He deserves his own thread. On a night he didn’t shoot well he had six assists- must be a career high? He just looks so much more confident out there...
Same old
Has OK games vs mid majors
Vs St Johns mostly invisible
Issa is doing just fine. He has gotten better year after year. His defense and length are outstanding , his passing is incredibly improved. He has hit his three more consistently than the previous 2 years, he is playing more confidently, he can pump fake and put it on the floor and take it to the hole, he can post up a smaller player down low, his rebounding gets better and better. Go watch another team , troll.!!
Hey Clueless! Go read RU Choppin’s reply.Same old
Has OK games vs mid majors
Vs St Johns mostly invisible
Issa is doing just fine. He has gotten better year after year. His defense and length are outstanding , his passing is incredibly improved. He has hit his three more consistently than the previous 2 years, he is playing more confidently, he can pump fake and put it on the floor and take it to the hole, he can post up a smaller player down low, his rebounding gets better and better. Go watch another team , troll.!!
Zero turnovers for a guy who runs down the court to the corner baseline in every possession does not impress meEveryone was invisible against St John’s.
BTW, zero turnovers for Issa on a night where we had 20 as a team.
I was at the game, were you? Two of his threes were in garbage time. 1/5 in first half. And worse was the two fast breaks in first half where his passive play hurt them - one of them Kiss threw to where he should have been cutting and he stood in corner. And second he ran to far corner on a butchered break where Harper i think it was took a terrible three.Mostly invisible? He was one of the only players who wasn't mostly invisible. Led the team in scoring with 13, 3/8 from range (38%), 5 reb, 1 ast. He had more points than Baker/Kiss combined.
Zero turnovers for a guy who runs down the court to the corner baseline in every possession does not impress me
Agree 100%No but he's struggled with catching passes or starting his feet before his dribble before so it was nice to see a clean game from him.
Issa is playing with more confidence. Who would have thought last year Issa would make gestures after making a 3 AND almost start a fight in the same game. He almost seems more athletic out there.
I remember before the start of the season there was a lot of posters calling for Issa to have reduced minutes to the point he would be the 11th or 12th man off the bench. Even some posters said he should look to transfer.excatly what NJH says... I know your post is about Issa. In reality Issa worth and minutes are about what he can bring to the table that other in the rotation can't.
When you put Kiss, Issa and Mathis (what I hope he can be) side by side there are check marks in a lot of different boxes. They will probably be fighting for 60-70 minutes every night. Issa, right now, is the more well rounded player out of the 3. Last night was a Kiss opponent and Miami could very well be a Mathis opponent. Most/all nights Issa will be needed.
I always thought he had the talent just lacked confidence and killer instinct on offense. I'm happy with the progress I've seen so far from Thiam this seasonThere were a lot of us posters who said Issa just needed Confidence....others said he was just not a good enough. Remember those threads?
I was at the game, were you? Two of his threes were in garbage time. 1/5 in first half. And worse was the two fast breaks in first half where his passive play hurt them - one of them Kiss threw to where he should have been cutting and he stood in corner. And second he ran to far corner on a butchered break where Harper i think it was took a terrible three.
I'm not being combative, the guy has not been competitive against real teams.
Hope he proves me wrong.
Good games vs Boston, Fordham, Columbia, etc doesn't mean much to me
I was - if Issa was invisible in that game, the rest of the guards didn't come out of the locker room.
You say he was 1/5 in the first half... Baker and Mathis were was also both 1/5. McConnell/Johnson were both 0/1, and Kiss was 2/7. The only guys who hit better than 28% were Omoruyi/Harper (each 2/4) and Doorson (3/3).
Issa's better than he was last year. He's added more to his offensive toolkit, and is possibly the best perimeter defender on the team right now. He's also passing better with 9 assists through four games, which took him 17 games to do last year.
He had 8+ points last year 16 times, and half were against B1G schools. He had 6+ rebounds last year 12 times, and half were against B1G schools.
No need to knock the kid - he's now an upperclassman, and is definitely looking a lot more confident out there than we've seen him for two years. Looking forward to him growing more with better ball movement later in the year.
Save your energy. Some people just have an ax to grind. Toby's perception of Issa is cemented from his frosh year and nothing is going to change that view.I was - if Issa was invisible in that game, the rest of the guards didn't come out of the locker room.
You say he was 1/5 in the first half... Baker and Mathis were was also both 1/5. McConnell/Johnson were both 0/1, and Kiss was 2/7. The only guys who hit better than 28% were Omoruyi/Harper (each 2/4) and Doorson (3/3).
Issa's better than he was last year. He's added more to his offensive toolkit, and is possibly the best perimeter defender on the team right now. He's also passing better with 9 assists through four games, which took him 17 games to do last year.
He had 8+ points last year 16 times, and half were against B1G schools. He had 6+ rebounds last year 12 times, and half were against B1G schools.
No need to knock the kid - he's now an upperclassman, and is definitely looking a lot more confident out there than we've seen him for two years. Looking forward to him growing more with better ball movement later in the year.
I was at the game, were you? Two of his threes were in garbage time. 1/5 in first half. And worse was the two fast breaks in first half where his passive play hurt them - one of them Kiss threw to where he should have been cutting and he stood in corner. And second he ran to far corner on a butchered break where Harper i think it was took a terrible three.
I'm not being combative, the guy has not been competitive against real teams.
Hope he proves me wrong.
Good games vs Boston, Fordham, Columbia, etc doesn't mean much to me
He does.He deserves his own thread. On a night he didn’t shoot well he had six assists- must be a career high? He just looks so much more confident out there...
Issa scares the hell out of me on the press break. Ball handling and decision making in the open court are not his strengths.
Well said. I'm not too juiced about 4/5 rebounds from that spot. He's supposed to be a shooter, a scorer. He took avg of two shots per game in the Big Ten tournament games.If he is playing 27 mpg at the theee spot....you really need to get 11-13 points a game out of those minute from that spot....and him getting off enough quantity shots to do that has been the issue