He disappears when the going gets tough against a good opponent. He is a great talent and glad he's on our team but 8 games in these are Facts.
Kris Murray is not ready for primetime as of 12/6/22
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If he thought he saw tough defense tonight, just wait until Thursday night.
Deer in headlights now vs TCU and Duke. Not good
I thought he played well when he got aggressive. Better nights ahead.
His 8 points?
Agree.
Iowa State is a better team than Duke & they play much better defense.
I expect less than 10 points for Murray in the ISU game (including garbage points).
But I just hope he’s tough enough to get 7-8 shots up against Iowa State. Forget about the points.
I'm in the chalk that up as a shit game camp. Lets see how they respond Thursday
They beat a number 1 team. We can't beat anyone with a pulse on a neutral court.
Kris still is best defender/rebounder of the Front court players on this IOwa team...so still highly valuale. However, if he wants to be able to play in NBA, he has to be able to make shots when facing elite defenders.
I don't agree. Kris looks soft and divisive. Not attacking and missing wide open shots.
Yes, odd. He has no reason to be anything but the polar opposite.
The six inches between his ears... He'll rebound
Getting athletes who 100% commit to playing defense. Allows you to still win games when you’re off offensively.
Other people need to make shots otherwise you just double Kris. Same thing would have happened to Keegan last year, but guys like JBo were a threat to make the open shot.
True that. Making 3 pointers opens up the game so much.
True, but N. Carolina hasn't played anywhere close to what a # 1 team should be. The clones are certainly a strong team and for Iowa to have a chance we have to shoot 40% or above from 3. Unfortunately, we don't seem capable of that this year.
And a solid coach
So how did their coach get them into buying into playing defense? That doesn't show up in the stat sheet. How does that get them into the NBA? Not watched them,do they play an MSU style grabby defense?
Great question. I'd also like to know what's going on behind the scenes at Moo U,l. What is it about Lames that these studs find so appealing? Something smells fishy but maybe (probably) it's not.
Yeah well ya know, he should stop f***ing being a solid coach (at least for the Iowa game)...............
Kris isn't even close to being as good as Keegan was and that's ok. It must be horrible having to live up to those types of expectations. It's pretty tough to be a lottery pick in the NBA. He's not going to take over games against big-time opponents.
Against TCU, Clemson, and Duke he averaged 9.6 points - it certainly won't be any easier for him tomorrow.
Not a ton of talent around him. They were switching fresh defenders, playing off others and double teaming him. We had a lot of open threes, too many misses. 50% from FT line, awful.
It's got to be really hard to be a twin and following in the steps of your NBA brother
I mean they look alike, why can't they play alike?
I think we just need to settle down as fans and not expect Kris to be at the same level as his brother.
I mean they look alike, why can't they play alike?
I think we just need to settle down as fans and not expect Kris to be at the same level as his brother.
I think Kris is the one who needs to come to grips with it first. Or his head will float away like a hot air balloon. Unrealistic expectations!
We all know that Jordan Bohannon was somewhat of a polarizing figure to many hawkeye fans and it was time for him to move on, but i will say a couple of things that this years team is missing from him:
1. his threat from distance helped our spacing of to the offense so much. passing lanes were bigger and cutting lanes were bigger.
2. no one was better at or worked harder at cutting to get open for his shot. That also opened things up by messing with the defensive rotations. The team this year does not have anyone close to this ability. In fact last year we had two guys that could do this in Keegan as well.
These two factors are not nearly as prevalent with this team. Peyton if he was hitting his shot would help, but so would anyone hitting their shot but not happening right now.
We do have the ability to drive some, but until we hit some layups that will not matter.
I am hopeful that as the season goes on we learn how to do some of these things better and also shoot better and things will look up.
1. his threat from distance helped our spacing of to the offense so much. passing lanes were bigger and cutting lanes were bigger.
2. no one was better at or worked harder at cutting to get open for his shot. That also opened things up by messing with the defensive rotations. The team this year does not have anyone close to this ability. In fact last year we had two guys that could do this in Keegan as well.
These two factors are not nearly as prevalent with this team. Peyton if he was hitting his shot would help, but so would anyone hitting their shot but not happening right now.
We do have the ability to drive some, but until we hit some layups that will not matter.
I am hopeful that as the season goes on we learn how to do some of these things better and also shoot better and things will look up.
As much as I thought Jordy was a johnson, I think he did bring intangibles to that team. This team is a nothing burger. I am sure all of the kids are decent, smart and great guys but come on, whose putting the fear or man into other teams?
Anyone remember Kent Hill on the inbound pass. I think he took one off the face once. Or Horton and Jay Burson. I know less thugs these days but Fran's players are always soft. Much like the ice cream at Carver.
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