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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Mar 20, 2023 19:38:26 GMT -6
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Post by Pantherholic on Mar 21, 2023 9:37:17 GMT -6
As of now, Panthers are out of scholarships.
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Post by PantherU on Mar 21, 2023 10:31:39 GMT -6
As of now, Panthers are out of scholarships. If you really want to torture yourself, set notifications to "ON" for @verbalcommits on Twitter.
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Post by thetruth on Mar 21, 2023 19:54:43 GMT -6
As of now, Panthers are out of scholarships. Players are bound to transfer. Let's just hope it's not the core guys, especially BJ Freeman.
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Post by mattg on Mar 21, 2023 21:01:02 GMT -6
Nice developmental transfer. Don't think he plays next year at all because he's still really raw, but he obviously has ridiculous bounce and athletic tools.
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Post by PantherU on Mar 21, 2023 22:16:32 GMT -6
Nice developmental transfer. Don't think he plays next year at all because he's still really raw, but he obviously has ridiculous bounce and athletic tools. He's going to play.
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Mar 22, 2023 20:22:21 GMT -6
Nice developmental transfer. Don't think he plays next year at all because he's still really raw, but he obviously has ridiculous bounce and athletic tools. He's going to play. Based on what? Whose he bouncing from the rotation? Hes still a super young player. Im expecting giant leaps from KP EJ BJ and MB. Those four will and should be playing alot of minutes.
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Post by PantherNation on Mar 23, 2023 7:20:22 GMT -6
Based on what? Whose he bouncing from the rotation? Hes still a super young player. Im expecting giant leaps from KP EJ BJ and MB. Those four will and should be playing alot of minutes. I’m confused… you complain nonstop about turnovers and rebounds, but you want no changes to 4 of our 5 primary minute getters? Rand is gone so Davis will replace him from an athletic standpoint. But no way anyone can play 30 mpg with that intensity so I’m guessing he’ll be splitting time with someone else either currently on the roster or new to the team. Hard to predict what the roster will look like over the next few months. But there’s no doubt in my mind Learic will be playing and will be a big part of the rotation. Lundy’s goal (I think) is to keep guys coming in/out of the game. He got away from that as the year went on because obviously BJ proved to be “the guy” and took away significant minutes from guys like JT. BJ’s return is going to be a big factor in how the minutes are spread out. Assuming he’s back, he and KP are the two who need to be on the floor as much as possible. EJ needs a ton of minutes too. But having two smaller guys good enough for lots of playing time throws off the need for a true PG to take care of the ball. We can’t survive with 3 small guards on the floor at once unless we’re going to be jacking a ton of 3s. The more I think about it, the more complicated it’s going to be to structure this team with as much talent as we have while also filling our gaps. Luckily that’s Lundy’s job. And I’m confident he’ll figure it out.
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Mar 23, 2023 15:44:20 GMT -6
I think the cream is always going to rise to the top and the rotation will tighten, my hope is that with extra experience and time together along with some self scouting that our current core could lower the TO per game to around 11 per game from the over 15 we did this season. Thats good for 335 in the country turnovers per game, while we play fast many of the turnovers were mental mistakes that youd hope playing at a D1 level for longer youd clean up. None of those 4 core players are unskilled to where that is a big leap. Rand and Bol also are heavy contributors to the TOs this year and the frontcourt is where minutes will be earned.
Based on what I saw from Davis 12 months ago I dont know if he can play yet, hope i am wrong as i read he really improved his fitness level and added strength. I wanted him at UWM last year but hes a young kid with room to grow and I dont expect much from him this year. Still 4 years of eligibility.
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Post by skrapheap on Mar 23, 2023 17:19:40 GMT -6
But having two smaller guys good enough for lots of playing time throws off the need for a true PG to take care of the ball. We can’t survive with 3 small guards on the floor at once unless we’re going to be jacking a ton of 3s. I need to go back through the interview thread(s). I remember a couple of interviews posted early on in which he was asked what a Bart Lundy-coached team would look like on offense. I remember a quote where he said his teams would shoot a lot of threes. I can't remember the specific number he cited, but it seemed quite high to me. He did temper his remarks by saying the roster would modify his expectations, but the three point was supposed to be a significant weapon. It might interesting to look at the season stats to see how close the squad got to that expectation.
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Post by mattg on Mar 23, 2023 19:55:50 GMT -6
Based on what? Whose he bouncing from the rotation? Hes still a super young player. Im expecting giant leaps from KP EJ BJ and MB. Those four will and should be playing alot of minutes. I’m confused… you complain nonstop about turnovers and rebounds, but you want no changes to 4 of our 5 primary minute getters? Rand is gone so Davis will replace him from an athletic standpoint. But no way anyone can play 30 mpg with that intensity so I’m guessing he’ll be splitting time with someone else either currently on the roster or new to the team. Hard to predict what the roster will look like over the next few months. But there’s no doubt in my mind Learic will be playing and will be a big part of the rotation. Lundy’s goal (I think) is to keep guys coming in/out of the game. He got away from that as the year went on because obviously BJ proved to be “the guy” and took away significant minutes from guys like JT. BJ’s return is going to be a big factor in how the minutes are spread out. Assuming he’s back, he and KP are the two who need to be on the floor as much as possible. EJ needs a ton of minutes too. But having two smaller guys good enough for lots of playing time throws off the need for a true PG to take care of the ball. We can’t survive with 3 small guards on the floor at once unless we’re going to be jacking a ton of 3s. The more I think about it, the more complicated it’s going to be to structure this team with as much talent as we have while also filling our gaps. Luckily that’s Lundy’s job. And I’m confident he’ll figure it out. I mean in terms of turnovers and rebounds, Davis doesn't address either of those concerns as he can't play as a big at all and he definitely isn't going to be a guy initiating offense.
The turnover issue stems from all of our wings and guards who are simply not lead guards or offensive initiators being forced into that role because we literally have no one else. That doesn't mean they should play less, it just means they should be not asked to do something beyond their skill set. Obviously hopefully they just improve basic decision making and cut down on some of our unforced/stupid turnovers that killed us this past season. Rebounding obviously we all know we need a legit big man. It was a weakness last year with Rand and Bol too, guys like JT, BJ, and Markeith were just as important as rebounders as our actual big men (who just weren't good on the boards).
I do think you have the wrong idea about what Lundy is looking for with the rotation though. He doesn't want to have to play 10+ guys, that's almost always a bad thing, even if your roster is absolutely stacked talent wise, a tighter rotation of 8-9 is ideal. He spent a good part of the year trying to figure out what exactly he had since the roster was brand new (and also he had no choice but to constantly rotate the bigs because of foul and conditioning issues). You could see this clearly in games where we were struggling badly (like when we lost to GB or CSU in the conf tourney for example) where Lundy was just throwing all sorts of obscure combinations onto the floor trying to figure out stuff that would work. That wasn't him wanting to play 11 guys, that's him trying to find a combination of guys that could be successful. We have to keep in mind that as successful as this past season was, the team was ridiculously inconsistent. At times looking completely unstoppable and a tier above other Horizon League teams...but then at our low points looking like a D2 squad trying to play D1 opponents.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 4, 2023 7:30:54 GMT -6
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Dec 9, 2023 18:59:21 GMT -6
I was wrong as MB and EJ didnt make leaps they took steps back, Davis should get more of their minutes.
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Post by mattg on Dec 18, 2023 20:11:06 GMT -6
I was wrong as MB and EJ didnt make leaps they took steps back, Davis should get more of their minutes. Yeah Davis definitely developed a bit and Browning and EJ have fallen apart (and MB is now gone). Davis is still super raw but he might as well get minutes to hopefully improve because he has nice potential. He's been solid defensively and as a connector/ball mover. Still needs to add strength to help his finishing, confidence, and hopefully shooting polish but he's basically the most promising new guy this side of Aaron Franklin.
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Dec 18, 2023 20:49:28 GMT -6
I was wrong as MB and EJ didnt make leaps they took steps back, Davis should get more of their minutes. Yeah Davis definitely developed a bit and Browning and EJ have fallen apart (and MB is now gone). Davis is still super raw but he might as well get minutes to hopefully improve because he has nice potential. He's been solid defensively and as a connector/ball mover. Still needs to add strength to help his finishing, confidence, and hopefully shooting polish but he's basically the most promising new guy this side of Aaron Franklin. Really like how he moves the ball, its noticeable when hes on the court that the offense flows much better. He also brings it but that was never in question he always played hard IMO.
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