This most likely means a team will sign him after the draft, like the Wolves did with Naz Reid. Sims could still be drafted though
Did he? What did he actually do in college? Not what everybody thought he would do.
Great point....also got me to thinking that Shaka Smart may not know how to use big guys. Quite possibly why Theo John and Dawson Garcia are moving on from Marquette.
What hype did you expect out of him? He was plenty productive as four year player. We easily could've used him.
He had three guys get drafted in the first round in Jaxon Hayes, Mo Bamba, and Jarrett Allen. Two of those were in the lottery. I don't think he has any trouble selling big men. Theo and Dawson signed up for what Woj and Stan Johnson (former assistant) set them up for. Shaka's program is different and they both are moving onto blue bloods. I think they'd both be pros if the Euro Market wasn't so bleak.
True. Don't know that it means he uses them well in college though. You would think that with as much talent as he had, those guys would have been more productive. Sims averaged a little over 9 ppg last year, Hayes right at 10 his last year and I believe Bamba and Allen were right around 13 ppg. Lots of talent there and not a ton of production.
Good points, but Shaka doesn’t have utilize or have his bigs score much in his offense. He recruits high level active athletes who can defend and crash the offensive glass. His bigs will never put up huge numbers unless he changes that. I’m not a big Shaka fan or believer and would’ve been annoyed if we hired him, but I always felt he recruited and played his bigs the way he wanted to. Didn’t win enough with them though for sure.
Sims was impactful in every Texas game I watched the last couple of years, and it seemed he was productive in the role he was given.
