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per Marcus:
The last 10 Big Ten games offer a plethora of opportunities for Minnesota to boost its NCAA tournament résumé. At the same time, Coffey can boost his pro stock, too.
“If he wants to be an NBA player, now it comes down to his skill level, where he can dribble, pass, shoot and make decisions,” coach Richard Pitino said. “I believe he’ll play in the NBA at some point. I love his mentality right now. He’s competing. He has that look of a guy who wants to take the next step as a basketball player.”
Testing waters
In stretches this season, Coffey carried the Gophers offense (32 points vs. Nebraska and 29 points vs Rutgers), similar to Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ. Both of those players declared for the draft last spring but returned to school and have played even better.
Whether or not his son is projected to get drafted this year, Richard Coffey wants Amir to test the process after the season, because that was the plan before his season-ending shoulder surgery his sophomore year.
“I really wanted Amir to go through that process last year, so he could gain that experience and that knowledge,” Richard Coffey said. “I think that helps kids when they come back to play another year. Amir didn’t get a chance to do that because he was hurt. This year we definitely plan on doing that for nothing else but the experience.”
http://www.startribune.com/amir-cof...le-developing-potential-nba-skills/505258872/
Go Gophers!!
The last 10 Big Ten games offer a plethora of opportunities for Minnesota to boost its NCAA tournament résumé. At the same time, Coffey can boost his pro stock, too.
“If he wants to be an NBA player, now it comes down to his skill level, where he can dribble, pass, shoot and make decisions,” coach Richard Pitino said. “I believe he’ll play in the NBA at some point. I love his mentality right now. He’s competing. He has that look of a guy who wants to take the next step as a basketball player.”
Testing waters
In stretches this season, Coffey carried the Gophers offense (32 points vs. Nebraska and 29 points vs Rutgers), similar to Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ. Both of those players declared for the draft last spring but returned to school and have played even better.
Whether or not his son is projected to get drafted this year, Richard Coffey wants Amir to test the process after the season, because that was the plan before his season-ending shoulder surgery his sophomore year.
“I really wanted Amir to go through that process last year, so he could gain that experience and that knowledge,” Richard Coffey said. “I think that helps kids when they come back to play another year. Amir didn’t get a chance to do that because he was hurt. This year we definitely plan on doing that for nothing else but the experience.”
http://www.startribune.com/amir-cof...le-developing-potential-nba-skills/505258872/
Go Gophers!!
