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(06-05-2018 01:09 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(06-05-2018 12:31 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Lee wasn't a great player until his junior year. Obviously, I would still take his freshman year type season from Ezikpe.
Lee tends to get a little overrated on this board. His biggest problem was that he didn't rebound for crap. His Jr. and Sr. season were still very good because of his scoring ability. But, as a soph he only shot 48% from the field and grabbed less than 11% of rebounds. He did score 17 points per game but with hardly any rebounds and a a low efficiency. His JR year he raised to 54%, which was good and 55% his senior year.

Loughton was more of an impact player from the start and was a stud as a soph. (shot 49%, but with 3 pointers and rebounds)

I'm not saying that you are wrong about Lee regarding rebounding, but I do feel that it is important to take into account that he played on some ODU teams where I believe that rebounding was considered a strength of the team. During his ODU career he played along side of other players that were good rebounders for their position such as Vasylaus, Dahi, Adams, Hassell, Carter, Cooper, Bazemore, and Finney. That said, he did produce an 11 rebound performance as a freshman in the biggest game of the year while coming off the bench against Butler.

I too would take Laughton over Lee if I had to choose between them, but would love to have both of them again as freshmen at ODU, especially if we could have them both at the same time.

His soph year, he had the 6th best rebounding rate for a guy that was our primary big man. Hassell, Finney, Harris, Adams, and Carter all rebounded better than him and our point guard (Brandon Johnson) almost grabbed the same about of rebounds. His junior year he was 5th. His senior year, he was 8th behind Hassell, Cooper, Carter, Neely, Wright, Bazemore, and Finney.

They is zero reason Illiadis and DeLancy should grab almost as many rebounds as our 6-9 center. For comparison sake, he grabbed rebounds at the same rate as BJ Stith did this past season.