He literally shot 10 threes in college
You make good points and I'm definitely wrong because I didn't notice he only shot 10 threes in college. So point taken. I think there's a contrast between a guy like Blake who knew when he wasn't a shooter vs guys that take a lot of attempts and have a low percentage. It's part of basketball in this day and age that everyone seems to think they're Steph Curry.He literally shot 10 threes in college
Look at his first 3-4 years in the NBA compared to the years since then. He drastically improved because he knew his athleticism wouldn’t last forever.
It really does happen frequently. A lot of players realize it’s their only ticket to stay on a roster.
Yeah. I’m not claiming Banton will be a lottery pick. But he has a good looking stroke. I’m guessing he hasn’t spent a ton of time developing it since he’s probably always been able to have his way driving to the basket against his competition. His skillset at his height is intriguing and I think teams will think they can get his shot to a respectable percentage.
They dont pass the eye test. Your Jayhawks arent impressive either to be honest. I dont see either making the sweet 16.
I see youre new here. Do you what the ignore button is? Cause youre about to find out
New? Because I don't feel the need to post stupid things constantly? Dumb, for the second time on one thread.
Kansas always seems to step up their game when conference play starts. I like Creighton but I'm definitely not sold on them as a top 10 team. Jays will need to get some quality minutes from their bench as the season goes on and Ballock needs to start making some shots.
I’m very bullish on this Husker team. I just don’t think we step up to the challenge in our first game against a veteran, well-coached Top 10 team. Don’t mistake my praise for them as fanhood... I hate Creighton.
Right now he is not a lottery pick. If he starts making 2 out of every 5 three's he takes. Then continues to get his layups, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks.
I'm not that impressed with Kalkbrenner for the present but see him being a big piece the next couple years. He looked pretty helpless against McCormack. Admittedly I didn't watch the entire game but most of the first half.
Hmmm...didn't look to me like Georgia Tech had any problems with the matchups with Banton. The FOUR guys who can create their own shots "whenever they want" didn't do sh## against GT. I'm not saying they won't have some games where they get hot from the perimeter and play well, but I don't see a Steph Curry on this team yet. IF anything Banton couldn't guard the smaller and quicker guards of Georgia Tech. More than once they dribbled around him to get to the bucket.
Wood, bricks. Same difference right?
No, no it wasn’t. The fact that Creighton had 12 less turnovers did though. Nebraska shot over 40% from the field and over 40% from 3 and still lost by 24.
He is not remotely close to a lottery pick. He is not an NBA player at this point.
You were absolutely right about this. I thought it might be closer, but I underestimated NU's we-give-up factor.
I don't know if they gave up. Creighton IMO really turned it up a notch and just about everything they threw up was going in. NU couldn't buy a bucket for most of that second half but a lot of that was who Creighton turned up the D.
The officiating was horrible but the only difference it made was in the point spread. Creighton has a couple of guys how can't get off a jump shot without shuffling their feet first. When they let them hop to square up they are deadly from 3. That drives me nuts. I have a friend who played professionally and coached big at Jon Stockton's camps. He refuses to watch college and NBA basketball because he says, "they all travel".
Sam Vecenie is The Athletic’s NBA draft guy. Some highlights from what he wrote about Banton:
on your face tonight 