We are loaded at guard but have to focus on getting some rebounding and rim protection. Sawyer can handle a lot of scoring in the post but we need a couple guys to play above the rim. Go Griz!
He’s a better ball handler than most think, and he’s a very tenacious but undersized defender. Huge loss for Sac.I don't see him as a replacement for Moody. He isn't the all around player that Moody is. He is a good shooter and can help you there. Ball hadling and defence are not as good as Moody's. He may be a situational player for the Griz.
I guess! If he is 75% as good as Criswell, we will have hit a home run!There's this youtube selection of Patterson highlights from 2023-24. He sort of reminds me of Kevin Criswell... which would be ok in my book.
You can’t teach size…Guards, guards, guards--small ball.
Small ball is dead!
It officially died when Karl Anthony Townes won the 2022 NBA three-point contest in record fashion.
Now bigs shoot like guards. Like Wemby. Or Chet Holmgren. Or Luka Doncic.
It's the evolution of basketball.
And I want to be on the side of evolution.
My aspirations for this program extend beyond the Big Sky.
To a win a game or two at the Big Dance.
But we can't do it until we recruit more bigs who can also shoot.
Like Dishcon Thomas.
Money be a good--very good.
But we need to get bigger!
That's the atomic and sub-atomic and galactic truth of basketball today.
But you can recruit it.You can’t teach size…
You can recruit but it seems we always have trouble landing those recruits.But you can recruit it.
But you can recruit it.
I would say every Big Sky School would have trouble landing 7 footers that play and shoot like Luka, Wemby or Chet. And guys like that are not even playing college hoops beyond a year if at all. Griz last NBA player was 40 years ago. Right now there is one former Big Sky player in the NBA. And that is Dame. So right now Griz should sign the best players that realistically will come play to Missoula. And add as many big guys that can play. Look at some recent Griz standouts..Pritchard, Kareem Jamar, Anthony Johnson, Rorie, Will Cherry, Moody etc.. all great players that might have been overlooked by bigger schools because they were an inch or 2 under what they wanted. I agree Griz need to add some big guys but if we think a bunch of 6'9 players with elite ball handing and outside shooting skills will end up in Missoula we might be a bit delusional.You can recruit but it seems we always have trouble landing those recruits.
I did not mean to suggest that we could recruit a Wemby or Luka.I would say every Big Sky School would have trouble landing 7 footers that play and shoot like Luka, Wemby or Chet. And guys like that are not even playing college hoops beyond a year if at all. Griz last NBA player was 40 years ago. Right now there is one former Big Sky player in the NBA. And that is Dame. So right now Griz should sign the best players that realistically will come play to Missoula. And add as many big guys that can play. Look at some recent Griz standouts..Pritchard, Kareem Jamar, Anthony Johnson, Rorie, Will Cherry, Moody etc.. all great players that might have been overlooked by bigger schools because they were an inch or 2 under what they wanted. I agree Griz need to add some big guys but if we think a bunch of 6'9 players with elite ball handing and outside shooting skills will end up in Missoula we might be a bit delusional.
Light the Beam..I did not mean to suggest that we could recruit a Wemby or Luka.
Only to point out how the game has changed.
Once upon a time, back in 2014-15, the Warriors could get by with a lineup on which Draymond Green at 6'6" was the tallest player.
A three-point shooter was thought to be a "specialist," and few other teams had even one.
The Warriors had two, both starters.
But ten years later, the NBA has adjusted. Not only by mastering the three-ball but by getting bigger.
That trend has come down to the college level.
I hope we have a big or two in mind because Money will be great.
And I have faith we can find those players.
This staff has had some big misses on the recruiting trail but overall they have shown they can recruit.
It's mostly the offense--and the mind-boggling scoring droughts--that concerns me.