UCLA- Myles Johnson is "Our Guy"--Foul Assessed on Myles?
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The thing that was crazy to me was that he achieved Rutgers’ last triple double prior to Dylan by getting a double in blocks. Who does that?! Loved Roy!
I will bet there are Not too many triple doubles in NCAA history that includes 10 blocks
Shaq and Cole Aldrich are the two men to have done it in the tournament. No idea about overall.
91 times with double digit blocks?
that makes more sense
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that makes more sense
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Did he also not fumble a rebound or loose ball out of bounds down the stretch there that was also critical? Not blaming Myles btw for the loss but I think he had two plays down the stretch that hurt there if I recall correctly.
Could/would never dunk. Missed tons of easy layups.
i agree with you 100% he was a SOFT center. Was he one of RU’s best? Certainly. But both can be true. He transferred to UCLA and played a secondary role.. great kid, great RU ambassador— but I will always think of him as soft. He could never finish plays and was afraid to attack the rim on offense.
Johnson was not here primarily to play basketball, nor was he at UCLA primarily to play basketball. Basketball was a means to an end, which was to get a free engineering education and pursue a career in that area.
That also means it wasn't his #1 drive/passion, which some fans here describe as "being soft" or "not having a killer instinct". He was a great player for us, and hugely impactful - he just wasn't what some fans wanted him to be, and that's on them not on him.
Glad he's doing well in the tech world.
That also means it wasn't his #1 drive/passion, which some fans here describe as "being soft" or "not having a killer instinct". He was a great player for us, and hugely impactful - he just wasn't what some fans wanted him to be, and that's on them not on him.
Glad he's doing well in the tech world.
Myles has to be one of the most likeable kids that I've watched play.
That speaks more to the abilities of his back-ups than it does to his. The other starters on those teams had stronger back-ups, so the team's production didn't suffer as much when the starters were out.
True.....but that almost always be the case with centers. Most of him being the most impactful player to wear the uniform since 1988 was the fact he was 6' 11''
Unfortunately, and it may be unfair, that play is the first thing
that comes to mind, when ever he is mentioned
RU went from 4_years of James Bailey to 4 years of Roy Hinson
Was a great 8 year stretch for RU
way back when I used to tell people who were only marginally familiar with RU MBB - "EVERY single RU starting center over an 8 year period got drafted in the first round."
Okay.. I'll bite as if it was a real post.
He is from Long Beach CA. Wanted to go home for his final year and pursue his high-level EDUCATION at UCLA.
With Cliff coming in... I don't think any real Rutgers fan thought he had abandoned the team. AFAIK, we all wished him well.. I guess except for you and those who "liked" your comment.
You have this right. And don’t forget that Myles redshirted here for a year. The extra year at UCLA was a bonus for him to further his education and play some more. I am actually bummed that we won’t see Myles-type players any time again soon.
Myles looks happy in those pix.. but, damn, is he at a desk job snacking away coding all day or something? We know the brain loves carbs.. but c'mon Myles... balance while you are young. It only gets harder the older you get.
Actually Tim jumped up for the catch and the ball rebounded off his knee and into the hands of L’ville defended. Saw it up close. The jump put Tim’s catch timing off. Oh well one really bad play. Nevertheless, he was a personal favorite
Myles graduated from Rutgers and was free to use his additional year of eligibility however he wanted. He didn’t owe Rutgers anything.
The sad part about your commentary here is that he actually may well be on his way to filling his destiny (and then some) and there's nothing lazy about how he has put his energies into pursuing that. Your projecting what his destiny should be was not one that his sights were ever set on.
