@Seton Hall, Wed. Jan. 27, 7pm, FS1 & 570 AM
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MarkRedman
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Let me know what you think about the show
If you like it, CNBC often runs reruns of previous shows at night/overnight
I DVR them and watch when I have insomnia, which happens pretty often :angry:
stjohnschris
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Spot on. The only flashes I've seen (and this is REALLY looking deep) was his backcourt trap defense in the Marquette game. Otherwise, he plays smaller than he actually is, slower than he should be, with very little court awareness.
JackofVirginia
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Right on. Thought the same thing in the first half. For a good period of time we had Balamou and Ellison on the court, who shot 3 for 17. Both couldn't make layups if left alone. Is Ellison overrated? As mentioned in one of my previous post he is fundamentally unsound. Balamou plays matador defense. And to think he pouts when taken out of the game. Even though Amar was in la, la land I preferred he play before both of the above.
Hopefully, Mullin spends a great deal of time with fundamentals, team is extremely weak in passing, dribbling and boxing out.
JackofVirginia
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Hey, whatever works.
JackofVirginia
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I say he goes. Shown maturity, control and leadership, not evident last season. Strong kid who can penetrate and shoot the three.
redfanO10101ll
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Or whatever doesn't work least?
Honestly, this is what concerns me the most. I understand that we are young and lacking in real talent. However I would still expect to see a disciplined team, solid in fundamentals. I'm not seeing this. In some cases, the effort has been shaky as well. Example: on one play tonight, Whitehead had a steal and was headed for a layup. Ellison has the angle as he was chasing him. I expected some effort to block the shot. Instead, he runs past Whitehead as a layup is completed. That sort of play can't be tolerated.
JackofVirginia
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Shot 4 for 6 from free throw line, lower trajectory worked.
Ray Morgan
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When you see guys like Balamou and Jones and Amar get a lot of minutes, it helps to understand why Lavin didn't play them a lot. A lot of us, myself included, looked at guys like Balamou and Jones the same way Jets fans looked at the backup QB during most of their history. He is the most popular player until he gets a lot of exposure and then we see why he was a backup QB. Balamou is very athletic, but when you can't shoot are are only 6'3", there is not a lot you can do trying to score inside over guys with at least 6 inches over you.
I'm not concerned about Ellison, since I don't expect him to get a lot of pt next season. Same with Amar. If I'm wrong, expect another very long season.
I'm not concerned about Ellison, since I don't expect him to get a lot of pt next season. Same with Amar. If I'm wrong, expect another very long season.
redfanO10101ll
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Yeah, that's pretty much my take on Ellison too. Don't like most of what I see but we need every warm body we can put on the court this year. If he's playing a substantial role next season, somethings gone wrong.
My Top Five Takeaways:
-I continue to like the effort. The guys do play with pride.
-I think I have seen enough of Balamou. Among many other shortcomings, he is a very poor finisher
-Considering the way we are recruiting, Ellison's ceiling is that of a bench player.
-Christian Jones played a nice game
-LOVE Yakwe, The kid is going to get real good.
-I continue to like the effort. The guys do play with pride.
-I think I have seen enough of Balamou. Among many other shortcomings, he is a very poor finisher
-Considering the way we are recruiting, Ellison's ceiling is that of a bench player.
-Christian Jones played a nice game
-LOVE Yakwe, The kid is going to get real good.
Ray Morgan
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I normally would like to give Ellison the benefit of the doubt because he is a freshman coming off an injury, but as one poster said, there should be flashes. He is not particularly athletic, not a good shooter, nor a great decision maker,. Coach is giving him every opportunity to play through his mistakes. However, it's possible he would be better off watching and learning for a year. Coach doesn't have that luxury this season.
Johnniesfan25
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Did anyone hear Tim Brando at the beginning of the game say that in talking to Mullin and regarding his cool demeanor Mullin said to him "We've got our lottery picks on the way. Let's just play on." wonder which lottery picks he's talking about. If anyone dvred the game. It happened in the first couple minutes.
Rough one to watch.
Yakwe is gonna be awesome. Crazy to think that he may be better than Sima.
Nice to see Jones hit a few shots
Yakwe is gonna be awesome. Crazy to think that he may be better than Sima.
Nice to see Jones hit a few shots
I liked the restaurant show a lot tonight. It was real interesting because I've never tried south african food but I'm dying to go to south africa and I really want to do the great white shark diving in one of those cages
I'll definitely watch that show again