Do it.
Exactly. That’s why kids grad transfer. They’re at a mid major and want to go to a real contender for their last year. Man, that would piss em off
Race Thompson can play. I like his game and attitude. Hard worker with no fan fare.
No because the program has not been relevant in my 26 year lifetime.
Completely over your head I guess. You missed the point.
Sampson years? Worst thing y’all did was fire him. Should of just did what everyone else does to the ncaa now, which is ignore them. What he did wasn’t near as bad as what Kansas, Arizona, etc. are on the hook for now. He was landing big time talent too, like Eric Gordon
The only true PF on our roster is Lance Ware. No doubt Isaiah Jackson can play inside the paint, but he weighs only 200#. Both are inexperienced freshmen. Keion Brooks is a combo player who looks more comfortable playing on the perimeter. There is room on the team for Justin Smith, or for another experienced interior player like him. But Smith would not be an insurance policy. He would start.
Yeah, he definitely wasn’t a 3 because he had no offense outside of the paint and he wanted to be a 3. IU can now play a modern offense. Defense might suffer some but I will bet they don’t have those long offensive droughts anymore. Team will benefit in long run.
The thing with Hunter is they didn’t want to play him too many minutes at first to see how his body would hold up. He ended up being fine but they limited his minutes a lot in the beginning. That is why his averages were so low. Hunter made 15 of his last 41 3s for the season, much more offensive potential.
You don’t want Smith unless you are ok with a bad shooter who wants to prove he is a 3. Good player if he plays to his strengths but he wants to prove he has SF skills of offense, which he doesn’t have at all, Can’t dribble, shoot or pass. He is a 4 all the way.
Trust me----you want no part of this kid. And it wouldn't bother me one bit if he ended up at UK.....MOF, total opposite. [winking]
THis is a pretty bad take my friend. Smith was a cancer...There are two players more than capable of replacing him---Jerome Hunter and Race Thompson. PLus, it opens up minutes for others, i.e. Lander and Franklin. Smith was an athlete trying to play basketball. Nothing delusional at all with the take of it being a positive.
Race was a Top 60 kid at one time....Injuries have slowed his progress. I'd take him over Smith 7 days a week, and twice on Sunday's.
Thar won't get it done. If this is the scenario, IU wont fire him...but they won't extend him either. Which is a way of saying-----"thanks for your time."
Yeah context matters. He was much more interested in his academics (which there is nothing wrong with) than basketball and it showed in his lack of improvement.
If this is the scenario, Miller will indeed be your coach in 21-22. IU will not field a team capable of doing more than that. Miller will be gone after the 21-22 season. That's my prediction.
Very, very smart young man...Graduated from KSB in three years...That is impressive. I just don't think he and Miller ever clicked, and Archie played him out of necessity. Lazy defender, who was always slow on recovering..A good on ball defender at times. But off the ball, he was gawd awful. He won us some games....And his exp will be missed. But he took more plays/games off thanDevonte. IMO, this is a positive for IU. Opens up time for Race and Jerome.
IU won't fire him unless we absolutely tank it.....If we are as we were this year, he won't be extended. WHich is basically being fired. With what is returning, and what is coming in-----He has to win. And win big.
Yeah he wasn’t always engaged and a lot of that was due to his unhappiness with playing the 4. He saw himself as a 3 but didn’t develop the offense skills level to deserve that thought process. Race and Hunter (someday Geronimo) will fill that role much better with their skill and consistency.
SMith was too soft, to often. Couldn't find a consistent jumper. Its why Miller played him at the "4". Had Smith bought into that, and played with some toughness, kid coud have been really good. I wish him the best.....but whoever gets him, wil be in for a surprise.
The fact that he played so many minutes is more the reason he scored 10 a game more than any offensive ability. Also, if you watched how Hunter and Race played the position as compared to Smith you would understand. Again, he played good defense when motivated but he often played uninspired as a player would if he felt he should be a 3 but was obviously a 4.
Well, he's not going to win big. He won't win the Big 10 or anything beyond that.
I mean , sure...You feel free to tell me about a kid who all you know about are his stats...Nevermind the fact I have watched the kid for 3 seasons. IU is in much better position to lose a kid like Smith, now, than they were 2 years ago...The two kids that IU will look to, are both former Top 60 recruits; Hunter being a Top 50 kid. Its not like Indiana will be trying to replace him with some walk-on's or something.