btownmd Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 He and a healthy Phinisee as a starting backcourt would be pretty special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Taking nothing away from other guys who've played for the Hoosiers, but Lander will be IUs best guard since Isaiah Thomas. Maybe our best point guard since Thomas, but not our best guard. And even point guard... Having a better college career than Yogi would be impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: Maybe our best point guard since Thomas, but not our best guard. And even point guard... Having a better college career than Yogi would be impressive. Yeah, meant PG and probably should have said potential to be best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhinithreeMagic Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 For those that have seen Lander in person, how does he compare to Yogi in a "ready to contribute" perspective? Both have roughly the same rating coming out of HS. Yogi obviously stepped into a very good team, but it took him a year to really acclimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier98 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 He will never come close to touching yogi’s career stats, he’ll only be here max two years. I would wager he will have a better pro career, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H00sier Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 5 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Taking nothing away from other guys who've played for the Hoosiers, but Lander will be IUs best guard since Isaiah Thomas. How soon people forget Yogi , edit - not to mention Guyton, Bailey, Gordon, Victor O ( though he might be more of a 3) and Alford. All of which were dang good guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 8 hours ago, H00sier said: How soon people forget Yogi , edit - not to mention Guyton, Bailey, Gordon, Victor O ( though he might be more of a 3) and Alford. All of which were dang good guards. No I was thinking of Yogi and was thinking of point guards specifically. Love Yogi. One of my favorite Hoosiers. But Lander appears to have a level of athleticism that IU hasn’t had at that position since IT, but may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H00sier Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said: No I was thinking of Yogi and was thinking of point guards specifically. Love Yogi. One of my favorite Hoosiers. But Lander appears to have a level of athleticism that IU hasn’t had at that position since IT, but may be wrong. Either way, we can agree he should bring Elite guard game. Count me in the very thankful camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Lander, ranked as the top point guard in the Class of 2021, picked up his second foul early in the first quarter. He didn't see the floor until after halftime. The other reason Reitz is the sectional champion? Lander. The Indiana commit watched his team from the bench for nearly the entire first half. But Adams said he remained engaged with the game and was a key voice in the locker room. First play of the second half, the "special" player was back and firing. Lander made a trey from the left wing and finished with a solid second half. But it was his fourth quarter that played big in the win. Lander had 10 of his 16 points over the final eight minutes, going a perfect 7 of 7 from the line. When Castle cut the lead to three late, there was Lander stepping up to make a pair with 1:33 left. https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/03/07/reitz-basketball-wins-first-class-4-a-sectional-championship-since-2015/4905385002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just saw this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 There are some people who build credibility because they steer you in the right direction, like a number of posters here. Baumgart is one of those guys. He’s been very clear that Lander could reclassify far before he committed here. I’m pretty sure I quoted him on this here, months ago. He’s proven to be trustworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 This kid is special. His handles are great. He's ready to deliver a pass to an open teammate any where at any time (even more than half the court away). No one on the defense can sleep at any time when he's on the court. He can stop his dribble on a dime. And those who have said that he is very athletic are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosier_exotics Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, slojoe said: This kid is special. His handles are great. He's ready to deliver a pass to an open teammate any where at any time (even more than half the court away). No one on the defense can sleep at any time when he's on the court. He can stop his dribble on a dime. And those who have said that he is very athletic are correct. I think as a whole, the 2020 class will give us a big boost in athleticism. Everyone of these guys can put the ball on the floor and dunk on your head... and shoot well enough to keep a defense honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, hoosier_exotics said: I think as a whole, the 2020 class will give us a big boost in athleticism. Everyone of these guys can put the ball on the floor and dunk on your head... and shoot well enough to keep a defense honest Plus. It seems at least to me. They have a high BB IQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosier_exotics Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Plus. It seems at least to me. They have a high BB IQ. I agree with that fine sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Just saw this. This is exciting news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: This is exciting news. I hear he is a big fan of sesame Street. Not sure what to make of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said: I hear he is a big fan of sesame Street. Not sure what to make of that. It means we can start counting his assists or threes made in the voice of the Count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Who else is with him on Indy Heat? I see Goode and Sisley are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, slojoe said: This kid is special. His handles are great. He's ready to deliver a pass to an open teammate any where at any time (even more than half the court away). No one on the defense can sleep at any time when he's on the court. He can stop his dribble on a dime. And those who have said that he is very athletic are correct. Indeed. I’ve said it numerous times in this thread. He has a lot of Ja Morant in his game. Can’t keep him in front of you...his vision and passing is elite...and he has excellent athleticism...his strength will be a focus but I expect him to play a big role in our backcourt next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedom Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, dgambill said: Indeed. I’ve said it numerous times in this thread. He has a lot of Ja Morant in his game. Can’t keep him in front of you...his vision and passing is elite...and he has excellent athleticism...his strength will be a focus but I expect him to play a big role in our backcourt next year. Unfortunately never had a chance to see him other than videos. I was excited with his commit but This comparison has me thrilled 😁. Hope he is here in June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Threedom said: Unfortunately never had a chance to see him other than videos. I was excited with his commit but This comparison has me thrilled 😁. Hope he is here in June My wife went to Murray St and we just moved to Florida from Western Kentucky. Watched many of his games including several in person. He was pretty raw coming out of HS but he had plenty of confidence in himself. He had a lot of upper class man around him so he really differed his freshman year but his sophomore year...wow! I’m not going to say Lander will step in as a reclass freshman and go all B1G but he will show flashes and help move the ball on offense. But I do think a second year leap will be something very interesting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hey people. Remember when De'Ron Davis had to stay back in Colorado after graduating from high school, in order to take classes to qualify for entrance into IU ? Well.... now I am being told that Lander is taking classes, so that he can move up in class and come to IU a year earlier ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDB Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, milehiiu said: Hey people. Remember when De'Ron Davis had to stay back in Colorado after graduating from high school, in order to take classes to qualify for entrance into IU ? Well.... now I am being told that Lander is taking classes, so that he can move up in class and come to IU a year earlier ! I still can’t believe people pay for this info when it is free right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 minute ago, BDB said: I still can’t believe people pay for this info when it is free right here. You know. I was going to start a thread about this earlier today. It does cost money to keep this site running. Not as much as before, thanks to Hoosier Faithful. Yet we have several guys who pay to keep HSN running. Though they never express any knowledge that they are the ones who keep it running. Nor do they ask for any help in keeping HSN running. I do want to express my thanks for them for doing that, and keeping this site free of charge. Thanks BDB for bringing this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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