(03-14-2023 10:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: Lester & Duren are the only two from last year I would have loved to have been a part of this team.
100%. I can't blame either of them for leaving but I do wonder if Lester would've been better served hanging around for one more season with a PG like KD. Feel like Lester would've seen a lot more open shots with KD driving the lane and kicking it out. Duren was a lottery pick so he had to go no matter what.
(03-14-2023 10:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: Lester & Duren are the only two from last year I would have loved to have been a part of this team.
100%. I can't blame either of them for leaving but I do wonder if Lester would've been better served hanging around for one more season with a PG like KD. Feel like Lester would've seen a lot more open shots with KD driving the lane and kicking it out. Duren was a lottery pick so he had to go no matter what.
(03-14-2023 11:52 AM)salukiblue Wrote: I love Tyler but he just can't defend.
Same for Landers.
Plus both guys shot when they felt they wanted to, not when they needed to.
Very much "it is my turn to shoot" kind of players. That is one characteristic of this team that is dramatically different than prior years, we do not have guys that feel entitled to a certain amount of shots per game and make sure they get them up no matter what...
(03-14-2023 11:27 AM)jsw3ent Wrote: Imagine if Lee/Bedford/Kenon/Parks were on this team
Imagine if this teams front court was Kenon, Lee, Bedford, Dorsey, Wright, Precious, Duren, Vaughn, Massie, Sneed and Earl Baron coming off the bench.
Imagine if Bobby Knight, Larry Brown and Gene Bartow were Penny's assistant coaches.
Imagine if Elon Musk, Clint Eastwood, Michael Jordan and the Pope were all rabid and fanatical tiger boosters.
--I can tell that you know why that I posted that LOL-----I have never understood why people say (IF ONLY---WHAT IF--)-etc etc----When someone posts a what if --or if only--I have never understood those kind of posts--the PRETENDERS-- "if only a player was on this team"-I always want to respond with ---BUT HE ISN'T on the team etc--BUT WE DIDN'T---BUT WE DON'T-----"if the QB hadn't thrown that last int we would have won----if the player hadn't missed that shot'---I want to respond he did --but we didn't --but he did --but we didn't
Harris’s ability to affect the game positively is overrated. The one or two games a year he cooked a team just can’t counterbalance what you lose on the defensive side by playing him, especially when your already giving tons of run to another undersized guard,
Quinones probably should have come back for another year of college. Not sure he whether he would have transferred or no had he stayed in school. If he had stayed here we probably could have gotten a 5 or 6 seed. Duren was never coming back, but obviously this team is loads better with a guy getting 8 pts and 8 rbs a game in the NBA. Both of them and we’d have a legitimate top 10 type team probably.
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2023 07:09 PM by Briskbas.)
Harris got to be 'da man at South Florida. Started every game, made all conference, led his team in scoring ...
He wouldn't have done any of that here. His year there will help him make a good living in basketball.
And Tampa don't suck !!!
It was exciting when he’d actually hit one of those 35 ft jumpers while falling down, but it wasn’t good basketball. This years team is so much more under control and they’ve been a joy to watch.
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Still wish Tyler had been here this year
