Not saying I agree, but this is what a reasonable optimistic post looks like. No assumptions of other well-established programs imploding, or comparisons of unranked recruits to CJ Fair, etc.
Really? Who is gonna bring in players better than Sanders, Laurent and Freeman under these conditions?
Don't forget the most important issue that was preventing us from getting rid of Flood, money. There were posts that it was going to take over $5 million to fire the staff. Posts asking who would want to coach here, especially with an administration that refuses to invest in athletics and boosters who don't give back to the school.
Nice post EJ, rational and with no unrealistic expectations.
We were never at full strength this year. Doorson has been out all year. Freeman was just getting acclimated coming from Juco and looked like a capable low post scorer and an offensive and defensive rebounder and a good passer and blocked some shots. In the St John's game, Eddie went to Freeman to stem the comeback and he hit 2 straight buckets on moves down low. We have no one to do that now. In Wake game he was limping and Eddieleft him in the game and if he was healthy we win easily
if he is healthy and Corey is here , put it in the books!! I will double down on my prediction. What do you think?
I didn't say he would be CJFair, I said from his tape he reminds me of CJ Fair.. We as Rutgers fans would love it if he turned out to be as good as Fair was!! You have no idea if it is a stretch, and number of offers are not the proof..I trust my eyes and although it is hard to make assessments based on tape if you have not seen someone live, that is all I have to go on .Of Course when he takes the floor at the Rac or during practice a true assessment can be made. Nothing on his tape suggests he will be a dud!!!
Do you know how many players are averaging 20 points a game in the Big 10 this season?
I will guarantee replacing Daniels, Grier, and Lewis with Nigel, Freeman and Doorson, will result in a much better team next year. Who wouldn't think that??
How many points does Diamond Stone score a game on assists from Melo Tremble? The only reason all 5 Maryland starters do not average 20 points each is because they share the ball and if you placed any one of their starters on Rutgers they would score 20 a game. There is only one ball for 5 ultra talented guys. Freeman will be our low post scorer and like Stone getting dunks off Melo's passing so will Freeman from Corey' assists. I would be really surprised if Freeman doesn't get 10 points from 5 assists from Corey giving him layups or dunks. Did you see how many times in the first half Corey hit Laurent for layups against Illinois?
Wouldn't the same situation apply to RU if Freeman, Sanders, Laurent, Daily, Johnson, and either Diallo or Doorson develop into the players you believe they will be?
After my recent post, I just went to Big 10 statistics and no one averages 20 a game, but Hill and Nunn average 19.6 and 16.2, Uthoff and Jok 18.6 and 17.1, Yogi Farrell 19.2, Nigel Hayes18.4, Brandon Taylor 16.4 , Diamond stone and Melo Trimble at 14.9 and 14.7 and our Corey Sanders at 17 per game. The player in the role most like what Freeman's role will be is Hill at Illinois, their go to best player down low. Melo and Stone's averages of almost 15 per game is what I would expect from Corey and Freeman. However Corey will score likely less than 17 per night and Freeman off Corey's assists will pick up the extra few points .. Another comparison is Yogi at 19.2 and Thomas Bryant at 12.2. But unlike Maryland or Indiana Who each have 5 guys who can score and do not rely on any one guy to score more, we will be relying on Freeman to be our leading scorer, especially down low which will get him more shot attempts and likely a few more points.
Corey will more than likely see his scoring go down and assists up because he will shoot less shots. Laurent will also benefit from Corey's passing and out on the break. Right now Greg Lewis shoots anywhere from 2 shots a night to 10 , so Shaquille will likely shoot at least 2 and likely in the range of 6-10 because he should give us 8-10 per game, especially since Corey will be lobbing to him for dunks. Johnson or Williams should get 10-15 per game as the starter . So if Freeman gets20, Nigel or Mike 12.5, Shaquille 9 , Laurent 10-14 and Corey 10-14, that gives you 61.5 to 69.5 from our starters. Seems very reasonable if they gel and Freeman is still the focal point on offense.Also, with the exception of Corey and maybe Freeman, our other 3 starters are not nearly as talented as Maryland's . Melo, Suliman, Carter, Stone, and Layman are all NBA players. Carter at times has been more dominant down low and goes off for 15-20 per game..Freeman will be most like Carter except he will be the consistent focal point of our offense.
I think he's an 8-10 scorer, unless we find shooters and he adds 15-20 pounds of lean muscle.
New question, how many teams in the Big 10 have four double-digit scorers this season?
I will check out Big 10 statistics in a moment but while we are at it go to those statistics and tell me where RU's biggest deficiencies are?
Okay but are the starting 5 of Indiana, Iowa, Maryland at least close? Like if they average 8-9 per game. Would be surprised if not true .
What do you think Freeman as our primary scorer will average next year if Healthy and if Coreyis our point guard? Do you think he has better hands than any recent big guy we have had?
Choppin is right just 2 programs. I think your expections for year over year improvement are significantly overblown.
