Eli king?
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It just seemed he was the most college-ready of the incoming freshmen. I’m not too worried about him yet.
16 years later and clonedude is still doing clonedude things. Gotta admire the dedication to being an insufferablely negative poster
Even if he is a bust he is like the 12th option on this team this year so who cares. Not everyone can be a hit.
I had to Google smat, even threw it in urban dictionary, I’m going to stay quiet now because I’m not sure which definition of smat is correct.
Yeah, he sucked. Nothing but respect for what he turned into and he was an amazing contributor to the team by his senior year. But I cringed every time he came into the game as a freshman.
I will not look up smat in Urban Dictionary
I will not look up smat in Urban Dictionary
I will not look up smat in Urban Dictionary
I will not look up smat in Urban Dictionary
Dam. I just couldn't help myself.
Is lipsey injured? He look like he hyper extended his leg or something right before that last timeout
Sunday pod mentioned in passing that he just cramped up.
Wasn't King kind of injured prior to the start of the season. Maybe he got behind. Also, he has a lot of experience guys ahead of him and he is a True Freshman. Not really surprised he hasn't played much. I think he can be a good one down the line though.
I'm not concerned about Eli. He had a little further to go than Lipsey and Watson, played in a smaller class in MN if I recall correctly. 2A out of 4A. Tamin at least played at the highest level in the state of Iowa, and was Mr. Basketball in the state, winning a championship. Watson played at Totino-Grace, one class above Eli.
We are undermanned at guard this year. If Eli can get up to speed, he'll see minutes.
We are undermanned at guard this year. If Eli can get up to speed, he'll see minutes.
Hearing players only meeting today on this very topic. Concerning.
Also Tamin was a borderline 5 star recruit prior to a serious injury issue. Should players get downgraded for injuries based on internet recruiting analysts stellar track record of forecasting careers?
CycloneErik
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Based on what I've seen of him so far, I absolutely guarantee he won't see any game time or score any points before Sunday. It's serious.
I think Eli's lack of playing time is probably more a byproduct of having so many new faces this year. Even up 20+ points, there is value in having our core 8 out there to gain familiarity and establish roles. In prior years with a more proven team, you'd probably see the 9-12 players get some run. But here there's just too much value to the top guys being on the floor together before we start playing tougher opponents.
I was thinking the same thing. This isn't like "back in the day" when Monté and Georges and that crew had played with each other for 2-3 years and didn't need to learn to play together. Under those circumstances, giving the new faces and the freshman as much run as you can against live ammunition makes sense. But very few of the current roster has played together more than a year (really only Holmes and Osunniyi and that wasn't in Ames) and there's only five returners (Kalscheur, Kunc, Grill, Jones, and Tre King once he is eligible again but he's never played a live game for Iowa State). Lots of new pieces to integrate in a short time.
Some experience for Eli King against bad teams isn't a negative, but I'm not sure it is as much of a positive for the program as getting the top 8-9 guys experience together and figuring out the rotation.
Thank you, I saw it happen and him waiving to sit. In my head I’m going, oh the guy gets going and gets injured
@clonedude is never off his game, he brings it 24/7/365
He was an amazing contributor his sophomore year.
