tom in salem
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Gathers scored 2 points.
Charleston Classic
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Gathers scored 2 points.
Hey guys i'm new to the board in the sense of actually posting something, but i've been trolling these boards since the end of the mike jarvis era when you couldnt even register for some odd reason. haha Been a johnnies fan since the felipe lopez era, mainly because he is my second cousin and used to go to most of the games when i was younger. I love what Christian Jones brings to the team!! No he is not at the same level as Poythress but there is no question that he brings the same level of impact that gathers would have brought to this team. Yes gathers would have helped us out significantly more on the boards but CJ is a better passer and scorer than gathers. Gathers is a back to the basket player but in watching both games of the charleston classic, to say he is on another level than cj in any anything other than rebounding is farfetched.
Moose
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He looks lost. Winded which shocks me because the previous times I've seen him he was a physical freak. Winded and not interested in the two games I've seen here.
*This is not sour grapes at all. Just honest observation.
Some others.
- Pierre Jackson is awesome but he's a diva. His act got out of hand a bit today with the theatrics.
- Duece Bello is much improved over raw HR sr year and last year. Him and Dom are identical in many ways.
- Gary Franklin transferred from Cali to Baylor and barely plays.
- Isaiah Austin is the goods.
- Colorado is really well coached team
- They can't hit FT's though. Joe3 would have conniption watching them.
- Xavier Johnson is really good freshman.
tom in salem
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What are good places to go? And FYI I'm not a southern food fan. (Message to Maher and others lets not turn this into Food Thread)
only drawback to the entire city moose, but the women more than make up for the food.
Moose
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What are good places to go? And FYI I'm not a southern food fan. (Message to Maher and others lets not turn this into Food Thread)
only drawback to the entire city moose, but the women more than make up for the food.
That is true.
One funny moment was seeing like 5 people last night lugging around 12/18 packs of beer. One guy on a bike doing it. No joke he rode his bike into a parked truck. Kind of made my night even better seeing that
I think both Marillac and you are selling him way short. He is better than a complimentary player (Seton Hall would kill for someone with his skillset). He's been one of our better players two games into his freshman season and should improve as the season wears on. I have not seen enough of Gathers and it's too early anyway, but never heard that he had any type of jump shot. Clearly Christian can shoot and doesn't try to do too much. Time will tell.
Jnaw, let's not kid ourselves...he hasn't been a MAJOR factor yet, just a solid glue guy. The only major factors right now are Obekpa, D'Lo, Greene, Garrett, and if you want to say Sampson for his defense only. Jones hasn't had the break out game many people on here seem to think he had already.
Fair, but he's only taking a few shots per game. As he becomes more aggressive on offense, I think you'll get the break out game. The point is, we've seen his skill at shooting the ball and we know he has the leaping ability to take it to the hole. The skillset is there, which is the hard part. The aggressiveness and confidence will come.
Save The Hero
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Joe3, I'd like to see what you think every player should average for us them to be successful. Because the way you make it sound, is that every player needs to have record breaking games "in order to live up to the hype" or to be successful.
Yeah but you said he's been one of the better players on the team. Well Greene, Harrison and Garrett have been better. Then you have the three bigs, Jones has shown a better shot and passing but Sampson and Obekpa have been better rebounders and defenders. Even if you call those three a draw (though I really want rebounds from my bigs) the only two he's been better than are Dom and Felix.
He's been good and he's been a surprise, showing better shooting and passing skills that anyone should have anticipated, but your original statement is a bit of hyperbole. Let's just say that everyone is glad he's here and is excited to watch him grow over his 4 years. There's a ton of potential.
