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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jul 18, 2010 18:59:57 GMT -5
In terms of his overall development, whether Hollis plays 60 minutes a week or 45 minutes a week in Kenner league will make no difference whatsoever. It's a drop in the bucket compared to the total amount of time he is spending on improving his skills.
I'm also certain that watching Jeff jack up long threes and play lazy D won't give anyone valuable experience.
It's a pointless argument.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 22, 2010 21:18:30 GMT -5
Randolph is already a very good rebounder and shot blocker, but he doesn't have much range. He's a PF - you put him outside and you are losing his two best skills.
Sacramento is also pretty set at PF (Landry and Thompson), so I wonder if they see Greg as a center.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 5, 2010 9:40:17 GMT -5
A lot of comments about rebounding, but Clark and Hollis actually rebounded at nearly equal rates last year. Hollis obviously has more potential there since he is six inches taller, but last near the difference was negligible. And I'm pretty sure by any observation method from statistical to just old-fashioned eye-balling, bigger lineups board better (and play better d). You just take up more space and that makes rebounding and offense more difficult for your opponent. Small team=empty space=easier for the other guys to execute. This is obviously true in general but I'm not at all sure that the team rebounded better with Thompson in the game than with Clark in the game.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 4, 2010 19:15:49 GMT -5
A lot of comments about rebounding, but Clark and Hollis actually rebounded at nearly equal rates last year. Hollis obviously has more potential there since he is six inches taller, but last near the difference was negligible.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jun 4, 2010 16:15:22 GMT -5
PG - Wright 2G - Clark SF - Freeman F- Thompson C - Vaughn Top reserves: Vee Benimon This is pretty much the worst case scenario.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 25, 2010 16:04:29 GMT -5
Then why did we offer him a scholarship? Before he de-committed, people were saying he might be top 25 in his class. Now he stinks.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 4, 2010 16:32:33 GMT -5
Unfortunately, as much as we might like to think otherwise, right now Jeff is much closer to losing his starting spot to Serge Ibaka than he is to being an All-Star. He didn't show any development from last season and is still a very inefficient player, with a low shooting percentage, few trips to the line, and more TOs than assists. If you are into advanced stats, his PER (13.8) was once again below the league average of 15 and the team was 6.5 points better when he was off the court. They scored at the same rate with Jeff in the game, but played much worse defense, giving up 10 more points per 100 possessions. Jeff still has no real position, and as good of a passer as he was here, he hasn't actually shown any All-Star caliber skills in the NBA. If he wants to be a PF, he needs to become a much better rebounder, post-up player, and post defender. If he wants to be a SF (likely not on OKC), he needs to become a better shooter and a better ball handler. This isn't to say he is a bad player by any stretch - I'm sure that he'll be in the league for years, but it is still far from clear whether he should be starting on a top team. And yes, you can say he isn't used correctly, but like it or not a team isn't going to change the way they play for what right now is an average at best tweener. Durant and Westbrook are going to drive the Thunder, and if Jeff can't find a way to contribute more than he is now, he's likely to lose his starting job or end up playing elsewhere. Some valid criticism but I think you are going a bit too far. Jeff averaged 37.1 mpg, Ibaka 18.1 and Harden 22.9. I doubt the OKC staff is fixated on PER and such and will be looking to take a glue guy like Jeff out of the starting line-up for Ibaka or Harden. Now they could consider moving him for a capable center or something like that, but I just don't see him being moved out of the starting line-up for any current players on the roster. Ibaka was a 20 year old rookie with very little organized basketball experience. He has a lot of room to grow.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 3, 2010 16:31:06 GMT -5
Unfortunately, as much as we might like to think otherwise, right now Jeff is much closer to losing his starting spot to Serge Ibaka than he is to being an All-Star. He didn't show any development from last season and is still a very inefficient player, with a low shooting percentage, few trips to the line, and more TOs than assists. If you are into advanced stats, his PER (13.8) was once again below the league average of 15 and the team was 6.5 points better when he was off the court. They scored at the same rate with Jeff in the game, but played much worse defense, giving up 10 more points per 100 possessions.
Jeff still has no real position, and as good of a passer as he was here, he hasn't actually shown any All-Star caliber skills in the NBA. If he wants to be a PF, he needs to become a much better rebounder, post-up player, and post defender. If he wants to be a SF (likely not on OKC), he needs to become a better shooter and a better ball handler.
This isn't to say he is a bad player by any stretch - I'm sure that he'll be in the league for years, but it is still far from clear whether he should be starting on a top team. And yes, you can say he isn't used correctly, but like it or not a team isn't going to change the way they play for what right now is an average at best tweener. Durant and Westbrook are going to drive the Thunder, and if Jeff can't find a way to contribute more than he is now, he's likely to lose his starting job or end up playing elsewhere.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 20, 2010 21:44:29 GMT -5
There is zero chance we go to the Ivy league, and I have no idea why you'd want it from a basketball perspective anyway.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 17, 2010 10:35:24 GMT -5
Damn. I don't have a problem with the decision, but it's extremely disappointing that the "Monroe era" generated 0 NCAA wins.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 29, 2010 22:47:55 GMT -5
What do you guys think of Benimon's prospects?? He is still very young and growing. Could you see him in the same role as Onuaku for Syracuse?? In a word, no. Benimon is 6'6" and while he's built, he's not getting taller or especially thicker. And contrary to popular belief, he wasn't all that impressive on the boards. I could see him being a tough 3 who boarded well for the position and played strong D. But he's not a big. The problem is that 3s in college are more like guards, which Benimon won't be able to cover. And he probably won't be able to consistently post them up either, so . . .
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 25, 2010 18:31:25 GMT -5
If Greg stays, we should have a really good bench - too many options not to.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 22, 2010 21:15:53 GMT -5
Monroe will not play any SF next year. Hopefully Benimon doesn't either, but it's at least possible.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 21:27:07 GMT -5
If Greg comes back, we can contend for a title next year. If he doesn't, seems like it'll be a few years.
Boz - I'd thank him if he came back.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 21:11:01 GMT -5
Not buying it. They did the absolute minimum that would be expected with this team's talent. Not buying that we should thank them for playing for Georgetown this year?? Really? That's pretty harsh. Yes, we can criticize, but don't you think they deserve a nod of appreciation from the fans for their hard work? Hate to be your kid. [Sorry, meant to include ---> ] These are high-level D-1 athletes with pro aspirations, not 10 year olds. They aren't playing as a favor to us. Look, I love this team and most of these players, but "thanking" them seems pretty strange after what just happened. They were a bunch of talented guy who went out and did less than was expected. I'll be at Kenner for countless hours this summer and I'll be on this board everyday wasting time, but I'm not ready to look back on this season with anything but disappointment right now.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 21:01:09 GMT -5
Not buying it. They did the absolute minimum that would be expected with this team's talent.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 20:41:53 GMT -5
Tough to think that in two years with Monroe, no NCAA wins. Not one. What a letdown. Number one recruit in the country, perfect fit for our offense, gets 2 years starting with 2 other McDonald's All-Americans . . . and we have squat to show for it.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 20:37:42 GMT -5
Has any top 3 seed lost this badly in the first round?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 20:36:17 GMT -5
Outcoached. Badly, badly outcoached. Set a ton of picks, we'll switch on everything, you'll definitely be wide open within 35 seconds. Yep. Same thing ND did and we didn't learn at all. To be fair, though, Clark can't guard anyone anyway.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 18, 2010 20:28:16 GMT -5
Guys who are talking about Monroe leaving, he is one of the key reason we are losing this game. He should feel terrible for contributing to this pathetic performance. We need more CW heart on this team. What the hell happened to these guys? Vaughn and Benimon have been terrible for over a month. Without Monroe we have absolutely nothing inside.
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