Tony is the one who surprised me by being on this list. PMac has the height and handles at 6'9" to be on these lists. Kris, of course. Great to see all 3 names!
It is good to those three names on that list. I thought Tony really flashed the second of the season and that is why he makes the list. This year, those three need to be leaders and play the best basketball they can. I believe they will.
Agreed. I hope he does great, but I'd say TP has the lowest ceiling of the three players. I know people want to dismiss, "the coaches kid" just because, but there were several non BIG announcers during games last year that were very high on PMAC's potential. You have to remember he's still growing onto that 6'9" frame from an endurance and strength perspective because of his middle school bout with cancer. Last season was his first year to really start playing regularly and gain confidence at this level. I really think he's going to have a big year this season.
Yep, add Sandfort and you have four guys who could take the end-of-game shot. Nice spot to be in, assuming we end up with at least one true alpha (hopefully Kris but not sure yet).
I agree….. I would say that Pmac should probably be higher….but 3 in the top 100 for 1 team is good!
He's eligible to return for another year?!?! Good for Jack but wow seems like he has been in college forever.
I won't be surprised if PS is better than pmac by the end of the year.
PMac had the 2nd best TOV % and TOs per 100 possessions on the team. You are wrong.
Patrick sometimes takes awkward shots going to the basket, but I don't think he turns it over a lot.
To me, some of those awkward shots are just another form of turnover.
Why I mentioned it. Besides getting stronger and showing more aggression on defense and on the boards, Patrick can work on minimizing low percentage shots. He takes more shots headed toward the basket falling to the left but shooting with his right hand than any player I can remember. It looks impressive when it goes on, but usually that is not a good shot.
Well from that perspective you could conceivably call every missed shot a turnover. IMO, Patrick's defense and rebounding have not been good so far, and I don't know if those aspects of his game will ever be as good as we'd like, but he was a good offensive player last year and has shown signs that he could be a very good offensive player. If he can improve on the defensive side and on the glass he can be a huge asset this year. If he can't improve those facets of his game his positive impact on the offensive side of the ball will be negated to an extent.
Good objective analysis......I'm a big Patrick fan and can see the potential that he has. We all know by now the set backs and challenges he has faced physically (at least what has been out in the public forum) and I don't know how that couldn't affect his development.
I'm a big fan of anyone who's gone through what Patrick has gone through and I also believe that his body has been and continues to be impacted by all of it. I was actually surprised by the physical maturity we saw last year given all of that. IMO he has the athleticism to play much better defense and be a more aggressive rebounder than he has shown. The question with Patrick is will he. If so this might actually be a decent defensive squad relative to what we've seen over the last several years. We don't have disrupters like Joe was, but Kris, Perkins and Ulis are all very good defenders and Rebraca is a willing defender/rebounder with a year of B1G play under his belt. Patrick needs to step it up and Fran needs to make it more of a point of emphasis if that's going to come to fruition.
I have a feeling that he'll be splitting time between the weight room and the gym, putting up shots and improving his handles. He needs to get stronger and improve his core strength so that he doesn't get knocked around so much on his drives. That would help 90% of his "off-balance" shot issues.
I like Pat but I think there's slim chance he plays in the NBA.
I also think that he took less of those shots as the season went on. Maybe the light came on for him, or maybe, Dad had a conversation with Pat, but he played more under control down the stretch and in both tourneys...
How do we know it won't happen? After his time in the NBA camp it wouldn't surprise me to see Kris take a big jump. Between what he says he learned there, (supposedly he shown out very well), and obviously he's going to get the needed minutes to be a go to player. I'm not saying he'll be 23 and 8 every night, but who knows. What we DO know is that Fran runs a system for his go to guy, (usually a stretch 4 type player), to take whatever he can from where ever he can. Kris will have a big year. I totally expect he'll be 1st team all BIG this season...
We’ll see…. I understand your take for sure….. I think personally if he grows into that frame he could be really good….. I’m a glass half full guy
