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Post by TC on Mar 18, 2007 8:10:16 GMT -5
As a player, he reminds me more of a taller, vastly more talented Kevin Millen.
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Post by RDF on Mar 18, 2007 9:04:11 GMT -5
As a player, he reminds me more of a taller, vastly more talented Kevin Millen. This is a joke right? As for Pat's play--he is doing what he did at Indiana--and that is make little plays that make your team better--he's unselfish, he's not worried about shots--all he cares about is winning. That's why I slobbered all over him and knew what a great pick-up he'd be when he decided to transfer and am thankful he ended up where he should've been all along. (that is an entirely different story) Mike Davis lost Bracey (I suck) Wright to injury and that meant more run for Patrick his Sophomore year. The minute Pat played more--the Hoosiers started to win games--the ball got to the inside players, the ball movement was better, better defense, etc.... and the minute Wright returned which was lauded as "only making IU stronger"-the team went down tubes as Pat's minutes were cut, Wright starting gunning--as he only cared about getting to NBA and making money and had no interest in if IU won or not. Little things like this win/lose games at the elite level of Basketball. When you have people concerned with FGA's and not W's--then it makes for an ugly situation and up/down basketball. Davis had no clue--he had proclaimed Wright to be the Savior of IU basketball and was going to play him no matter what--and it eventually cost him his job.
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 18, 2007 9:11:38 GMT -5
God, I don't see that at all. I realize you wrote "vastly more talented" but to make the comparison at all there should at least be some similarities. First of all I'm not sure if he's all that taller than Millen. But besides that Miller didn't have any handle, couldn't leap that well, had possibly below average athleticism for a major D1 college basketball player, took forever to get his shot off, wasn't a good rebounder, did not hustle, played with little passion and could not play defense.
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 18, 2007 9:38:35 GMT -5
Is PEJr. the most athletic player we've seen at Georgetown?
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Post by Massholya on Mar 18, 2007 9:41:40 GMT -5
Is PEJr. the most athletic player we've seen at Georgetown? I think AI has to get that nod.
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 18, 2007 9:46:24 GMT -5
The sad and scary thing is that one of Ewing's greatest strengths is to finish on the fast break. He's Augmon-like on that front (for those who don't know who Augmon is, well....he played for a bunch of Rebels in that ancient era known as the early 90s). As I wrote about two years ago Ewing is the best finisher the Hoyas have had on the break since AI and Page. But unfortunately this team doesn't run any fast breaks so Ewing never gets that opportunity to show his stuff.
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Post by nychoya3 on Mar 18, 2007 12:32:06 GMT -5
LOL at TC. Also the people who took him seriously.
Pat Ewing Jr. is actually a somewhat less athletic version of Lou Carnesseca.
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Post by Saxifrage on Mar 18, 2007 23:03:45 GMT -5
As a player, he reminds me more of a taller, vastly more talented Kevin Millen. Actually, the player Ewing Jr. reminds me of most right at the moment is Michael Graham at the end the 1983-1984 championship season--the highly athletic player who suddenly steps up and relieves the pressure on the center, the guy on the court who seems to be having fun. This is a different Hoya team, of course, winning without the paranoia, and Ewing Jr. isn't throwing fists as Graham did. He also doesn't have Graham's academic problems. But his is sparking the way Graham did--which bodes well for Georgetown in this tournament.
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Post by TX Hoya on Mar 18, 2007 23:30:15 GMT -5
Is PEJr. the most athletic player we've seen at Georgetown? Get off the guys nuts. He's a very talented player, but that's it. He'll be a great starter next year, but that's about as far as he goes. For someone to suggest the "most athletic player we've seen," I sincerely hope you are joking, considering the players that have come through this program.
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Post by JimmyHoya on Mar 18, 2007 23:56:47 GMT -5
I don't think anyone will ever be as athletic as AI, but he's in the top 5 behind Mourning and his pops.
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