(10-05-2021 09:51 AM)griffin Wrote:  Pro Day is Wednesday - will be fun.

absolutely!

(10-05-2021 09:47 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 09:31 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 04:05 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  I believe we have 4 or 5 NBA players on this years squad.

Nolley and Timberlake are possibilities.

Quinones is imo most definitely a NBA 2 guard. He just does everything well.

Bates and Duren are lottery picks.

Maybe one more of the newcomers.

We have had some great teams for sure but I don't believe we have ever been this deep.

We are a legitimate 8-10 deep and just practicing against each other we should become a very, very legitimate threat to make a deep run come March.

I love Q as much as the next guy...And he is a key component of this team.

But as you say he does everything well at the college level...He needs to be great at something to make the league or be physically gifted...Maybe his shot gets to that level

Better than 40%?
Dang - that's a big ask!

Shooting 40% from the college 3 point line for a spot up shooter is definitely not great when talking about the NBA. If he was shooting 40% off the dribble or coming hard off of screens then yeah it is a different story. Big difference between the difficulty of shots Kispert was making and the ones Q was making.

Baylor shot 41.3% as a team last year.

(10-06-2021 10:15 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-05-2021 09:47 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 09:31 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 04:05 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  I believe we have 4 or 5 NBA players on this years squad.

Nolley and Timberlake are possibilities.

Quinones is imo most definitely a NBA 2 guard. He just does everything well.

Bates and Duren are lottery picks.

Maybe one more of the newcomers.

We have had some great teams for sure but I don't believe we have ever been this deep.

We are a legitimate 8-10 deep and just practicing against each other we should become a very, very legitimate threat to make a deep run come March.

I love Q as much as the next guy...And he is a key component of this team.

But as you say he does everything well at the college level...He needs to be great at something to make the league or be physically gifted...Maybe his shot gets to that level

Better than 40%?
Dang - that's a big ask!

Shooting 40% from the college 3 point line for a spot up shooter is definitely not great when talking about the NBA. If he was shooting 40% off the dribble then yeah it is a different story.

Baylor shot 41.3% as a team last year.

So what do you think the benchmark is for "his shot to get to that level"? 45%? 50%? It's a silly argument.

He may not make it because of athleticism. (Although, we should see his new look in action before we jump to that conclusion.)

But don't summarily dismiss him. Reminds me a lot of Dillon Brooks. Brooks was a 36% college shooter.

(10-06-2021 10:32 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-06-2021 10:15 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-05-2021 09:47 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 09:31 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 04:05 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  I believe we have 4 or 5 NBA players on this years squad.

Nolley and Timberlake are possibilities.

Quinones is imo most definitely a NBA 2 guard. He just does everything well.

Bates and Duren are lottery picks.

Maybe one more of the newcomers.

We have had some great teams for sure but I don't believe we have ever been this deep.

We are a legitimate 8-10 deep and just practicing against each other we should become a very, very legitimate threat to make a deep run come March.

I love Q as much as the next guy...And he is a key component of this team.

But as you say he does everything well at the college level...He needs to be great at something to make the league or be physically gifted...Maybe his shot gets to that level

Better than 40%?
Dang - that's a big ask!

Shooting 40% from the college 3 point line for a spot up shooter is definitely not great when talking about the NBA. If he was shooting 40% off the dribble then yeah it is a different story.

Baylor shot 41.3% as a team last year.

So what do you think the benchmark is for "his shot to get to that level"? 45%? 50%? It's a silly argument.

He may not make it because of athleticism. (Although, we should see his new look in action before we jump to that conclusion.)

But don't summarily dismiss him. Reminds me a lot of Dillon Brooks. Brooks was a 36% college shooter.

% is important but not nearly as important as the type of shot you can make. Lester is a spot up shooter right now. If he can start making shots on the move and moving fast off of screens at the same percentage that significantly changes things.

(10-06-2021 10:15 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-05-2021 09:47 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 09:31 AM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 04:05 PM)MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:  I believe we have 4 or 5 NBA players on this years squad.

Nolley and Timberlake are possibilities.

Quinones is imo most definitely a NBA 2 guard. He just does everything well.

Bates and Duren are lottery picks.

Maybe one more of the newcomers.

We have had some great teams for sure but I don't believe we have ever been this deep.

We are a legitimate 8-10 deep and just practicing against each other we should become a very, very legitimate threat to make a deep run come March.

I love Q as much as the next guy...And he is a key component of this team.

But as you say he does everything well at the college level...He needs to be great at something to make the league or be physically gifted...Maybe his shot gets to that level

Better than 40%?
Dang - that's a big ask!

Shooting 40% from the college 3 point line for a spot up shooter is definitely not great when talking about the NBA. If he was shooting 40% off the dribble or coming hard off of screens then yeah it is a different story. Big difference between the difficulty of shots Kispert was making and the ones Q was making.

Baylor shot 41.3% as a team last year.

First of all, most three point shots are of the spot up nature. There is a very low volume of them percentage wise that are taken with that degree of difficulty. When we were taking them that way the first half of the season, they were bad shots. Teams don't take many of them.

You are cherry picking a stat that in no way shows that what you are saying is true. When you look at the top 8 basketball conferences, and the top 100 three point shooters, you can see that it is very difficult to shoot at such a high level.

40%+ Baylor (1)
39%+ Florida State (3)
38%+ Virginia, Iowa, Michigan (6)
37%+ Illinois, Arizona (8)
36%+ Notre Dame, UCLA, Colorado, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Ohio State, Miami, NC State, Houston (17)

Only 1 team shot over 40%, and only 6 teams shot 38% or better. Only 8 teams shot 37% or better. Out of the top 100 three point shooters in the country, only 24 played in the top 8 conferences.

Shooting 40% is a huge accomplishment, any way you slice it.

(10-01-2021 10:17 AM)OldFan Wrote:  He later played pro ball in the Philippines for quite a few years and was an absolute legend, averaging over 50ppg one season and over 40 for his career there.

He was also a coach/player for the Shell Oil PBA franchise in the Philippines. They love them some Bobby Parks over there.

(10-04-2021 05:45 PM)SouthernMSTiger Wrote:  And let's also hear it for Derrick Phillips, who did some heavy lifting of his own, allowing Keith Lee to be an even greater impact player.

I used to see Derrick at the casinos (I worked there for 20 yrs) and I believe he has his on security company in Memphis.

IKE's gonna see a lot of Trey Balls this Season

(09-30-2021 10:40 AM)griffin Wrote:  

(09-30-2021 10:37 AM)passat25 Wrote:  Thanks guys for all the inside info.. Was this open to the public or just for boosters and the like???

That was rebounders.


Pro day is coming up select group get invite to that.

bump
gotta love it

(10-06-2021 09:11 PM)JCraft Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 05:45 PM)SouthernMSTiger Wrote:  And let's also hear it for Derrick Phillips, who did some heavy lifting of his own, allowing Keith Lee to be an even greater impact player.

I used to see Derrick at the casinos (I worked there for 20 yrs) and I believe he has his on security company in Memphis.

He might do that too but his main gig is a probation officer for a private company. Super good guy.