Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[RaceToTheTop]

6 minutes ago, IUGRAD06 said:

So he had two good games against 11th and 12th place teams in the Big 12.  Not going to count Appalachian State.  My bad.  Still doesnt belong at this level.  This is like Evan Gordon coming to play for Indiana.  Horrible decision and unlike Evan he cant guard a chair.  Just like his brother.  Dumb and doesn’t put in the work.   

So you aren't going to count Appalachian State even though they fit the criteria of your statement?  That was a good Appalachian State team to boot......they won the regular season Sun Belt conference and swept a James Madison team who were 32-4 and beat Michigan State on the road and Wisconsin in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.  Just seems like you are throwing them out because they didn't back the narrative you stated.

Even just focusing on the games he played against P5 competition (UCF, Cincy, Houston, U Conn) he shot 25 of 65 (39%) and 15 of 37 (41%) from three and averaged 20.8 points in those games.  Seems to me you only want to focus on the Houston and U Conn games which -- in a totally unshocking development -- he didn't shoot well against teams ranked 2nd and 6th defensively in games where his team was extremely mismatched.

I'm not even saying I want Blackmon, just saying your take on his numbers isn't accurate.

[Demo]

35 minutes ago, IUGRAD06 said:

So he had two good games against 11th and 12th place teams in the Big 12.  Not going to count Appalachian State.  My bad.  Still doesnt belong at this level.  This is like Evan Gordon coming to play for Indiana.  Horrible decision and unlike Evan he cant guard a chair.  Just like his brother.  Dumb and doesn’t put in the work.   

Blackmon wouldn’t be part of my preferred roster construction, but a couple of points really need to be addressed here: 1) If you don’t think Jalen Blackmon isn’t a better player than Evan Gordon I would question if you know what you’re watching. 2) If you’re going to insult the kid by calling him dumb and lazy, I think you really need to support that with very specific examples of behavior that you have witnessed to reach that conclusion. Because in my experience with D-1 athletes, some are smarter than others and some work harder than others, but the percentage of those kids who don’t work miles harder at their craft than the population in general is infinitesimal. 

[RaceToTheTop]

8 minutes ago, Demo said:

Blackmon wouldn’t be part of my preferred roster construction, but a couple of points really need to be addressed here: 1) If you don’t think Jalen Blackmon isn’t a better player than Evan Gordon I would question if you know what you’re watching. 2) If you’re going to insult the kid by calling him dumb and lazy, I think you really need to support that with very specific examples of behavior that you have witnessed to reach that conclusion. Because in my experience with D-1 athletes, some are smarter than others and some work harder than others, but the percentage of those kids who don’t work miles harder at their craft than the population in general is infinitesimal. 

+1.  I also wouldn't call a kid whose scoring has went from 2.7 pts to 15.4 pts to 21.3 pts and has consistently raised his shooter percentage plus shot over 90% from the line as a kid who doesn't work on his game.

[Stuhoo]

I think Blackmon could be pretty good on a P5 team that has a system that spreads the floor and runs actions for shooters.

IU is clearly currently not that system. If Woody had Blackmon run that flipping zoom action I’d wanna punch my tv.

[IUGRAD06]

21 minutes ago, Demo said:

Blackmon wouldn’t be part of my preferred roster construction, but a couple of points really need to be addressed here: 1) If you don’t think Jalen Blackmon isn’t a better player than Evan Gordon I would question if you know what you’re watching. 2) If you’re going to insult the kid by calling him dumb and lazy, I think you really need to support that with very specific examples of behavior that you have witnessed to reach that conclusion. Because in my experience with D-1 athletes, some are smarter than others and some work harder than others, but the percentage of those kids who don’t work miles harder at their craft than the population in general is infinitesimal. 

Doesn’t put in the work is on D.  He doesn’t.  May be worse than his brother which is saying something. 

[Napleshoosier]

We need to be smart!

[Demo]

 

Wonder if this is a little bit of old news and IU reached out before the Tucker commitment. But, fwiw. 6’7” wing who’s shot right at 40% from 3 over the last 2 years on a little over 4 attempts per game. All CAA last year. 1 year left. 

[HoosierDaddy87]

On 3/29/2024 at 8:00 PM, rcbowla said:

Thanks for the insight. In his video you see him taking and making several contested 3's. Is there consistency doing that? Any pull up shooting abilities? Thanks

Yes and yes...he improved as the year went on and this was his first year in D1.  

[finky]

23 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Getting a five star incoming freshman this week hasn’t filled your to-date quota?

A little patience—guessing it won’t be all that long.

Hopefully this five Star can break the "Indiana" curse we bestow upon 4 and 5 star players....where they show up and can't shoot, defend and have a hoops IQ of 20.........

 

Kidding...sort of.....happy to see the Commit this week.

[IUFAN1976]

14 hours ago, JF87 said:

Watching this Connecticut and Illinois game, I vote we make it a priority to get an excellent rim protector again.  

Edey has year of eligibility, instead of him going to the NBA maybe MW can throw the entire $6 million at him to protect our rims!

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, finky said:

Hopefully this five Star can break the "Indiana" curse we bestow upon 4 and 5 star players....where they show up and can't shoot, defend and have a hoops IQ of 20.........

 

Kidding...sort of.....happy to see the Commit this week.

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Edey has year of eligibility, instead of him going to the NBA maybe MW can throw the entire $6 million at him to protect our rims!

I like that. A lot.
With Edey and MR underneath we would only need two more bigs for the 4-in 1-out offense.

[NVFalcons1990]

34 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

Don’t forget about Romeo Langford

[DChoosier]

35 minutes ago, NVFalcons1990 said:

Don’t forget about Romeo Langford

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

[NVFalcons1990]

5 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

Totally agree, was looking forward to him at next level but has seemed to leave too early.

[GloryDays]

15 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Yep,

 

Many disparage him but he was injured, stuck in Archie Ball, but still averaged 16.5 points a game and was second team all Big Ten per the coaches.

 And most points coming in desperation with 5 seconds on the shot clock after standing in the left corner waiting on a pass that usually never came.

 Seems familiar to what we see now.

[CSP]

2 hours ago, DChoosier said:

I’d be willing to roll the dice if the future high 4 and 5 stars  match our most recent high and 5 stars.

Ware, MM, Malik, JHS, Bates, Lander, Trace.  5 out of 7 is pretty strong.

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

[RaceToTheTop]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Thomas Bryant.

[DChoosier]

23 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Yep

I intentionally didn’t go back before the Archie era but there are a lot of positive examples. (Illinois could have used Eric Gordon last night LOL )

[JerryYeagley23]

40 minutes ago, btownqb said:

JBJ, Rob Johnson, Troy Williams, Yogi, Zeller, Watford meet that criteria, too. Vonleh

Also Bracey Wright. ;)