Mussini's progress at PG

[beast of the east]

The kid is a freshman. Forget about him playing out of position - he is a freshman. And as a freshman, he is doing very good. He's handled the ball much better as the season has gone on. Absolute worst case scenario I do not see him ever not playing at least 25 mpg the rest of his career at SJU. Lovett, Ponds, and fingers crossed Rawlie, if he can play like he has now, he will only get better.

If Lovett, Ponds, Rawle and Ahmed are on the roster and eligible next year and Mussini is getting 25+ then one of the aforementioned 4 is a bust. Yakwe will also play some 3 and there's not enough size in Lovett, Ponds and Mussini to play 3 guards very much anyway.

With the guys we have coming in I cant see a scenario where Yakwe plays the 3. Plus I just dont see any "3" in his game.

True. The only 3 in his game is his size. But he and RF seem like they could be on the floor at the same time. Yakwe at the 3 on D, RF at the 3 on O.

Yup and with those two plus sima on the floor the staff can get very creative with zones. show a 1-3-1 perhaps with RF at the top, sima in the middle and Yakwe taking care of the baseline.

I love Yakwe as a small forward, but not sure we stack up well with him at strong forward, especially when teams get bigger and stronger. Delgado just threw him around vs SH, but Delgado can do that to anyone. I think for us to be a tourney team, Yakwe would be a valuable bench player where you lose only a little with him on the floor, mostly offensively.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

The kid is a freshman. Forget about him playing out of position - he is a freshman. And as a freshman, he is doing very good. He's handled the ball much better as the season has gone on. Absolute worst case scenario I do not see him ever not playing at least 25 mpg the rest of his career at SJU. Lovett, Ponds, and fingers crossed Rawlie, if he can play like he has now, he will only get better.

If Lovett, Ponds, Rawle and Ahmed are on the roster and eligible next year and Mussini is getting 25+ then one of the aforementioned 4 is a bust. Yakwe will also play some 3 and there's not enough size in Lovett, Ponds and Mussini to play 3 guards very much anyway.

With the guys we have coming in I cant see a scenario where Yakwe plays the 3. Plus I just dont see any "3" in his game.

True. The only 3 in his game is his size. But he and RF seem like they could be on the floor at the same time. Yakwe at the 3 on D, RF at the 3 on O.

Yup and with those two plus sima on the floor the staff can get very creative with zones. show a 1-3-1 perhaps with RF at the top, sima in the middle and Yakwe taking care of the baseline.

I love Yakwe as a small forward, but not sure we stack up well with him at strong forward, especially when teams get bigger and stronger. Delgado just threw him around vs SH, but Delgado can do that to anyone. I think for us to be a tourney team, Yakwe would be a valuable bench player where you lose only a little with him on the floor, mostly offensively.

I think he Yakwe does well inside, and as 4 with a C inside with him I dont see any worries down low. I just dont see a single thing about his game that would move him to the 3. You beast?

 

[beast of the east]

The kid is a freshman. Forget about him playing out of position - he is a freshman. And as a freshman, he is doing very good. He's handled the ball much better as the season has gone on. Absolute worst case scenario I do not see him ever not playing at least 25 mpg the rest of his career at SJU. Lovett, Ponds, and fingers crossed Rawlie, if he can play like he has now, he will only get better.

If Lovett, Ponds, Rawle and Ahmed are on the roster and eligible next year and Mussini is getting 25+ then one of the aforementioned 4 is a bust. Yakwe will also play some 3 and there's not enough size in Lovett, Ponds and Mussini to play 3 guards very much anyway.

With the guys we have coming in I cant see a scenario where Yakwe plays the 3. Plus I just dont see any "3" in his game.

True. The only 3 in his game is his size. But he and RF seem like they could be on the floor at the same time. Yakwe at the 3 on D, RF at the 3 on O.

Yup and with those two plus sima on the floor the staff can get very creative with zones. show a 1-3-1 perhaps with RF at the top, sima in the middle and Yakwe taking care of the baseline.

I love Yakwe as a small forward, but not sure we stack up well with him at strong forward, especially when teams get bigger and stronger. Delgado just threw him around vs SH, but Delgado can do that to anyone. I think for us to be a tourney team, Yakwe would be a valuable bench player where you lose only a little with him on the floor, mostly offensively.

I think he Yakwe does well inside, and as 4 with a C inside with him I dont see any worries down low. I just dont see a single thing about his game that would move him to the 3. You beast?

Well, he definitely has no outside shot to speak of, so I'm thinking of Yakwe at the 3 as creating huge mismatch problems. I believe he can guard a 3 on the perimeter, and provide interior rebounding and shot blocking that would make us formidable in the paint if we had a legitimate, talented, George Johnson type of a 4. I'm thinking more of him being in the lineup causing more problems for the opposition than the lack of offense that would hurt us.

 

[Andrew]

Take a look at the stats for St. Mary's Australian PG. He is a sophomore and hits 54 percent from 3 and has 6.5 assists to 2 turnovers. That would be nice to have.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

Beginning to notice Mussini is the best player we have at running the wings and getting to the basket off the break. He is very quick to receive the pass and drive straight to the hoop. Will be a beast in transition the next 3 years.

 

[we are sju]

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arkansas/1994.html

Anyone remember Alex Dillard on "40 minutes of Hell" Arkansas teams? That is what I see as the best case role for Mussini

 

[Andrew]

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arkansas/1994.html

Anyone remember Alex Dillard on "40 minutes of Hell" Arkansas teams? That is what I see as the best case role for Mussini

Wake me up when we go 31-3.

 

[we are sju]

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arkansas/1994.html

Anyone remember Alex Dillard on "40 minutes of Hell" Arkansas teams? That is what I see as the best case role for Mussini

Wake me up when we go 31-3.

I just meant guy who plays 15 minutes hopefully get hot and hits 2 or 3 threes. If not hitting shot doesn't get run.

 

[beast of the east]

I don't understand why if we found someone to start at the point right now aren't we giving Mussini the chance to show what he can do as the starting 2 guard.

 

[usguard]

I don't understand why if we found someone to start at the point right now aren't we giving Mussini the chance to show what he can do as the starting 2 guard.

If Lovett were playing than that WE BE THE CASE but the player who he can presently placed in Mussini role can not but it thus forcing Mussini to stay at pg

 

[Serhan_The_Mann]

I don't understand why if we found someone to start at the point right now aren't we giving Mussini the chance to show what he can do as the starting 2 guard.

If Lovett were playing than that WE BE THE CASE but the player who he can presently placed in Mussini role can not but it thus forcing Mussini to stay at pg

it all depends on what happens with alkins cause if he comes that automatically mussini is a backup 2 and lovett/ponds are gonna share mins at PG

 

[usguard]

I don't understand why if we found someone to start at the point right now aren't we giving Mussini the chance to show what he can do as the starting 2 guard.

If Lovett were playing than that WE BE THE CASE but the player who he can presently placed in Mussini role can not but it thus forcing Mussini to stay at pg

it all depends on what happens with alkins cause if he comes that automatically mussini is a backup 2 and lovett/ponds are gonna share mins at PG

True

 

[fuchsia]

I don't understand why if we found someone to start at the point right now aren't we giving Mussini the chance to show what he can do as the starting 2 guard.

If Lovett were playing than that WE BE THE CASE but the player who he can presently placed in Mussini role can not but it thus forcing Mussini to stay at pg

it all depends on what happens with alkins cause if he comes that automatically mussini is a backup 2 and lovett/ponds are gonna share mins at PG

True

Don't discount growth over his career by Ellison. He seems much improved already.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

 

[fuchsia]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

Ellison and Mussini at guard get physically overwhelmed by most Big East backcourts and our weak defense gets even weaker.

 

[we are sju]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

I find it funny that people are worrying that Ponds may be to small to play the 2 in the BE but that Mussini will become drastically better there???

 

[Wolfie]

This is a year for our players to blend into the quality of play in the Big East, and since most were 3* caliber prospects coming in, to take some lumps and many losses along with the growth.
These kids are hungry and they're learning.
I will not ''diss' anybody working hard and they all are. I posit nobody can accurately rate these kids' future at this point, because they're still learning and they're improving.
Next year, we should have a great mix of young Big East vets with a solid 4* level recruiting class.
Let's smile about that and not diss Mussini out of position, or Yakwe's offense skill set as an 18 yr old Freshman, or Ellison--who should have a v good college career.
Thanks.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

I find it funny that people are worrying that Ponds may be to small to play the 2 in the BE but that Mussini will become drastically better there???

I havnt seen the posts that say Ponds will be too small but I also havent read the 100 posts in the mullin thread. I think you are undervaluing Mussini and placing Ponds ahead of him prematurely, and nobody was as high on Ponds as early as I was. I think Ponds will be the better player but not necessarily day one of his freshmen year. I think your making too big a deal out of ponds make or breaking Mullin from the get go. In the end I dont think it will matter because all three of the small guards will get more than enough playing time and they will prove who deserves what.

 

[we are sju]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

I find it funny that people are worrying that Ponds may be to small to play the 2 in the BE but that Mussini will become drastically better there???

I havnt seen the posts that say Ponds will be too small but I also havent read the 100 posts in the mullin thread. I think you are undervaluing Mussini and placing Ponds ahead of him prematurely, and nobody was as high on Ponds as early as I was. I think Ponds will be the better player but not necessarily day one of his freshmen year. I think your making too big a deal out of ponds make or breaking Mullin from the get go. In the end I dont think it will matter because all three of the small guards will get more than enough playing time and they will prove who deserves what.

I look at Ponds like we were supposed to look at Harkless. -Gateway to getting the best NY kids. Not saying he has to be Erick Barkley or even Deangelo Harrison as a frosh, but if we are to win some games he has to be better than Mussini.

Guys get better, some get way better, some stay the same, some get worse. There really is no blue print for how this plays out. I think he can def be a productive player, but of the 3 other frosh he has the lowest ceiling of how good he could possibly be. Not to say that any of them will be better than him just talking potential.

 

[Serhan_The_Mann]

Guys what beast is saying is this, why start Ellison at the 1 just to bench Mussini? If you are gonna give Ellison a chance to run the point shouldn't Mussini get the chance to play sg? And I agree with him completely

I find it funny that people are worrying that Ponds may be to small to play the 2 in the BE but that Mussini will become drastically better there???

I havnt seen the posts that say Ponds will be too small but I also havent read the 100 posts in the mullin thread. I think you are undervaluing Mussini and placing Ponds ahead of him prematurely, and nobody was as high on Ponds as early as I was. I think Ponds will be the better player but not necessarily day one of his freshmen year. I think your making too big a deal out of ponds make or breaking Mullin from the get go. In the end I dont think it will matter because all three of the small guards will get more than enough playing time and they will prove who deserves what.

I look at Ponds like we were supposed to look at Harkless. -Gateway to getting the best NY kids. Not saying he has to be Erick Barkley or even Deangelo Harrison as a frosh, but if we are to win some games he has to be better than Mussini.

Guys get better, some get way better, some stay the same, some get worse. There really is no blue print for how this plays out. I think he can def be a productive player, but of the 3 other frosh he has the lowest ceiling of how good he could possibly be. Not to say that any of them will be better than him just talking potential.

listen all i know is somebody is gonna be the odd man out of that group question is who