Is Thelwell an upgrade over T. Perkins?

[HoustonREDHawk]

I don't know, if KU or Creighton offer him big $ he could be gone. Both closer to home.

I think Fran leaves, Dix will be less loyal to Iowa. Fran stuck with him, despite his nasty injury in high school, and I think that makes it unlikely he would leave if Fran is still at Iowa.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Not the same position. Perkins is not a primary ball handler pg. Tony was inconsistent. When he was good he could be awesome. Then he'd disappear for games at a time. It was a good move for him to go elsewhere for the cash.

Thelwell so far looks like a good one year buy at pg.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

I don't know, if KU or Creighton offer him big $ he could be gone. Both closer to home.

Didn’t say he would never leave. Said he would be the toughest of the 3 to entice.

 

[RocknRollface]

Didn’t say he would never leave. Said he would be the toughest of the 3 to entice.

Agree, Dix is least likely to leave.

Part of keeping Freeman may be keeping Harding happy.

 

[Ronman]

But I agree about Dix. I had heard rumors that Creighton was knocking on his door this past off-season. Creighton is a small school but they have a very competitive NIL fund. Take this with a grain of salt, but Creighton's fan posters claim Ryan Kalkbrenner received around 7 figures to return to school this year.
We ain't competing with that. . .

I believe that the South Dakota HC was "recruiting" Dix in the handshake line the other night. Probably letting him know that if he gets homesick and wants to play closer to home, he has a spot for him.

 

[littlez]

I wouldn’t have given him 5$

They didn’t ask you. Mizzou did.

 

[littlez]

I don't know, if KU or Creighton offer him big $ he could be gone. Both closer to home.

If KU offers that’s tough for anyone to pass on. But they’ve already signed 3 five stars for next year.

 

[shanksit44]

To answer OP's question
YES

Too early. Like what I see so far but there’s a lot of season left.

 

[Hans81]

Tony Perkins got 500k?!?😂

Good for him.

 

[Knothole Hawk]

He's starting to win me over. He seems to be a steady contributor. I like that opposed to the hot and cold type player Tony could be.

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

He's starting to win me over. He seems to be a steady contributor. I like that opposed to the hot and cold type player Tony could be.

It helps Iowa doesn't have to lean on Drew to be the #1 or #2 scorer. Drew was a terror with on ball defense tonight. Even with Dix out Drew doesn't have to force 10+ shots like Tony would have to; he doesn't have to force any shots.

 

[Knothole Hawk]

Good point, this team has a lot of more options for putting the ball in the basket.

 

[longliveCS40]

Loving Thelwell but let's not get carried away. He has yet to play against Big Ten competition.

At this point, I'm taking Perk no doubt. By the end of the season, who knows.

 

[LukaDuka]

If KU offers that’s tough for anyone to pass on. But they’ve already signed 3 five stars for next year.

Dix would fit well on any team in the country with his versatile all around game.

 

[littlez]

Loving Thelwell but let's not get carried away. He has yet to play against Big Ten competition.

At this point, I'm taking Perk no doubt. By the end of the season, who knows.

I mean wasn't Perk 2nd or 3rd team all Big Ten his Jr year? Not sure why he seems to get so much hate around here now. Guy was a very solid player for us.

 

[LukaDuka]

I mean wasn't Perk 2nd or 3rd team all Big Ten his Jr year? Not sure why he seems to get so much hate around here now. Guy was a very solid player for us.

I thought he was a head case. He could play lights out one game & disappear for 3 or 4 games at a time. Very frustrating.

 

[Andrew Houk]

I thought he was a head case. He could play lights out one game & disappear for 3 or 4 games at a time. Very frustrating.

I don't think he was a head case, just a guy with a very inconsistent outside shot. As a fellow player who is a bucket one night and can't hit the broadside of a barn the next, I can sympathize with him. Also, in case anyone is going to respond with some variation of "well then just take it to the basket then", some teams take that away by getting back in transition and packing the paint against our half court offense.

Tony gave us multiple good seasons so I extend him some grace and don't attribute his offensive inconsistency to him simply mentally checking out or quitting on his team.

 

[Andrew Houk]

I mean wasn't Perk 2nd or 3rd team all Big Ten his Jr year? Not sure why he seems to get so much hate around here now. Guy was a very solid player for us.

Yep! There were a bunch of jerks hassling him on Twitter/Instagram last year too. And we wonder why we can't recruit better players.