To quote Bill Murray in Space Jam, "woah, woah, woah, I don't play defense"How is EB's defense?
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To quote Bill Murray in Space Jam, "woah, woah, woah, I don't play defense"
Good.... that way if he doesn't pick us we can all sit around and convince each other it was a good thing. Of course, if he does pick us, then bar the door and turn off the lights folks because we have a monster star coming our way!!
Finally watched a couple years of film. I was expecting more ... a lot more. Not a long kid. Below average explosiveness. Will have trouble getting his 3 pt. shot off against better competition.
A more than capable mid major talent whose game will not transition well to the bigger, faster and better competition he'll face at the BIG level.
Think he would be our 4th guard next year, and a more than serviceable one. Possibly slipping to 5th if the far more athletic Gaines adapts quickly as a true frosh.
I think he's being recruited based on the no risk -- no obligation advantages of being a one and done grad transfer. Teams with roster spots to fill really have nothing to lose.
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I like his ability to get to the line. This could really help the Cats avoid those notorious scoring droughts. I like the potential of a backup backcourt of the Browns to provide some instant offense off the bench. They both definitely possess that scorer's mentality.
Watched a bit of UNMs games against Nevada and Virginia Tech on YouTube. The whole team defense is terrible. Mostly playing some pathetically soft zone. No offense intended here, but I fully understand why their coach was fired. Brown didn't stand out as any better or any worse than the rest of the team on D. I'm confident that were he to join the Cats, CCC would expect much more effort on D from him than his prior coach, otherwise he'll be on the bench. It'll take an attitude shift from Brown. No more energy conservation mode (played long minutes at UNM).
He was also pretty terrible at defense for a butler team that did ask him to guard guys.
I think he'll be able to score at Northwestern and in the BIG, there's just nothing he's ever done to suggest he will do so efficiently.
There's actually a lot that he's done to suggest he can be efficient. Averaging 22 pts on 14 fga as a sophomore would qualify.I think he'll be able to score at Northwestern and in the BIG, there's just nothing he's ever done to suggest he will do so efficiently.
He seems pretty well-qualified to be a scorer off the bench who sits if we need more defense or if he's cold. It's just a question of whether he wants to use his fifth year to do that. Mac and Lindsey will remain starters and 30 minutes per game players, which leaves 20 minutes total to divide right now between Isiah Brown, Ash and Gaines. But he'd find a role here with his scoring ability, especially after an inevitable injury or two. And you can make an honest case that our proximity to Chicago and the Medill mafia would get him more attention here than anywhere else on his list, even a team that just went to the Final Four.
Oregon F Dillon Brooks has declared for nba draft signing with an agent. He gone, along with Dorsey. I expect Bell will now follow suit. I would think this makes Oregon far less attractive for Brown. We'll see...
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2017/04/dillon_brooks_oregon_career_is.html
Brown was visiting Oregon this weekend. They're losing a lot, but they're bringing in a 5-star 1-and-done in Troy Brown and 2 4-stars, and Georgetown transfer Paul White (from Whitney Young, at one time an NU target I believe) will be eligible. They're also considered the favorites on another 5-star center from California. And Jordan Bell hasn't yet said he's leaving. They'll still have a ton of talent. Doesn't mean they'll get it all to mesh, and we may well have as good of a team, but I don't think Oregon's going to fall off much.