Rothstein at practice
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Rothstein says "palpable buzz" about roughly 200 players during the summer/fall. Take with a grain of salt.
Out of the 4500 D1 players, that’s not bad!
Cliff with a face up game. I kind of expect him to be a different offensive player. By his Junior year or sooner I’ll bet he will be making 3s
You can tell things kind of clicked with Cliff last year with about 8 games to go. He was visibly playing the game at a much higher speed and not thinking as much. We all knew he was coming in raw so the improvement is already there and will continue to grow. Pike developed Myles and he didn't have nearly as much athleticism that Cliff showed.
Love it. Have confidence that Cliff will end up being a better offensive player than Myles. My biggest concern is Cliff’s defense against the Tall and Thick Trees of the Big Ten. Myles developed into the best defensive Center in the Conference. As for rebounding its definitely going to take an entire team commitment on the Boards.
That Cliff news is exactly what I wanted to hear.
Cliff with a face up game is dangerous
Two best things about that are, he has the confidence to take it, and that Pike has confidence in him to take it and make it.
Not expecting Cliff to be Luka Garza from deep, but defenders will think twice about leaving him open to take that shot.
Why not Patrick Ewing before his knees ached?
If that’s the case, his Jr. Year will be his last at RU. Either the NBA or Oregon…whoever pays more.
(I get you're joking but) Oturu was a similarly ranked recruit who added to his game from freshman to sophomore year, that's why I made the comparison.
Because you’ll then stress out when he only averages 8-10
Would've been nice to hear something about Oskar.. Something like he's been drilling treys from all over the floor
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Going to be minutes available at guard with the departure of Young and Mathis, and Jones seems to be the guy next in line to take them.
Geo Baker got 10.8 ppg as a true freshman in 31 min, and Mathis had 8.5 pts/g in 22.9 min as a true freshman who wasn't really a shooter. The expectation level for Jones is higher (especially coming off a half-year in the program already). I could definitely see in the 8-10 pt range from Jones in 20-25 min next year.
Geo Baker got 10.8 ppg as a true freshman in 31 min, and Mathis had 8.5 pts/g in 22.9 min as a true freshman who wasn't really a shooter. The expectation level for Jones is higher (especially coming off a half-year in the program already). I could definitely see in the 8-10 pt range from Jones in 20-25 min next year.
I’m super high on Cliff. Pike didn’t unlock him last year the face up game was always there but he had so much else to worry about I think Pike wanted to bring him on slow.
I think the starting lineup is bad news. That’s gonna be so hard on the eyes.
Great news on Jones hopefully he breaks through sooner than later. Mix in some Hyatt and think the offense opens up much better with these two.
I think the starting lineup is bad news. That’s gonna be so hard on the eyes.
Great news on Jones hopefully he breaks through sooner than later. Mix in some Hyatt and think the offense opens up much better with these two.
Pike hasn’t mentioned him in interviews I’ve heard, that’s not a good sign. I expected more his first year given his age and intl experience.
He’s also been in the program for parts of three years now. Never say never but doesn’t look good. More hopeful that Reiber can show us something
I love that Miller is getting attention on the defensive end. I’m excited for this team. No ill will for the guys who left. They will be legends in Rutgers basketball history and would get a standing ovation any time they would come to a game. But I like the new mix and the excitement in Jones and Cliff especially
Oskar arrived in January 2020....he has been here for a handful of games and practices in 2020, through covid and a frosh year in 2020-21. At most that's 18 months or a season and 10 or so games. Nowhere near parts of 3 seasons.
If kids get beaten out, it's part of the process.....Hyatt is a player that likely takes up Palmquist minutes in the short term. Part of recruiting is getting kids, letting them compete and figuring out if you need to support the roster with upgrades, in case frosh or sophs don't land in the rotation.
To me, Hyatt and Agee are bridge players that can plug in now and buy Mag, Palmquist and Reiber more time to develop and earn their minutes. If one or two fights and earns a role, great...if not 2022 kids or other kids factor into the competition.
It's not going to be a 12 man rotation. Some players will be on the bench and that's okay, that's how this all works. Not a single team in the entire country has a roster completely stocked with starters or future 20 mpg guys.
Okay, fair enough. Conversely we haven’t heard a peep about Oskar this preseason, and he didn’t contribute last season.
Not a surprise based on your style preferences in general. For Pike though, this is probably the best move to open the season. He knows what he’s getting in his returning guys and everyone else on the team besides Agee has 3 years of eligibility so there will be no hard feelings from a chemistry perspective to start out this way.
Ideally, what happens is this line up gives us stability to open the games and most of the time the combination holds its own offensively until the first round of substitutions and then we get a nice offensive spark. Miller is an interesting wild card in terms of the role he might be able to play.