Is Lewis injured because
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People are disagreeing with this post which is funny because this is not an opinion. This is a fact. 3 of the players that are above Lewis in the rotation are extremely unproven and haven’t had a game as good as Lewis yet in their career. I think they should be above Lewis but it’s not like they are lighting the world on fire either.
I am a Grill fan and I really like his potential but I think that might be a stretch right now. You need way more out of him if you’re playing him 21 minutes.
Grill and Jackson are better than Lewis
I THINK they are better too. I was just defending Lewis though because Grill and Jackson haven’t shown it yet.
This is why Lewis doesn't play. Metric wise he is our lowest rated scholarship player, in the walk-on range:
http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Iowa+St.
PRPG! = "Points Over Replacement Per Adjusted Game at That Usage." In other words, an overall grading.
Pick another analysis metric if you like, it'll be similar.
Terrance Lewis is never gonna be a thing. The guy just isn’t a Big 12 player.
I mean, pretty much everything we say on here is an opinion. I think your opinion is right but it’s not a fact. There’s no guarantee that either one of those guys contributes in the future. We THINK they have the ability to but we have no idea if it’ll actually happen or not.
I think Lewis is definitely our 10th man. I’m not debating that he’s better than anybody else or that he has to play. I’m just saying that a majority of this roster hasn’t earned the minutes based off their play thus far so I can see why people would wonder why Lewis isn’t getting a chance.
The same reason we aren't seeing more of Lewis. He is isn't good enough.
I'm confused on what you mean by "earned the minutes" when comparing him to players that have performed better?
I’d like to see Lewis get a shot, but it’s clear that he hasn’t earned it. I don’t think you’ve watched him on the defensive end. When he’s played, he’s lost there - doesn’t seem to have a good sense of how to play D. Then, on the O side, he doesn’t stand out such that he demands time. I think it’s as simple as that.
As you’ve pointed out, we have lots of question marks on the team and who’s going to take hold of roles. Someone hit a shot, please! But, those that are playing are playing hard. TL doesn’t give that impression, either. If he could show in these areas in practice/games, I have to believe he’d get on the floor. Unfortunately, it must not be happening.
I'm not a b-ball expert, but whenever he's on the court he usually looks unsure of what and where he should be. There is always energy though.
My original point was that we have a ton of question marks on this team and nobody has really played well enough to earn all the minutes to the point where Lewis shouldn’t get a chance. I still stand by that original point.
I don’t think anybody outside of Haliburton have earned all the minutes they are getting based off their 2019 play so I can see an argument for a guy not playing as much. Based off how some of our guards have played, I can see why some would argue that Jackson and Lewis should get a chance.
I always try to be careful when I make an argument for a certain player to get more minutes because I don’t see what goes on in practice.
I only see what goes on in the games and from what I’ve seen, the guys getting the minutes have to step up and prove they deserve those minutes.
I only see what goes on in the games and from what I’ve seen, the guys getting the minutes have to step up and prove they deserve those minutes.