P-Mac: The Next Baer or...
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Just remember Blake Larsen was the #1 recruit and looked how that turned out. There are always misses and Connor was a top 100 recruit and i could find 100 better guards in his class in college basketball. There are some “misses” in the recruiting rankings.
I hope He’s wrong, but seeing high school kids for 20years. Pretty easy to evaluate talent and see who has it and who doesn’t. He say DJ Carton was one of the best he’s witnessed since Paige.
C's shot is ugly, from the field and the line. The importance of form is not the existence of good shooters with bad form but the likelihood that poor shooting form results in poor shooting percentages.
A 6'9" player will hopefully have quite a few open looks since most of his damage should be done around the basket.
A 6'9" player will hopefully have quite a few open looks since most of his damage should be done around the basket.
King is 6-9 205
PM is 6-9 170???
King is also of African decent and is quicker than PM. Their only likeness is their heights.
Height has nothing to do with it; foot speed and coordination on the other hand...
It's wait and see for me on P-Mac. C-Mac is not the player his ranking suggested and I'm inclined to believe the same with Patrick. Their rankings we're inflated for the obvious political reasons of their dad being the Iowa head coach. There are some rather inexplicable characteristics of C-Mac's game being a coaches son. Patrick has height but he is so thin right now. Hope he turns out to be a stud.
Did Doug McDermott and Bryce Alford get the same recruiting bump?
Pmac is 180lbs and King was 195 as a recruit.
The black vs white argument is ridiculous. Pmac is extremely athletic. There skill types are very similar.
Only ESPN had Connor in the top 100. Most others had him in the 120-150 range.
247 had him at 152 and a 3 star. 247 has Pmac as 71 and 4 stars.
ESPN, Rivals and 247 all have Pat in the top 80.
Basketball is far easier to project than football because of aau. Blake Larsen was the biggest guy on the field against competition in SW Iowa.
And I thought Connor did well for a guy ranked in that 100-150 range for his first full year. He was second on the team coming off the bench with 3 assists per game. He did a good job getting to the line. He'll be a very solid player next year.
I expect Pat to be a 7-9 ppg reserve next year and really help this team.
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This is a reasonable expectation IMHO. If Patrick can spell Wieskamp and provide a few more minutes here and there, that will suffice.
Glen “the stick” Vidnovick was a skinny kid who did all right for the Hawks. I’m for giving the kid a chance before we go nuts on him. All the message board shot doctors probably wish they could have shot it like P Mac does. Just saying.
I would agree that it would be nice if he would take a redshirt as a way to gain strength. I know he will always have trouble adding weight but even just adding 5-10 lbs of muscle would do him wonders I believe long-term for the team and for himself.
However, the quickness one is news to me. In the games I saw - and everything you read about him from ranking services - is that quickness for his height is one of his strengths. No, he’s not as quick as a 6-1 Guard but not many are at his size. He’s definitely going to be an SF and his length and quickness will cause match-up problems depending on who is on him. The Louis King comparison seems somewhat apt - and no I don’t think he is as good as King.
If White was a banger, then why did he disappear when we played physical teams like MSU?
It starts pretty low, hope it improves if he can get stronger and have a higher and quicker release. I wouldn't call it ugly....JMO
Patrick's 3 pt % this year was a nice 45 (or 47)%. However, after a closer look he only made 24 for the year, I believe. Less than one a game. Probably means he only shot them when wide open. Just spit-balling here......
It’s the one and only position he is capable of being a contributor at right now (which he did an admirable job of this year). You certainly don’t think he is a SG do you?
He is a PG. Can't change that. And he did pretty well at it as a RS freshman. His shooting is not up to snuff but otherwise he held his own.
Are you one of those posters here that just cries for Zavier Simpson type pg? Zavier per 40 min asst/ to ratio this year 6.5/2.3. Connor McCaffery per 40 min asst/to ratio 6.4/2.7. Not bad for BACK UP pg.
Perfect comparison with Shurna i just hope Patrick laces up his shoes if memory serves didn't Shurna play with his shoes untied?
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