Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
Lol. Yeah. There was a lot of hate for Gates with going winless in the SEC last year. Even though we knew that it would it be a down year, I don't think anyone expected that. But he's turned it around this year. I, for one, am glad that we have Gates.
That team is probably a lot different if Caleb Grill doesn’t get hurt + experience a mental health crisis, and Tonje doesn’t get hurt.
Everything came together perfectly for this squad.
Gray has given them the size, physicality, defense and rebounding they lacked. And he’s bad-ass defending the pick and roll.
Mitchell is the perfect F for Gates. Big and athletic, can defend bigs and rebound, but also has wing skills and can defend the wing in switch situations or drive on bigger guys.
Perkins is the perfect combo guard to pair with Ant. Physical, can handle, gives them a really nice floor for PG performance game in, game out.
The. You throw in Pierce and Ant taking nice steps forward, and Grill getting healthy and shooting like he’s Larry Curry or something, and even a few freshmen giving them good minutes when needed, and it’s a deep, talented squad with a lot of depth.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
I hate to break it to you guys but Caleb Grill is not this good. He will shoot you out of some games on his own. But hes streaky and hes hot. Gotta hope for the best.
I hate to break it to you, but that’s college basketball. It’s the same with that Hunter Dickinson guy on KU. He can get lucky every now and then and put together a good stat line, and then disappear completely against teams like Creighton or in big games in Ames.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
I hate to break it to you guys but Caleb Grill is not this good. He will shoot you out of some games on his own. But hes streaky and hes hot. Gotta hope for the best.
Well yeah I don't expect he will keep shooting 49% from 3, but I bet he finishes at worst in the low 40%s. He's clearly gotten alot better than he was in years past.
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
I hate to break it to you guys but Caleb Grill is not this good. He will shoot you out of some games on his own. But hes streaky and hes hot. Gotta hope for the best.
I hate to break it to you but you're always wrong about everything.
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