If tony knew thatâŚmy mom told me only say nice things, so I withdraw from this specific discussion.
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Wouldnât Bliss qualify as such, Tonyâs Plan A 4-star point guard target whoâs had the bonus benefit of a redshirt year? Itâs the one position where Tonyâs HS recruits most consistently step into immediate quality roles.
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I certainly hope so, but we have missed on evals before (positionally general comment). But in this specific case I was thinking more like the scenario is CB is ready for 10-15 mpg in his first year on court but not more. My opinion on the other guy isâŚnot high.
If your view is just throw the young guy into the fire and if we have to take our lumps for a year then so be it, well I donât entirely agree, but we donât really need to debate it. My feeling is you could still be developing a guy with backup minutes while bringing in a 1 year rental to run the show.
But like I said, youâre probably right. Our transfer strategy so far has been mostly backfilling player exits.
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I project Bond as a difference-maker at the 3 spot ⌠once he becomes a 35%+ shooter on 3-pointers.
Good point
The BB-PJ Hall comps are kinda ridiculous to me. Theyâre both white bigs that are mobile with similar goofy hair. And both struggled Year 1 offensively.
Itâs a pretty big leap to assume that BB will become the offensive player that PJ Hall.
And for Christian Bliss, I donât see impact next year All of the high impact PGs have had a great supporting cast and were primarily asked to facilitate - Bliss wonât have that and to expect playmaking from day 1 is a bit unrealistic in my book.
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This is what makes it ridiculous to compare the two to me as well. Haha
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I think they have similar games having watched both in aau. Buchanan is a top 75 recruit who was caught up in the awkwardness of the roster up until recently. I think he has a high ceiling for sure.
I also think Bliss is a gamer. A scorer, not just a facilitator. Was averaging like 30 pts a game for his high school team including top notch competition in the DMV, Philly, and New Jersey area.
I was comparing Buchanan to both Aamir Sims and PJ Hall in terms of the progression from year 1 to year 2. I think with high usage and familiarity on top of personal development we can expect improvement. And I dont think that is being sunshine pumping at all. I think a better version of what Tobey gave us his 2nd year is more than achievable.
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Ok True. Lets do the deep deep dive. Any early PJ Hall footage before he became legit?
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I remember watching this when @HoozGotNext was tweeting about him back then. Dorman, same program as that Alabama forward Noah Clowney
edit: rewatching this. Very different players LOL. They have the same 3pt shooting akward big man thing going. PJ Hall is more a forward. Buchanan longer armed/more athletic. I think Buchanan has a higher ceiling on the intangibles, but potential is just a word.
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Donât see anyone assuming that Blake will be as productive as Hall was his second year, even admitted that the perimeter jumper probably wonât ever be as good given what weâve seen so far. Just pointing out he has the talent to be a really quality player for us if his development goes correctly and that it is possible for guys to make a big jump between their freshman and sophomore seasons.
Yâall are taking this comparison wayyyyy too literally lmao.
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Good work. Also i get what @Hoohoohoo means. Would not expect Blake to step out and make 3s like PJ anytime soon. But PJs HS shot was not very pretty
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I didnât even realize you made the comp @UVApride7 haha. Itâs been thrown around fairly frequently by others on the board so a somewhat a consensus opinion.
Sorry wasnât calling you out!
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That why you have Blake take 500 NBA 3s a day. Put him on the Brook Lopez program. Lopez went 0-7 from 3 in college. Became a marksman in the NBA man. Also hire the trainer Justin Anderson used for that one season 3pt shooting barrage.
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The future.
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Oh shit lol, itâs all good.
NBA guys have a way of doing that somehow. Full time job and dudes figure out how to survive
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