Wigginton
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He is due to go off, I say it happens on Wednesday he rains in 3's
This is the definition on candy coated *********. Wiggy drops to the ground when he loses the ball. There is an epidemic running through the pressroom of find excuses for the players so we don't lose access. Only losers make excuses.
The sad truth is Wiggy needs to become accountable if he ever wants to sniff the league. Nuba gots no use for point guards with no handle.
That's pretty selective early in Ejim's career there were multiple posts commenting on his "hands of stone".
I kind of had visions of the 2013-14 team with this group through early part of season. Scoring abilities of Wiggington, Shayok, and THT reflecting those of Kane, Ejim, and Niang. Haliburton in the Naz role with shooting and upbeat glue guy. Babb as frosh Monte facilitating the offense. Jacobsen, Lard and Talley/Lewis all playing as key role players.
Path isn't quite as clear right now. The Big 12 title that we all want is likely a stretch at this point but there is still time to regroup. To reach their ceiling I'm thinking we need Wiggington and THT to figure it out. Both are ball stoppers in the offense that need to allow the game to come to them. If they can get it going, this team can still go places.
Path isn't quite as clear right now. The Big 12 title that we all want is likely a stretch at this point but there is still time to regroup. To reach their ceiling I'm thinking we need Wiggington and THT to figure it out. Both are ball stoppers in the offense that need to allow the game to come to them. If they can get it going, this team can still go places.
Yeah I guess i coulda used a comma.. or five. I’ve just heard multiple times now that Wigginton has always been a low efficiency, high volume shooter. I was just pointing out that he didn’t shoot anymore than anyone els did.
Wigginton has made strides as a passer. Just look at his last two passes, the one to Conditt and then to Babb for a wide open three. In fact in conference play, he has the highest assist percentage on the team just above Babb. He has also been by far the best rebounder of the guards and his turnover rate is lower than the other guards except THT.
Agree on the inbounds plays and 2 for 1s, but having great plays in under 10 seconds at the end of halves was simply not a thing under Fred either. Game threads were full of ******** about Lucious/Kane/Morris dribbling around at the end of halves then jacking up a shot. As I mentioned earlier, the most memorable last second shots - Royce vs. KSU, Scotty C. vs. OSU, Naz vs. OSU, Morris vs. UT in the BTT - were not some magical set plays. Other than that, the close wins came down to guys not missing a bunch of front ends.
Prohm probably isn't going to be the offensive coach Fred was when he was here, but at the time Fred was here, there are very few that could match him in offensive concepts, game planning and in-game adjustments. Granted, the college game as a whole has shifted largely to the same concepts, so would Fred be able to keep ISU ahead of the curve offensively? Who knows, and it doesn't really matter.
As for Wigginton, his shooting and his defense are not great right now, but the guy is coming off a substantial foot injury. For a guy that relies on explosiveness, that's going to take a while to physically be 100%, fully trust it, and then knock off all the rust. As others have said, he made some great passes and opportunities that were available largely due to his unique ability to attack the lane. I think you have to roll with him. At some point I think it will all come together for this team and they will be playing their best ball in Feb. and March. When you've got a ton of roster turnover, the injuries and suspensions, ISU is probably a good two months behind almost everybody else in settling on rotations and roles.
In general, I hate the view of fans that if a guy takes a lot of shots if he's off, or forces some shots he's a selfish player. People calling out Wigginton, Shayok and THT need to cool it. These guys are the scorers on this team. Everybody loves the glue guys and distributors, but none of that matters if you don't have guys that are willing to take shots. Sometimes that includes some tough shots, or taking good shots even on a night when he's cold. I would like to see Haliburton be more assertive getting in the lane and shooting and getting to the line.
He certainly takes enough shots. Jesus.
I thought he did a great job tonight
he played pretty well. He wasn't trying to force too many shots which is nice to see. Good effort on transition offense.
Only negative was him complaining about a call than not getting down the floor leading to a 5v4 for Tech.
You are a moron. We don’t win that game without him
He’s starting to get his mojo back. Shots still aren’t falling, but when they do, watch the hell out.
I would not go that far, but he avoided a repeat of the horrible sequence against KSU.
It seems that Wigginton is not getting the calls when he drives to the basket. He gets maybe half of the fouls called that I would expect.
Wigginton was really good last night. And as someone else said, they wouldn't have won without him.