He's young and he's putting the effort in to getting better. All you can ask for from the kid. Big things come to those who work for it.I don't know about this guy. I watched him like everyone else and saw some upside but also saw his lack of foot speed making it difficult for him on defense, and at best he had inconsistent outside shot. Can these areas improve, the shooting can, but Im not sure he has the quickness to be a big contributor to this team. I guess only time will tell.
I suspect his actual quickness is masked by how smoothly he moves. DiMaggio vs. Mays.He's young and he's putting the effort in to getting better. All you can ask for from the kid. Big things come to those who work for it.
But it's not masked by his man going right around nor is his strength masked by guys backing him down with ease. Those are his current weaknesses which he can improve upon and don't get me wrong I like him right now as a player overall.I suspect his actual quickness is masked by how smoothly he moves. DiMaggio vs. Mays.
oops, meant to edit not quoteBut it's not masked by his man going right around nor is his strength masked by guys backing him down with ease. Those are his current weaknesses which he can improve upon and don't get me wrong I like him right now as a player overall.
Dimaggio vs. Mays? The kid has .a lot of potential and we're all pulling for him, but let's not get carried away.I suspect his actual quickness is masked by how smoothly he moves. DiMaggio vs. Mays.
Sorry for being…. Fans… short for fanatics.In all my years on this board, there may not be a lower ranked kid(coming out of high school), and who has played just a handful of minutes, who was more over hyped by our fan base then this kid. Utterly ridiculous.
Safe to assume you're talking about me? I'll be honest, I no longer watch much of what our kids do till they get here. No games against high school comp, no mixed tapes, no national team games, no nothing. I'm sure he's been impressive in all those games and on mixed tapes. I'm sure so was Orlando Sanchez, just to name one other player who played on a national team and was grossly overhyped by our fan base. All I'm saying is that we are not basing the hype on anything the kid has done here(or coming out of high school), except for a few nice minutes against Indiana. I know he was sick and didn't get a chance to show what he might be capable of. Like everyone else, I hope he turns out to be on the Wooden watch list at mid season. Unlike almost everyone else, I'm expecting that he'll be a bench player(maybe #7 or 8 on depth chart) who can give us 10 minutes +/- of solid D and won't hurt us on offense.I feel like more of us needed to watch his national team games on TV last year.
7Th man sounds about right to me but we know CMA is gonna play the 7th guy a lot more than 10 minutes.Safe to assume you're talking about me? I'll be honest, I no longer watch much of what our kids do till they get here. No games against high school comp, no mixed tapes, no national team games, no nothing. I'm sure he's been impressive in all those games and on mixed tapes. I'm sure so was Orlando Sanchez, just to name one other player who played on a national team and was grossly overhyped by our fan base. All I'm saying is that we are not basing the hype on anything the kid has done here(or coming out of high school), except for a few nice minutes against Indiana. I know he was sick and didn't get a chance to show what he might be capable of. Like everyone else, I hope he turns out to be on the Wooden watch list at mid season. Unlike almost everyone else, I'm expecting that he'll be a bench player(maybe #7 or 8 on depth chart) who can give us 10 minutes +/- of solid D and won't hurt us on offense.
While I won't go as far as Monte on this, I do really like Pinzon and think he will be a solid nice player for us. That being said, I do agree that the hype and expectations of some of the fan base on what he can do now and will do next year should be tempered.In all my years on this board, there may not be a lower ranked kid(coming out of high school), and who has played just a handful of minutes, who was more over hyped by our fan base then this kid. Utterly ridiculous.