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[quote="Monte" post=381289][quote="MCNPA" post=381287]Earlington is all heart. Not much a skill-guy. If he can get his footwork and other skills in tune, he will take another huge jump. He has a good feel for where to be. I still feel like he’s mega-raw. His best days are ahead of him. I too wrote him off.[/quote]

Gotta disagree with you on the his not being much of a skill guy. He is our best finisher around the hoop, and he does it with not just muscle, but with plenty of skill. Yes he can still improve on his skills, but I think many underestimate how skilled he is already.[/quote]

Agree completely. Puts the ball on the ground well. Can finish around bodies and is capable of making a pass to open teammate. Skilled kid and has that advantage over much of the PF/C he goes against.
 
[quote="SJU61982" post=381296][quote="Monte" post=381289][quote="MCNPA" post=381287]Earlington is all heart. Not much a skill-guy. If he can get his footwork and other skills in tune, he will take another huge jump. He has a good feel for where to be. I still feel like he’s mega-raw. His best days are ahead of him. I too wrote him off.[/quote]

Gotta disagree with you on the his not being much of a skill guy. He is our best finisher around the hoop, and he does it with not just muscle, but with plenty of skill. Yes he can still improve on his skills, but I think many underestimate how skilled he is already.[/quote]

I agree. I just don't think you can be all heart, and nothing else, and have the success he's had in league play this year. Some skill has to be involved. Heck, I can go out there with all heart, and I'm not going to last very long.[/quote]

Let me clarify. I don’t think he’s totally unskilled. He’s just still raw. Lots of room to get better.
 
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Earlington is a skilled guy...he knows exactly when to time for rebounds as do others on the team. This is why we can rebound well even being small. Feel like previous teams jumped too early and the defense would always get them. He finishes very well around the rim...he makes it look easy but most times I think he will be stuffed but he figures out a way to get it in. If he misses? It looks like he has a vacuum on his hands. He will get 2 or 3 rebounds in one set sometimes on offense. We never had that under Mullin. It would be shoot a 3, clank, and back on defense. One of the most refreshing changes. He could barely make a shot when he first came here. Now he's making 3's pretty regularly! Has there ever been a case where a kid was a big time football recruit and decided to play big time hoops instead and turned out this good?
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=381285]When was the last time a player has proved so many wrong ( including me ) as Earlington has

If he starts hitting a steady 3 holy cow what potential with the way he can finish around the basket also[/quote]

Proved us wrong in a good way, Chudney Gray in the second half of his junior year and his really good senior year (outstanding as the sixth man on that BE tourny Champion tteam).

Proved us wrong in a bad way, too long of a list and too short of time.
 
Earlington came across as very mature and level headed on post game interview. Excellent body control and is now a legit 3 point shooter as well. Easy young man to root for with a bright future. Huge second half last night.
 
[quote="nycfan" post=381318]Earlington came across as very mature and level headed on post game interview. Excellent body control and is now a legit 3 point shooter as well. Easy young man to root for with a bright future. Huge second half last night.[/quote]

Not being Debbie Downer because Marcellus was the key cog in last night's win.

But 12-43 (28%) from 3 does not equal being a legit 3 point shooter.
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=381305][quote="SJU61982" post=381296][quote="Monte" post=381289][quote="MCNPA" post=381287]Earlington is all heart. Not much a skill-guy. If he can get his footwork and other skills in tune, he will take another huge jump. He has a good feel for where to be. I still feel like he’s mega-raw. His best days are ahead of him. I too wrote him off.[/quote]

Gotta disagree with you on the his not being much of a skill guy. He is our best finisher around the hoop, and he does it with not just muscle, but with plenty of skill. Yes he can still improve on his skills, but I think many underestimate how skilled he is already.[/quote]

I agree. I just don't think you can be all heart, and nothing else, and have the success he's had in league play this year. Some skill has to be involved. Heck, I can go out there with all heart, and I'm not going to last very long.[/quote]

Let me clarify. I don’t think he’s totally unskilled. He’s just still raw. Lots of room to get better.[/quote]

He’s definitely got a lot of upside mostly because he concentrated on football, but still say that he’s not “raw”.
 
Earlington has great instinct around the hoop. Not only does he have a nose for the rebound, he has a great ability to adjust his body at the last minute to avoid getting a charge on many occasions.

Will be very interesting to see what Figgy decides to do next year. We'd certainly be much better off if he comes back, but understand he may want to make money overseas sooner rather than later.
 
Earlington is 11-25 on 3 pointers 44% going back to Jan 21 vs Marquette. That is what I am talking about.
 
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[quote="nycfan" post=381328]He is 11-25 44% going back to Jan 21 vs Marquette[/quote]

All well and good. Players get hot. Just need him to keep defenses honest. But lets not fall into the trap of making him bigger and better than in reality he is. Revelation, sure. Solid BE contributor, sure. Legit 3 point shooter? Sorry but not yet.
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=381327]Earlington has great instinct around the hoop. Not only does he have a nose for the rebound, he has a great ability to adjust his body at the last minute to avoid getting a charge on many occasions.

Will be very interesting to see what Figgy decides to do next year. We'd certainly be much better off if he comes back, but understand he may want to make money overseas sooner rather than later.[/quote]

LJ seemed very excited after the win. He is clearly not NBA ready and could benefit with another year playing in college. I too think it would be great if he came back. My son and I were having this conversation after the win (about how much money you can make overseas) and my son looked up D’Angelo Harrison. In places like Russia and Israel amongst others he has earned roughly $11M. Now clearly not NBA money but that ain’t bad and that is clearly life changing for his family.
 
[quote="nycfan" post=381332]44% on threes since 1/21. Seems pretty good to me.[/quote]

Prior to last night he didnt hit a 3 for 6 games. Not hitting a 3 for 6 games is a legit shooter??? There is a reason season averages mean more than small windows that are handpicked to make a better argument.

I just dont understand why we take a limited window and make statements that couldnt be farther from the truth. I hope he continue to shoot at a 40% clip. But look at the body of work. It doesn't add up.
 
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[quote="Monte" post=381322][quote="MCNPA" post=381305][quote="SJU61982" post=381296][quote="Monte" post=381289][quote="MCNPA" post=381287]Earlington is all heart. Not much a skill-guy. If he can get his footwork and other skills in tune, he will take another huge jump. He has a good feel for where to be. I still feel like he’s mega-raw. His best days are ahead of him. I too wrote him off.[/quote]

Gotta disagree with you on the his not being much of a skill guy. He is our best finisher around the hoop, and he does it with not just muscle, but with plenty of skill. Yes he can still improve on his skills, but I think many underestimate how skilled he is already.[/quote]

I agree. I just don't think you can be all heart, and nothing else, and have the success he's had in league play this year. Some skill has to be involved. Heck, I can go out there with all heart, and I'm not going to last very long.[/quote]

Let me clarify. I don’t think he’s totally unskilled. He’s just still raw. Lots of room to get better.[/quote]

He’s definitely got a lot of upside mostly because he concentrated on football, but still say that he’s not “raw”.[/quote]

Very much agree, as I have posted before Marcellus was a/the key player, along with Ron Harper jr., on a Don Bosco team that lost two years running in the NJ TOC; no mean fete in Jersey. Some people took a ridiculously small, garbage time sample his freshman year as his “skill set.”
Honestly, did I think he would have the good, not great, year he has had this year? No, but I knew it was possible and posted not to underestimate or write him off, terrifically motivated, mature, hard working and confident young man.
 
Earlington like all players still needs basketball skill improvement!!!! Very happy with how far he has come since devoting himself entirely to hoops. The one part of his physical ability that needs further improvementt is his explosion and jumping ability around the basket. Given his size this will help his game tremendously. Not going to turn into an Ed Searcy or David Russell by any stretch of the imagination. A 10% -15% improvement in this area will take his game up a level and involves only physical skills no basketball skills.
 
What an interesting team. Any game our MVP could be LJ, Champy, Dunn, GW, or Earlington. and don’t forget Rutherford. A great tribute to them and the coach.
 
[quote="Knight" post=381339]What an interesting team. Any game our MVP could be LJ, Champy, Dunn, GW, or Earlington. and don’t forget Rutherford. A great tribute to them and the coach.[/quote]

It's true. Going into the year we expected Heron and LJ to be the constants and hoped one other person stepped up. Unfortunately we've had no constant really but on any given day someone is taking the bull by the horns.
 
[quote="sjc88" post=381334][quote="NCJohnnie" post=381327]Earlington has great instinct around the hoop. Not only does he have a nose for the rebound, he has a great ability to adjust his body at the last minute to avoid getting a charge on many occasions.

Will be very interesting to see what Figgy decides to do next year. We'd certainly be much better off if he comes back, but understand he may want to make money overseas sooner rather than later.[/quote]

LJ seemed very excited after the win. He is clearly not NBA ready and could benefit with another year playing in college. I too think it would be great if he came back. My son and I were having this conversation after the win (about how much money you can make overseas) and my son looked up D’Angelo Harrison. In places like Russia and Israel amongst others he has earned roughly $11M. Now clearly not NBA money but that ain’t bad and that is clearly life changing for his family.[/quote]

I think it will be interesting to see how the Coronavirus and travel bans affect players in his situation, or if it does at all. I'm hoping/praying that it is all resolved by then, but you just never know.

What is the official deadline that students have to enroll by in order to attend the fall semester?

If LJ's only opportunity to play post-college is overseas (which appears likely at this moment), and there are restrictions as to where he could potentially be allowed to go to, it could impact his decision. If it's ultimately G-League or college, he may just be persuaded to return to college.
 
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