Quick caveat... the four year athletic scholarship is only guaranteed at Power 5 conferences. A player cannot lose their scholarship due to lack of athletic performance but can for a variety of 'off the court' issues.
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Also, this rule only applies to scholarships award to a freshman. If the scholarship isn't award right away, then it is only a one-year with renewal.
The Strib has some quotes that makes them seem very committed.
I hope not.
Sure!
WOW!
BJ got himself a good one there!!
It looks like he is dunking from about 5 feet out! That is some wingspan! I see him and Payne starting together next year making it really difficult for opponents to score in the paint.
Very nice shooting stroke.
This amazed me too! I was sure after his post move, he would need to do a hook shot or finger roll the ball toward the rim. Nope!
People think that with modern basketball you have to have a stretch 4 so Payne can't be a PF. I say you put your best talent out on the court, build a system that works with it and make other teams adapt to what you have. Payne and Evans would be a very solid defensive combo.
It will be interesting to see. I look at Purdue last year, I think Painter is one of the better coaches in the country and he just could not figure out a way for Williams/Edey to play together, they were just a bad fit. Sometimes that happens even to great players/coaches. I would tend to think they would both maximize their ability without the other one on the floor in the paint but I do think they could get a few minutes together. Something like 28min for both, where they share the floor for 8 min a game. To me the more exciting part is that one of them should be on the floor 100% of the time, gone would be the days of OMG why do we have to play Konate 8 min or Curry 30 or TT starting type thing. 40 minutes of at least one dominant big on the floor at all times is huge in the B1G.
In the modern game one of them will need to capably guard on the perimeter. Okay to have one guy roam the paint but the second big needs to guard a stretch 4 somehow.
Christie looks more like a wing than a guard in these highlights.
Good post. The Purdue comparison is interesting, I thought of them as well. I think that the Payne/Evans pairing is more athletic though and Payne would have to have an outside shot to make it work.
I think Payne could guard a stretch 4 today- no problem.
Payne had a decent outside game in AAU, he obviously needs to get to a point where he's comfortable with it at this level and that may not be next year, but skill set is there to make a jump that Oturu made.
After watching a small sample of tape on Evans and watching PP, I can see them on the floor together. IMO, as they appear to be more athletic/versatile than Williams/Edney and provide more options on offense. But as you stated, skills would need to be developed.
Love it! Ben's offense is not making the defense move (or the players aren't running it). It's easy to defend us right now.After watching a small sample of tape on Evans and watching PP, I can see them on the floor together. IMO, as they appear to be more athletic/versatile than Williams/Edney and provide more options on offense. But as you stated, skills would need to be developed.
For discussion purposes, I would implement a double low post offense similar to this: https://www.coachesclipboard.net/MascotMotionOffense.html or . Evans 5 and PP 4 or reverse them. It allows for ball movement, good spacing, motion, screens and options for a hi/low post and allow two bigs to be in close proximity for offense boards. Plus this would utilize Battle's skill set and possibly Garcia and Fox/Ihnen. But Ben would have to revamp his current "offense" philosophy for what it is worth.
After watching the attached links, I see very little of this type of motion and sets from Ben. Take a look Ben, you may learn something!!
Thoughts??
I believe Gard is already successfully using swing offense.After watching a small sample of tape on Evans and watching PP, I can see them on the floor together. IMO, as they appear to be more athletic/versatile than Williams/Edney and provide more options on offense. But as you stated, skills would need to be developed.
For discussion purposes, I would implement a double low post offense similar to this: https://www.coachesclipboard.net/MascotMotionOffense.html or . Evans 5 and PP 4 or reverse them. It allows for ball movement, good spacing, motion, screens and options for a hi/low post and allow two bigs to be in close proximity for offense boards. Plus this would utilize Battle's skill set and possibly Garcia and Fox/Ihnen. But Ben would have to revamp his current "offense" philosophy for what it is worth.
After watching the attached links, I see very little of this type of motion and sets from Ben. Take a look Ben, you may learn something!!
Thoughts??
