Makale Foreman Grad Transfer
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He is ranked what? Maybe sub 30 for grad transfers? I wouldn’t consider that a home run. But to each his own.
Home run is an overstatement, Twins.
He'd be a very nice get and help at a position of need though.
He'd be a very nice get and help at a position of need though.
Sorry I just really like his game. I'll go inside the park solo homer
I wouldn't call them totally different. Just watching Foreman's highlights he looks a lot like Nixon. He looks a touch longer and he's more smooth but what he tries to do is similar. His shooting numbers are better and his usage isn't as gaudy which gives me hope he's like the efficient version of Nixon who can be good enough. At the end of the day, though, neither are facilitators and I'm still hoping Tre is the PG because he has the opportunity to make a huge jump these others don't in terms of being a PG.
I agree, but in that sense Nixon was a home run for us.
JCL would be a solid addition, but schools like Michigan offering doesn’t mean he’d be a home run. It means it’s mid-May and schools are happy to add anyone to their rotation.
We didn't bring in Nixon to be the player he ended up having to be though..
I am not saying this is the case but could Foreman be a contingency plan if JC-L goes elsewhere (or vise-versa if the staff has it evaluated that way)?
I know ISU could take 2 GT guards but I could also see where both would be competing for the same minutes and not want to enter that situation.
I think JC-L could play some minutes at the 3 when Prohm wants to go small so it might not be a major issue but GT's who have options are transferring to play minutes on a bigger stage and likely want to start.
Exactly why thinking JCL is a home run is hyperbole. He may end up playing a ton of minutes and having high usage on a bad team, but that’s not what good teams are bringing him in for.
Also, on Nixon, we didn’t bring him in to start? LW was known to be gone when grabbed him. Arguably he played less of a role given the surprising success of Haliburton and the addition of Bolton.
With an unpopular opinion - I disagree.
I think he had a pretty good shot selection, he just could not shoot. He took a lot of late shot clock shots because of our lack of creators with the ball. He had a good looking shot, not sure why they would not go in. I expect disagrees.
Right but your add them in with Bolton and Tre's minutes. Just could be a tough sell to a grad transfer if you splitting the minutes by 4 as opposed to 3.
Yeah I think homerun is a little over the top probably. Shayok and Kane were absolute homeruns. You really can't get any better than they were. We don't need him to be that good for us to be a tournament team imo. We need him to be solid and be a net positive at the end of the year. If he exceeds that expectation.. awesome!
I don't think we should polarize some of these guys though without them even playing a minute for us, let alone even commit to us. We shouldn't expect them to perform at a Nixon level and good lord we shouldn't assume they'll be a Beverly either. We also shouldn't expect them to be all-world like Kane and Shayok were. I'm totally fine with him being somewhere in the middle.
Shayok was a home run but only in the rear view mirror. We likely got WAY more out of him than anyone thought when he came aboard.
Polarizing is calling him a home run. I haven’t called him Nixon, but used Nixon to point out the flaw in thinking getting 25+ min/gm and high usage means he’s a home run.
That said, what do you mean we shouldn’t expect them to perform at Nixon’s level? If the shoe fits...
