The kid hardly plays against good teams. Got to believe he wants to go somewhere and play a lot. Hopefully it’s in Lincoln and not up the road a ways. I have no info. Just pure speculation
Hunter Sallis
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He seemed to know how to dunk and make free throws and send the Zags to the Sweet 16. But sure, he will leave all that to play for the Hoiskers
he's the backup PG. brings it up, passes it, and gets out of the way. Kind of sad honestly. Capable of so much more, but he's clearly lost a lot of confidence in his offensive game.
I highly doubt he will transfer to Nebraska. We didnt even make his top 6 out of high school. Would think if he does transfer he'll go to Creighton sadly.
At this point he'd be a backup there too. Maybe a school like Drake would be a better fit
He’s not that type of player though, he lives and dies beyond the arc, Scheierman will hit the boards, Hunter not so much. IMO, HS is tweener who’s not as good a shooter from 3 than others on his team.
Hunter Sallis is only a Sophomore and will get more playing time next year..
He is leaving Gonzaga…
He is leaving Gonzaga…
I remember saying on this board that he wouldn't do much his first couple years in college, that Chuckie would be much more of an impact player....and people laughed and said Sallis was going to be one-and-done.
Sallis was one of the most overrated 5-star basketball recruits I've ever seen. He won't even sniff the D-League. Skinny 6'5 dudes who shoot 25% from 3 are not in high demand.
Sallis was one of the most overrated 5-star basketball recruits I've ever seen. He won't even sniff the D-League. Skinny 6'5 dudes who shoot 25% from 3 are not in high demand.
I didn't see the game, but when I read that he looked hesitant, confused or lost, that's the first thing that popped into my mind. The kid has lost confidence. He does seem to be a great candidate to transfer and try to reset his career, but he would be more likely to go to Creighton than Nebraska. Five star recruit or not, I'm not sure Nebraska tried to recruit Hunter very hard.
Hunter was really good in high school - a much better scorer and shooter than chuckie was. The interesting thing is that he played no D in high school and now that's basically all he does.
He was really good by Nebraska High School Basketball standards. He was nowhere near 5-star talent, though. Those are usually the 1-and-Done guys. With as skinny as he was, it was pretty clear that he was not close to being NBA ready, let alone a Lottery Pick.
I did expect him to be better than he has been, though. He's only averaged 4 points per game playing in a very weak mid-major conference, and shooting 26% from 3. I expected him to at least be a double-digit scorer in the WCC. If he struggles this much in a terrible conference, I don't see why people think he would be a star in the Big Ten or Big East.
I remember seeing Fred and Matty A. at the Heartland Hoops Classic watching Sallis play like 4 years ago. I think Nebraska had a game earlier in the day so they weren't there all afternoon, but I know GI, Aurora and Bell West all played that day. I was thinking, oh my gawd, they're not even recruiting Scheierman, we "might" get Traudt (didn't) and we're not gonna get ANY of these guys from Bell West or Millard North! Makes me sick to think that our state has been loaded with talent the last few years and we didn't sniff any of it.
Forget Sallis or Chuckie, but what would Nebraska have looked like this year with Scheierman, Griesel, Frankie Fidler, Max Murrell, etc.
I think the thinking is he just needs a reset. They don't let him even try to do anything at zaga.
I can think of lots of guys that didn't do **** at one school, transfer, and then are really good players at their new school despite the competition level not really changing.
Terran Pettaway is one. Jack Nunge is another. Alex O'Connell too.
I can think of lots of guys that didn't do **** at one school, transfer, and then are really good players at their new school despite the competition level not really changing.
Terran Pettaway is one. Jack Nunge is another. Alex O'Connell too.
Yeah, sometimes when you are "broken" in one spot, you just need to get out and play somewhere else.
He may never be a 15/5/5 type guy but he can probably still do better/more than what he is doing now.
He's gonna be great. He wouldn't be getting minutes as a sophomore in a postseason game for natty contender Gonzaga if Few didn't have big plans for him.
No ****. Gonzaga played the last minute and a half so poorly it was sad. Lucky as holy f@ck to get the win
I highly doubt that Sallis goes to either Creighton or Nebraska. More likely another blue-blood program, like Kentucky or UNC.