The more i watch our bigs play the less confidence i have that strickland will be any different. Where is the new mbodj we were told about? They said last season was lost due to his injury and lack of conditioning... Is he plaing any better? Just a bunch of coaching bs.
Season GP MPG PPG FG% 3FG% FT% APG RPG BPG SPG
2012-13 17 19.4 5.1 49.3 0.0 58.8 0.2 5.2 2.3 0.3
2011-12 28 9.7 1.7 37.7 100.0 38.9 0.1 2.1 0.7 0.1
I'd say that's definitely an improvement. No one said he was going to be All-BE or anything. He just needs to find a way to stay on the court.
He isnt playing that much better just more minutes.
Improvements in scoring, rebounds, and blocks are up more than just saying he's playing more minutes. Also FG% and FT% are way up.
Do the math. Geeze. Its the slightest of improvement for a guy mick said was a completely different player from who we saw last year.
I think he's definitely a different player than the one we saw last year. The guy last year didn't have the quickness or conditioning to be 2nd in the BE in blocks.
The more i watch our bigs play the less confidence i have that strickland will be any different. Where is the new mbodj we were told about? They said last season was lost due to his injury and lack of conditioning... Is he plaing any better? Just a bunch of coaching bs.
But not the conditioning or quickness to rebound or score. Im just asking if he is the player you anticipated after hearing mick describe him inin the preseason? Would he be the starting five on any other big east team?
Big difference-Cheikh has never been/never will be a scorer. Strickland is-the scouting reports on him say he has a wide array of post moves and can finish around the rim. He is a former 4 star recruit, while Cheikh is just a JUCO guy.
Ok cool. Im notnot trying to compare the players just how to interpret the hype. I feel like i hear a lot of positives from Mick that never show up.
He's improved tremendously this year particularly his defense
Don't be ridiculous
Why Do you continue to expect him to becomeIf this is tremendous improvement then his starting point was ridiculously low and shows uc's lack of ability to recruit and develop quality bigs.
I don't have a problem with our bigs to tell you the truth, I could care less if they score a point in the game, as long as they defend and rebound, and considering we are the 8th best team in the country at offensive rebounding I'd have to say they are contributing on the offensive end. I don't know who here was expected anything out of our big's offensively, but thats not their role, their role is to play good defense and adjust shots when people drive into the rim, and thats what they do.
If you judge a player on how many ppg they average, then you seriously are misunderstood on how many different ways you can contribute from a basketball standpoint, the most important stat for me is the +/- system
Ok cool. Im notnot trying to compare the players just how to interpret the hype. I feel like i hear a lot of positives from Mick that never show up.
Best to take superlatives about recruits and player progression with a grain of salt. Coaches hype up their guys all the time. I still remember our former coach saying that Eugene Land was the best rebounder he's ever seen. Yikes.