Greg Lewis

[Kbee3]

That's not accurate, we do have two guys to play the 5, Doorson and Diallo, who to me looked to have POTENTIAL to be significantly better than Lewis. Lewis is a warrior and has fought through alot of adversity in service to this program but his skills are very limited even when healthy. You do realize Doorson and Diallo are out for the season with injuries? I don't blame the injuries on Coach Jordan. If you have ever coached at the high school level or above you would realize that most injuries just happen and are not preventable yet they can have devastating effects on a team's performance. That is particularly true in high school/college sports where you cannot add players until the following season. Moreover, Doorson and Diallo, did not get to play many minutes at all this season so their development will be delayed. I think you would have seen a great deal of improvement in Doorson especially if he had played this season.

I'm aware of Doorson and Diallo. I've seen them both play and neither ever gave me any indication that they were gonna ever be responsible for Rutgers winning a basketball game. And that was before they both took a year off...that surely has to hamper whatever progress they were making. How could anyone be confident that either of them was capable of making a significant contribution next year ?

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Was hoping for more from Doorson this season to spell Lewis - not to be a starter, but to allow Lewis more of a break and hopefully take on more minutes as the season went on. That went out the window. Hopefully he's better next year - but he's essentially had a full year gap in development at this point.

Diallo was much more of a project, and even after redshirting last year he came in very raw and uncontrolled this season. He was a fouling machine and looked lost a lot of times in our early matchups - not being able to stay on the court. A center should not be slapping at the ball across the arms of a driving guard at the top of the key... he just hadn't figured out how to play defense at this level without fouling. And just as it looked like he was starting to maybe figure it out.... injured, and the rest of the season lost for development.

We're going to be weak at center going into next year - two untested players with high ceilings, but who haven't really shown much on the court and are coming off of long gaps in development. Losing Lewis is more than losing his minutes - it's losing his game by game, practice by practice, guidance to help these guys grow into their role. Doorson's had a year of that last season, and Diallo's had about a third of a season of it... next year they're flying on their own.

Hopefully they'll develop as the season progresses, but on Day One I'm not expecting much out of the 5.

Staff really need to find a decent JUCO or grad transfer available to help out at C next season.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Diallo has terrible (as in NO) hands... and zero touch. yes a project. who's gonna fix that?

 

[RUChoppin]

Diallo has terrible (as in NO) hands... and zero touch. yes a project. who's gonna fix that?

Diallo reminds me of freshman/sophomore year Hamady N'Diaye. Really struggled with hands, body control, positioning, footwork... but he turned a corner as a junior, and really had a great season as a senior.

 

[RUMountie]

Diallo reminds me of freshman/sophomore year Hamady N'Diaye. Really struggled with hands, body control, positioning, footwork... but he turned a corner as a junior, and really had a great season as a senior.

Exactly. Some of us need to stop waiting for Godot and realize the savior coach and or players are not coming. We gotta build the roster over time and get that facility built.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Diallo reminds me of freshman/sophomore year Hamady N'Diaye. Really struggled with hands, body control, positioning, footwork... but he turned a corner as a junior, and really had a great season as a senior.

except that Hamady was so much more naturally athletic. His energy was infectious and he was swatting balls away even in the early days. He defended the paint (although I do recall a learning curve on the fouling). He at least brought us that until he got the o side down a bit more.

 

[RUChoppin]

except that Hamady was so much more naturally athletic. His energy was infectious and he was swatting balls away even in the early days. He defended the paint (although I do recall a learning curve on the fouling). He at least brought us that until he got the o side down a bit more.

Hamady was a fouling machine as a freshman, and had stone hands. He was also often caught out of position or caught leaving his feet on defense. His numbers jumped way up a senior, though, when it all finally "clicked" - from 5.6 pts, 5.8 rbs, 2.2 blks as a junior to 9.4 pts, 7.1 rbs, 4.5 blks as a senior.

 

[BKIn118]

I can't wait to be out on the court for Senior Day, give Greg his well earned jersey, shake his hand and thank him for everything he has done for this program in the past 5 years. It'll be one of my finest moments as a Rutgers fan...

 

[shields]

And Lewis is not playing tonight I hear. UGH.

 

[Local Shill]

6 scholarship players tonight and 1 is Goode. My goodness.