Jordan Price, #1 SG, Class of 2012

#26
#26
tclowers23 said:
It's simple. Pearl loves combo-guards at the point. Exit Bobby Maze. Enter Trae Golden. Exit Melvin Goins. Enter Kevin Ware.
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Right and the fact that he really does play PG alot on his AAU and U-17 usa team.:good!:
 
#27
#27
OrangeSuspenders said:
Its actually not that simple. What about the other PGs we are recruiting in 2011? Jones, Lacey, Johnson, etc?

If Ware was a PG for us and we landed one more of those guys, we'd have three PGs and one SG (a former walk-on in McBee). That doesn't seem to logical and "simple" to me.
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Jordan McRae and Cameron Tatum can play the 2 if Scotty leaves early for the draft. Chris Jones and Trevor Lacey do not have offers from UT. Bruce would likely take Kendren Johnson. Is it some rule that you can't have 3 PGs on your roster? Not all freshmen are going to play right away, but Ware will... and it will be at the point.
 
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tclowers23 said:
Jordan McRae and Cameron Tatum can play the 2 if Scotty leaves early for the draft. Chris Jones and Trevor Lacey do not have offers from UT. Bruce would likely take Kendren Johnson. Is it some rule that you can't have 3 PGs on your roster? Not all freshmen are going to play right away, but Ware will... and it will be at the point.
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If Cameron Tatum and Jordan McRae play SG - who is going to play SF? Both of them are probably better at SF anyways (at least Tatum, I haven't seen enough of McRae to make a definite conclusion on him).

Regardless of which 2011 PGs have offers as of now, if we end up with Johnson (or whichever one you believe will be a vol), we would then have three pretty good PGs on our roster. That would be a great asset to have.

However, that leaves you with Tatum, McRae, and Mcbee at SG and SF. Are you comfortable with that?

Anyways, as I said earlier - I don't know for sure. My point was that there was no way you could either. Maybe Bruce doesn't even know.

What matters is the kid is a major talent and we will see what he develops into.
 
#30
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OrangeSuspenders said:
However, that leaves you with Tatum, McRae, and Mcbee at SG and SF. Are you comfortable with that?
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Woolridge can play the 3. In fact, that's his natural position.

With Bruce's system, the 2s and 3s are interchangeable because he usually plays 3 guards.

One thing is for sure, Ware will be playing the 1. Have you not seen this kid play AAU ball?
 
#31
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Side Note: Ware isn't much of a threat shooting from the perimeter. He's a play-making PG. He's the ideal PG for Bruce's system. Can't wait to see the kid in orange!
 
#32
#32
tclowers23 said:
Woolridge can play the 3. In fact, that's his natural position.

With Bruce's system, the 2s and 3s are interchangeable because he usually plays 3 guards.

One thing is for sure, Ware will be playing the 1. Have you not seen this kid play AAU ball?
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You just contradicted yourself. How is Woolridge's natural position the three if we play three guards? He is definitely meant to be a four in Bruce's system.

They are interchangeable on offense, but not defense. There is no way McBee can guard most threes.

For the 12th time, you may be right that Ware plays the point. I just don't think that it is for sure yet. Not much is for sure all the way in 2011. If he grows two more inches and develops something that resembles a outside shot, he would arguably be more valuable at the 2G if we get another PG in the 2011 class.

And yes, I have seen him. Admittedly, not very much, but yes, I have. Right now, he looks like a PG, but he has two years left before he makes it to Knoxville.
 
#33
#33
Another thought would be to move Golden over to the 2G. Then we wouldn't be so bare on the wing.

Only problem is that we would then have two freshman PGs.
 
#35
#35
tclowers23 said:
Woolridge can play the 3. In fact, that's his natural position.

With Bruce's system, the 2s and 3s are interchangeable because he usually plays 3 guards.

One thing is for sure, Ware will be playing the 1. Have you not seen this kid play AAU ball?
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I have all i can say is.....:bow2::superman::jawdrop:
 
#36
#36
OrangeSuspenders said:
You just contradicted yourself. How is Woolridge's natural position the three if we play three guards? He is definitely meant to be a four in Bruce's system.
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Let me clarify. In a traditional system, Woolridge is a 3.

In Bruce's system, he can play the 3. He's basically just a big guard.
 
#37
#37
tclowers23 said:
Don't hold your breath.
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And why is that? You saying that there is no way he could improve his jump shot in TWO years? That is a pretty silly statement. This kid isn't a finished product yet.

Also, how do you know if he will grow or not? Are you his doctor?
 
#38
#38
OrangeSuspenders said:
Another thought would be to move Golden over to the 2G. Then we wouldn't be so bare on the wing.

Only problem is that we would then have two freshman PGs.
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So basically your strategy is to move all of UT's play-makers without much of an outside shot to the 2? I'm glad Bruce will be making these decisions and not you.
 
#39
#39
OrangeSuspenders said:
And why is that? You saying that there is no way he could improve his jump shot in TWO years? That is a pretty silly statement. This kid isn't a finished product yet.

Also, how do you know if he will grow or not? Are you his doctor?
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Im not sure he was saying his jump shot will not improve but if this kid can do this stuff theres a good chance hes all ready gotten his height and muscle so i wouldn't count on him growing ethier.
 
#40
#40
tclowers23 said:
So basically your strategy is to move all of UT's play-makers without much of an outside shot to the 2? I'm glad Bruce will be making these decisions and not you.
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So basically your strategy is to keep three PGs and three wings? I'm glad Bruce will be making these decisions and not you.

3 players for one position and another three players for two positions doesn't seem to make much sense numbers wise.

I have not seen Golden play but I talked to a bunch of people from Georgia and most argued he had the game of a 2G but the size of a 1G. Most also said he had a decent outside shot.
 
#41
#41
OrangeSuspenders said:
And why is that? You saying that there is no way he could improve his jump shot in TWO years? That is a pretty silly statement. This kid isn't a finished product yet.
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He'll likely make the same improvements Ramar Smith and J.P. Prince made to their jump shots.
 
#42
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colvol said:
if this kid can do this stuff theres a good chance hes all ready gotten his height and muscle so i wouldn't count on him growing ethier.
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How does him having talent mean he's already fully grown?

I have no idea if he will grow - but I know I wasn't fully grown as a junior in HS.
 
#44
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OrangeSuspenders said:
How does him having talent mean he's already fully grown?

I have no idea if he will grow - but I know I wasn't fully grown as a sophomore in HS.
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but everyone is not the same, this kid could have been done with puberty in 7th grade for all we know, on my bball team im not a very good shooter but my coach has told me im a late bloomer and that i haven't gotten all my skills yet and my coach has played with some really good players in his life and played for ETSU when they were 9th in the nation, so ill take his word over yours.:good!:
 
#47
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colvol said:
but everyone is not the same, this kid could have been done with puberty in 7th grade for all we know, on my bball team im not a very good shooter but my coach has told me im a late bloomer and that i haven't gotten all my skills yet and my coach has played with some really good players in his life and played for ETSU when they were 9th in the nation, so ill take his word over yours.:good!:
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Sorry - that was a very long sentence and I'm kind of lost.

Your coach said you are a late bloomer therefore Kevin Ware can't grow anymore? I think thats what you said. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
#49
#49
OrangeSuspenders said:
Sorry - that was a very long sentence and I'm kind of lost.

Your coach said you are a late bloomer therefore Kevin Ware can't grow anymore? I think thats what you said. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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No sorry im bad at english and spelling.Im saying that he has all of his skills therefore im assuming that hes is done growing. K
 
#50
#50
OrangeSuspenders said:
I have not seen Golden play but I talked to a bunch of people from Georgia and most argued he had the game of a 2G but the size of a 1G. Most also said he had a decent outside shot.
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You're answering your own questions. If Bruce decides to sign another PG in the Class of 2011, I could see Golden playing the 2 if needed.

Ware has a special play-making ability. You want the ball in his hands as much as possible. This is why he will play the point.

However, just as we'll see this year with Bobby and Goins, Pearl may choose to have two solid ball-handlers on the court together at times.
 
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