Kris Murray

[BBHawk]

I agree that time will tell. But I really liked what we saw down the stretch last year from Tony Perkins. We can talk about the effect of moving Bohannon back to the point, but Perkins did a lot of ball-handling, distributing, and breaking down the defense. Over the last 10 games, he averaged 10.8 points, 4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

I think that we could see a fair amount of Perkins operating as the point so as to get our most talented scorers (Perkins, Sandfort, Kris, and PMac) on the floor at the same time.

Certainly we will miss, in Keegan and Jordan, players who attempted roughly 400 3 pointers last year and made over 150 of those. But I think that there are enough shooters on the roster to stretch the floor. Kris helps stretch defenses all by himself by being able to shoot over the top of defenders at the arc.

This^^^^. I think this team will be fine. Iowa lost Luka and Weezy but Keegan and JoBo picked up the slack. Iowa loses Keegan and JoBo but I see Kris, Tony, PMac and Sandfort stepping up. I also could see one of the 3 bigs taking a step forward with scoring this year.

 

[Kurt Warner]

Payton Sanford is going to be great, book it 😮

Thought he should have gotten much more pt last year

 

[hooper56]

I'm looking forward to watching Mulvey this year. He reminds me of Ryan Kriener, only taller and more athletic. If he continues getting stronger through the summer, I think we will be just fine at the center spot. Kris should have no problems staying at the 4.

He reminds me of Steve Krafcisen.

 

[BBHawk]

He reminds me of Steve Krafcisen.

I never thought of Krafcisen as being especially athletic like I do Riley. Riley can really jump - he reminds me more of a taller Aaron White. I can only hope he turns out as well, but he has the physical attributes to be a good player.

 

[NevadaHawk]

He reminds me of Steve Krafcisen.

"Special K" was a key member of those great Lute Olsen teams of the late 70s. A very workmen like player.

 

[HawkRugged17]

 

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[jonesy5960]

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And this is why people expecting Kris to have a season like his brother Keegan had last year was so unfair. To Keegan.

 

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

Not to misconstrued for criticism taking the NBA millions, but it would have been fun to watch K & K climb all over the Iowa record books.

 

[IllQChawk]

Not to misconstrued for criticism taking the NBA millions, but it would have been fun to watch K & K climb all over the Iowa record books.

That would have been an Iowa team for the ages, maybe even matching the 53 team, we'll never know.

 

[doughuddl2]

POY vs non-starter is a non-factor in a NBA decision. It's highly likely that Kris Murray is selected higher in the NBA draft than Garza was (2nd round) as their skills are different. It doesn't change what Garza was. It's just the skills required to be a potential really good player in the NBA are not an exact match to what makes a player really good in college.

I hope that Kris comes back to Iowa, has a great year and vaults himself into the top half of the NBA draft in 2023. But if he decides differently I will follow his career and wish him well. He is already 3 years out of his hgih school class (1 year at prep school, 2 at Iowa).

Do you have any name(s) of non starters drafted in the 1st round?

 

[jonesy5960]

Do you have any name(s) of non starters drafted in the 1st round?

I'm not sure what you're getting at here.

 

[HawkAssassin]

Do you have any name(s) of non starters drafted in the 1st round?

From the last draft

7 - Shaedon Sharpe
9 - Jeremy Sochan
17 - Tari Eason
30 - Peyton Watson