I know he had recent shoulder surgery but he is one of our highest ranked recruits currently on roster. Where do people anticipate him sitting in the rotation this season? If he can manage 35-39% from three I can see him getting significant minutes at the 2 or even to spell DJ when he comes out.
Why is everyone sleeping on Jakolby Long?
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He's just a big unknown at this point. Hopefully he can have a Naz type jump from freshman to sophomore year. That's very rare but he's going to get a chance at minutes
If he couldn't find minutes last year then he's probably not good enough. Only had the 2nd and 3rd players with the most 3's in school history ahead of him as 4th and 5th year seniors.
He has an odd shooting form. That's pretty much all I know about the kid. Defense was mentioned a bunch out of HS
My thought exactly. His release doesn't look quick enough.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if he got anything more than spot minutes, but my expectations for him are low.
The hope is that his offseason shoulder surgery will allow him to get better. Shoulder was worse than we thought last year. Still though, for him to be an impact guy this year seems like a huge stretch. We'll see. Hope he proves people wrong.
Bone spurs, not full rotator cuff repair, so I am assuming he will be fine and doing better without the pain from the spurs.
He had shoulder surgery in April, seems like the timeline is 1-6 months for normal humans after my Google Doctoring. CCL is a definite no, 2-3 months before doing anything more than minimal activity.
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No doubt. Also it helps to have Babb who is versatile enough to play the 1 or 3.
Hopefully Lewis is good enough to play the 3 a lot so Babb can be the rotation guy at guard.
I can't believe we couldn't land a grad transfer guard. It's a shame because one good guard (10 ppg / 35%+ from 3) would probably have us dancing again.
We pretty much have 4 guards for 3 spots (Wigginton, Babb, Lewis and Jackson) and then you have Beverly who should be able to play the 3 for when we just have two of them out there. It'll be interesting to see what lineup works best
Are we already assuming Lewis is better than Long? Seems like you dont even mention him as a rotation player in this scenario.