I thought that convo had been had after the last year…..! I’m surprised that their still seem to be believers, that the improvement is going to happen.
Why wouldn’t he have done that after the first season? So we were unable to get another transfer player?
We basically limped into the NCAA Tourney as it was with all the injuries we already had. I think they were the clear #2 in the conference without those injuries. It's a huge credit to their grittiness that the players still won their first-round game.
Not to mention we probably are a 6 healthy and I would have bet the farm on making the second weekend as a result 😢
So nu is stuck footing his scholarship while he is choosing to not play? I’m not that familiar with some of these technicalities.
I'm a big advocate of trying to clear guys who aren't going to be contributors off the roster, but if he's at a point in the transfer cycle where it's too late for him to get out then he's gonna be on your roster anyway and it makes sense to allow him to redshirt if he's not gonna play anyway.
It’s pretty clear Clayton is not very good right now. However, the man gave up a year of playing (somewhere, maybe NU) to try and help out. He goes to practice every day and isn’t stupid. He can see that we have issues at PG this year when we lost Barney and Jalen. In fact, they both were forced into that role because no one else on the roster was ready. I am not sure he’ll ever be a good player, but I know he is a good teammate.
KJ is not a clear PG either considering he played SG in high school. Good chance that was because they had en elite PG in his HS team and KJ can develop into a solid PG. But he's not even had the same experience most PG's had in HS.
Fair enough. I think he will be a good contributor in time and maybe it is in that Combo role.
The point raised throughout this thread is that from what Clayton has shown, the probabilities of his becoming a serviceable player are probably 5 to 15 %. After two years he is an absolute liability on offense and his defense is still far from what is needed. There are no flashes to show he can become a reasonable Big player. If he wants to play, he needs to transfer. If he wants to stay for his degree, I get that but there should be no illusions that he will get any playing time.
I agree with all of this, but in Clayton's case somebody on the coaching staff has to show him how to shoot the ball. His shooting grip is terrible, which is why some of his shots, even his foul shots, are so wildly off the mark. I coached one of my grandsons in this regard when he was in 6th grade and now he makes most of his free throws and plenty of 3 pointers as a sophomore in high school. Practicing a bad shooting stroke and grip doesn't help much.
Serious question—- don’t you think that B Mac, CCC or other of the coaches would already have tried to work with him on both his shooting and handle? I would be most surprised if they hadn’t done so. That is a big part of why I think he doesn’t become a serviceable Big reserve.
Yep, I would think so as well, but watch his shooting stroke, it's just plain bad. He's never going to be a good shooter unless he changes his grip and stroke. It's not really possible to be a good point guard unless you can shoot the long ball. Opposing defenses will simply invite him to take the 3 and drop back to cover other players on offense. That said, unless Clayton learns how to shoot. he's never going to be an effective point guard at NU.
