(05-04-2021 09:34 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(05-04-2021 09:28 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(05-04-2021 08:48 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(05-03-2021 06:00 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(05-03-2021 05:13 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Comprehensive?...
Robert Dozier
Shawn Taggart
Will Coleman
Pierre H-N
DJ Stephens
Mike Parks

And maybe...
Duane Erwin
Kyvon Davenport

Frosh.

Somehow that was omitted.

That makes a difference. But you can still add Dozier to the list. Most of those guys were jucos/transfers. So we didn't have them their frosh years.

I said before...I don't know what Sam will do. And no doubt that the recruiting services are going to have more misses this year than normal, due to the lack of incoming senior evaluations. Is it possible Sam is ranked 30 spots too low or too high? Absolutely. If he was ranked 70, would you have higher expectations?

We know Cisse was a game changer in the lane on D. Teams stayed away from him - until they figured out a good pick/roll play to expose him. Cisse was a top 10 frosh on D. But on O? He was well outside the top 100 on offense. I think there is a scenario where Sam is better on O and okay on D - enough to get minutes.

But I absolutely don't know, so I've mostly stayed out of this debate.

I appreciate the input.

It is possible that Sam could be 70ish. And that would change expectations to a certain degree.

By all accounts Sam has been described as "raw" and "having an upside" which generally means he's tall and had success dunking on small kids in high school.

Very typical of a lot of the guys from outside the states. The check the physical boxes.

I did notice in the highlights, Sam was dunking on a lot of short guys. But I also noticed he had better touch than Cisse with the short bank shot. Hope he can contribute early on

Back in the Tubby years, we were getting beat off videos from every scrub Coach Bam was chasing.

I remember people getting exited about Usman Haruna, looking at his "highlight" reel and saying what skill the dude had.

I laughed.

Haruna ended up at ECU and averaged 1.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg. The xferred to Montana State and went for 1.5 and 1.5.

Same for Nickelberry. People LOVE the youtube videos. What a skill set. Like a little Penny. For dudes career at Memphis and Buffalo, he's started 1 time in 76 games and averages 3 and 2.