Devries teams have been pretty good on the defensive end.

[PartyintheVillas]

2 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Because Federiko fills a much more obvious role for next years team. And he's a proven commodity in a major conference. 

He's also a proven anchor in the middle offensively preventing drives and cuts by taking up space by himself and with his defender while Bailey is a threat from outside with his shooting and passing which forces his defender to leave the lane.

[Scotty R]

9 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Because Federiko fills a much more obvious role for next years team. And he's a proven commodity in a major conference. 

The guy who averaged 5.1 pts, 4.5 rebs, and 0.8 blocks a game feel the huge whole. LOL!

[AH1971]

56 minutes ago, PartyintheVillas said:

He's also a proven anchor in the middle offensively preventing drives and cuts by taking up space by himself and with his defender while Bailey is a threat from outside with his shooting and passing which forces his defender to leave the lane.

He's about as low a usage player imaginable for somebody who logs the type of minutes he does. He doesn't do anything but screen and crash the boards that scores at a 70% clip when he in fact does touch the ball. He was such an anchor that Texas Tech was the 5th most efficient offensive team in the country last year according to KenPom, so you'll have to explain that one to me.

IU has multiple high usage players out on the perimeter as is (DeVries, Wilkerson, Conerway, and Miles) having a 5th in Bailey who is a terrible defender surrounded by a cast not know for defense just seems problematic.  

[AH1971]

6 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

The guy who averaged 5.1 pts, 4.5 rebs, and 0.8 blocks a game feel the huge whole. LOL!

I feel like asking you to understand analytics and advanced metrics would be a chore in and of itself Scott, so I'm not going to bother. 

[Scotty R]

Just now, AH1971 said:

I feel like asking you to understand analytics and advanced metrics would a chore in and of itself Scott, so I'm not going to bother. 

LOL! I would hope your great rim protector would block more than 0.8 a game.

Reed Bailey 18.3, 6.1, 0.8

Also I understand the game of basketball and don't need a bunch of nerds telling me who is a better player.

[AH1971]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

LOL! I would hope your great rim protector would block more than 0.8 a game.

Reed Bailey 18.3, 6.1, 0.8

Also I understand the game of basketball and don't need a bunch of nerds telling me who is a better player.

Like I said, a chore.

[Hoosierfan2017]

Bailey’s defensive numbers are really really bad, and that was in a weaker conference. We was one of our earliest pickups, so it’s hindsight, but a defensive-minded center would’ve fit better with the way the rest of the roster has shaped out. 

[CSP]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Bailey’s defensive numbers are really really bad, and that was in a weaker conference. We was one of our earliest pickups, so it’s hindsight, but a defensive-minded center would’ve fit better with the way the rest of the roster has shaped out. 

That would have been out of character for DDV/not what we're looking for, though. 

It's what BTBers posters, or some want, but it wasn't our priority, clearly. 

[Unexpectedflash]

Anyone know if we're still looking at Leo Curtis or has he moved on 

[Unexpectedflash]

39 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Watching a lot of basketball I really don't see many players who are just a great individual defenders. I think most of the really good defensive teams are good because of the defensive scheme. It seems to me most of Devries teams have been pretty good on the defensive end.

I think it is much easier to get away with bad defenders in college if the scheme is good. Knecht can't get on the floor the second half of this nba year because he's such a liability on defense but I don't remember it being too big of a deal his year at Tennessee 

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[CSP]

Did anyone actually watch Reed Bailey play last year? 

Federiko would be ok off the bench, I guess. 

[Juwan Moye]

34 minutes ago, Unexpectedflash said:

Anyone know if we're still looking at Leo Curtis or has he moved on 

I had read somewhere that it was unlikely, can't recall where I read this or the source though sadly.

[FortWayneHoosier]

5 hours ago, Scotty R said:

We might not have great individual defenders but hopefully we can be a good team defense.

I also heard Wilkerson's high school coach talking about Wilkerson being a very good defender and was named the states best defender. He thinks that Wilkerson will be a very good defender at IU 

if you watched his interview with the goofs from field of 68, Wilkerson mentioned that he needs to really step up his defense. I really like that about him because he recognizes what his not so strong point of his game is. I find Wilkerson is going to be our biggest one we put under a micro scope.

[Juwan Moye]

24 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Did anyone actually watch Reed Bailey play last year? 

Federiko would be ok off the bench, I guess. 

Yeah, while I understand AH's point, Federiko isn't some high-caliber talent. If coach really wanted that rim-runner, rim-protector, rebounder he should've gone all-in on Bidunga. But it doesn't seem like we did that.