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#8,102
#8,102
I’m mostly worried about his conditioning. Last year he didn’t start the season in good shape, assume it was cause of him getting covid but would suck if he has to play himself back into shape at the start of the season again. Especially when the freshman are just getting started
 
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I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but I've given up on Fulk as a substantial contributor. I think his ceiling was his junior year, and his history with injuries gives me absolutely nothing to work with in hoping his last season will be a good one. I hope I'm dead wrong, but BHH, Aidoo, Nkamhoua just may relegate Fulk to puny MPG if my pessimistic suspicion is correct.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but I've given up on Fulk as a substantial contributor. I think his ceiling was his junior year, and his history with injuries gives me absolutely nothing to work with in hoping his last season will be a good one. I hope I'm dead wrong, but BHH, Aidoo, Nkamhoua just may relegate Fulk to puny MPG if my pessimistic suspicion is correct.
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I disagree.

With the help of BHH and potentially Aidoo, he doesn’t have to be the main guy to go too in the post which takes a lot of pressure off him.

He may not be as good as he was his junior year but I expect him to be a solid contributor.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
I disagree.

With the help of BHH and potentially Aidoo, he doesn’t have to be the main guy to go too in the post which takes a lot of pressure off him.

He may not be as good as he was his junior year but I expect him to be a solid contributor.
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I hope he is. I'm very surprised about this forum's reaction to the injury news given his history with injuries. I'm full tilt interpreting it as the kiss of death. Again, I hope I'm dead wrong. Kid is so much fun to watch when he plays well.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but I've given up on Fulk as a substantial contributor. I think his ceiling was his junior year, and his history with injuries gives me absolutely nothing to work with in hoping his last season will be a good one. I hope I'm dead wrong, but BHH, Aidoo, Nkamhoua just may relegate Fulk to puny MPG if my pessimistic suspicion is correct.
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I think that a Fulk coming off of the bench is a better idea than running the post offense through him as a starter. He could be the perfect 6th man. He’ll bring experience and a burst of energy off of the bench and won’t be getting into early foul trouble and face an opposing game plan to throw away early fouls beating the crap out of him. He might could even come in after opposing post players already have a foul or two and put THEM in foul trouble.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think that a Fulk coming off of the bench is a better idea than running the post offense through him as a starter. He could be the perfect 6th man. He’ll bring experience and a burst of energy off of the bench and won’t be getting into early foul trouble and face an opposing game plan to throw away early fouls beating the crap out of him. He might could even come in after opposing post players already have a foul or two and put THEM in foul trouble.
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That's a good point imo. I see that being much more realistic than Fulk playing at his junior season level, assuming this wrist injury doesn't physically annihilate him for months and months, as seems to happen.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but I've given up on Fulk as a substantial contributor. I think his ceiling was his junior year, and his history with injuries gives me absolutely nothing to work with in hoping his last season will be a good one. I hope I'm dead wrong, but BHH, Aidoo, Nkamhoua just may relegate Fulk to puny MPG if my pessimistic suspicion is correct.
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He should be a bench player regardless IMO. He’s at his best coming off the bench and bring energy/hustle.
 
#8,112
#8,112
I think that he will be most effective coming off of the bench at a point in games when it won’t be predictable to opposing coaches. Plus he could be a situational starter when it creates a matchup problem. I kind of like the idea of having him in the tool box as needed rather than playing a predictable 30 minutes. I don’t like the idea of pulling a 6th year senior during a game for an inexperienced player… that could be disruptive to the chemistry.
 
#8,113
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Chris4Vols22 said:
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but I've given up on Fulk as a substantial contributor. I think his ceiling was his junior year, and his history with injuries gives me absolutely nothing to work with in hoping his last season will be a good one. I hope I'm dead wrong, but BHH, Aidoo, Nkamhoua just may relegate Fulk to puny MPG if my pessimistic suspicion is correct.
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He'll give these freshmen lots more than just PT. He'll give them leadership and guidance. I want him on the team even if he doesn't play much. But he will play a lot.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I think that he will be most effective coming off of the bench at a point in games when it won’t be predictable to opposing coaches. Plus he could be a situational starter when it creates a matchup problem. I kind of like the idea of having him in the tool box as needed rather than playing a predictable 30 minutes. I don’t like the idea of pulling a 6th year senior during a game for an inexperienced player… that could be disruptive to the chemistry.
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I don't think he's coming back to come off the bench. Just my opinion, might not be worth much, but I see him starting at the four or the five until someone takes his job away from him.
 
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youcancallmeAl said:
I don't think he's coming back to come off the bench. Just my opinion, might not be worth much, but I see him starting at the four or the five until someone takes his job away from him.
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I don’t think that he was promised a starting role if he came back and tearing up his left wrist puts that starting job in jeopardy. He is going to miss valuable practice time with his teammates and the roster has been turned over.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I don’t think that he was promised a starting role if he came back and tearing up his left wrist puts that starting job in jeopardy. He is going to miss valuable practice time with his teammates and the roster has been turned over.
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Well, those are all good points. But he has been in the program for 5 years now. He knows exactly what the system is and what Barnes wants. He can be a coach on the floor. I see him putting in 20-25 minutes per game at both the 4 and 5 positions, as needed. And I see him starting until someone knocks him out of starting.

His cast will be off by end of August (barring terrible news), and he'll have september and october to get in basketball shape, practice with the team, and then the early non-conference games. Unless the wrist injury is catastrophic, I don't see a problem.
 
#8,123
#8,123
I don’t understand why Penny is even a “serious” candidate. IMO, he’s been an utter failure at Memphis considering his recruiting. Not one single tournament appearance. This feels like a really dumb move for the Magic if they go this direction. Surely they can do better….
 
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