Darlinstone???

[ColinS]

Call a spade a spade folks…

He has the 7th worse 3pt% on the team but has the 2nd highest 3 pointers attempted per 40 minutes, he also boasts the 12th best TS% on the team out of 13 players with stats. So he’s been awful and inefficient offensively while also taking more shots in his time on the court than anyone not named Chaz Lanier, and he’s no Chaz. If he was playing lock down defense or rebounding his ass off he’d probably earn himself some more minutes, especially given the lack of depth on this team, but he’s just the teams 6th best rebounder per 40 minutes as well. When it comes to defense it doesn’t get better, he has the 2nd worst DBPM of any scholarship player on the squad, and his PRPG is 2nd worst to just Bishop Boswell.

Barnes has given him opportunities and Dubar hasn’t made the most of them, on a deeper team he probably gets even fewer opportunities. It’s been made clear to him he doesn’t have to hoist a shot every time down the court to make an impact or earn minutes, yet he continues to, at this point of the season he’s not playing unless Barnes just has no other choice.

Yeah, at some point you just have to admit to what you are seeing. Maybe, we get a couple of good moments from this guy right when we need it but I want be holding my breath.

 

[cncchris33]

Seeing we are 9 deep that if is more of a when. You can act like I'm the one being silly but the chances of not having injuries playing a short rotation are slim to none. The point is Darlingstone Dubar is a very important contributor on this team. The 10 minutes he plays each game are huge. The 15 minutes Phillips plays also huge. It's not like the dude has not shown sparks that if he gets going he can score (Texas, WCU).

When you're a volume shooter not able to shoot in volume its hard. He has had just as many truly bad shooting games as he has had great ones. 2 of each. I know you hate the comparison of his stats from before but here is an interesting tidbit. he has had similar averages to this year once before.. his freshman year when he was also playing very limited minutes. 40% from the line and everything. You look at those stats and it's like a mirror. He's a volume shooter averaging under 4 shots a game.. he's gonna feast or famine. Same as Lanier who has had even more terrible shooting nights because he's had more opportunities. Hate on Hofstra stats all you want but 70% from the line consistently is 70%...No Dubar is not some all world player if he was he'd be playing more.

Hate it all you want but there is gonna be a time when he is gonna be forced to play big minutes.. not IF but WHEN. His history says he is more likely to perform better in those moments. Will it be all world? I don't think so but I hope I'm right and he can at least be a 10 and 6 guy in 20 mins.

That last sentence is laughable. What in the heck have you seen that leads you to believe he would be that?

Also, why are you convinced that we are destined for an injury as if it's a mathematical certainty?

 

[JAllen18]

Yeah, at some point you just have to admit to what you are seeing. Maybe, we get a couple of good moments from this guy right when we need it but I want be holding my breath.

Defensive liability on the court. Barnes will not play you no matter how good you are offensively, if you won't play sound defense.