He’s good for sure but tough to tell yet how he will do vs actual competition (this school was D2). In a write up when they played vs Boise state in a “secret scrimmage” his name wasn’t mentioned as a top 3 scorer for them, which they barely beat Boise state BUT 4 scholarships players were held out and he could have been one of em, but not sure.
I’m really not sure he would have pushed us to a F4 automatically. I need to see how he guards vs the 3 and 4 and even 5 positions first. You could be right but need to def see more!
Not trying to argue, but what issues down low would he solve? I don’t think he’d be any better on defense than what we have now, tbh.
I might be jumping the gun but I believe he’s talented enough that he’d offer more upside at the 4 allowing TKR more time at the 5. I think he’d contribute more than any of the contenders for time at the 4-5 except TKR. He definitely sounds like a bit of a head case but I don’t believe you can deny his talent. But it ultimately doesn’t matter as he’s not here and we move forward with the guys we have!
He’s a 3 in a 4s body. Not physically equipped to guard 4s in the BIG either.
But how quickly could he learn the defense? Or what if he wasn’t willing to play hard nosed defense like CJ and Harris (we won’t ever know)? And TKR at the five doesn’t help vs 7 footers.
Totally agree. Somehow hoping he’s injured or paint was giving others some run…but just can’t believe he couldn’t get more mins than he has already.
I can't think of any other explanation than a nagging injury. He's in his 3rd year in the program and has the tools to be All-B1G. He showed flashes last year, and I expected this would be his breakout year.
To be fair, he hasn’t played with TKR at the five yet. That lineup is coming, although I don’t know when. I have a feeling he will shine with the starters.
Agree with this. I want to see how well he rebounds and whether he is any type of rim deterrent. If he does, those two things well I agree that we could have really used him.
After the first two exhibition games I can’t but to begin to wonder if maybe the reason we haven’t seen the small ball lineup with Heide at the 4 is because of the way we’ve seen him play in those two games. He’s not going to get much time playing the way he is. He’s kinda just been there and not really contributing much. Last year he earned his time mainly through his defensive efforts and he has competition for playing D on the top scoring guards and small wings in both Harris and Cox. He never really created shots for himself but his stroke was always good. I wonder if he’s struggling just to figure out how he fits into this year and is unsure how to define or carve out his role. I really thought he’d be aggressive this year and we’d see more small ball than the traditional big lineup 🤷🏼♂️?
I know you didn't say it , I'm saying it , just watching his body language I get the feeling something s off....he has so much potential.
