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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Mar 10, 2018 17:51:13 GMT -5
If he works on handle, gets stronger and learns to take it to the hole and finish, this should be his last year at Georgetown. I hope not! I don't see it. Especially after going MIA on us in that game the other night. Sorely disappointed.
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Post by drquigley on Mar 10, 2018 21:51:53 GMT -5
Agree. I think Jamorko will be the test of just how good PE is at developing players. Jamorko has a huge upside but some glaring weaknesses. Can PE teach him how to: 1) shot fake (a la Nova); 2) shorten his dribble; 3) go strong to the hoop; and, 4) develop a pull up jumper?
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Mar 10, 2018 22:26:56 GMT -5
I am optimistic he will make an Otto Porter like leap his sophomore year.
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Post by iheartdurenbros on Mar 10, 2018 22:50:46 GMT -5
i Think of Pickett as a three-year player for two reasons:
Porter was very smart. Always knew how to anticipate a play. I just don’t see that type of judgment in Pickett. And Porter’s intelligence was apparent on day 1.
Porter had a chance to shine on a huge stage — the end of the in-conference rivalry with Syracuse. This elevated his platform. Pickett simply will not have that platform.
If I’m wrong it will be because Pickett led us to some tournament wins, which we will take. Unlike others on this board, I think we will be on the cusp next year. Hopefully we get in.
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Post by beenaround on Mar 10, 2018 23:06:44 GMT -5
I love Pickett. Perhaps he will take a big jump next year offensively. However, Otto was one of the top defensive players in a great BE conference and also a strong rebounder. Highly doubt he has all of that package by next year. of course, I'd love to be wrong!
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Post by tashoya on Mar 10, 2018 23:27:54 GMT -5
I love Pickett. Perhaps he will take a big jump next year offensively. However, Otto was one of the top defensive players in a great BE conference and also a strong rebounder. Highly doubt he has all of that package by next year. of course, I'd love to be wrong! Also, Otto was a far better fundamental player his first day of his freshman season than Pickett was on his last. That's not a rip on Pickett. Porter was not your typical freshman. It'd be a leap for Pickett next year to be freshman Otto. Pickett is the bouncier guy and was a better shooter from 3 than Otto his freshman year but that's about it. Then again, Otto is a pretty unfair comparison for most freshmen. Otto could do a bit of everything. That's rare at any level. A better comparison might be Summers.
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 10, 2018 23:30:51 GMT -5
I think Pickett’s improvement is the key to next year’s team.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Mar 11, 2018 8:11:55 GMT -5
Agree. That and how ready for college McClung and LeBlanc are.
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Post by practice on Mar 11, 2018 11:56:23 GMT -5
Maybe Pickett should skip Kenner this summer and spend it with Porter clan on the backyard court Sikeston. In fact, send the whole team!
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Post by the_way on Mar 11, 2018 12:11:53 GMT -5
Pickett looks like a 4-year player at the moment.
Of course, things can change.
Right now? He has good length. Starting to knock down the 3. Outside of that, he has a lot of work ahead of him.
He is a small forward with limited guard skills. That is a lot of work to get NBA ready.
Quick question, who had better upside and why after their freshman campaign?
Whittington or Pickett?
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 11, 2018 15:27:23 GMT -5
Pickett looks like a 4-year player at the moment. Of course, things can change. Right now? He has good length. Starting to knock down the 3. Outside of that, he has a lot of work ahead of him. He is a small forward with limited guard skills. That is a lot of work to get NBA ready. Quick question, who had better upside and why after their freshman campaign? Whittington or Pickett? But wouldn't you have said the same about Otto going into year 2? I would say Morko has shown more reason to think that he could make a big jump year 2 than Otto had to the same point... To answer your question, I would say Whit. I had Whit pegged for a 3andD guy on the next level. I dont know if the knee or immaturity ruined Whit.....
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 11, 2018 15:31:21 GMT -5
Regarding question #1, I don’t think so. I remember starting a thread about Otto in December of his freshman year raving what a diamond in the rough we had. Otto was a poor 3 point shooter his freshman year, but the rest of the game was there. With PIckett, it is almost the reverse. Great freshman outside shooter, but he needs to further the develop the other fundamentals.
I think Pickett will be a great player if he really commits to his continued development.
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Post by vv83 on Mar 11, 2018 17:44:57 GMT -5
Regarding question #1, I don’t think so. I remember starting a thread about Otto in December of his freshman year raving what a diamond in the rough we had. Otto was a poor 3 point shooter his freshman year, but the rest of the game was there. With PIckett, it is almost the reverse. Great freshman outside shooter, but he needs to further the develop the other fundamentals. I think Pickett will be a great player if he really commits to his continued development. Otto was a good defender and rebounder from day 1. He understood the game so well and led our defense when he was on the court as a freshman. His offensive game then took off his soph year. Pickett had a nice first season, but he has nowhere near the hoops IQ that Otto had, nor the rebounding ability. Hopefully Pickett will progress well. But I would be extremely (and pleasantly!) surprised if he gets anywhere near Otto's soph year performance. Otto's soph year was probably the best season any Hoya has had since Iverson or Sweetney - that is a very high bar for Pickett to match.
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Post by drquigley on Mar 11, 2018 18:03:16 GMT -5
Pickett looks like a 4-year player at the moment. Of course, things can change. Right now? He has good length. Starting to knock down the 3. Outside of that, he has a lot of work ahead of him. He is a small forward with limited guard skills. That is a lot of work to get NBA ready. Quick question, who had better upside and why after their freshman campaign? Whittington or Pickett? Whit absolutely. Much better ball handler and much, much better defender.
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 11, 2018 18:10:41 GMT -5
I don't think Whitt was a much better ballhandler but he was definitely a better defender and could mix it up a bit inside.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 11, 2018 18:30:23 GMT -5
I don't think Whitt was a much better ballhandler but he was definitely a better defender and could mix it up a bit inside. But Pickett is actually the better scorer which is a pretty big deal. Whitt was a better defender but also more physically mature than Pickett. I vote Pickett after year one for upside all things considered.
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Post by bornhoya on Mar 11, 2018 22:36:50 GMT -5
Pickett is the way better scorer, who if he keeps improving can be a elite scorer
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Post by kbones17 on Mar 11, 2018 23:30:10 GMT -5
I don't think Whitt was a much better ballhandler but he was definitely a better defender and could mix it up a bit inside. Agree, Whitt had a diverse offensive game and had more tricks up his sleeve than Pickett has shown. He also was a much better defender. I think Pickett has a ways to go.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 4:22:14 GMT -5
Whitt is the best defensive players 3 ever had imo, remember what he did to Shabazz Muhammed? ... You take Whitt because he's a way better defender, but agree Pickett's offense is better than Whitt's out of the gate. Folks were high on Greg his freshman year, but if he had to play a role similar to Pickett's he would have got exposed too. He didn't have the handle to be a secondary ball handler. He wasn't able to come of screens and knock down shots. He didn't drive much. He didn't post up much. He mostly got offense from layups out of Princeton action, in transition, or kickouts for spot up 3's. He was an afterthought on opposing coaches scout, and he wasn't asked to make any plays on offense. When you're the seventh guy on the scouting report, you're not getting a lot of attention so you can surprise people. All he had to do was play defense, make layups, and spot up on offense while others created shots for him. What he had was a solid foundation of skills he developed over the offseason to grow into that player. People talk about Otto's jump because we saw it for a whole season, but Greg made a huge jump Freshman to Soph year also. It's a totally different ball game when you're a primary player and the defense is focused on stopping you. That's when you see what a kid really can do. You can't hide in those situations, and all the warts/deficiencies come to the surface. Not many better examples of this than Ike Frosh vs Ike Soph. Best thing for Pickett is he's already had to swim with the sharks. He got chewed up and spit out, but now he knows how teams want to defend him, and what specifically he has to work on to counter that. Another good thing is although he tailed off at the end, he was much better the second half of the Big East than the first, the reverse is usually true. Think it makes more sense that the phrase "hitting the wall" is a result of opposing teams having a bunch of film on you and knowing your tendencies, then a fatigue thing. So I think it's a pretty good sign that his surge was late, should give him a lot of confidence going into this summer. From a physical standpoint he looks like he's a year behind Greg. I personally think he looks like a kid that's still growing into his body so hard to predict how quickly he will progress imo. I also think he has the ability to get quicker and more explosive through gym work. Otto went 3rd in the draft. He was almost NPOY. His name shouldn't be in this discussion tbh.
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Post by jester on Mar 12, 2018 4:51:32 GMT -5
Pickett, Leblanc and Mclung all seem like workhorses. No doubt they will all get better and reach their once paired with Ewing.
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