Shelby thinks Piscataway Mike would agree sports in general don’t matter much either.
He's looked miserable here. Grant disinterested also. I don't expect either one back.
I don’t know the answer to this but I wonder how much money guys like Lino, Davis, and Dortch can make in a lower tier conference like the A10, where they can get more PT than they’re likely to get here next year.
Good catch, you’re right that they would be seniors now. So the question is, did they increase their market value over last year. If they made say, $200k this year, that’s a damn good payday.
Maybe the first time I’ve ever agreed with you
He also had offers from these majors: USC, Arizona State, TCU, SMU, Utah, and Washington State.
Lino is a guard with tremendous speed and upside. Elliot Gadeau couldn’t shoot at UNC for 2 years and all of a sudden shoots pretty damn well for Michigan. Mark has that type of potential. He should have prioritized and Pike should be playing him over Davis all day and twice on Sunday.
I agree Lino has upside, and love his energy, but he is really bad right now offensively, despite a nice game against an awful team. He can't shoot, at all, but smartly does take a majority of his shots at the rim. Unfortunately, he's in the bottom 15% in the country for lay up make % - so is JMIke, but he has converted his game to making that a much smaller part of his game - much like Gadeau, who has almost tripled his 3 point attempt rate over two years.
Right on Degaz,
I have no problem with keeping both of them but the price point is the main issue. I don’t think we can afford to pay over 1.5 M combined for the two of them.Right on Degaz,
These 2 compliment each other more and more as they play together, they have also helped Francis in his "assist stats"
RU is learning when setting a pick and rolling to the hoop for Powers they are going to see the ball, and get an easy 2.
Lately with these 3 on the court there has been much more movement on the offensive end, and in turn more point production.
With regard to Mark, I see him as maybe a 6/7 minute per half "high energy" player if he would be willling to accept that, but until he can hit the open 3 with some consistency, RU can't play him more than that. With JMike also probably back in 26/27, whose minutes is Mark going to take in the backcourt ?
I’d hope not but some are saying powers could cost a million. I have no idea what FMV is for someone with his profile honestly.
Do you ever stop attacking this kid? What a d-b&g.
Attacking ? He’s a weak player in every aspect except PTs and was only offered a scholarship as a probable package deal. A deal that ended up undermining the team for years, and still one more ahead.
Just posters on here. None of us really have any idea. There is no transparency.
Lino does not have to be a threat from 3 yet. Is fears a threat from 3, no he is not . He is a freshman that hasn’t played a lot so you citing shooting stats on a small sample size and making conclusions seem way premature .He should be getting most if not all of JMike ‘s minutes if healthy as JMike has not progressed one iota on 3 years . we have 3 guys on the court that can hit a 3 in powers, Zrno and Francis and throw on Grant so no idea what you saying about must have 3 guys who can hit 3’s.
Low upside on Mark based on what ? Because he hasn’t shot the 3 on the limited sample size. He is a willing passer as your point guard , can get downhill , has improved tremendously finishing at the rim and the last game alone finished strong with his left hand on zoom action, used a Eurostep on the break and flew up and let big guy fly by so as to not get his shot blocked and finished. That is more progress than we have seen at point guard than any one recently. Plus his steal rate and defense is good. He has tremendous upside. Does Jeremy Fears hold Michigan State back ?
Are you kidding ? He should be taking Jmike’s minutes .JMike has not gotten much better in 3 years. JMike never puts pressure on a defense. JMike still cannot finish at the rim . Plus Mark plays much better defense with his steal rate than JMike ‘s defense which if anything has gotten worse year over year. You ideally play with Mark as your point guard with Francis either Powers/ Zrno with Dylan / Buchanan and Manny / Portal Center . But you can play with just Francis with both Powers/Zrno on the court.Right on Degaz,
These 2 compliment each other more and more as they play together, they have also helped Francis in his "assist stats"
RU is learning when setting a pick and rolling to the hoop for Powers they are going to see the ball, and get an easy 2.
Lately with these 3 on the court there has been much more movement on the offensive end, and in turn more point production.
With regard to Mark, I see him as maybe a 6/7 minute per half "high energy" player if he would be willling to accept that, but until he can hit the open 3 with some consistency, RU can't play him more than that. With JMike also probably back in 26/27, whose minutes is Mark going to take in the backcourt ?
I made no conclusions, I said improvement isn't guaranteed. Zrno is the only one of those three shooting even 33% in conference play from three, Dylan down around 27%. Francis is a scorer, not a shooter, but he can.
with all do respect, Mark had a real nice game the other night against PSU. He can't hit from the outside and have you looked at his assist stats for the year, less than 1 per game. To me Mark is a 6/7 minute guy per half that comes in and energizes, he's not a point guard that can control the flow of the game on either side.
Both Powers and Mark started the year as horrendous shooters. That may have more to do with freshman jitters than them being bad shooters. Both players are getting better as the season wears on. Zrno has also improved and is a legitimate 3 point threat. We should try to all 3 as well as Nwuli.
Scholarships isn’t the issue anymore. It’s how much NIL and revenue sharing are you paying a player. I would bet that if all a major college basketball coach offered a player was the traditional room, board, tuition and a great education, the basketball player would be gone in a heartbeat.