Miles Reynolds

[ObeseMuffins]

Miles Reynolds transferring from Saint Louis. At one point considered Iowa during the recruiting process and there were even talks of him and Ulis teaming up. What could have been, right? Does Fran go after this guy?


http://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...cle_c4d998fd-4956-515f-88d1-53f50db992ce.html

 

[unoHawkeye]

Interesting. My only concern is that he would have some of the same issues Gesell did, where defenses can sag because they aren't a threat to score from deep. Reynolds shot .273 from 3 point last year (albeit he averaged less than 1 three per game in 20 mpg).

Otherwise he seems to be a pretty quick player who can finish at the hoop.

 

[gilligan19]

yeah Gesell only shot 37.5% from 3 and also could finish at the rim.

let that hate since you could never in your wildest dreams ever do.

 

[4th & 9 inches]

yeah Gesell only shot 37.5% from 3 and also could finish at the rim.

let that hate since you could never in your wildest dreams ever do.

And he couldn't make a shot on the last possession if he was the only one on the court standing on a ladder holding the ball directly above the rim

 

[BBHawk]

Malik Yarbrough leaving, too. That is another name from the past.

 

[unoHawkeye]

yeah Gesell only shot 37.5% from 3 and also could finish at the rim.

let that hate since you could never in your wildest dreams ever do.

Gesell got tons of open looks from three because he's proven to be an average jump shooter. Defenses sagged on him and he didn't take a ton of jump shots. Dominique Uhl shot a fantastic percentage from three, however he's not a guy I'd want shooting massive amounts of jump shots because he's not even consistently close to the hoop.

Gesell was my comparison because he was last year's point guard, and Reynolds would only ever be brought in to play PG. I didn't hate on him, but you are naive if you don't believe that jump shooting was a weakness of Mike's.

I'd address your second sentence... if I could translate it???

Edit: Apologies for hijacking the thread. My intent was not to rag on Gesell; rather provide a comparison to our PG last year and what Reynolds could bring to the table.

 

[RocknRollface]

Gesell got tons of open looks from three because he's proven to be an average jump shooter. Defenses sagged on him and he didn't take a ton of jump shots. Dominique Uhl shot a fantastic percentage from three, however he's not a guy I'd want shooting massive amounts of jump shots because he's not even consistently close to the hoop.

Gesell was my comparison because he was last year's point guard, and Reynolds would only ever be brought in to play PG. I didn't hate on him, but you are naive if you don't believe that jump shooting was a weakness of Mike's.

I'd address your second sentence... if I could translate it???

Edit: Apologies for hijacking the thread. My intent was not to rag on Gesell; rather provide a comparison to our PG last year and what Reynolds could bring to the table.

Im not going to agree with Herby but those two statements cannot both be true.

 

[perryhawk]

Miles Reynolds transferring from Saint Louis. At one point considered Iowa during the recruiting process and there were even talks of him and Ulis teaming up. What could have been, right? Does Fran go after this guy?


http://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...cle_c4d998fd-4956-515f-88d1-53f50db992ce.html

Sorry, but I did not see what year this young man is....how many years he has to play?

 

[icparkerhawk]

Sorry, but I did not see what year this young man is....how many years he has to play?

Believe he was a true sophomore so would have 3 yrs to play 2.

 

[buttermypancakes]

Im not going to agree with Herby but those two statements cannot both be true.

There's no doubt Uhl had an unbelievable year shooting. Most of that was earlier in the year when he was very good with his shot selection and took wide open, spot up threes. When he shot off the dribble or it wasn't a completely stand still jump shot he would miss badly. I think it's always easy to spot a decent shooter by their misses and Uhl was all over the place. I think it's very fair to say when Uhl has a bigger role in the offense and isn't as selective with a larger sample size his percentage will drop I just hope it's not significantly. The good thing is he doesn't need to shoot a lot of threes to be a very effective player. If he continues to be selective and keep defenses honest that will make his dribble drive game even tougher to guard.

 

[unoHawkeye]

Im not going to agree with Herby but those two statements cannot both be true.

They can. Uhl was pretty typically either nothing but net or air ball/bad miss. He missed badly, relatively frequently to other shooters on the team despite shooting at a higher percentage..

Maybe it was poor wording, but I feel that I was able to make my point. Uhl shot a good percentage, but isn't a guy that I'd want taking a three with the game on the line. Same applies with Mike Gesell.