He played 30% of the game last night and the only counting stat he had was 1 block. Had zeroes across the board everywhere else. Almost pulled it off. Truly remarkable.
He played 30% of the game last night and the only counting stat he had was 1 block. Had zeroes across the board everywhere else. Almost pulled it off. Truly remarkable.
Well he is a freshman and got potential. He has a great basketball body. Hope he can turn into something.
I remember a young timid player many years ago his freshman year, thinking I don't think he will turn into much. His name was Timmy Bowers and that turned out pretty good.
Shawn is a walk-on, correct?
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Originally Posted by MaroonFlounder
We have a more talented player on the bench than Jones, Russell! He needs to play. He's a scorer and can make a jump shot, unlike everyone on our team.
I've wondered what's keeping him off the floor. Can't/won't defend? He literally can't shoot it any worse than the others, and at least we've seen he's probably the most athletic guy on the team based on the way he absolutely posterized that poor kid earlier in the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Why doesn't young Stansbury get to play?Quote:
Originally Posted by MaroonFlounder
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Originally Posted by RiverCityDawg
Supposedly Jans will not play him because he gets lost on defense. At some point , you have to give him some opportunities to play. Murphy is the same , lacks defensive awareness. Those two are our best scorers.
My son gets torqued when Isaac doesn't get in the game!! LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I have no clue what Jans sees in Jones yet. I'm waiting for that break out game but I've seen nothing, not even his defense, that shows me he should play over Martavious Russell. Russell just needs time out there, Jans won't give it to him for whatever reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Yeah it's weird to me as well. Jans loves Jones but I've yet to understand it b/c I've not seen anything offensively or defensively that makes me agree with him getting minutes. I have no idea what Russell and Murphy would do with 28 minutes but I'm pretty curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCMSTFAN
Sounds like he earned it.
Russell can’t shoot either ...
just because he had a monster dunk against some shit team
Would it hurt to get him some minutes ? Prob not . But it’s not like he is a difference maker
With Murphy I agree I wish he would play him more, but again it’s not like he is stat stuffer or an instant offense guy
This team is what it is, we will play good enough defense and hustle and do the little things to keep us competitive in almost every game , but if we can’t make shoots it’s going to be hard to win more than half of the remaining games
Bright side is now that Horton is gone Shaq will get more minutes
My biggest concern is the possible lack of effort on defense once the L’s continue to mount
If we start slacking on that end it could get really ugly
By the way this team was picked to finish 13th in the league pre season , so let’s don’t act like It was a top 5 sec team
If we are gonna give walk-ons some minutes, RUMPH needs to be out there.
Have you seen him shoot 3s?
Russell can shoot the cover off ball. He is one of our best shooters in practice. He's also a good ball handler and can get to the rim too, but he's a better shooter than slasher.
Its possible that he's earned it, but practices don't always convert to games when the lights come on. When I coached I had a lefty that couldn't miss the corner three in practice and during scrimmages but when games started he couldn't make one. I had certain set plays to get him to his spot and for whatever reason he just couldn't make them in gamesQuote:
Originally Posted by KentuckyDawg13
How do you know Russell can't shoot? Honestly, he hasn't been given the opportunity to get going in a game, none of us know what he can do until Jans give him the minutes. Heck it can't be worse than what Davis and Horton gave us. He's only played in 8 games and most of that was garbage minutes. I'm hoping we can keep Russell because he is one of those guys that potentially transfers away because lack of playing time and becomes a starter and contributor for another team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ari Gold
Yes we were picked 13th in the SEC but we were also ranked as high as #16 with wins over Utah and Marquette at one point too.