Any word on the severity of JJJ’s injury?

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CNeagleVolFan said:
Also, I know everyone says Barnes doesn’t teach offense well, but when he first got here he turned a 10 ppg player in Kevin Punter into a 22ppg scorer! I mean where has that kind of teaching gone? Having a guy scoring like that this year on this team with be so valuable! I know Barnes likes having balance, but you know what I love having even more? A freaking killer on offense. We need one and we haven’t had one in a long time
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He is probably teaching, but the players are not learning.
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
Also, I know everyone says Barnes doesn’t teach offense well, but when he first got here he turned a 10 ppg player in Kevin Punter into a 22ppg scorer! I mean where has that kind of teaching gone? Having a guy scoring like that this year on this team with be so valuable! I know Barnes likes having balance, but you know what I love having even more? A freaking killer on offense. We need one and we haven’t had one in a long time
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He is probably teaching, but the players are not learning. The old saying is: you can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink.
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
With JJJ sidelined for probably at least 2-3 weeks do other guys get minutes in his place, or do the usual suspects just get more minutes? Maybe this means Mashack plays more. If Mashack could develop his offensive game further then he would be such a solid player.
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Obviously Awaka will keep his increase unless he does a performance 180. The rest of JJ’s 24 or so minutes will be distributed between Uros, Mashack, and Aidoo based on matchups and throw in ORN for whomever has a hot hand or is playing solid defense. It’s gone from 10 regulars to 9 so the matchups and foul trouble will determine game-to-game distributions. Uros might play 2 minutes or 20 minutes in any particular game. ORN might or might not show up so he could get anything from about 20 minutes to 30 plus. ZZ will register low 20s to high 30s depending on if he can avoid the cheap fouls.

I think that the only clear trend will be Awaka’s mpg continuing to grow.
 
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Lankykong said:
I would guess Mashack getting an extra 8 min or so, Awaka getting an extra 8 or so, and Plav getting an extra 5 with the rest split among the other bigs.
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If you look at conference mpg JJJ is at 25mpg, so that’s roughly what we are losing, as others have said matchups probably dictate it a bit. Missouri plays pretty small so I would think bulk of those minutes go to Key, Phillips & Mashack with some to Awaka, but then again maybe Barnes attempts to twin tower them, but I’m not sure I agree with that idea. Regardless hopefully he’s not out very long and we don’t have to worry too much about it.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
If you look at conference mpg JJJ is at 25mpg, so that’s roughly what we are losing, as others have said matchups probably dictate it a bit. Missouri plays pretty small so I would think bulk of those minutes go to Key, Phillips & Mashack with some to Awaka, but then again maybe Barnes attempts to twin tower them, but I’m not sure I agree with that idea. Regardless hopefully he’s not out very long and we don’t have to worry too much about it.
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Yeah, I don’t think I was considering the Mizzou matchup. I would expect smaller ball as well
 
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Hope JJJ can go. We need at least one of them healthy IMO. I think JJJ could potentially use his Covid year after how disappointing this year has been for him.
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
Hope JJJ can go. We need at least one of them healthy IMO. I think JJJ could potentially use his Covid year after how disappointing this year has been for him.
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Speaking of which how many of our seniors do we expect to use a Covid year at this point?
 
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CNeagleVolFan said:
Hope JJJ can go. We need at least one of them healthy IMO. I think JJJ could potentially use his Covid year after how disappointing this year has been for him.
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Honestly and no offense to any of our seniors, but I'm ready to turn the page with this roster.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Doesn’t sound like any…JJJ or Santi I’m sure would be welcomed back by the staff, but they seem ready to move on, not sure the staff wants Uros or Olivier back.
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Interesting take on ON. It does line up with my belief that despite Barnes being one of his biggest backers for 3 years, he's growing tired of the inconsistency and low/lack of effort.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Interesting take on ON. It does line up with my belief that despite Barnes being one of his biggest backers for 3 years, he's growing tired of the inconsistency and low/lack of effort.
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He’s had a short leash with him many times this year, including the 2nd half of our very last game…his ceiling for this year is higher than anyone’s but the inconsistency is an issue (which is a case for much of this team).
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
He’s had a short leash with him many times this year, including the 2nd half of our very last game…his ceiling for this year is higher than anyone’s but the inconsistency is an issue (which is a case for much of this team).
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Yep, exactly. I mentioned this in another thread. His minutes have been declining over the last several games.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Yep, exactly. I mentioned this in another thread. His minutes have been declining over the last several games.
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Uros as well….it’s been Awaka and Aidoo, and while Jonas hasn’t been great it’s the 2 guys that will be here next year so might as well invest the time into those guys.
 
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Santi is the only senior I'd even think could return and it's mostly because his girl is just a junior. So if he wants to be in the states or TN for another year to be with her I could see him returning, don't think it would hurt his ability to play professionally either. He's likely not getting drafted in the NBA so he'll be grinding to get a shot or playing professionally overseas.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Santi is the only senior I'd even think could return and it's mostly because his girl is just a junior. So if he wants to be in the states or TN for another year to be with her I could see him returning, don't think it would hurt his ability to play professionally either. He's likely not getting drafted in the NBA so he'll be grinding to get a shot or playing professionally overseas.
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She’s a senior
 
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