Incomplete guards are the issue

[Shelby65]

Plug our guys into those offenses and it would barely look like basketball. It would be horrific. Our roster isn’t built for those offenses. We have an iso offense and wings to possibly get passes out of that instead, which is what Pike recruits for.

 

[fluoxetine]

Perhaps. But he hasn't slipped. So its all speculation.
Nobody saying he needs to return has actually cited anything where he has slipped.

He's still #3 as of yesterday behind Flagg and Dylan.

2025 NBA mock draft: After Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper, a whole lot of questions

All told, this is not shaping up to be the monstrous class that was projected in some corners.

www.nytimes.com

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/2025-nba-mock-draft-1-0-debate-top-cooper-flagg-dylan-harper

https://nbadraftroom.com/2025-nba-draft-big-board-2-0-mid-season-update/

Well if he’s behind Dylan he technically has slipped right? But only by one spot obviously.

 

[NJ-Hoops17]

This...he pushed Derek and J Will as phenoms and basically said Mag and Mulchay were negative players. Id take those latter 2 back even with both of their issues that final year

Now Grant and Dorsch are potential saviors

Mulcahy (in especially the 2nd half of the 2022/2023 season) was not good at all. If Pike played Simpson more minutes than Mulcahy after the Indiana game at home (Derek’s breakout game) the team 100% makes the tournament

Grant definitely looks like a solid wing and should arguably start