The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[Lefteye]

As has been said here. Now it's direct from the man.

Sounds like a “thanks Jimmy “ statement. But if it weren’t known by sceptics, should be plain known now as absolute facts, considering the source.

All those back the truck up comments still apply, the trucks just have a big ole NIL around em and of course the other ink with that guarantee $.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Holy ****. This is tragic. He had UST rolling and seemed like a rising star. Prayers out for his family.

 

[Orange.]

Holy ****. This is tragic. He had UST rolling and seemed like a rising star. Prayers out for his family.

Maybe it was false. Linked source disappeared.

 

[Vol49er]

Maybe it was false. Linked source disappeared.

Don’t think so. A bunch of people reported it

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Maybe it was false. Linked source disappeared.

Not sure it’s false. Think the link just broke for whatever reason. Trey Wallace also on it and a bunch of other places, too.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Desmond Oliver is an assistant at USF.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[Creeker]

Anyone know what the parking situation for the exhibition Sunday will be? Lots open to public or buses running like normal from Ag?

 

[walkenvol]

Unfortunately I was traveling and couldn’t catch the game. Does anyone know if there’s a way to watch a replay?

I read the game thread and it’s a total crap fest of overreactions from a bunch of non regulars such that I can’t make out anything.

The numbers say Lanier wasn’t bashful but was very inefficient. Also, ZZZ shot uncharacteristicly poor - what up with that? 5 To’s also which I assume was him trying to gel with his new teammates?

Can anyone who’s reasonable provide some takes on the game as I don’t want to waste any more time with the idiots on the game thread? Thanks!

 

[chuckiepoo]

Unfortunately I was traveling and couldn’t catch the game. Does anyone know if there’s a way to watch a replay?

I read the game thread and it’s a total crap fest of overreactions from a bunch of non regulars such that I can’t make out anything.

The numbers say Lanier wasn’t bashful but was very inefficient. Also, ZZZ shot uncharacteristicly poor - what up with that? 5 To’s also which I assume was him trying to gel with his new teammates?

Can anyone who’s reasonable provide some takes on the game as I don’t want to waste any more time with the idiots on the game thread? Thanks!

I think the replay is on demand at ESPN+

 

[VolArmy74]

We couldn't throw it in the ocean early. Hit some shots. Took the lead. Played lineups in the second half you'll not see during the season, especially in a close game.

My takes to the extent you can take anything from an exhibition.

1) Lanier has the green light and the coaches clearly want him shooting the ball. He's not shy and he's a good shooter, those open looks will go in at a much better clip than today.

2) Okpara is a true big, rim protector and he won't get bulled or pushed around like Aidoo the last few years.

3) Igor can be very good. Coach Barnes said he needed to make better decisions on offense in real games. Still had 8 and 8.

4) ZZZ will win DPOY again this season, if he doesn't, Okpara might.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Unfortunately I was traveling and couldn’t catch the game. Does anyone know if there’s a way to watch a replay?

I read the game thread and it’s a total crap fest of overreactions from a bunch of non regulars such that I can’t make out anything.

The numbers say Lanier wasn’t bashful but was very inefficient. Also, ZZZ shot uncharacteristicly poor - what up with that? 5 To’s also which I assume was him trying to gel with his new teammates?

Can anyone who’s reasonable provide some takes on the game as I don’t want to waste any more time with the idiots on the game thread? Thanks!

Biggest take away was Indiana played it like a regular season must win game. Their starting 5 all played 30+ & bench only added 2 points.

Barnes worked rotations and tried some different looks.

1st half we saw some open 3s and they didn’t fall, Lanier got a bit greedy and wasn’t taking great shots.

Igor is a very efficient player, but didn’t get aggressive offensively until 2nd half.

Dubar is small and doesn’t seem athletic enough to play anywhere but the 4, will be interesting to see if he can figure out a way to contribute.

Felix is a stud, strong, athletic, absolute beast at shot blocking. He’s a Pons but at 7’

Biggest surprise was Cade Phillips, he has great size and a motor that doesn’t quit. With JP likely a few weeks from 100% I could see Cade taking a lot of minutes from Dubar when Felix & Igor aren’t on the court.

We need someone to establish themselves as a driver though. Mashack, Lanier, Gainey or Igor all seem capable.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Unrelated…

Edey in 3 games is averaging almost as many fouls (4.7) as rebounds (5.0).

 

[cncchris33]

Unfortunately I was traveling and couldn’t catch the game. Does anyone know if there’s a way to watch a replay?

I read the game thread and it’s a total crap fest of overreactions from a bunch of non regulars such that I can’t make out anything.

The numbers say Lanier wasn’t bashful but was very inefficient. Also, ZZZ shot uncharacteristicly poor - what up with that? 5 To’s also which I assume was him trying to gel with his new teammates?

Can anyone who’s reasonable provide some takes on the game as I don’t want to waste any more time with the idiots on the game thread? Thanks!

I can't recommend not watching it enough. Spare your blood pressure and do something productive with that 2 hours, instead.

Cliffs Notes:
-Lanier inefficient. First impression...he will remind you of J. Gainey.
-Speaking of Gainey, same ol', same ol'.
-Milicic barely noticeable. Attempted only one 3 and turned down a half dozen open looks. Yet, still made an impact in the box score.
-Okpara flashes but makes several low IQ decisions on defense (he might have had 3 goal tending calls). Was pretty effective on offense around the basket against the biggest mismatch he'll likely see this year.
-Dubar invisible.
-Carr played as much and as well as he did last year, yet there's allegedly a lottery pick in that body of his somewhere
-ZZ was pressing too much. Made 3 games worth of bad decisions. 8 assts, but 5 TOs, and took several bad shots, including two inside the final 2 minutes with the game in reach. Still, the team looked lost in the few moments he was off the floor. We still don't have a good option behind him.
-JP played decent defense on Ballo, looked mostly healthy but playing his way back into shape, perhaps.
-Phillips was scrappy and blocked/altered some shots. Had a great block and drove coast to coast only to miss the layup
-Boswell looked like a freshman in his limited time. Had a nice steal and then got too quick with the ball and dribbled it off his leg out of bounds.
-Shooting was atrocious.
-Rebounding was good.
-Defense was mostly sound...we forced several shot clock violations.

Overall, a close game that we led by 6 pts with 10:00 to play, and then got outscored 20-10 in the final quarter. If you had told me we'd shoot 30%, I'd have imagined it wasn't even competitive. A lot of poor decisions that will earn several guys a well-deserved butt-chewing in film review. First impression of the newcomers was a mixed bag (mostly bad). Let's hope that we got the bad juju out of our system in this one.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

ZZ & Lanier both shooting 20% or worse is why we lost, really is that simple.

They went 5 of 26 & 4 of 22 were from deep.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I can't recommend not watching it enough. Spare your blood pressure and do something productive with that 2 hours, instead.

Cliffs Notes:
-Lanier inefficient. First impression...he will remind you of J. Gainey.
-Speaking of Gainey, same ol', same ol'.
-Milicic barely noticeable. Attempted only one 3 and turned down a half dozen open looks. Yet, still made an impact in the box score.
-Okpara flashes but makes several low IQ decisions on defense (he might have had 3 goal tending calls). Was pretty effective on offense around the basket against the biggest mismatch he'll likely see this year.
-Dubar invisible.
-Carr played as much and as well as he did last year, yet there's allegedly a lottery pick in that body of his somewhere
-ZZ was pressing too much. Made 3 games worth of bad decisions. 8 assts, but 5 TOs, and took several bad shots, including two inside the final 2 minutes with the game in reach. Still, the team looked lost in the few moments he was off the floor. We still don't have a good option behind him.
-JP played decent defense on Ballo, looked mostly healthy but playing his way back into shape, perhaps.
-Phillips was scrappy and blocked/altered some shots. Had a great block and drove coast to coast only to miss the layup
-Boswell looked like a freshman in his limited time. Had a nice steal and then got too quick with the ball and dribbled it off his leg out of bounds.
-Shooting was atrocious.
-Rebounding was good.
-Defense was mostly sound...we forced several shot clock violations.

Overall, a close game that we led by 6 pts with 10:00 to play, and then got outscored 20-10 in the final quarter. If you had told me we'd shoot 30%, I'd have imagined it wasn't even competitive. A lot of poor decisions that will earn several guys a well-deserved butt-chewing in film review. First impression of the newcomers was a mixed bag (mostly bad). Let's hope that we got the bad juju out of our system in this one.

Woof. I could only watch the first 15 minutes of game time. Had to leave shortly before the first half ended. You sound less than impressed with the team. Hopefully this is just natural growing pains with significant roster turnovers. I heard so many great things in the off-season about Igor being the most impressive newcomer but so far through the Davidson and Indiana games it seems like those reports were grossly exaggerated.

 

[cncchris33]

Woof. I could only watch the first 15 minutes of game time. Had to leave shortly before the first half ended. You sound less than impressed with the team. Hopefully this is just natural growing pains with significant roster turnovers. I heard so many great things in the off-season about Igor being the most impressive newcomer but so far through the Davidson and Indiana games it seems like those reports were grossly exaggerated.

I was less than impressed with the performance (mostly offense). Book is still out on the team. I'm not going to make a snap judgement based on one exhibition. But there were some red flags we've seen in the past; lack of a true PG threat behind ZZ, long scoring droughts, poor shooting, etc. Perhaps this was a blip on the radar. Perhaps Indiana is really good, defensively (they did do a good job preventing us from getting to the basket)...we shot 3s and post-ups for the most part. A few mid-range jumpers that we missed most, if not all of them.

 

[Chaz-Vol]

I was less than impressed with the performance (mostly offense). Book is still out on the team. I'm not going to make a snap judgement based on one exhibition. But there were some red flags we've seen in the past; lack of a true PG threat behind ZZ, long scoring droughts, poor shooting, etc. Perhaps this was a blip on the radar. Perhaps Indiana is really good, defensively (they did do a good job preventing us from getting to the basket)...we shot 3s and post-ups for the most part. A few mid-range jumpers that we missed most, if not all of them.

Right it's first exhibition, this team didn't get an Italy trip over the summer to gel. Defense with its length looks and energy looks top 5 again. Lanier had a bunch of open 3s and just missed them. I think Igor is still learning the system and getting comfortable.

The 2 alarming things were lack of backup pg and essentially things falling apart when ZZ needing a breather. Second is no JJJ small ball 4, Dubar looks pretty bad. Cade and Igor are going to need to take majority of minutes there if that's what Dubar has to offer.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Honestly my only concerns at this point are…

Dubar might not be a contributor at all and we only have 11 on scholarship. Also wild to me that we only have 1 true PG when that’s always been what Barnes is known for.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

I think the replay is on demand at ESPN+

It is. I just watched it.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Right it's first exhibition, this team didn't get an Italy trip over the summer to gel. Defense with its length looks and energy looks top 5 again. Lanier had a bunch of open 3s and just missed them. I think Igor is still learning the system and getting comfortable.

The 2 alarming things were lack of backup pg and essentially things falling apart when ZZ needing a breather. Second is no JJJ small ball 4, Dubar looks pretty bad. Cade and Igor are going to need to take majority of minutes there if that's what Dubar has to offer.

Needing to gel makes sense. 5 newcomers and 4 of the 6 returning players are only in their second year. Mashack and ZZ are the only guys on the roster that have played a lot of minutes together.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Biggest take away was Indiana played it like a regular season must win game. Their starting 5 all played 30+ & bench only added 2 points.

Barnes worked rotations and tried some different looks.

1st half we saw some open 3s and they didn’t fall, Lanier got a bit greedy and wasn’t taking great shots.

Igor is a very efficient player, but didn’t get aggressive offensively until 2nd half.

Dubar is small and doesn’t seem athletic enough to play anywhere but the 4, will be interesting to see if he can figure out a way to contribute.

Felix is a stud, strong, athletic, absolute beast at shot blocking. He’s a Pons but at 7’

Biggest surprise was Cade Phillips, he has great size and a motor that doesn’t quit. With JP likely a few weeks from 100% I could see Cade taking a lot of minutes from Dubar when Felix & Igor aren’t on the court.

We need someone to establish themselves as a driver though. Mashack, Lanier, Gainey or Igor all seem capable.

Surprised Dubar didn’t play much.

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

We are still very much a work-in-progress...hopefully we will continue to develop and gel as a team. 1st half was fugly on offense (15% on 3/20 from 3 and 24% overall - yikes)...you would think we were back at MSG instead of at home which is very worrisome. 2nd half was better but still had droughts. We played a lot of lineups so hopefully CRB and staff will be able to take what they saw and adjust accordingly.

ZZ was a bit off - my only worry is what to do when he's off the court

Okpara is a legit defender and showed some flashes of offense against a very tough match up - just has to clean up the goal-tending blocks.

Chaz looks more than able to create some offense off the dribble - surely he will shoot better going forward - KD drill can't lie can it?

Gainey looked like Gainey of old from 3 - I know, just 1 game and it was an exhibition but I'm worried he will continue to have a streaky, low 3-pt %'age

Igor showed flashes on offense in 2nd half - but he hasn't yet shown that 38% 3-pt stroke to stretch the floor and he made some mistakes on both sides of the ball that have to be cleaned up

JM played solid as you would expect - will need him to shoot more 3's and attack the rim more if this game was any indication

Phillips will give us hustle/energy off the bench but I think Estrella's continued development (esp on offense) will be a key factor in our success

Hope Dubar and Cam can somehow contribute consistently game-to-game

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Honestly my only concerns at this point are…

Dubar might not be a contributor at all and we only have 11 on scholarship. Also wild to me that we only have 1 true PG when that’s always been what Barnes is known for.

This is a concern for me, too. Sounds like from reading the game thread Dubar and Boswell struggled in the limited minutes they had. If that is the case, we’re down to 9 rotational players. Estrella has been banged up, too. We’re going to have a thin margin of error for injuries.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

This is a concern for me, too. Sounds like from reading the game thread Dubar and Boswell struggled in the limited minutes they had. If that is the case, we’re down to 9 rotational players. Estrella has been banged up, too. We’re going to have a thin margin of error for injuries.

Boswell got in long enough to get a taste of how unready he is, probably a RS candidate if we stay healthy. Definitely seems to have some natural talent though.

Dubar I think was more about the lineup Indiana played with. They played Ballo (7’), Reneau (6’9”), Mgbako (6’9”) all 30+ minutes. Their biggest bench player by minutes was Goode (6’7”). So really Dubar at 6’5” (on a good day) at the 4 spot wasn’t an option, even at the 3 he was too small and not athletic enough to take advantage of any matchup.

Basically Indiana went 3 bigs and dared us to hit deep shots, we didn’t & they won.

The most encouraging thing from that matchup to me is we won the rebound battle 39 to 38, and our bigs were blocking shots. 8 to 3. But we saw more Cade than Dubar because of the matchups, and he played well.