Welcome Aaron Scott!
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I love Ledlum but we were really hurt when he was switched onto perimeter players — which happened incredibly often. That’s the reason I wanted Dubar so bad because of his switching ability.
I think we get a lot of that out of Scott with more explosion but less offense.
I think we get a lot of that out of Scott with more explosion but less offense.
Other than seeing Scott against us, I really didn’t follow North Texas basketball. Same with the USC kid whose name I won’t even try spelling. So I will go with the Coach who we are paying handsomely to get us in the Tournament and more. Until proven otherwise I’ll assume they can help.
More importantly we have 3 more openings. Let’s see who he’s chasing. Should be interesting.
More importantly we have 3 more openings. Let’s see who he’s chasing. Should be interesting.
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Agreed, but would stop short of saying 3 positions. Scott to me is a stretch 4 in college. Most 3s will be like Luis or Bamba, plus many teams who play 3 guards (Spencer/castle).
Silly Donovan
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Great addition, I liked him when he played the Johnnies.
SJUDave
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there was a game late in the year against Fordham he was tremendous. He had a lot of strong games throughout the year and was a big piece for them regarding how well they overachieved in that conference. I know he was a focal point of the scouting report when we played them
St. John’s lands coveted Aaron Scott from North Texas in transfer portal
Aaron Scott had options. Stay close to home, play at the same school as his sister at Oklahoma. Or get out of his comfort zone, come to New York City and join Rick Pitino at St. John’s.
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Keep in mind he scored that much on a team that slowed down game and played in high fifties low sixties score wise. No run and gun. Use the clock coach. They played bruising team defense.
He averaged 11 on a team that had the slowest pace in college. Our pace is light speed faster and will give him a lot more opportunities on Offense
My guess is if hurley got him you would be lauding the move?
Disregard as I notice you said we added 2 nice pieces.
He’ll get more opportunities in transition, but he will go back to his soph version in the half court me thinks.
His #s should be very similar to what Taylor produced. He’s being brought in to defend and rebound. The shooting is just the cherry on top.
I also think he knows any NBA potential hinges on his 3point shooting and defense, so I expect him to space the floor in the half-court and create offense on defense.
I think his numbers will be a touch better than Taylor, but depends largely on the two guards TBD that still need to be brought in.
Taylor's overall impact was way above his numbers. Scott will likely be similar in that respect.
Here are his per 100 possession numbers in conference play, as well as Ledlum's for reference.
This makes me happier we got him. Although the games played does stand out.
Not sure what you mean but keep in mind that is just conference stats so the game totals are conference games.
L J S A
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I like him so I'm not underestimating him. More like I want to go far into March or April so don't want to overestimate a kid who didn't get a ton of burn last season.