Watching the tournament,hell yesterday, it's glaringly obvious that guards are driving the college game today. Having multiple guys that can push it,dish it and shoot it is what's up.
Unless he develops somewhat of jumper the scouting report is in on him. The defense can sag way off of him and nearly double another player when he has the ball. If the lob isn’t there then he isn’t really a threat. I’m thinking he is more of 15 min unless there’s fouls or injuries of course. Which was probably the plan heading into the season before Pryor got hurt.
Definitely need our center to be some kind of scoring/shooting threat. James playing starters minutes is just too limiting offensively to win at a high level and his defense doesn't make up for it either.
Unless he develops somewhat of jumper the scouting report is in on him. The defense can sag way off of him and nearly double another player when he has the ball. If the lob isn’t there then he isn’t really a threat. I’m thinking he is more of 15 min unless there’s fouls or injuries of course. Which was probably the plan heading into the season before Pryor got hurt.
The big kid at IU got 1.5 Million last year, he was one of the highest paid players in all of college basketball. 8-10 Million buys a lot of really good players..
This team lacks hoops IQ. They just don't seem to learn from their many mistakes. Players like Cochran, Harris and Russell met their basketball skill limit years ago.
Just think of the many recent talented but intelligent players the Cards have had. I think this team has just one player like those and that's Roberts. The other freshmen need more playing time to fully judge their hoops IQ.
Walz needs the portal. I hope he can find smart and talented players who can make adjustments as the season goes.
It is no different than it has always been…the only difference is the recipient has to pay taxes on it now. Geez Chapman was offered 700,000 to stay at UK back in 1988…in todays NIL world that is like 10,000,000 bucks.
