Loved the group. One issue with thigpen was passing was a last option many times. Dude was a scorer and his first thought was putting it in the basket. It worked for him.
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He stands out to me due to the improvement from his freshman to senior year. I remember him throwing up a lot of bricks early (very flat trajectory), but he was a scoring machine his senior year.
Included on my original list. This is really the duo I'm most reminded of when looking at Hunter & Lipsey. Of course it's kind of silly, since I've only seen high school highlights! Similar body types, I guess.
If you have aspirations for a pro career between the two sports, I think basketball gives you a better chance at making money somewhere, with more longevity and less wear and tear. It's certainly the path that I would advise.
This. And once he made the decision to play basketball at the next level I think it makes sense to focus fully on that. It isn't like he'll just be sitting around twiddling his thumbs in the fall.
This take seems rather rigid...
and then 9 months later Bob Sura and Sam Cassell torched them so bad and showed us what a real backcourt looks like lol.
Loved that group.... those were the first guys I remember watching as a kid. First game I ever went to with my dad was the ISU vs. #2 OSU (when they had big country). We were down by 18 at half and came back to win in OT. OSUs best free throw shooter missed two free throws with 3 seconds left and we won by 1. ISU shot like 89% in the second half... they asked Orr about it after the game, and said (something like), "I didn't know we missed a shot". Those were fun teams to watch.
Ya - my dad asked me to pick a game to go to that year. I picked OSU, he said "are you sure? They are going to be good, that might be a tough one." I was like, "but if we win....."
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Him and Hunter have a chance to be an elite defensive backcourt.
Making money somewhere, you are probably right, but making a go of it in either the NFL or NBA, I'd argue the opposite in a lot of cases, especially for someone of his size. Right now, there are 1,696 players in the NFL as compared to 529 in the NBA. The NFL draft each year has 7 rounds with 255 total picks of players getting contracts, which compares to the NBA with 2 rounds and 60 total picks, with only half of those actually getting guaranteed contracts. Also, of NBA players, how many of them are only 6' 2"? There definitely are some, but there are a TON more at that size in the NFL.
In fact, I had this EXACT conversation with the mom of my neighbor kid current ISU 2023 offer for football Alex Mota. Alex is a stud in both basketball and football, but she was the one telling me he is leaning towards going football, as how many 6' 1" players are there in the NBA. Her words, not mine.
I get it I'm not factoring in the wear and tear on your body thing, as that is completely a big factor too. Its why if you do make the NBA, you likely have a better chance of sticking around longer. However, since players stick around longer, there is also less spots for newbies. NBA players tend to make more money as well. However, if we are just talking about trying to make it to the highest level of sports in the U.S., football is likely your better route to sip a cup of coffee in the league.
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I'm 13 years removed from the AAU scene. It'll be awhile before the little guy could play AAU ball so I'm not a parent in that world either. All Iowa Attack was just getting it's legs with Harrison Barnes when I left. I'll have to punt this to someone else.
