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Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.
 
Dunn has impressed me too. He's steadily making the transition to a very good D1 player.

I think he'll be even better next season. I'm hoping that Dunn won't be asked to fill in at PG. CMA can use Dunn more effectively in another role. He should focus this summer on developing a 3 point option.

Dunn seems like a natural leader? He can share his court experience with the Freshman. Help them adjust to CMA's program. Dunn will also be one of the leaders on the court.

Players like Dunn and Champagnie gives me hope for next season. This seasons experience playing in the BE will really pay off.

Does Dunn have 1 or 2 years eligiblity left to play?
 
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Agree love Dunn's effort and activity. Just don't want him playing PG and would like better shooting from him if he's to be the starting 2G next year.
 
He’s been excellent. He has D’Lo’s killer instinct even if he’s not the scorer that D’lo was. Dunn is the leader and the heart of this team. He will be a starter next year again and will have a lot of grit alongside in him in guys like Posh etc. the tides will start to turn.
 
[quote="Monte" post=374871]Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.[/quote]

I really like Dunn as well. That he is leading the team in rebounds in conference play is impressive as was Shamorie’s rebounding at times but further evidence that we need a consistent inside presence.
 
Dunn is coming off his best game of the season. He is an animal on defense.

He does not have the vision or passing skills to be a point guard. He also doesnt have the shooting skills to be a 2 guard.

He is a baller but due to his deficencies, hes a man w/o a position.
 
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[quote="Monte" post=374871]Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.[/quote]

This post might make Federico jealous. :lol:
 
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What I really like Dunn is that he plays with extreme confidence. If you don't, the Big East will eat you alive. Whether he misses his first few shots or gets his first drive rejected, he is right back at you on the next possession. He can finish with either hand and has a nice release despite his 3 point percentage. Defenders know he prefers to take it to the hoop on his strong side, and he still gets where he wants to on the court.
 
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[quote="Duke of Earlington" post=374880]Dunn is coming off his best game of the season. He is an animal on defense.

He does not have the vision or passing skills to be a point guard. He also doesnt have the shooting skills to be a 2 guard.

He is a baller but due to his defecincies, hes a man w/o a position.[/quote]

He's the quintessential "scorer". More of a natural 2G being asked to handle the ball due to circumstances. He'll do fine as a 2G next season and I expect his shooting to improve. FWIW in conference Dunn is shooting .456 on 2 Pt FGs and Howard is shooting .457 on 2 Pt FGs. Overall in conference Dunn is at .407 and Howard at .393. So his shooting % isn't all that bad. Having said that, he needs to work on his 3 point shooting. If he does that, and makes better decisions with the ball, he'll be all Big East next year IMO.
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=374881][quote="Monte" post=374871]Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.[/quote]

This post might make Federico jealous. :lol:[/quote]

Federico is still my favorite ex-johnnie who now plays professionally in Italy. It used to be Marco Baldi. LOL
 
[quote="Andrew" post=374878][quote="Monte" post=374871]Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.[/quote]

I really like Dunn as well. That he is leading the team in rebounds in conference play is impressive as was Shamorie’s rebounding at times but further evidence that we need a consistent inside presence.[/quote]

I know I'm a negative person, but it's sad that a guard is leading the team in rebounding.
we got no forward/center that could rebound?

If i'm cma, I'm focusing on recruiting bigs in the 21-22 class, I'd be so damn freaking determined to get 2/3 guys who can atleast rebound and block some shots, because this is bs.
 
[quote="Monte" post=374885][quote="Duke of Earlington" post=374880]Dunn is coming off his best game of the season. He is an animal on defense.

He does not have the vision or passing skills to be a point guard. He also doesnt have the shooting skills to be a 2 guard.

He is a baller but due to his defecincies, hes a man w/o a position.[/quote]

He's the quintessential "scorer". More of a natural 2G being asked to handle the ball due to circumstances. He'll do fine as a 2G next season and I expect his shooting to improve. FWIW in conference Dunn is shooting .456 on 2 Pt FGs and Howard is shooting .457 on 2 Pt FGs. Overall in conference Dunn is at .407 and Howard at .393. So his shooting % isn't all that bad. Having said that, he needs to work on his 3 point shooting. If he does that, and makes better decisions with the ball, he'll be all Big East next year IMO.[/quote]

Wait...if Howard is just ahead of Dunn in 2pt% and behind him in overall fg% that would mean in conference Dunn is shooting the 3pt at a higher %. Where did you find these numbers because I find that really hard to believe.
 
I really like Dunn and expect him to be our senior leader next year and a key to our success along with the newcomers and continuing improvement from Julien, Williams & Roberts.
As far as shooting, according to ESPN his three year stats are: 38% fg and 25.8% from three this year, 39% and 28% from three his second year and 38.7% and 22% from three his first year. Don't think shooting will ever be his strength; hoping with a lot of work in the offseason he can get above 40% and around 30% from three next year.
 
[quote="Anthony Mattia" post=374898][quote="Monte" post=374885][quote="Duke of Earlington" post=374880]Dunn is coming off his best game of the season. He is an animal on defense.

He does not have the vision or passing skills to be a point guard. He also doesnt have the shooting skills to be a 2 guard.

He is a baller but due to his defecincies, hes a man w/o a position.[/quote]

He's the quintessential "scorer". More of a natural 2G being asked to handle the ball due to circumstances. He'll do fine as a 2G next season and I expect his shooting to improve. FWIW in conference Dunn is shooting .456 on 2 Pt FGs and Howard is shooting .457 on 2 Pt FGs. Overall in conference Dunn is at .407 and Howard at .393. So his shooting % isn't all that bad. Having said that, he needs to work on his 3 point shooting. If he does that, and makes better decisions with the ball, he'll be all Big East next year IMO.[/quote]

Wait...if Howard is just ahead of Dunn in 2pt% and behind him in overall fg% that would mean in conference Dunn is shooting the 3pt at a higher %. Where did you find these numbers because I find that really hard to believe.[/quote]

That would be the case if both Dunn and Howard took the same number of shots and the same percentage of three point shots. But, Howard takes a lot more threes than Dunn.
 
[quote="weathermannyc" post=374903][quote="Anthony Mattia" post=374898][quote="Monte" post=374885][quote="Duke of Earlington" post=374880]Dunn is coming off his best game of the season. He is an animal on defense.

He does not have the vision or passing skills to be a point guard. He also doesnt have the shooting skills to be a 2 guard.

He is a baller but due to his defecincies, hes a man w/o a position.[/quote]

He's the quintessential "scorer". More of a natural 2G being asked to handle the ball due to circumstances. He'll do fine as a 2G next season and I expect his shooting to improve. FWIW in conference Dunn is shooting .456 on 2 Pt FGs and Howard is shooting .457 on 2 Pt FGs. Overall in conference Dunn is at .407 and Howard at .393. So his shooting % isn't all that bad. Having said that, he needs to work on his 3 point shooting. If he does that, and makes better decisions with the ball, he'll be all Big East next year IMO.[/quote]

Wait...if Howard is just ahead of Dunn in 2pt% and behind him in overall fg% that would mean in conference Dunn is shooting the 3pt at a higher %. Where did you find these numbers because I find that really hard to believe.[/quote]

That would be the case if both Dunn and Howard took the same number of shots and the same percentage of three point shots. But, Howard takes a lot more threes than Dunn.[/quote]

Forgive me, simple math eluded me for a moment. You are correct
 
I think he has played well and has been a bright spot on a team long on hustle and short on the type of talent necessary to be a top flight team. I'm wary of any guys who perform reasonably well on teams that aren't playing well. I'm not saying he won't be a solid performer on a much better SJU team, but I am saying he may not produce the way he has this season and will likely see his minutes decrease on a better team.
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=374888][quote="Andrew" post=374878][quote="Monte" post=374871]Since the start of conference play, Dunn is 1st on the team in rebounds and assists, 2nd in scoring, 3rd in steals and he's shooting nearly 80% from the FT line. Of the starting 5, only Roberts has a better FG%. He and LJ are the only two players who can create for themselves, and IMO he's the better of the 2 by far. His defense has been spectacular all year and he gives 110% every minute on the floor. He is also seems like a great kid, and very coachable. Yes he sometimes forces things or tries to do too much, and yes we'd all like for him to improve his 3 Pt shooting(his form looked good yesterday), cut down on his TOs and see the court a little better when he has the ball in his hand. I think we'll see improvements in those areas as the season progresses. Just as we've seen improvements in his game since he first arrived. In case you guys(do we have any women on this board?) haven't noticed, he's become my favorite player. I love his intensity and his "take no prisoners" style of play. Attempting to put favoritism aside, I'll make a case that he's our MVP so far this season.[/quote]

I really like Dunn as well. That he is leading the team in rebounds in conference play is impressive as was Shamorie’s rebounding at times but further evidence that we need a consistent inside presence.[/quote]

I know I'm a negative person, but it's sad that a guard is leading the team in rebounding.
we got no forward/center that could rebound?

If i'm cma, I'm focusing on recruiting bigs in the 21-22 class, I'd be so damn freaking determined to get 2/3 guys who can atleast rebound and block some shots, because this is bs.[/quote]


I think that's the reason Roberts sits for long periods of time. He has doesn't have a nose for the ball. Besides the Seton hall game his numbers have been terrible.
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=374908]I think he has played well and has been a bright spot on a team long on hustle and short on the type of talent necessary to be a top flight team. I'm wary of any guys who perform reasonably well on teams that aren't playing well. I'm not saying he won't be a solid performer on a much better SJU team, but I am saying he may not produce the way he has this season and will likely see his minutes decrease on a better team.[/quote]

I think he will benefit greatly from playing off the ball. As many indicated he is not a point guard. He is more of a shooting guard playing the point. There are tons of these types in college and they can flourish. I think he could be a great 6th man that comes in and scores when the first team gets a break and he will play with the 1st team a lot when they alternate throughout the game.

He may get starters minutes but come off the bench. It is nice to be able to put in able bodies that can really press the other teams 2nd team. This is an area to pick up some easy buckets as the press can really bother non-starters. His current role is necessitated by MA doing his best to get his best payers on the floor. I agree that production may go down with better players around him. It will also be nice to have a real point guard handle the ball at those end of game situations where Dunn has had difficulties. Overall as most have pointed out, he has been a relatively bright spot this year.
 
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