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(06-17-2021 11:20 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-15-2021 10:49 PM)namrag Wrote:  

(06-10-2021 08:42 PM)bearcat54 Wrote:  

(06-10-2021 08:41 AM)Cat-Man Wrote:  Shaq Thomas could probably fall under the "bust" label. He was a 4* Top 100 recruit but he never averaged more than 6 pts a game.

every year I thought Shaq was going to become a star player but he always seemed to get close and then seem to shun it all. He was very disappointing to me.

Keith Williams gave me a similar feel to Shaq.

I kept hoping that he would find his stride and be a star, the same as with Shaq. And similar to Shaq, he never quite got to that level, even though seemingly having the talent to do so.

I mean, I guess I kind of understand where you're coming from...but Keith averaged nearly 15ppg last season, what more did you want? Yes, the team as a whole had trouble and Keith had his rough games, but it's not like we have a ton of people averaging that many points per game for us over the last decade+. Going back to the reset (2006), only Jarron, SK, and Deonta have averaged more per game in a season...and all but Deonta had better support around them.

Shaq Thomas never averaged more than 6.6ppg in his career here and Keith was above 10ppg in 3/4 seasons.

I thought Kieth wasn’t always effective last year. Too much here ball and bad 2’s but somebody has to score last year. Defense wasn’t good enough either based on the skill set.

Shaq Thomas was basically an athletic dude that didn’t have the high major skill to be a star. If he did he would probably been an NBA guy.