It’s not going up. your probably just looking at the ESPN stats which shows our actual team blended ppg at 67.9. If you add up each individual’s average it comes out to over 74 which is more than what he projected (72). Not everyone plays the same number of games - lots of DNPs in there.
Cliff averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds last year. His ceiling is probably closer to 15-16 points with RU’s pace of play.
Of course I took total PPG. On Scarlet Knights.com we aren’t close to 74 either. Isn’t it not accurate to take straight ppg? Frankly, you are assuming if everyone played every game they’d have the same average, which from a minutes allocation isn’t the case.
At this point the only way Caleb doesn't come back is if he gets feedback that some NBA team will draft him. How likely is that?
This^^^....boy this would be great. I'm HOPING that Caleb feels that his game really progressed this year under Pike...and it was really his first fully healthy year here at Rutgers. I think he, himself, has said this last year was easily his healthiest year here. If so, Caleb, hopefully you feel it is a win-win to come back here for an encore. We would be thrilled to have you! C'mon back...we love ya'! Go Caleb! Go RU!
I love caleb don't get me wrong. While he's had some offensive outbursts we have 4 years worth of tape and data that says he's not too efficient on the offensive end (88 and 92 offensive efficiency ratings past 2 years) and he's not the type to create his own shot or break down the defense off the dribble. Caleb is the perfect 7th man type who plays 15 mins a night. We need offensive play makers next year desperately.
So you think that after losing Geo and Ron that we'll be better on offense with the proposed roster. I simply disagree.
Have to agree with Kyk here. Not sure why they aren’t going after another athletic guard. We should’ve kept going after hammond. I think spencer is good, but him and mulcahy on the defensive end at the same time will get exposed against real athleticism
you realize palmquist is gonna be like 23 years old right? It's not like he's some young raw pup oozing athleticism. The kid could barely stay on his feet last year. What game was it where on one single defensive possession he fell 3 or maybe was it 4 times?
Hammond is marginally more athletic than Spencer and is possibly worse on defense than Cam.
If there were no plans for him he would probably be in the transfer portal by now.
He doesn’t have social media
improves enough to warrant playing him any significant time at all? No. If he plays anything more than 10 minutes a night on average were in for a very bad season. With that said, I'm confident he doesn't play close to 10 minutes enough and has more DNP nights than 10 min nights. He's horrific
You're the one proposing he plays more and scores more. He averaged 9.8 points per 40 minutes played last year. So for him to score 2.5PPG he'd have to play 10 minutes a night. If he plays 10 minutes a night we are in really bad shape. This isn't controversial to say. Stop. Quit while you're ahead
Kid probably spends the time shooting jumpers
Again, the calculations you’re using above are off this years stats…as if he’s not gonna improve even an iota.
15 minutes a night?!? That’s a top 3 perimeter defender in the country lol. Obviously his lack of offensive output is more glaring on a team like ours that often struggles to score, but 7th man is outright disrespectful. Leaky Black is a poor mans Caleb and just played 30+ mins a night on the National title runner-up
That's what kyk does. There is a hint a truth to what he says most times, but then takes it to the extreme which makes it a bad take
Fair. 15 minutes is probably too little in hindsight.
I aint backing up from the assertion that having a good big isn't imperative to success these days. Whereas having good guards is imperative. You can win alot of games with great guards and a below average 5. You can't win alot of games with having below average guards and a great 5.
