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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 22:52:14 GMT -5
TJ Warren would help this team a lot. I usually don't consider plugging in any of these recruiting "misses" in our current lineup, but this one got to me. He'd be the perfect fix for what ails us.
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Post by chep3 on Jan 28, 2014 23:59:04 GMT -5
Can we put Johnny O'Bryant on the list?
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Post by TC on Jan 29, 2014 11:39:40 GMT -5
Chukwu, 18 points, 13 rebounds, 6 blocks vs. Amity. Meeks : 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks vs Clemson.
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Post by CaliHoya on Mar 3, 2014 23:23:07 GMT -5
TJ Warren is incredibly efficient - he, to me, is perhaps our biggest miss in the past couple years (yes, even more than Nerlens). 41 points tonight versus Pitt.
Kennedy Meeks at UNC is also high up there. He'd make the league for sure if he was a Hoya. May still do so at UNC.
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Post by rockhoya on Mar 4, 2014 4:08:32 GMT -5
Yeah I thought TJ really snubbed us. Probably saw moe PT filling in for CJ?
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Post by Buckets on Mar 8, 2014 12:51:11 GMT -5
Lengthy article on Deadspin about the Benimonster: The Pleasures Of Watching The Most Versatile Big Man In The CountrySome quotes: He doesn't look like anyone's idea of a superstar, which is perhaps one reason Jerrelle Benimon is among the most underrated college basketball players in America...
If an NBA general manager constructed the ideal forward to play in the current iteration of the league—or any iteration, really—he would design a big with Benimon's soup-to-nuts game...
Ironically, Benimon has developed into the prototypical Hoya big—JTIII likes his forwards mobile and able to facilitate his non-Princeton Princeton offense, whether moving the ball around the court from the high post or dribbling at a defender and then passing for a back door cut. And on closer examination, Benimon's numbers compare favorably to Greg Monroe and Otto Porter; not only are all three offensively efficient but they posted assist rates over hovering around 20 percent. All of which is to say that while he isn't going to anchor an NBA offense like Towson's, there should be a place for Benimon in the league...
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 8, 2014 13:05:24 GMT -5
There is not a single NBA general manager who would design a big with Benimon's height -- which, by the way, is nowhere near 6'8".
Benimon also did not gather dust on the bench
Next.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 8, 2014 13:47:52 GMT -5
Lengthy article on Deadspin about the Benimonster: The Pleasures Of Watching The Most Versatile Big Man In The CountrySome quotes: He doesn't look like anyone's idea of a superstar, which is perhaps one reason Jerrelle Benimon is among the most underrated college basketball players in America...
If an NBA general manager constructed the ideal forward to play in the current iteration of the league—or any iteration, really—he would design a big with Benimon's soup-to-nuts game...
Ironically, Benimon has developed into the prototypical Hoya big—JTIII likes his forwards mobile and able to facilitate his non-Princeton Princeton offense, whether moving the ball around the court from the high post or dribbling at a defender and then passing for a back door cut. And on closer examination, Benimon's numbers compare favorably to Greg Monroe and Otto Porter; not only are all three offensively efficient but they posted assist rates over hovering around 20 percent. All of which is to say that while he isn't going to anchor an NBA offense like Towson's, there should be a place for Benimon in the league...The guy has 3 articles. One of his other articles is on Florida Golf Coast. Hmmm. mattgiles.kinja.com/
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Post by jgalt on Mar 8, 2014 15:23:33 GMT -5
For what its worth, that article from Deadspin is not actually "from" Deadspin. All the Gawker media sites have a thing called "Kinja" which is their comments system and also a lightweight blogging platform. What that "article" really is, is a glorified blog post that has been promoted by a Deadspin writer. You can identify these posts because when you open them in a new tab, the "favicon" (the little icon on the tab) is not the Deadspin Favicon, but the Kinja favicon which is a K looking thing.
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Post by dungeon ball on Mar 10, 2014 12:41:30 GMT -5
I was half watching the end of the Towson - W&M game yesterday. Benimon looked good, but definitely cost them the game at the end on both sides of the court. Wasn't boxing out, and tried playing hero ball.
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Post by arlingtonhoya05 on Mar 10, 2014 15:12:30 GMT -5
He averaged 17.1 and 11.2 last year, 18.9 and 11.5 this year, shooting over 50% both seasons. It's not beyond reason to think he could have significantly improved in a Hoya jersey as well, even without sitting a year. Think any of our current bigs, sitting a year, could do that in the CAA? Very happy for Benimon and his success at Towson- one of the few transfers (Shenard Long, Vee Sanford, Egerson)to find success elsewhere.
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Post by canissaxa on Mar 10, 2014 15:33:20 GMT -5
He averaged 17.1 and 11.2 last year, 18.9 and 11.5 this year, shooting over 50% both seasons. It's not beyond reason to think he could have significantly improved in a Hoya jersey as well, even without sitting a year. Think any of our current bigs, sitting a year, could do that in the CAA? Very happy for Benimon and his success at Towson- one of the few transfers (Shenard Long, Vee Sanford, Egerson)to find success elsewhere. Arguably, Vee didn't do too badly. He comes off the bench, but he plays 22 minutes per game and is the 4th leading scorer and has decent stats (http://daytonflyers.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2013&) on a team that's on the right side of the bubble currently. Considering he'd be playing behind Starks and DSR at Gtown too, I'm not sure he made the wrong decision for himself. At least regarding basketball--you could argue he missed out on the GU degree since it doesn't look like he's Europe material. I admit to being surprised that he didn't do a bit better at Dayton--I remember him just doing so many little things right in limited minutes with us that I expected him to really do well with more minutes. But he didn't do badly.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Mar 10, 2014 15:41:50 GMT -5
So III had him properly evaluated regarding his ability to contribute.
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Post by canissaxa on Mar 10, 2014 15:41:51 GMT -5
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 10, 2014 20:51:24 GMT -5
He averaged 17.1 and 11.2 last year, 18.9 and 11.5 this year, shooting over 50% both seasons. It's not beyond reason to think he could have significantly improved in a Hoya jersey as well, even without sitting a year. Think any of our current bigs, sitting a year, could do that in the CAA? Very happy for Benimon and his success at Towson- one of the few transfers (Shenard Long, Vee Sanford, Egerson)to find success elsewhere. Turnover machine Bennimon. Towson's NCAA bid went up in smoke when he got the ball stolen in the final seconds. "It did get ugly, but not in the way the senior imagined. With Towson trailing by two points, Benimon was swarmed by defenders on a drive to the basket and lost the ball with 5.5 seconds left to preserve third-seeded William and Mary’s 75-71 victory in the semifinal matchup. Benimon leaned down and slapped the floor with both hands in frustration." www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-towson-falls-7571-to-william-and-mary-in-caa-semifinals-20140309,0,1153315.story I'm not sold on him still. He put up numbers in a watered down CAA (no ODU, no George Mason, no VCU). At Faquier he put up 21 pts, 17 rebs, 7 assts and 4 blocks, so he's put up numbers before but it's a matter of level of competition. And he never got to the NCAA tournament with Towson so it's hard to evaluate him. If he had stayed with the Hoyas chances are he wouldn't have played much and if he had, he would have hurt the team with his turnovers during the great run to the 2nd round where we lost a close one to a tough NC State team. That roster had 3 NBA players (Henry Sims, Hollis, Otto Porter) plus Whit and Trawick so we were fine. The following year we had a magical run with Otto and the miracles during the streak. And this year Benimon would have been gone. It was probably a good move for both parties because the Hoyas were better off without him and the extra year and getting a chance to get major PT and be the focal point of Towson's offense benefited Benimmon and probably guaranteed him a career overseas at worst. For Benimmon the decision to leave was a no brainer with the class of Porter, Trawick, Hopkins, Whittington and Tyler Adams coming in. If he had known that Tyler Adams would never play because of the heart condition then maybe he would have stayed but at the time he made the decision it was assumed that Tyler would also be taking minutes that upcoming year. So it worked out for everyone.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 10, 2014 20:58:37 GMT -5
So III had him properly evaluated regarding his ability to contribute. No, you're Wrong! According to the experts here you can't properly evaluate someone from practice.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 10, 2014 21:21:49 GMT -5
I'm happy that Bennimon did well at Towson, but if he's a prototypical NBA forward, I'm a prototypical NBA guard. Total nonsense.
Also, add Charles Harrison to the list of transfers who did well after transferring. Wasn't he starting alongside some guy named Duncan at Wake?
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