Reread: I said "Last Year" as in the 21-22 season. We had a glaring need at the PG and an immediate starting spot and he didn't upgrade from IT and Hunter when he should have. One of only 4 P5 teams not to use the portal. It haunted us last year and might again this year.
He has shown he can hit the 3 in big spots. Something we didn’t see from another 6-6 point guard.
) there won't be quite as many maddening give-away turnovers that we saw sometimes by the bushel the last couple of seasons.
In my view Brandon was at worst an average Big Ten starter as a redshirt freshman before being buried on the depth charge behind a lottery pick and one of the top three point shooters in the history of the program. He struggled coming off the bench for five to seven minute stretches. It's possible that he has become a worse player from his RS Freshman to Sophomore seasons but to me it seems much more likely that it's an issue of role versus skill.
Furst with #1 seems logical. This reminded me of the recent Stranger Things season when I saw it.
Word has it that CMP was last seen scouting court 1 at the Co-Rec.
Aiden O’Connell of basketball somewhere there.
Love that the follow up tweet is "this isn't really a Matt Painter type guy"..... lol
A couple of caveats here:
.And UNLV?????😒He fits in nicely as a 1 year stop gap. South Dakota St and Utah are pretty wholesome schools
Looks like a good shooter from 3 at 40%. I think Newman would be more comfortable at the 3 position, similar to Sasha. Yes, chemistry is biggest concern at this point. We need a guard or 2 in case our current guards get into foul trouble. If you earn it in practice and game time then you get the minutes.
Why would a guy come here if he didn't think he would start? Who cares what the other guys think: Don't like it, don't like him out play you for minutes.
Was chemistry a concern when we were trying to get the kid that ended up at Miami?
A little different with Nijel since he recruited him in high school and the Weber connection. It might be more about how Jenkins will handle being in a new locker room.
You already got 4 new guys coming in. Not worried about any negative impact of having an older, mature, upperclassman who can start from day 1, come in as well.
I didn't say he would be. But some people are always concerned that a transfer is going to effect team chemistry or some guys are unhappy for being recruited over.
I don’t consider it hypocrisy. He can dislike the rules and still play the game.
)....that can be exaggerated at times and is Matt Painter's job to work through with the entire team.He played really well during Utah's non-conference schedule last year. As soon as conference play started he fell off a cliff: In 16.8 mpg during PAC-10 play, he had 7ppg on 31% 2pt and 36.8% 3pt.
Depth is needed at this point. Seems similar to Sterling Carter, both played HS in Washington state.
I'm not sure comparing him to a backup on our worst team under Painter makes anyone feel better... haha.
Although he did hit 5 three pointers against your IU team for a blowout win.
Agree to some extent but the difference is "the guy" at Miami would have clearly been the best guard on our team. He was all B12 last year. This guy was a backup on an 11-20 team that went 4-16 in conference. Add to that he is going to play for his 4th school, I just don't see the benefit unless we are just desperate at this point.
He'd bring some experience, size, maturity (?) to a position of need. I don't think we're too far from desperation at this point.
I have no problem with the rules and I believe Painter should be searching for players in the portal but he has been pretty outspoken on the issue and has specifically said it isn't in the players best interest to jump from team to team. Now he's hosting a guy who is looking for not his 2nd, not 3rd, but 4th team. The guy doesn't sound like a guy who is looking to be a student first which is part of Painter's shtick.
