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he would have to shoot at a higher percentage for defenses to consider him a threat and that is all that matters.

MR was 2/8 from 3pt range (25%). Hardly the deep threat. But good job trying to cherry pick stats. Unicorns and rainbows comment was just in reference to all the articles over the years that have a tendency to overhype players during the offseason.

My main point was Goodman's viewpoint wasn't all that unreasonable. Hopefully MR's shooting has improved but I have long ago learned not to count my chickens before they hatch when it comes to improvement during the offseason. Offseason is always the time for articles shooting rainbows and unicorns about how awesome the team/players are looking to stoke excitement. Been an IU football fan too long to not take salt with my sporting news.

2 good shooters (XJ, TG), 2 hopefully alright shooters (MM, KW) and not an outside threat at all (MR) does not equate to all of them being able to shoot from outside..at least Last year XJ only attempted 2.5 3s per game. TG attempted less than 2 3s per game. Lets not act like they were doing a lot of damage from behind the arc. The year before XJ was slightly under 3 attempts per game and TG was slightly over 1 attempt per game.

what 5 guys are we going to have that will be good from outside? I know that XJ was hurt but his strength was his suffocating defense and driving to the hoop more than outside shooting. This year, we have XJ, TG and some unknowns that we are just hoping for improvement. TG upped his outside shooting but his volume was too low. It's hopes and dreams if you're expecting all of the starting bigs to be threats from outside. Mgbako and possibly Ware could be decent outside shots but that would still be banking on improvement from last year (in Ware's case). I highly doubt Reneau will be hurting anyone from outside and Sparks definitely won't (but he will likely come off the bench).

Maybe it's just how the dice rolled with who was willing to come here but Woodson has had the opportunity to bring in more guards/shooting and he hasn't really done that. We brought in a lot of bigs instead and again will likely be tailoring our offense to that fact. I like Woodson and glad that he is fitting our offense/defense based on the cards that he was dealt (and has dealt himself) but he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get to that 4 out 1 in with lots of good shooters.

I think shooting and guard play is a valid concern. Most of our talent is concentrated in our bigs. I don't think his comments were that unreasonable. We all hope every player improves their outside shooting among other things but I would guess that won't be our strength.

How much NIL does Rutgers have to pull the top 2 players? That is crazy

hopefully we can beat Hall and Oates

240lbs going into his junior year. Must live in the weight room.

Depends on other options but I would add him over just leaving the scholarship empty, especially with Newton's injury.

It's a song..You're so vain, you probably thought this song was about you https://youtu.be/mQZmCJUSC6g

Probably thought this thread was about you.... lol

Is that because he is that awesome at recruiting or because he had success off Duke's name? He will need to be a good coach to keep it going. That name isn't going to be a magic bullet in recruiting if they don't keep winning.

I would not be surprised if Edey is making more than last year but I'm curious what playing a game in canada has to do with it....is he being paid in canadian dollars or does pu have a large contingent of canadian fans donating to the cause?

Shake and bake

I would still like to get a guard but yea, that would be an awesome start.

Timeout chair for you

Take it to the old farts thread....this one is for a young whippersnapper

Yea, I was just thinking getting a 1 yr rental from the portal might be as likely an expectation as banking it...even if just for the extra body in practice.

Getting a graduate transfer would accomplish the same thing. In today's world, finding someone with only 1 year left isn't that hard.

He can train at UK for a year, then transfer to IU lol

so is social media trending anywhere? Hopefully we can get Boogie.

If 2 were vacated then knowing the ncaa, that could mean he was caught cheating 4 or 5 times and not caught many times more than that. NCAA isn't exactly known for their stellar history at catching cheaters and then following through with more than a slap on the wrist.

we're still on page 1...slackers. (you're welcome...got us to page 2) lol