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If Pedulla or Girard were 6-3 and muscular with a 36 inch vertical then yes they are the same as IMac.
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McKneely is also going to be a more than capable defender by the time he leaves here. Already better than Pedulla (who Iâd argue is the worst on ball defender in the conference) and unsure about Girard because I donât watch enough of him.
My claim about Pedulla btw is more based on the fact that I would find it hard to believe anyone could be worse than any type of actual analysis lol
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If anyone could be worse than Pedulla it would be Girard.
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At least Pedullaâs been coached to defend in a man scheme. Wonder how much muscle memory Girard is going to have to overcome making the switch?
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Sharing for interest not because I fully co-sign it; hereâs a list of the ACC players classified as ballhandlers (point guards, scoring point guards, combo guards) by Hoop Explorer, sorted by their 2022-23 defensive regularized adjusted plus-minus, from worse to better:
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Brownell canât hide Girard in the zone!
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From The Almanacâs top 100 players:
- Zach Edey, C, Purdue
- Kyle Filipowski, F, Duke
- Hunter Dickinson, C, Kansas
- Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton
- Donovan Clingan, C, UConn
- Tyler Kolek, G, Marquette
- Armando Bacot, F/C, North Carolina
- Tyrese Proctor, G, Duke
- Max Abmas, G, Texas
- Tyson Walker, G, Michigan State
- Wade Taylor IV, G, Texas A&M
- Justin Moore, G, Villanova
- Trey Alexander, G, Creighton
- Oumar Ballo, C, Arizona
- DaRon Holmes II, F, Dayton
- LJ Cryer, G, Houston
- Ryan Nembhard, G, Gonzaga
- Johnell Davis, G, Florida Atlantic
- Aidan Mahaney, G, Saint Maryâs
- Isaiah Collier, G, USC
- Tylor Perry, G, Kansas State
- Jamal Shead, G, Houston
- Terrence Shannon Jr., G, Illinois
24. Reece Beekman, G, Virginia - PJ Hall, F, Clemson
- Nijel Pack, G, Miami (FL)
- RJ Davis, G, North Carolina
- Bryce Hopkins, F/G, Providence
- Norchad Omier, F, Miami (FL)
- Johni Broome, F, Auburn
- Isaiah Stevens, G, Colorado State
- Santiago Vescovi, G, Tennessee
- Boo Buie, G, Northwestern
- Baylor Scheierman, G, Creighton
- Jahmir Young, G, Maryland
- Alijah Martin, G, Florida Atlantic
- Dajuan Harris, G, Kansas
- Anton Watson, F, Gonzaga
- Justin Edwards, G, Kentucky
- Ace Baldwin, G, Penn State
- Eric Dixon, F, Villanova
- AJ Hoggard, G, Michigan State
- Trevon Brazile, F, Arkansas
- Riley Kugel, G, Florida
- Boogie Ellis, G, USC
- Coleman Hawkins, F, Illinois
- Tyrese Hunter, G, Texas
- Graham Ike, F, Gonzaga
- Olivier Nkamhoua, F, Michigan
- Tyler Burton, F, Villanova
- Kevin McCullar Jr., G, Kansas
52. Judah Mintz, G, Syracuse - Lamont Butler, G, San Diego State
- Caleb Love, G, Arizona
- Oso Ighodaro, F, Marquette
- Tristan da Silva, F, Colorado
- Steven Ashworth, G, Creighton
- Mark Sears, G, Alabama
- Joel Soriano, C, St. Johnâs
- Cam Spencer, G, UConn
- Jordan Dingle, G, St. Johnâs
- JâWan Roberts, F, Houston
- Arthur Kaluma, F, Kansas State
- Tyson Degenhart, F, Boise State
- Branden Carlson, C, Utah
- Grant Nelson, F, Alabama
- Stephon Castle, G, UConn
- Drew Pember, F, UNC Asheville
- RayJ Dennis, G, Baylor
- Jamal Mashburn Jr., G, New Mexico
- Jesse Edwards, C, West Virginia
- NaeâQwan Tomlin, F, Kansas State
- Tolu Smith, F, Mississippi State
- Tucker DeVries, G/F, Drake
- Darrion Trammell, G, San Diego State
- Tristen Newton, G, UConn
- Adem Bona, F/C, UCLA
- Jeremy Roach, G, Duke
- Zakai Zeigler, G, Tennessee
- Ajay Mitchell, G, UC Santa Barbara
- DJ Wagner, G, Kentucky
- Kam Jones, G, Marquette
- Alex Karaban, F, UConn
- Fardaws Aimaq, F, California
- Jaelen House, G, New Mexico
- Mark Mitchell, F, Duke
- RaeQuan Battle, G, West Virginia
- Devin Carter, G, Providence
- Payton Sandfort, F, Iowa
- Aaron Estrada, G, Alabama
- KJ Simpson, G, Colorado
- Cody Williams, F, Colorado
- Elliott Cadeau, G, North Carolina
- Jalen Bridges, F, Baylor
- Sean Pedulla, G, Virginia Tech
- Antonio Reeves, G, Kentucky
- JaâKobe Walter, G, Baylor
- TJ Bamba, G, Villanova
- Fousseyni Traore, F, BYU
- Fletcher Loyer, G, Purdue
Terrence Shannon⌠interesting
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I understand that Proctor is a big time talent and had an impressive showing against us in JPJ, but this feels like a little too much hype for a guy who averaged 9 PPG last year on 38/32/87 shooting splits. Not saying itâs a Caleb Love situation but top 10 player in the country would be quite the leap.
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Caleb Love was 52 on that list. Thatâs a joke
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Comparing IMac to Girard and Pedulla? I think youâre gonna find out out pretty early on this season that these comps arenât close.
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I donât know what criteria they base this list on. Conference wise, I think they have it right with Flip and Bacot. Proctor is way too high. I would take RJ Davis over him and Beekman and Mintz. There, I said it! PJ Hall is way too low. He is going to have am awesome year.
Now that I have opened a can of worms, Iâll be ducking flying objects from you guys.
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Looking forward to it.
The list also omitted Blake Hinson, who may lead the conference in scoring.
I love PJ Hall. Poor poor mans Harpring from GaTech back in the day
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The conference is loaded with good bigs this year.
Flip
Bacot
Hall
Omier
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If Dukes number 30 played like an old school big and didnt wanna show case shooting 3s his team would be real real
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Couldnât agree more
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One thing to watch for this season, Reece is going to shoot up the all time steals list and has a very good chance of ending up at #1
He is 62 steals behind Wilson. Last year he had 57 steals. The year before he had 73.
He also has a good chance to end the season as a top-5 (or potentially top 3) assists leader.
Just puts into perspective that Reece has been putting up numbers in his career even if he was playing sidekick for the first two. I hope he can win some NCAA tournament games.
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All that pressure defense we are gonna play will help. Plus getting into passing lanes. Not your fatherâs pack line (as Dick B always reminds us)
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