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Post by Ranch Dressing on Jan 26, 2018 11:08:41 GMT -5
Freshmen will be freshmen. But it's hard to remember a freshmen looking as flat-out bad as Pickett did a few games ago and as rock solid good (offensively) as he has the past 2 games. Really give Pickett a lot of credit to come back strong after the benching and stepping up his game. I think this bodes well for his future as a Hoya. Kudos to Jamorko! LJ Peak has a very up and down freshman season. This is true. As I recall, LJ actually started on a huge high in game 1 that I don't believe he was able to match the rest of the season. Freshmen are notoriously inconsistent, so Jamorko's ups and downs are not unique at all. But the string of flat out, seriously horrible performances when he literally could not hold on to the ball against pressure, followed by a benching, and then to bounce back with 2 really great games was quite astonishing. I didn't see that coming. Maybe if you get to see him in practice, his good performances are less surprising.
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Post by iheartdurenbros on Jan 26, 2018 11:28:58 GMT -5
From today's media availability:
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Jan 26, 2018 11:36:24 GMT -5
Man, my big take-away from this is that the big fella's knees took a toll over the years.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 26, 2018 13:13:35 GMT -5
Man, my big take-away from this is that the big fella's knees took a toll over the years. A lotttt of dives on the floor for a big fella. Not to mention banging every part of his body with Shaq, Hakeem, Robinson, and all the rest.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 12:51:30 GMT -5
Hopefully he keeps doing the other things, rebounding, playing with more physicality, limiting turn overs, and trying his best on the defensive side of the ball. The offense will come and go but those are things you can do every game regardless.
“Don’t just keep shooting jump shots,” Pickett said Friday morning before practice, reciting the most common advice he gets. “But I wasn’t confident in my handling enough to try to break my man down and dribble. But right before the St. John’s game, everybody was telling me, coaches, fans, family — you can’t just be a jump shooter, especially when your shot’s not falling. So ever since then I’ve just been working on my handling every day, trying to get rebounds and drive to the basket when I can.”
The lanky, 6-foot-8 wing works on his ballhandling daily with Jonathan Wallace, a former Hoyas guard and current special assistant for the Hoyas. Pickett would like to model his game after Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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“I don’t think it’s anything that changed, I just think it’s part of his development,” Ewing said. “He’s young, he’s developing, it’s not high school anymore. A lot of things he could get away with in high school it’s hard to get away with in college. . . . That’s part of the learning curve. I’m happy that he’s starting to figure it out. For his success, for our success, he can’t just be a jump shooter.”
Pickett sat next to Ewing on Friday morning with his hands in his lap, fingers laced together as he spoke to members of the media for the first time since announcing in July that he had chosen to attend Georgetown instead of Maryland. Ewing, in keeping with a strategy employed by his college mentor, Hall of Fame coach John Thompson Jr., does not allow freshmen to speak with members of the media during their first semester.
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Post by MCIGuy on Jan 27, 2018 14:07:08 GMT -5
Freshmen will be freshmen. But it's hard to remember a freshmen looking as flat-out bad as Pickett did a few games ago and as rock solid good (offensively) as he has the past 2 games. Really give Pickett a lot of credit to come back strong after the benching and stepping up his game. I think this bodes well for his future as a Hoya. Kudos to Jamorko! LJ Peak has a very up and down freshman season. LJ never had such a bad streak that lasted that long into his first Big East season though. Picket was mostly horrible and he has too much ability to have been that bad for such an extended period IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 15:16:43 GMT -5
LJ Peak has a very up and down freshman season. LJ never had such a bad streak that lasted that long into his first Big East season though. Picket was mostly horrible and he has too much ability to have been that bad for such an extended period IMO. Didn't realize it before but LJ shot 36% overall and 17% from 3 in conference play as a Freshman. He wasn't counted on to score so you barely notice. He didn't make a lot of mistakes and was definitely difference maker on D but he was another player that benefited from being able to be brought along slowly imo. He only took 126 shots total in conference play. www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/lj-peak-1.html
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Post by prhoya on Jan 27, 2018 15:22:32 GMT -5
LJ never had such a bad streak that lasted that long into his first Big East season though. Picket was mostly horrible and he has too much ability to have been that bad for such an extended period IMO. Didn't realize it before but LJ shot 36% overall and 17% from 3 in conference play as a Freshman. He wasn't counted on to score so you barely notice. He didn't make a lot of mistakes and was definitely difference maker on D but he was another player that benefited from being able to be brought along slowly imo. He only took 126 shots total in conference play. www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/lj-peak-1.htmlIIRC he wasn't that good on defense as a frosh. He definitely improved from then on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 15:34:45 GMT -5
Didn't realize it before but LJ shot 36% overall and 17% from 3 in conference play as a Freshman. He wasn't counted on to score so you barely notice. He didn't make a lot of mistakes and was definitely difference maker on D but he was another player that benefited from being able to be brought along slowly imo. He only took 126 shots total in conference play. www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/lj-peak-1.htmlIIRC he wasn't that good on defense as a frosh. He definitely improved from then on. I thought he was ok. He spent a lot of time guarding the other teams best. Him and Brill. I thought he was pretty good on ball defending (1 on 1) but like most freshman sometimes he fell asleep when his man didn't have the ball imo. Maybe not as good as I described him above but I thought he did fine for a Frosh.
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Jan 27, 2018 16:29:33 GMT -5
Peak was a slasher/scorer. He grew into an excellent defender. Pickett is a lot like Peak in that they are quiet on the court players.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 15:11:03 GMT -5
Everything about this play was perfect.... Love that he took the bump, actually initiated the bump, got square, and went up strong. As noted above this was against the BE DCPOY in Thomas. He's going to be real tough to guard if he starts to do this type of stuff consistently...
Needs to continue to work on his handle and strength so he can become a 3 level scorer...
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Jan 30, 2018 18:56:57 GMT -5
Agreed, Yaboy, that was one of the best things I've seen from Pickett all year.
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Post by dense on Jan 31, 2018 5:12:31 GMT -5
Everything about this play was perfect.... Love that he took the bump, actually initiated the bump, got square, and went up strong. As noted above this was against the BE DCPOY in Thomas. He's going to be real tough to guard if he starts to do this type of stuff consistently... Needs to continue to work on his handle and strength so he can become a 3 level scorer... I am getting hype of the chance of a Pickett, Leblanc, Carter 2,3,4.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 31, 2018 9:52:54 GMT -5
Man, my big take-away from this is that the big fella's knees took a toll over the years. Right ...geezzzzzz...lol at your comment not Ewing's knees though.
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 31, 2018 9:58:03 GMT -5
he stopped panicking and travelling and started to just BALL yup all around game WAY UP rebbies defense and shooting threes and to the hoop getting better keep it up
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 31, 2018 9:59:44 GMT -5
ps HE SAID he was working VERY hard on his handle and that shows for sure not losing the ball nearly as much go hoyas
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Post by HoyaChris on Jan 31, 2018 10:16:18 GMT -5
Maybe it is just me, but reading "a true diamond in the rough" in the title for more than a month has become quite annoying.
I respectfully request that the initiator of this thread change the title to just "Jamorko Pickett."
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 31, 2018 10:22:12 GMT -5
Keep that dribble low as you can get it Jamorko and it's a wrap.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Jan 31, 2018 13:46:27 GMT -5
Hopefully he keeps doing the other things, rebounding, playing with more physicality, limiting turn overs, and trying his best on the defensive side of the ball. The offense will come and go but those are things you can do every game regardless. “Don’t just keep shooting jump shots,” Pickett said Friday morning before practice, reciting the most common advice he gets. “But I wasn’t confident in my handling enough to try to break my man down and dribble. But right before the St. John’s game, everybody was telling me, coaches, fans, family — you can’t just be a jump shooter, especially when your shot’s not falling. So ever since then I’ve just been working on my handling every day, trying to get rebounds and drive to the basket when I can.” The lanky, 6-foot-8 wing works on his ballhandling daily with Jonathan Wallace, a former Hoyas guard and current special assistant for the Hoyas. Pickett would like to model his game after Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder. ......... “I don’t think it’s anything that changed, I just think it’s part of his development,” Ewing said. “He’s young, he’s developing, it’s not high school anymore. A lot of things he could get away with in high school it’s hard to get away with in college. . . . That’s part of the learning curve. I’m happy that he’s starting to figure it out. For his success, for our success, he can’t just be a jump shooter.” Pickett sat next to Ewing on Friday morning with his hands in his lap, fingers laced together as he spoke to members of the media for the first time since announcing in July that he had chosen to attend Georgetown instead of Maryland. Ewing, in keeping with a strategy employed by his college mentor, Hall of Fame coach John Thompson Jr., does not allow freshmen to speak with members of the media during their first semester. Until Pickett releases his shot and to shoot the ball "CONSISTENTLY" he must get & keep his elbow up and his non-shooting hand on the left side of the ball. See Kevin Durant photo.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Jan 31, 2018 13:52:56 GMT -5
If Pickett can get more lift on his jumper, he would be unblockable. Right now he has a slow release and no lift, so at 6'8' he still gets blocked on occasion.
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