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Feb 4, 2016 20:26:44 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 4, 2016 20:26:44 GMT -5
I have scoured the NCAA statistics, but I am having a hard time finding anyone on a run and gun team that is averaging 30 a game. Are we saying that LJ is the best scorer in the NCAA?? Who knew? Okay I exaggerated. But in a run and gun offense he would be our leading scorer and average 20+ a game. Yeah I was just kinda joshing - and LJ might well get to 20 in a more uptempo offense - especially since those don't usually play much defense anyway, so he might foul less and stay on the floor!
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Post by This Just In on Feb 4, 2016 20:44:40 GMT -5
I have scoured the NCAA statistics, but I am having a hard time finding anyone on a run and gun team that is averaging 30 a game. Are we saying that LJ is the best scorer in the NCAA?? Who knew? Okay I exaggerated. But in a run and gun offense he would be our leading scorer and average 20+ a game. You could be on to something... The good news about Peak is that 2 of his 3 highest scoring gms for the season has occurred in the past 2 games. Which coincidentally has been hovering around the 20pt mark (19 & 22) With 8 gms left in the season it is unlikely that he will avg. 20pts per game for the season, but Peak can avg. 20 to 20+ over the final 8 games and stil not be playing over 30 mins per game.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 4, 2016 22:39:45 GMT -5
Okay I exaggerated. But in a run and gun offense he would be our leading scorer and average 20+ a game. You could be on to something... The good news about Peak is that 2 of his 3 highest scoring gms for the season has occurred in the past 2 games. Which coincidentally has been hovering around the 20pt mark (19 & 22) With 8 gms left in the season it is unlikely that he will avg. 20pts per game for the season, but Peak can avg. 20 to 20+ over the final 8 games and stil not be playing over 30 mins per game. He can. I doubt it. But I hope.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 0:00:57 GMT -5
Look everybody knows my personal man crush on Peak. Even when he was struggling mightily I was still buying stock but you can't fool the Scouts with inflated scoring averages. They break everything down and analyze every aspect of your game. People lose their jobs over this stuff so that evaluation will be more than thorough.
GSU get's about 17% of their scoring via fast break, league average is probably around 12/13%. That's like 6 7 Fast break buckets a game. That's really not a lot, for this reason you have to be able to dominate in the Half court in order to get the Scouts giddy.
He's doing all of the correct things right now and if he continues by the end of Next year he will be squarely in the Draft Conversation. Wking on his handle, Dymn/dishing of the bounce and mental focus on his middle game (That he does have, not using a lot) should be high priorities over the Summer and moving forward. Once he becomes a dual threat on those drives, Passing and Scoring, he will bring himself and his team to another level.
He is capable...
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Post by bostonfan on Feb 5, 2016 9:00:41 GMT -5
LJ has been been their best player for a few games and his aggressiveness makes a huge difference when he is on the floor. He has work to do on his game but at this point he has the best chance to be an NBA player someday of anyone on the team. Govan is probably second.
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Feb 9, 2016 13:03:23 GMT -5
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Feb 9, 2016 13:03:23 GMT -5
Couple interesting Peak stats:
16.3ppg in his last 7 games.
LJ is shooting 39.3% from 3 for the season (24-61), averaging 1.0 3PFG/game.
LJ started the year 1-11 from 3 in his first 6 games. After the first 6 games, LJ is shooting 46% from 3 (23-50), averaging 1.3 3PFG/game
Barring a collapse in shooting in his last 8+games, I think we can say LJ's shooting is very improved. The biggest difference I see is that he is going straight up on his jump shot, rather than floating and leaning to side which is what he did all last season.
If LJ could just learn to play a little more under control on his drives and obviously stop fouling at such an alarming rate on defense, he is poised to make another big jump forward next year.
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Feb 9, 2016 13:14:16 GMT -5
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Post by This Just In on Feb 9, 2016 13:14:16 GMT -5
Peak is avg. 19.5 points and 27.5 mins, the last 4 games
19, 27 mins vs Providence 22, 22 mins vs Butler 17, 32 mins vs Seton Hall 20, 29 mins vs St. Johns
6 games left in the season, there still a chance for him to avg. 20 pts a game for those remaing games. Peak has been the 2nd best scoring option for much of the year and if the Hoyas are to make a NCAA run, Then I would suspect his scoring to go up and hit the 20 pts mark
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Feb 9, 2016 14:45:21 GMT -5
Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Feb 9, 2016 14:45:21 GMT -5
KEEP PEAK ON THE BALL IT'S SIMPLE..
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Feb 9, 2016 14:54:45 GMT -5
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Feb 9, 2016 14:54:45 GMT -5
Watching Peak play since entering BE play can't help but see a lot of similarities to Buddy Heild of Oklahoma. Not the Buddy Heild of this year but the Buddy Heild of last season. Both are about the same size physically, very similar skill sets and athleticism. Peak actually maybe a better athlete then Heild. I think If Peak continues to (excuse the pun) peak and stays until his senior year, he will be a National POY candidate. He will have chance to be very much in the conversation next year but will absolutely be a contender for National POY his senior year.
It's funny to me how quiet the narrative has been regarding Peak's play within the conference and even within this board. I can kind of understand inside the conference, because the Hoyas aren't winning but there is a lot more talk on here about JT3 decision, or Tre Campbell, Issac Copeland, Bradley Hayes and DSR failures. Don't get me wrong, I myself have pushed some of these other discussion avenues as well but I want to take a second and recognize what I believe is the beginning of greatness. Peak has made a heck of a jump within the season. Earlier in this season, there were several posters on this board who were begging Peak to stop shooting 3's. Peak is now this team's best deep ball shooter since entering conference play. Even when Copeland was struggling mightily, you never heard people begging him to stop shooting like they were begging Peak to not shoot early in this season. The remarkable thing about Peak's peaking is that it's happened during the season. It was never a question of his talent, just him putting it all together and usually kids make the jump like this during the offseason and enter the season playing at high level like Hayes did. Kudos to LJ Peak, JT3 and staff for continuing to work on development and tinker with his usage and offensive schemes. Also congrats to Peak for having the mental toughness to not loose confidence especially when the staff came to him and asked him to come off the bench. Peak has been starting since he stepped on campus and was a ranked as high as a top 35 prospect coming out of high school so he could have sulked when JT3 told him of the change but instead Peak ran with it to the point where he is now this team's best player. Here is to LJ's great play in conference. I hope he keeps Peaking!!!
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Post by goyahoya69 on Feb 9, 2016 16:15:41 GMT -5
i'm all in on peak. hope he makes that special jump next season. would do wonders for recruiting if he averaged 15+ ppg and got drafted in the first round after next season.
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Post by mapei on Feb 9, 2016 16:45:32 GMT -5
I think LJ has really come on strong since JT3 moved him to the bench, in order to prevent the quick fouls. I can't speak for everyone, but I was much less impressed with him in the earlier part of the season when fouls were limiting his minutes and he wasn't shining as much offensively as he has more recently. Credit to JT3 for an effective coaching move and credit to LJ for some exciting play, especially in the last couple of weeks. He's had great games recently, even in losses. 4ever, let's hope you're right as his career evolves.
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Post by prhoya on Feb 9, 2016 16:49:12 GMT -5
I think LJ has really come on strong since JT3 moved him to the bench, in order to prevent the quick fouls. I can't speak for everyone, but I was much less impressed with him in the earlier part of the season when fouls were limiting his minutes and he wasn't shining as much offensively as he has more recently. Credit to JT3 for an effective coaching move and credit to LJ for some exciting play, especially in the last couple of weeks. He's had great games recently, even in losses. 4ever, let's hope you're right as his career evolves. Don't play with the mojo! If it ain't broke, don't fix it. LJ comes off the bench for the rest of the season.
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 9, 2016 17:07:48 GMT -5
LJ has arrived.
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Post by seaweed on Feb 9, 2016 18:22:02 GMT -5
I think LJ has really come on strong since JT3 moved him to the bench, in order to prevent the quick fouls. I can't speak for everyone, but I was much less impressed with him in the earlier part of the season when fouls were limiting his minutes and he wasn't shining as much offensively as he has more recently. Credit to JT3 for an effective coaching move and credit to LJ for some exciting play, especially in the last couple of weeks. He's had great games recently, even in losses. 4ever, let's hope you're right as his career evolves. Now we just have to bring the rest of the starters off the bench... 1-2-3 Fireballs
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Post by wnyhoya on Feb 9, 2016 20:22:51 GMT -5
It was so evident that he was the best player on the floor last night and that includes DSR and Ike who also had 24 and 23, respectively. The euro step addition to his game is allowing him to avoid some of the charges he had last year and even earlier this year. His shooting is a revelation and I find myself thinking the ball is going in every time he releases it. I agree with Hoyas4Ever in that I see something special brewing here. The kid is a dynamic athlete and has so much raw talent, it's a pleasure to see him start putting it all together. Let's hope we're watching it another two years. Great job LJ
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Post by prhoya on Feb 9, 2016 22:25:18 GMT -5
Kid looks like he has a nice stroke. 81% from 3 (25 out of the 31 visible shots) from all the angles is pretty amazing, even if it's practice! I had to go back and count them. A slasher with that kind of shot will have fun in our offense. Bumped this post from LJ's recruiting thread. Photoshop? Editing? Pretty good, huh?
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Post by MCIGuy on Feb 9, 2016 23:27:23 GMT -5
I thought LJ for the most part has been playing well all season despite a few games in late December and early January in which he didn't much of anything. All season his drives have been a thing of beauty. The fouls were an issue of course and he still has some troubl with turnovers. But a lot that may simply be the result of is aggression. I have a feeling many Hoya fans are only "discovering" his capabilities now because of his shooting percentage from the three-point line. Nothing says "legitimate" as far as a guard is concerned to Hoya fans as a high percentage of makes from the three-point line. But to me his drives are what causes Peak to stand among the pack.
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Post by tashoya on Feb 9, 2016 23:45:23 GMT -5
I thought LJ for the most part has been playing well all season despite a few games in late December and early January in which he didn't much of anything. All season his drives have been a thing of beauty. The fouls were an issue of course and he still has some troubl with turnovers. But a lot that may simply be the result of is aggression. I have a feeling many Hoya fans are only "discovering" his capabilities now because of his shooting percentage from the three-point line. Nothing says "legitimate" as far as a guard is concerned to Hoya fans as a high percentage of makes from the three-point line. But to me his drives are what causes Peak to stand among the pack. Agree. And the games in which he wasn't doing much offensively, he was, often, the one guy fighting over picks on D. He's been working all year. Yes, he's being rung up on fouls. But he's working his ass off. They aren't the matador fouls in the Freeman sense. He's clawing and fighting. And he has been. And he's in great shape and it's helping him on both ends. He's getting better in season and he deserves credit for putting in the work regardless of the W/L record. I haven't once questioned his effort this year and that alone is extremely valuable to a group that many call too passive. He gets called for fouls for not being passive enough. I love what he's bringing lately.
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Post by SaxaCD on Feb 10, 2016 0:52:13 GMT -5
I thought LJ for the most part has been playing well all season despite a few games in late December and early January in which he didn't much of anything. All season his drives have been a thing of beauty. The fouls were an issue of course and he still has some troubl with turnovers. But a lot that may simply be the result of is aggression. I have a feeling many Hoya fans are only "discovering" his capabilities now because of his shooting percentage from the three-point line. Nothing says "legitimate" as far as a guard is concerned to Hoya fans as a high percentage of makes from the three-point line. But to me his drives are what causes Peak to stand among the pack. And his drives also cause his defenders to back up, so they don't get blown by, making his 3 pt shots more wide open. Success begets success, and with Peak it is all paying off right now. If we had better passes, we'd be seeing some spectacular dunks, too, as his cuts to the basket are probably the hardest and most focused on the team, but the passers are rarely pulling the trigger or seeing him on time, which is a shame. He's been a very fun player to watch this year, and I'm glad the results are coming in consistently now.
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Post by MCIGuy on Feb 17, 2016 0:30:23 GMT -5
This season LJ is shooting .483% from the floor overall compared to last season's .394%. He is shooting .403% from the three compared to last season's .246%. He is making .773% of his FTs which is better than the .701% he made last season. He is averaging 11.5 points per contest which of course is better than last season's 7.9 and he is doing this despite averaging about a minute less than on the court than the previous year. He has also managed to increase his rebounds, assists and blocks from his first season.
Now when you concentrate just on Peak's performance in the Big East this season those numbers sky even higher. He is shooting .514% overall in BE play and an amazing .450 from the three point range! Last season his numbers actually dropped in conference play, including his three-point shooting which was a woeful .171%. In BE play this season his scoring also increases to 12.9. The kid is doing work.
Not trying to compare him to Kris Dunn but I noticed that Peak only averages 7.8 field goal attempts while Dunn, who is supposed to be a point guard mind you, is averaging 13.4 per contest (which doesn't take into the count all the shot attempts wiped out because he was fouled and sent to the line). So I'll ask..how much better could Peak be if he was more aggressive like that or at least on a team that encouraged such aggressive individualism? Would he be worse? Would you ever want Peak to average around 13 shots per game?
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