Is it time to start Gavin?
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improving....certainly
good...no
he is still afraid of contact. he almost hurt the nebraska player when instead of taking the charge he started getting out of the way
Yes, the future is now start Gavin saw things last night that showed signs he may live up to his ranking. I would like to see more of that and less of Hyatt.
Improving recently, but the last game he might have actually been good. He certainly had many good defensive possessions for sure
Honestly I was driving back during the 1st half of first half and my feed was lagging so watched most of it on my phone so I definitely didn't catch everything and would need to rewatch
What defensive grade would you give Gavin yesterday? What did Hyatt earn?
The issue is to give Griffiths maximum minutes to further enhance his skillset for next season where a 3 point shooter will be needed to offset the defensive pressure on Bailey and Harper.
doesn’t matter who starters …just want to see 24 plus minute of Gavin for rest of the year PROVIDED he continues to show on defense , both on direct man and team defense
Hyatt clearly losses Effecticity when he plays too many minutes . 24 tops is probably best for him
Hyatt clearly losses Effecticity when he plays too many minutes . 24 tops is probably best for him
He was very good on D in the Nebraska game. I have not seen him be “good” on D previously. There have been games where he didn’t hurt us but that’s different from being good. Last night was a first. That’s encouraging.
It takes more than one strong performance to warrant a major rotation shift, but the intriguing thing for me was how physical Gavin was in the paint. I thought the notion of him at the 4 was laughable before yesterday but he surprised me with his rebounding and physicality contesting in the paint. The announcers seemed surprised by it too. Having said that - the bar for surpassing Hyatt at the 4 is a lower defensive bar than the guard spots where we have all plus defenders except Noah. So my answr would be - not yet but something to watch for the BIG tourney. We need to see how Gavin looks the next few games on D.
Had 14pts and looks much more comfortable out there. I would have him come off the bench still but have him play significant minutes.
Either that or start for Davis where we had our 3 guards tonight. We need offense more than we need defense
Pretty good. 14 pts 4-9 from 3 in early foul trouble.
Looks like he's been in the weight room as well...love to see it
Better than everyone else. Much better than Hyatt... again
Going into the season hearing Hyatt was our go to scorer should have worried everyone tbh
And I actually like Hyatt as like a 3/4 option guy, but he is in no way a 1/2 guy.
He has earned a start next game. Having a great 2 weeks, getting more confident and it's because his D has gotten better IMO.
You have to be blind not to see his potential. 6 months in the weight room and working on his game...He will be a legit option next year.
Completely agree...he needs to come off the bench for us this year though. next year i would start him
A lot of it in foul trouble too. Had to feel good to him that Pike left him out there.
It's not just that. He's confident. He grabs rebounds. His D has come along leaps and bounds the last few weeks. He had a beautiful assist down low to Cliff.
He takes a few too many bad shots for me still but at least he's starting to hit some now.
I think to continue his growing confidence, I would start him, over J Mike in the last games
At the time I said that last season ended with everyone wanting Hyatt gone and he lost minutes for Oskar.
Then he hit a couple 3s overseas against a couple Div 3 teams and people were proclaiming a 5th year breakout season.
It never really made sense.
Hyatt has had a rough finish to close out the season
Took 3 steps forward on O and 2 steps backwards on D tonight.
Lots of blow bys, a bunch of bad close outs and a lots of OREB in front of him.
He is losing his man less and he is making confident decisions on D which is inportant even if he isnt making the right ones.
Lots of blow bys, a bunch of bad close outs and a lots of OREB in front of him.
He is losing his man less and he is making confident decisions on D which is inportant even if he isnt making the right ones.
To be fair Hyatt was better early in the season but it's back to back years he's gotten worse down the stretch
That’s what makes a great player great. The ability to consistently do it night in and night out regardless of the level of competition.
All these guys are talented, you’re not playing D1 basketball if you aren’t. Even the guys getting limited minutes are studs in the grand scheme of things
I know I was ridiculed for using the stats from the “last 4 games” as my reasoning why Gavin should start.
Tonight I will be upping this to the last FIVE games played. Hopefully this quiets the haters.
Gavin: 9-22 3pt (41%), 21 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks, 2 steals, 1 TO, 37 points (103 min)
Hyatt: 3-17 3pt (18%), 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 6 steals, 7 TO, 36 points (114 min)
Tonight I will be upping this to the last FIVE games played. Hopefully this quiets the haters.
Gavin: 9-22 3pt (41%), 21 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks, 2 steals, 1 TO, 37 points (103 min)
Hyatt: 3-17 3pt (18%), 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 6 steals, 7 TO, 36 points (114 min)
and now I think he is over Hyatt on the depth chart. His D was bad last night, but he is giving effort.
you were only heckled by me....believe me I am the king of cherry picking....I do it all the time.