Yeah, it’ll be interesting to see. I wish Thiam woukd have stuck around. He would have been nice guard depth.
I agree. I think he ends up at CSU.
Why is that?&
You do take the good with the bad from Hawkins. He'll commit some untimely fouls, he'll turn it over at times, and he'll occasionally wait too long and have to beat the shot clock. And here is what he brings:
Every word true. We would not be anywhere near where we have come without Hawkins. But I would also like to give some credit to Mitchel, who in the last several games, has delivered a number of really slick passes to guys cutting to the basket, most resulting in layups.
Yes, although he is longer than Lipsey. He's very smooth and as you said doesn't get sped up, so quicker than people give him credit for. He gets to the basket when he wants to, but doesn't force it.
Most coaches are taking a chance with almost any recruit. Other than the top ten or so players, no one is a sure thing. Based on how Christie is doing we should be pretty excited by Asuma's ranking. Christie has turned out much better so far than many recruits ranked higher than him coming out of high school. ESPN has Asuma ranked one point higher than Christie, and 247 has Asuma ranked the #9 point guard. Payne is turning out to be pretty good compared to similarly ranked recruits. Carrington is fitting into a role as a sophomore really well, playing lockdown defense and playing smart with the ball.
Per 247 sport’s rankings (not the composite, as we don’t know what this includes), and last time I checked that’s what is used here by most, it isn’t as close as you portend (was this a subtle slight at CBJ, with your “taking a chance on him” quip?).
, Betts = 
?? I mean they are completely opposite player types...
Murph was a junior in 2018, but yea.
Don't they both play the three? Thought Betts was supposed to be a shooter, but perhaps I was wrong.
Christie is a combo guard, much better ball handler, shooter, way more fluid than Betts is or will ever be.
I watched a good chunk of the NW game, when Williams constantly was causing havoc by driving into the lane; he couldn’t go that against us.
Sorry, 2018-19 season.
Agreed. Different skill sets, but don't they both play the three?
I know they don't really track stats on what the guy you were guarding did while you were guarding them, but coaches are definitely paying attention to numbers like that. Most fans seem to be focused on how our guy is doing offensively, rebounds, assists, ect., but if my guy scores 20 on 8-11 shooting, but his guy does the same thing, it's a wash.
I mean Christie plays in a 3 guard offense, you could argue what his actual position is, but he plays backup PG when Hawkins is off the floor, etc.
I’m super excited about the D; sometimes you can’t make a shot, but you can always defend.
Use it to stifle Battle.
The OSU guard owned us last December and dropped 26 on us. He had a free ticket to the hoop. This will be a very tough test for our perimeter D. He did 22 against Purdont. Will be interesting to see who guards him. Probably switch off with Mitch, Hawk and BC. Battle did 25 on us. Will Garcia be on him? This be a great barometer on how much our perimeter D has improved.
I think
our D is light years of then and the help Dhas been really good the last several games; this is a good game to have before Nebby. I think Cam’d D has vastly improved too, as he’s gotten used to the speed and physicality of B10 guards.
Which starters will they lose?