set on the bench? , what is he a piece of pottery?
You’re not wrong about him needing to slow down a little. Sit him? Bench him? That’s a little strong. He’s our most talented player by a very wide margin. We will need him playing well to get very far in the tournament.
YES! I was just saying this to someone tonight. He would do well to mature a bit more, work on his game, and go pro next year.
To be fair the last one was off Gillis but I understand he needs to learn how to control his motor and let the gane come to him. Painter always says he’s a better player when playing off 2 feet and he hasn’t been doing that lately. I think it’s time Painter sits him down and has a serious 1 on 1 talk. He should easily avg. 5ast a game while still getting his own. I could care less about the NBA and all that but he’s actually hurting his stock from the way he’s been playing lately. Go out a winner JI this team needs you! Boiler up
Painter and staff watch film with him all the time, I’m sure. They talk about decision making and what’s a good shot and what isn’t. He did the same thing with CE. Ivey has a green light to be as creative as he wants. He needs to slow it down some. Be aggressive. Not crazy.
We all can hope so! That performance will forever be hard to match.
On this team, he really doesn’t have to go off like CE did. He really just needs to play well. If he hits his FT’s, we are probably in good shape.
Lol he’s a top 5 pick. He doesn’t need shit.
Ivey played awesome against Illinois. He was poised and more deliberate. That’s all he needs to find. I think he’s trying to do too much.
The Illinois game was definitely his best game. I almost mentioned it in my initial comment. He needs to watch some tape of that game and work to emulate that game again!
He will have more money than u can dream about.
Another year for what? Dude is a lottery pick. He would be dumb to stay in college any longer.
You are so wrong and the millions he will make after this year will show you how misused he was. Should have had the system built around him and plate set up for him!
I agree that Ivey is great but I don’t know what else Painter could do for him. Unless you give him the ball literally every time, he has had every chance to do whatever he wants and make plays. He just doesn’t have the experience yet to make the best play every time. That’s why he is a lottery pick. He is young, can be so good and has the ability. He just needs to refine his tools and you do that in the NBA when you have what he has. But Painter has clearly let him do what he wants which is totally fine with his ability.
That was when he was at his best. Lots more control. He played with tremendous confidence, but his aggressiveness was under control. Illinois has a tremendous defense, so we know he can do it against the best in the league.
First year GRob played lots of people on here complained he was ball hog and could not handle the ball.
I remember that now that you mention it. It was short lived, but I remember the "ball hog" comments.
