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Post by ilovescruggs on Mar 1, 2007 0:19:55 GMT -5
Look, with all due respect to Dajuan, Scottie is by far the best freshman in the Big East.
He hits the clutch shots, he gets into the lane, he hits his free throws, he creates turnovers and he serves as a stabilizer to that out-of-control train wreck that is Mike Nardi decision-making.
Nova got off to a sluggish start, but when they turned to Scotty they started to turn it around. Granted we have not had to rely on Dajuan in that manner, but I mean, c'mon that's more impact than Rick Majerus falling out of a 747.
I've not had the opportunity to see Chris Wright in person, as I did Scottie in High School and repeatedly this year, but I pray that he's as good as Reynolds. If so, watch out world.
Kudos to Scottie for his big night vs. the Cons tonight and here's hoping we don't have to meet him in the second round of the BET.
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Post by HoyaAtHeart on Mar 1, 2007 0:51:16 GMT -5
Chris has slightly better guard skills than Scotty did in HS.
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Post by JimmyHoya on Mar 1, 2007 0:56:19 GMT -5
Scotty had a better shot than Chris, however.
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Post by HoyaAtHeart on Mar 1, 2007 1:00:46 GMT -5
Ehh....I don't even know if I vouch for that one as I saw my fair share of Boo Williams games with the both of them playing at the same time. I think they shoot equally as well.
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Post by lichoya68 on Mar 1, 2007 8:03:19 GMT -5
OK i was for dajuan from the summer for the roy but after seeing scottie last nite.... it should be him man it should be him anyone else if highway robbery novas come back and hes a key reason some frosh mistakes but forty on uconn.. go hoyas ps when i was praying for scottie to be a gu alot of you said wasnt that good well HE IS and its too bad josh thorton waited so long to say he was leaving cause if hes said it early.. he woulda come if we had a schollie woulda come and then WOWOOWOWWO GO HOYAS GO JEFF AND ROY BEAT UCONN PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Post by HealyHoya on Mar 1, 2007 9:37:11 GMT -5
I'm not sure why some posters on this board have so quickly and consistently knocked his game. This kid isn't Iverson, Pistol Pete or Jesus Shuttlesworth but he's a damn good (freshman) basketball player who has developed into the most dangerous 1 in the BE (...paging Dominic James. Dominic James, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone and claim your jump-shot, leadership abilities and confidence from the lost-and-found).
We can criticize the manner in which he leads 'Nova (but he does lead them as a freshman), we can criticize his shot selection in the midst of dropping 40 on You Con at Gampel in a game 'Nova needed to win (but he dropped 40), and we can all claim that Dajuan derserve BE FOY honors but....well, but he doesn't deserve that honor over Reynolds.
I wouldn't trade Summers (or Macklin or any Hoya) for Reynolds, but, jesus, the kid is an exceptionally talented basketball player who will pose serious challenges during his time at Vanilla-nova.
Hoya. Saxa.
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Mar 1, 2007 9:38:52 GMT -5
Scotty Reynolds is unbelievable... he should be considered a candidate for not only ROY (which he HAS to win, no doubt about it), but POY as well (although Jeff Green better get that POY)
I'd put him above everybody but Jeff, Roy and Demetris Nichols... he's the reason nova is the team they are this year.. Jay Wright should send Kelvin Sampson a thank you letter
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Post by Filo on Mar 1, 2007 9:47:26 GMT -5
Agree, Healy. I criticized him a bit early b/c I thought he often hurt 'Nova as much as he helped with selfishness / questionable decision-making, but he has done a tremendous job for them.
But as someone said on a previous thread, I like my team this year. And, I like who we have coming in next year. 'Nuff said.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 1, 2007 10:44:37 GMT -5
Scottie's a very nice player and ROY, but he isn't even the best player on his team. He's had quite a few below average games and Nova isn't exactly tearing up the BE.
I'd love to have him on the Hoyas, but we've got good players, too. The idea of Reynolds as BE POY smacks of folks who saw him against us in the first game and looked at last night's box.
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Post by Madgesdiq on Mar 1, 2007 11:29:07 GMT -5
Scottie's a very nice player and ROY, but he isn't even the best player on his team. He's had quite a few below average games and Nova isn't exactly tearing up the BE. I'd love to have him on the Hoyas, but we've got good players, too. The idea of Reynolds as BE POY smacks of folks who saw him against us in the first game and looked at last night's box. All of that may be true, but he has matured tremendously from when I first watched him in January. The double clutch reverse layup he made last night with Hasheem Thabeet in perfect defensive position which took the lead from 3 to 5 with around 1 minute left last night was as clutch a play as I have seen this year. Villanova's season was on the line at that point as their lead had completely collapsed, Sumpter and Cunningham had fouled out, and Reynolds took the team on his shoulders. That is a play that is 2 of 40 in the boxcore, but it was the play of the game.
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Post by FOTP on Mar 1, 2007 11:34:42 GMT -5
The kid can play and is ROY. No doubt. No way in hell does he even get on the map for POY since Sumpter is more valuable on his own team.
The reality is he was very unselfish until a couple of weeks ago. That was part of the problem for Nova. He is the best scorer on the team, but he was deferring to inferior talent like Nardi and other upperclassmen other than Sumptner.
When Wright and the rest of the team finally yelled at him to shoot more then that's what led to the game last night and the first half against us (thank you Jessie for great D in the 2nd half).
Nova is flawed, but they match-up very well with us from 1-5 and have found a defense and style that clearly annoys us.
They aren't that special as a team, but Reynolds is very good.
I love our team and our rotation, but he's good.
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Mar 1, 2007 11:34:55 GMT -5
Scottie is VERY streaky so any awards should not solely based on last night's play. That being said, ROY he has on lockdown and with the poor PG class, I wouldnt be too shocked if he threw his name in the Draft..
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Mar 1, 2007 11:47:33 GMT -5
Scottie is VERY streaky so any awards should not solely based on last night's play. That being said, ROY he has on lockdown and with the poor PG class, I wouldnt be too shocked if he threw his name in the Draft.. i.e. Kyle Lowry -- the hype machine is probably already in scottie's ear
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Post by FOTP on Mar 1, 2007 11:53:00 GMT -5
The kid is a nice college player with a good shot, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. If Lowry had half of Reynolds outside shot he would have been a star.
Reynolds is a very good freshman guard, but not a draft prospect right now in my opinion.
He is getting REALLY good and reading the high screen and roll though. That play was killing UCONN all game. They had no idea how to defend it.
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Post by vcjack on Mar 1, 2007 11:55:10 GMT -5
I agree that Scottie should be ROY, but from what I've seen of him is that he wouldn't work as well in our system as say Rivers does. Imagine if we had an Iverson style player without AI level talent, this board would be frothing over with frustration just like they are on the Flu boards over Dominick James. Perhaps we would be able to put up some nice stats against weak opponents, but I think relying on him for close games like Pitt or Flu could have cost us those games.
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Mar 1, 2007 11:58:34 GMT -5
Scottie's a very nice player and ROY, but he isn't even the best player on his team. The idea of Reynolds as BE POY smacks of folks who saw him against us in the first game and looked at last night's box. I've seen Reynolds play at least 7 times this year... I guess you're implying he's too inconsistent but I don't really see that... definitely a streaky shooter, but his presence is felt throughout the game and he plays some D too.. earlier in the season he was playing a better point and distributing the ball more, but since then, his scoring ability and its importance to the Wildcats has been further realized and Nardi, etc. have deferred more of the scoring responsibility to Scottie.. clearly Jay Wright has given him some more freedom and he is doing his thing Sumpter is very good... but at this point I don't think you can definitively say that Scottie isn't the best player on Nova... he's had a huge impact on his team's success and I believe that he is in fact the best player on Nova; while Sumpter MIGHT have him beat for being the most valuable player.. all I said is that I would consider him a CANDIDATE for p.o.y., behind those guys I mentioned earlier, and Herbert Hill (who I forgot to mention)
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 1, 2007 12:10:51 GMT -5
I don't think he's anywhere near a candidate for POY. I would take Sumpter over him, as well as Jeff, Roy, Aaron Gray, Demetris Nichols, Herbert Hill, and quite a few other players.
He's a very good player and going to get better, but he's also shot 40% from the field this year. That's good when he's shooting 3s but not so special on 2s and he's had his share of turnover filled games. Nova's record is up and down because of him in both good and bad ways.
Will he get more consistent or go down Chris Thomas' path? I see him as having a very similar freshman year to Thomas.
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Post by VictorSkyPage on Mar 1, 2007 12:20:35 GMT -5
I don't think he's anywhere near a candidate for POY. I would take Sumpter over him, as well as Jeff, Roy, Aaron Gray, Demetris Nichols, Herbert Hill, and quite a few other players. I hope he doesn't go down the Chris Thomas road... wasted talent.. but again, I said I would put Jeff, Roy, Nichols, and Hill above him (I'm not a fan of Gray, and I wouldn't say I'd take QUITE A FEW other players in the BE over Reynolds, lets be honest here, but to each his own).. I just think he's done enough for Nova to warrant a bit of consideration (which he won't get anyway so this issue is pretty much dead)
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Post by lichoya68 on Mar 1, 2007 13:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by danielrog on Mar 1, 2007 13:15:10 GMT -5
did u guys read the feb 16th article on scottie in the wash times.scottie was very upset he could not attend gtown.he says there is no beef between himself and coach thompson.
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