Haarms - what a monster!
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Without a doubt, NBA scouts are already taking a hard look at him. Defensively, he is outstanding. Offensively, he needs a lot of work, but he shows a lot of potential.
Haarms reminds me of Joe Barry Carroll (7'0", 225lbs), possibly Purdue's greatest center and eventual #1 NBA draft pick, when JBC was a freshman (1976-77) playing behind Tom Scheffler (6'11", 240lbs - and yes, Steve Scheffler's older brother.) JBC is Purdue's all-time blocks leader and started out with a bang on the defensive side, while not adding a lot to the offense in his freshman year. Here is a per game comparison of JBC's freshman year vs. Haarms freshman year, to date:
Player_____Min/G___FG%___FT%___Reb/G___ A/G___TO/G___Blk/G___Stl/G___Fouls/G___Pts/G
Carroll........20.5........49.7.....63.0......7.4...........0.4...... n/a........2.9..........0.6.........2.7............7.9
Haarms......17.2........53.7.....44.4......3.9...........0.6...... 0.9.........3.2.........0.4.........2.2............5.2
Interesting, to say the least, especially if Haarms can improve his FT shooting and rebounding. With more experience, I expect Haarms' shooting confidence to increase leading to a little higher offensive output through both his FG% and FT%. The key will be whether he improves his rebounding. Carroll was tied for 1st on a team that averaged 42.3 Reb/G, while Haarms is 5th on this year's team, which is averaging 38.7 Reb/G.
While I think Haarms will improve his shooting and scoring, if he becomes a better rebounder, his future looks especially bright.
JMHOAU
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Could not help laughing out loud reading NW fan "Purple88's" post regarding Matt Haarms....
"Does anyone really believe that he's a real person? He's obviously a clone of Haas. They didn't even have the creativity to change the first three letters of his name. And they claim he's from "The Netherlands". Yeah, like that's a real place. It's clearly code. Nether meaning lower, under, bottommost. They're barely even trying to hide that he was created in a basement lab on the campus in West Lafayette.
Will the B1G investigate this, or is this just the next step down the slippery slope of college sports?"
"Does anyone really believe that he's a real person? He's obviously a clone of Haas. They didn't even have the creativity to change the first three letters of his name. And they claim he's from "The Netherlands". Yeah, like that's a real place. It's clearly code. Nether meaning lower, under, bottommost. They're barely even trying to hide that he was created in a basement lab on the campus in West Lafayette.
Will the B1G investigate this, or is this just the next step down the slippery slope of college sports?"
You have to admit, they sure know he is there. Have not seen too many taking to the rim on him. There have been some try, but rejected!!
