Could not see the game - but does Patrick still shoot the ball like an 11 year old (from the hip)?
***Lindsay Wilson Exhibition Thread***
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No, he has an awkward shot (IMO), but it’s above his head, maybe forehead.
Those are some mid-90s looking uniforms if I ever saw 'em. They just need to make the IOWA bigger and have it arch across the chest instead of being straight-line, throw in some gold trim, and you'd damn near have replicas of Iowa's 1995-1996 tops.
He’s going to have a big assists year if he plays with those 4 guys regularly because all of them are really good shooters and Connor was the one guy last year that understood how to consistently feed the post and get guys the ball in the right spots.
Well I hope his shot is improved enough that we aren't playing 4 on 5 like last year!!
Thankfully it's pretty hard to imagine he doesn't shoot better this year.
pretty amazing that we had a ghost rank among the national leaders in assist rate last year
I never said he was dead, just that there was no point to guard him.....
think how many we might win if we're able to play 5 on 5.
my last post to you btw. if you want to think we won't be a better team if he shoots better, then I don't know what to tell you lol
yeah if there’s one thing I want the guy I am guarding to do, it’s get a bunch of assists
There aren't many players that have no downsides. Wilt, Michael, Larry, Magic, LeBron, maybe Kobe and some other younger guys whose games I don't know well.
Everyone else from 12U AAU to the NBA can only be judged on their net productivity. The book on Connor is pretty obvious at this point.
He's smart and knows what to do with the ball and where it's supposed to go to put the team in a scoring position, which is precisely the first job of a PG. No Jordan means C is going to be the primary ball handler. I am high on Joey T but, he's young, everyone says his shot is weak and he's got a learning curve (probably not as smart as C who is very smart on and off the court).
C can penetrate. Not the dazzling quick kind of penetration but just going over the smaller players that will be guarding him most of the time. This isn't gymnastics, you don't get style points.
I think he'll be a good defender because he's so much bigger and stronger than most other PGs. If the refs don't totally hose us, which does happen often, C McC will be just fine on defense.
BUT...…..the shooting has to be sufficiently good to prevent the 5 on 4 defenses we saw too often last season. The free throw shooting has to be sufficiently good that other teams cannot basically generate turnovers by simply fouling our primary ball handler late in games. If he can improve those areas, he doesn't have to be great, but better, then he's going to be a solid starting PG for two or three seasons. If not, Joey T is probably going to jump him next season.
Everyone else from 12U AAU to the NBA can only be judged on their net productivity. The book on Connor is pretty obvious at this point.
He's smart and knows what to do with the ball and where it's supposed to go to put the team in a scoring position, which is precisely the first job of a PG. No Jordan means C is going to be the primary ball handler. I am high on Joey T but, he's young, everyone says his shot is weak and he's got a learning curve (probably not as smart as C who is very smart on and off the court).
C can penetrate. Not the dazzling quick kind of penetration but just going over the smaller players that will be guarding him most of the time. This isn't gymnastics, you don't get style points.
I think he'll be a good defender because he's so much bigger and stronger than most other PGs. If the refs don't totally hose us, which does happen often, C McC will be just fine on defense.
BUT...…..the shooting has to be sufficiently good to prevent the 5 on 4 defenses we saw too often last season. The free throw shooting has to be sufficiently good that other teams cannot basically generate turnovers by simply fouling our primary ball handler late in games. If he can improve those areas, he doesn't have to be great, but better, then he's going to be a solid starting PG for two or three seasons. If not, Joey T is probably going to jump him next season.
Don't be ridiculous. Of course I never said that. That's just stupid. The team would be better if everyone on the team shot 100%. They would never lose a game it they all shot better.
If you want to think he doesn't bring other positives to the team besides shooting then I don't know what to tell you.
PSA (I don't think I saw this yet in the forum)... Set your DVR for 8am tomorrow for BTN to watch Exhibition game
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Watch Iowa's exhibition game on @BigTenNetwork tomorrow at 8 am (CT). #Hawkeyes
The reality is he actually left Iowa to play at Arkansas. He left Arkansas for Kansas.
Kansas had a total lack of 3 point shooting last season. It makes sense they would pursue him as an outside shooting threat.
