I love the way he plays. Poised beyond his years! The future looks bright. Go Hawks!
Josh Dix
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Agreed. He's making plays and limiting mistakes. He might only be a freshman but his game looks more mature than any other guard on the team.
Agree. Dix is a very complete player. Not flashy, but plays within himself, makes very few mistakes, and sees the court very well on both ends. He lacks elite quickness, but his length makes up for a lot of that. Not as strong yet, but reminds me a lot of Bobby Hansen.
It seems like the majority of his shots end up as nothing but net swisher. Fran got a good one here.
Think Matt Painter wanted him. That said alot to me..
Can see why now. He would be one of those sound guards that has a pure stroke, doesn’t turn the ball over and plays with poise. Those were the guys we always seen on Purdue, wondered why couldn’t get them. Now we have one…. Love it!!
Can see why now. He would be one of those sound guards that has a pure stroke, doesn’t turn the ball over and plays with poise. Those were the guys we always seen on Purdue, wondered why couldn’t get them. Now we have one…. Love it!!
He needs more minutes, he plays extremely smooth. I think he's going to be a 15ppg player by the time he leaves Iowa.
I didn’t think he would be a PG coming out of High school but he protects the ball, plays smart, and shoots it nicely. Will be nice the Hawks to have a combo type guard like him
He’s definitely making a case for himself. The fact that he’s coming off of a major injury and still playing at this level, amazes me.
Perfect analysis of his game, he plays within himself. Twice yesterday he passed up a shot because he wasn't quite squared up or set.
Sandfort really needs to do more of this. He shoots too often when he isn't square or set. On the three he made yesterday he was in perfect rhythm.
Reminds me a lot of CJF in his freshman year. Hopefully his sophomore year and beyond are much different from CJF’s.
I get that vibe from him too, as much his defense and attitude as anything. But thinking maybe Ben Brust is another comp?
Let’s just hope he is as good or better than everyone we are bringing up lol
Bobby Hansen played with an edge/toughness, and it would be great to see Dix and some others have more. Dix doesn't back down, and it was interesting to see Mulcahey try to test him a couple of times when he first came into the game. He blocked his shot on one of those possessions.
That is what I like most about Ulis. He is tough as nails. Perkins seems to have it only in spurts, and needs to find it much more consistently going down the stretch, or Dix will continue to take some of his minutes. Toughness is a big part of what makes Connor a very good player. It is what is missing most in Bowen's game...
Perkins has plenty of toughness. He's never afraid to mix it up inside with the bigs and he collects rebounds at a much higher rate than the other 3 guards. IMO, his biggest problem is that he makes a lot of bad decisions with the ball resulting in below average assist to turnover margins and a 40% 2 pt field goal %.
I thought Perkins was going to have a break out year this year. I don’t know if it’s the injury that’s been bothering him or if it’s all in his head, but he’s been very inconsistent.
I think it’s a mix of both. If we can get consistent Perkins the rest of the year we would be a lot better
Dix has been a pleasant surprise…wasn’t sure they’d find minutes for him but they have and he has produced.
Same, can’t wait to see him improve every year!
Dix just seems to play smart ball,.. very impressed so far.
I agree, hopefully he can finish as strong as he did last year. Then Dix can come in for a few minutes here and there and we don’t lose much.
Dix makes shots when they are needed as JBO did. Get Dix the shots that Sandfort couldn't make at MSU and the Hawks win.
I love how he has no fear either. His shot is perfect form
I'm very disappointed that @InsaneHawkJJP has failed to scour Twitter in order to copy and paste multiple tweets relating to Josh Dix in this thread.
I’m just waiting for the eventual locking of this thread after Fran DMs the new message board overlords
I'm sure the dms have already started, Ross seems to be compromised.
Dix needs to work on his game on the other end of the court. If you get a chance to go to a game, watch the effort Ulis gives on the defensive side of the ball (on the ball and off the ball). You'll understand why he gets the minutes on the court over Bowen/Dix. Audige was frustrated by Ulis picking him up at 94 feet last night.
