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Post by HoyasAreHungry on May 29, 2013 7:33:05 GMT -5
Roy is our best recruiter hands down right now. No need to fill the vacant positions we got one for free!
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Post by ephoya04 on May 29, 2013 7:35:45 GMT -5
No one wants to mention JT3 at the game (appeared to be courtside) looking smooth in his searsucker?!
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Post by SDHoya on May 29, 2013 8:07:18 GMT -5
Dunno what I think about the seersucker. But Roy playing like a monster was quite satisfying.
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Post by DanMcQ on May 29, 2013 8:14:37 GMT -5
Dunno what I think about the seersucker. There are far worse fashion choices to be made.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on May 29, 2013 8:50:36 GMT -5
Roy has dominated Tyson Chandler & Chris Bosh in back to back series. He held his own against the mish-mash center position that the Hawks put out. He is the one difference maker the Pacers have and is the lone reason we are alive in the playoffs. If I am a traditional big, I am not even considering another school.
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Post by Jack on May 29, 2013 9:09:53 GMT -5
Does anyone know where we can find Ignatius?
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Post by rosslynhoya on May 29, 2013 9:39:00 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on May 29, 2013 10:01:26 GMT -5
Does anyone know where we can find Ignatius? HA! I was thinking the same thing! Well done Jack.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 10:34:15 GMT -5
There is one aspect to Roy's game that hasn't been given enough attention. That is his work ethic. I remember him very well when he first arrived at Georgetown. He was not even a top 100 recruit. He was an absolute Klutz. He had a very wobbly unstable walk and had no offensive skills. After running up and down the court a few times, he was winded. He was considered a "project" that might or might not pan out. What he has accomplished since that time is just amazing. I remember after Macklin transferred, he subsequently had kind things to say about us. One comment was that he watched Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert practice hour after hour to make themselves better.
Roy is not a premier athlete. He is just a player who has made himself great by working, working, working. Lot of other players could learn a lesson from big Roy about the rewards of practice.
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Post by Boz on May 29, 2013 10:40:34 GMT -5
EDIT: Sorry, didn't see that this video had been posted on Page 2.
Go Hoyas! Go Pacers!
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Post by TBird41 on May 29, 2013 10:51:39 GMT -5
Dunno what I think about the seersucker. There are far worse fashion choices to be made. He's wearing the wrong shirt for the jacket. Too many patterns, otherwise it would have looked great on him.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 29, 2013 10:57:37 GMT -5
There is one aspect to Roy's game that hasn't been given enough attention. That is his work ethic. I remember him very well when he first arrived at Georgetown. He was not even a top 100 recruit. He was an absolute Klutz. He had a very wobbly unstable walk and had no offensive skills. After running up and down the court a few times, he was winded. He was considered a "project" that might or might not pan out. What he has accomplished since that time is just amazing. I remember after Macklin transferred, he subsequently had kind things to say about us. One comment was that he watched Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert practice hour after hour to make themselves better. Roy is not a premier athlete. He is just a player who has made himself great by working, working, working. Lot of other players could learn a lesson from big Roy about the rewards of practice. One of the commentators mentioned earlier in the series that when Roy first came into the league, many believed that he did not have the foot speed, the endurance, or the coordination to be more than a decent rebounder and occasional scorer, but that his work ethic has turned him into a force. And the best is yet to come for Big Roy!!He will never stop working, so he will only get better.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on May 29, 2013 11:14:53 GMT -5
Can Roy also be an ad for staying four years? Roy is having an All-Star playoffs!
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Post by jgalt on May 29, 2013 11:22:43 GMT -5
Roys interview reminded me of Bart Scott's "Can't Wait" from a few years ago.
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Post by HoyaChris on May 29, 2013 11:26:29 GMT -5
There is one aspect to Roy's game that hasn't been given enough attention. That is his work ethic. I remember him very well when he first arrived at Georgetown. He was not even a top 100 recruit. He was an absolute Klutz. He had a very wobbly unstable walk and had no offensive skills. After running up and down the court a few times, he was winded. He was considered a "project" that might or might not pan out. What he has accomplished since that time is just amazing. I remember after Macklin transferred, he subsequently had kind things to say about us. One comment was that he watched Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert practice hour after hour to make themselves better. Roy is not a premier athlete. He is just a player who has made himself great by working, working, working. Lot of other players could learn a lesson from big Roy about the rewards of practice. I am not intending to diminish Roy's incredible work effort in the least, but to say that Roy had no offensive skills is just incorrect. While he was awkward and unathletic, he came to Georgetown with the same wondrous soft shooting touch that he maintains to this date.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on May 29, 2013 11:31:40 GMT -5
Roys interview reminded me of Bart Scott's "Can't Wait" from a few years ago. Well, Chris Anderson couldn't stop a nosebleed. . . .
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 11:45:19 GMT -5
RE: Hoya Chris:
I stand corrected. He did always have soft hands and a nice touch. He just couldn't do much with anyone in front of him when he first came to Georgetown.
Another big problem Roy had that he has now corrected is how to stay out of foul trouble. He was in foul trouble just about every college game and early in his pro career. He appears to have solved that. Right now, I don't think there is another center in the NBA who can influence the game like Roy can. I suspect that he will continue to improve.
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Post by b52legend on May 29, 2013 12:40:39 GMT -5
One other notable fact about Roy -- Despite it being the first year after signing a max contract, he is still working on his game, keeping himself in top shape and playing lights out. In the NBA, if a player signs his first max contract, there is a 50/50 chance he lets himself go. Speaks to Roy's character that he continues to work regardless.
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Post by MCIGuy on May 29, 2013 16:15:41 GMT -5
There is one aspect to Roy's game that hasn't been given enough attention. That is his work ethic. I remember him very well when he first arrived at Georgetown. He was not even a top 100 recruit. He was an absolute Klutz. He had a very wobbly unstable walk and had no offensive skills. After running up and down the court a few times, he was winded. He was considered a "project" that might or might not pan out. What he has accomplished since that time is just amazing. I remember after Macklin transferred, he subsequently had kind things to say about us. One comment was that he watched Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert practice hour after hour to make themselves better. Roy is not a premier athlete. He is just a player who has made himself great by working, working, working. Lot of other players could learn a lesson from big Roy about the rewards of practice. I am not intending to diminish Roy's incredible work effort in the least, but to say that Roy had no offensive skills is just incorrect. While he was awkward and unathletic, he came to Georgetown with the same wondrous soft shooting touch that he maintains to this date. This. It amazes me that the media gets this wrong. Many of them claim he didn't even have the hook shot coming out of Georgetown University either, that he only started working with it when he got to the NBA. Geez. Do they pay attention, do they have decent memories? He also had also demonstrated plenty examples of splendid footwork while at GU but according to the experts his footwork was always a horrible part of his game that he is just now correcting.
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Post by CaliHoya on May 29, 2013 16:29:01 GMT -5
There were some gems in Roy's draft (Rose, Westbrook, Love), but I wonder where Roy would have been drafted had teams had another crack at the 2008 draft: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NBA_DraftI think Roy would go top 5.
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