hoyadimes
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Post by hoyadimes on Dec 17, 2020 21:27:14 GMT -5
He almost didn't get the opportunity to be on the floor for the last possession as Tech took him off the floor to try and get. defensive stop. The possession prior he had gotten bullied in the lane for a bucket.
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HoyaDr
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Post by HoyaDr on Dec 17, 2020 21:29:31 GMT -5
Shannon is the real star of that team, I wish he was in a Georgetown uni. I remember we were involved in his recruitment to some degree.
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paranoia2
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Post by paranoia2 on Dec 17, 2020 21:39:12 GMT -5
I wouldn’t trade Dante Harris for any of these jag offs. Take your INSTA, your YOUTUBE, your awful rapper cuz, your drunk uncle, shirts and skins with Dame Lillard and good luck sticking in the G league.
I root for GEORGETOWN.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 17, 2020 21:59:03 GMT -5
I wouldn’t trade Dante Harris for any of these jag offs. Take your INSTA, your YOUTUBE, your awful rapper cuz, your drunk uncle, shirts and skins with Dame Lillard and good luck sticking in the G league. I root for GEORGETOWN. Yet you have a cuse grad in your avatar
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Post by vv83 on Dec 17, 2020 22:00:46 GMT -5
Mac jacked up a lot of bad shots tonight - long threes outside the rhythm of the offense, reckless drives that usually produced wild contested shots around the basket, etc. He did not play like a point guard tonight, he was definitely hunting his own shot much of the time. I could definitely see the other players getting frustrated at some point. Texas Tech was not playing the kind of team offensive basketball that they have usually played under Beard. Not a lot of ball movement, mostly Mac or Shannon firing away.
But they still almost beat Kansas, so they were doing something right. This is not a vintage Kansas team, but they still have talent and one of the best coaches in the country. But I can't imagine that Beard is happy with the way the offense failed to flow tonight, no matter how well Kansas might have played defensively.
In the second half, when Kansas went zone - that was pretty much the end of any effectiveness for Mac. He forced some shots, then Shannon took over and kept them in the game with a few 3's. Mac was firing up bad 3s or forcing bad shots off drives into the heart of the zone.
It is going to be a definite challenge for Beard to coach Mac's instinct to play hero ball out of him. there have been flashes of progress this season against the bad teams they have played. But against the good teams - he has played pretty much like Georgetown Mac on the offensive end. A lot of shots, most of them missed.
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paranoia2
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Post by paranoia2 on Dec 17, 2020 22:04:20 GMT -5
Nice call.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 22:42:01 GMT -5
To be fair they probably should have won that game but blew the inbounds. Chris Beard must be a bad coach! Lol!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 22:45:15 GMT -5
After his team lost the game, at the end while on the court it look like Mac was thinking.."Oh god I wonder what they are saying about me over at Georgetown".
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Post by blueandgray on Dec 17, 2020 23:06:18 GMT -5
2 for 8 from deep, 5 for 16 from the field....got to the line a lot. 1 asst, 2 turnovers and at least 2 airballs that I counted. He seems a bit more under control than when he was at Georgetown....that's the only discernable difference I can see at this point. 1 asst in 37 minutes is a problem though.
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Post by cas92 on Dec 17, 2020 23:06:52 GMT -5
Wrote this on October 31st in McClung's dedicated thread - "Somewhat unconvinced that McClung will be able to subscribe to a distributor's mentality by default - the habits he's ingrained over the years by being the sole focus in high school are likely to combat instinctively any conscientious efforts to become a pass first option. He's @ best a combo guard, but w/o the height friendly stature to ensure active/heightened interest from the NBA."
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paranoia2
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Post by paranoia2 on Dec 18, 2020 8:45:18 GMT -5
I wonder if Macinjo’s peripheral scumbags Riff Raff & The Drunk Uncle have reared their heads in new surroundings yet. They are similar to WASH MY NUTS which en Espanol is Lavar Ball.
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Post by rhw485 on Dec 18, 2020 9:28:19 GMT -5
I think last nights game kinda summarizes the Mac experience perfectly. Despite an inefficient shooting night, being able to get to the line and convert yielded a reasonably efficient end result (21 pts on 16 shots). Texas Tech absolutely needed his offense to stay in the game against a very good defense. At the same time, in the last three minutes, he: - Penetrated the zone but instead of making the correct read to kick out to the wing for a wide open 3, he jump stopped, tried to force his own shot, and then was forced to throw it out to the top of the key and possession died
- Was beaten off the dribble by Garrett for a key bucket
- Wasn't trusted enough defensively to be on the court for the deciding possession
So yea, pros and cons.
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Post by bostonfan on Dec 18, 2020 9:39:05 GMT -5
2 for 8 from deep, 5 for 16 from the field....got to the line a lot. 1 asst, 2 turnovers and at least 2 airballs that I counted. He seems a bit more under control than when he was at Georgetown....that's the only discernable difference I can see at this point. 1 asst in 37 minutes is a problem though. Mac is still the same player he was at Georgetown. He will definitely put up points for his team because he is an ultra aggressive and confident offensive player who is going to get his shots up every game and he can make some tough shots. When he is hot, he can be very impressive. The issue is that he takes some shots he doesn't need to take and the ball stops when it gets to him so he can show off his handle and try to beat his man off the dribble. He is a capable ball handler and is quick/athletic enough to get by a lot of defenders but when another team scouts him well they can set the defense to be ready for his drives and make it tough for him to score a the rim. You could see as the game wore on that his teammates were getting a little frustrated with his shot selection and ball domination. If he gave the ball up in the half court, his team mates were not looking to get it back to him. If Tech wins a lot of game this year, and I think they probably will, things should be fine for Mac down there but if they start losing games and he is as inefficient as he was last night he may lose the confidence of his coaching staff and teammates.
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Post by hoyaatheart55 on Dec 18, 2020 10:45:12 GMT -5
I wonder if Macinjo’s peripheral scumbags Riff Raff & The Drunk Uncle have reared their heads in new surroundings yet. They are similar to WASH MY NUTS which en Espanol is Lavar Ball. What did Riff Raff ever do? Lol
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Post by drquigley on Dec 18, 2020 14:48:21 GMT -5
You guys are all missing one important point. Did you notice the excitement in the arena every time Mac had the ball? I agree, he's not NBA caliber but he sure brings something special. I really miss his ability to take guys off the dribble and crash the hoop. Don't have anyone on our team who can do that. In fact haven't had anyone for a while. Plus, remember Mac was facing one of the best defensive teams in the country. All things considered I'd love to have him and D. Harris playing together.
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Post by seaweed on Dec 18, 2020 16:30:34 GMT -5
You guys are all missing one important point. Did you notice the excitement in the arena every time Mac had the ball? I agree, he's not NBA caliber but he sure brings something special. I really miss his ability to take guys off the dribble and crash the hoop. Don't have anyone on our team who can do that. In fact haven't had anyone for a while. Plus, remember Mac was facing one of the best defensive teams in the country. All things considered I'd love to have him and D. Harris playing together. I prefer Blair's reliable floater to whatever mess Mac is trying to heave himself through now. Yeah he can pile up points - very few people who lived their life under a green light can't - but that doesn't make his team better. D Harris makes his team better and will only get better. Mac will get the same, as this early season shows.
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Post by cindad on Dec 18, 2020 18:10:59 GMT -5
Okay lets play a game...
GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS 5 26.4 40.0 19.2 81.8 4.2 4.2 0.0 0.8 1.0 3.4 14.2 8 27.6 38.2 31.6 85.1 2.3 2.9 0.3 1.1 1.5 1.1 15.0
Who would you rather have
Player 1 is Xavier Pinson he was 1st guard ranked in front of or behind McClung in various recruiting services. He plays for Mizzou. He played rotational minutes his Frosh year, played backup/part-time starter minutes his Sophomore year, and is starting this year. Pinson was a 4th or 5th tier player out of Chicago's Simeon Academy.
Player 2 is McClung Both put their names in the draft both were told to go back to school.
Pinson is no way the athlete McClung is let me make sure everyone understands that. But when you see Pinson play, he is light-years ahead of where McClung is skill-wise. Pinson is at the point he could go overseas, or the G-League and sneak himself into a try-out or roster. And a team says 'you know what I need someone for a practice body because of injury or to give me 5 minutes and not screw it up, on 4 games in 5 nights or 2nd half of a back-to-back situation.' And if you cut /bury him etc no one will bat an eye. Honestly he will never sniff a NBA roster past summer league IMO.
Alex Carauso did an interview recently. They asked him why do some guys never make it out of the g-league. He said guys don't realize the position they are interviewing for. Its like going to interview for a job, you are trying to be CEO and the company needs janitor.
McClung thinks he can score his way into the NBA, which he doesn't even do that well. Not to mention there are 30 other guys domestically and overseas with his size and skillset. I guess it only takes one GM to give him a shot. But unless someone brings him into Summer League and he shows he can score at the rate he can in college. I don't see how he fits on a NBA roster.
James Akinjo he will get picked up late in the second round. Maybe a UDFA. Stay in the league 2-4 years then head overseas.
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Post by the_way on Dec 18, 2020 18:19:24 GMT -5
You guys are all missing one important point. Did you notice the excitement in the arena every time Mac had the ball? I agree, he's not NBA caliber but he sure brings something special. I really miss his ability to take guys off the dribble and crash the hoop. Don't have anyone on our team who can do that. In fact haven't had anyone for a while. Plus, remember Mac was facing one of the best defensive teams in the country. All things considered I'd love to have him and D. Harris playing together. Did they win? Excitement is cool and all, but I'd rather win. And that is the point. NBA evaluators didn't care too much for the excitement he brings either. They wanted execution as a facilitator, not excitement. Hero ball is cool, but if the hero can't save the day...he isn't a hero...just a rebel without a cause. That is the point Mac and other players have to grasp. JT2's great teams of the past had talent of course, but they were selfless and humble and for the team. III's best teams (the Green-Hibbert era) were the same. THAT is chemistry. That is winning basketball. That is excitement. That is something special.
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Post by HometownHoya on Dec 18, 2020 19:03:15 GMT -5
Cmon Admin DanMcQ where in the past two pages have we discussed the Georgetown team chemistry. Let's move this to Pro & College Sports and we can all participate there. Let B&G start a new thread called "Team Chemistry" if he'd like to discuss how much better we are in that department this year (which I agree with).
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Post by blazeshoya on Dec 18, 2020 20:00:55 GMT -5
What is this board not understanding? They moved on, and so should we! Do I wish Mac were still here...of course! But he’s not! Move the eff on!
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