Thoughts on Jordan McRae this season

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Is there a big difference between the #2 or 5 shooting guard and the #9 shooting guard? McRae looked better as a freshman than Hubbs has so far. He looked more athletic. But, it is too early to really evaluate Hubbs. I remember Pearl used to say he would take a freshman and focus on what he did well and try to improve that and not focus on what he didn't do well. I wonder what Martin's approach is?
 
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Sandvol said:
Is there a big difference between the #2 or 5 shooting guard and the #9 shooting guard? McRae looked better as a freshman than Hubbs has so far. He looked more athletic. But, it is too early to really evaluate Hubbs. I remember Pearl used to say he would take a freshman and focus on what he did well and try to improve that and not focus on what he didn't do well. I wonder what Martin's approach is?
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Hubbs has only played 9 games!!! I have a feeling you want him to fail only because he is a CCM recruit. Am I wrong?
 
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Sandvol said:
McRae looked better as a freshman than Hubbs has so far. He looked more athletic. But, it is too early to really evaluate Hubbs. I remember Pearl used to say he would take a freshman and focus on what he did well and try to improve that and not focus on what he didn't do well. I wonder what Martin's approach is?
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McRae scored 18 points in 53 minutes...his ENTIRE freshman season. What did he possibly show you in that time that grabs your attention? He shot 31.6% from the field and was 1-9 from 3.

Hubbs, nine games (one fewer than McRae appeared in as a Fr.) has already played 3x as many minutes, is averaging 5.3 ppg on 31% shooting, and has made 7 3-pointers.

Modest numbers for sure, but he has certainly been more impressive than McRae as a freshman. Perhaps the production hasn't met the hype, so it seems like he has been less productive, but in reality he is progressing at only a tad slower pace than I expected honestly. I think his production will pick up as the season moves along. I predicted that he would average between 7-9 ppg as a freshman.
 
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cncchris33 said:
McRae scored 18 points in 53 minutes...his ENTIRE freshman season. What did he possibly show you in that time that grabs your attention? He shot 31.6% from the field and was 1-9 from 3.

Hubbs, nine games (one fewer than McRae appeared in as a Fr.) has already played 3x as many minutes, is averaging 5.3 ppg on 31% shooting, and has made 7 3-pointers.

Modest numbers for sure, but he has certainly been more impressive than McRae as a freshman. Perhaps the production hasn't met the hype, so it seems like he has been less productive, but in reality he is progressing at only a tad slower pace than I expected honestly. I think his production will pick up as the season moves along. I predicted that he would average between 7-9 ppg as a freshman.
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Don't bring facts into this lol
 
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Sandvol said:
Is there a big difference between the #2 or 5 shooting guard and the #9 shooting guard? McRae looked better as a freshman than Hubbs has so far. He looked more athletic. But, it is too early to really evaluate Hubbs. I remember Pearl used to say he would take a freshman and focus on what he did well and try to improve that and not focus on what he didn't do well. I wonder what Martin's approach is?
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McRae looked more athletic than hubbs? Wtf
 
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cncchris33 said:
McRae scored 18 points in 53 minutes...his ENTIRE freshman season. What did he possibly show you in that time that grabs your attention? He shot 31.6% from the field and was 1-9 from 3.

Hubbs, nine games (one fewer than McRae appeared in as a Fr.) has already played 3x as many minutes, is averaging 5.3 ppg on 31% shooting, and has made 7 3-pointers.

Modest numbers for sure, but he has certainly been more impressive than McRae as a freshman. Perhaps the production hasn't met the hype, so it seems like he has been less productive, but in reality he is progressing at only a tad slower pace than I expected honestly. I think his production will pick up as the season moves along. I predicted that he would average between 7-9 ppg as a freshman.
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Calm down. Did you read the rest of what I said. I'm not attacking Hubbs. I didn't say McCrae was more productive than Hubbs. He had better players in front of him didn't he? McCrae seemed quicker and more athletic. He seemed like he could elevate quicker and higher. Maybe not true but appeared that way to me.
 
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Sandvol said:
Calm down. Did you read the rest of what I said. I'm not attacking Hubbs. I didn't say McCrae was more productive than Hubbs. He had better players in front of him didn't he? McCrae seemed quicker and more athletic. He seemed like he could elevate quicker and higher. Maybe not true but appeared that way to me.
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McRae had an inconsistent Scotty in front of him. Hubbs has a Senior sec POY candidate McRae in front of him. Which had/has more talent in front of them.
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
McRae had an inconsistent Scotty in front of him. Hubbs has a Senior sec POY candidate McRae in front of him. Which had/has more talent in front of them.
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But they also used Cameron Tatum at the Two. Pearl had more depth.
 
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Sandvol said:
But they also used Cameron Tatum at the Two. Pearl had more depth.
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Smh Scotty and Tatum didn't play 40 a game a piece. He could of had more that 5 minutes per game. McBee had more minutes than him. He just wasn't ready. Hubbs is way ahead of what McRae was at 9 games into his career. Just admit it.
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
Smh Scotty and Tatum didn't play 40 a game a piece. He could of had more that 5 minutes per game. McBee had more minutes than him. He just wasn't ready. Hubbs is way ahead of what McRae was at 9 games into his career. Just admit it.
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I don't necessarily disagree with that point. I just made the comment that McCrae appeared more athletic and you jumped all over it.
 
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Sandvol said:
Is there a big difference between the #2 or 5 shooting guard and the #9 shooting guard? McRae looked better as a freshman than Hubbs has so far. He looked more athletic. But, it is too early to really evaluate Hubbs. I remember Pearl used to say he would take a freshman and focus on what he did well and try to improve that and not focus on what he didn't do well. I wonder what Martin's approach is?
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I get what you are trying to say McRae LOOKED like he had a lot of raw ability and flashed it occasionally. Jordys problem was maturity, once he got that figured out he became a stud. Hubbs has been the better player obviously, but he hasn't had too many wow flashes like Jordy. Of course Jordy had far more wtf moments as well. Hubbs isn't being allowed to work, he is just waiting for a jump shot. The guy can play don't worry.
 
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Sandvol said:
Calm down. Did you read the rest of what I said. I'm not attacking Hubbs. I didn't say McCrae was more productive than Hubbs. He had better players in front of him didn't he? McCrae seemed quicker and more athletic. He seemed like he could elevate quicker and higher. Maybe not true but appeared that way to me.
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Hey bro it's spelled McRae. If your trying to act like you know what you are talking about spell his damn name right
 
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Sandvol said:
Calm down. Did you read the rest of what I said. I'm not attacking Hubbs. I didn't say McCrae was more productive than Hubbs. He had better players in front of him didn't he? McCrae seemed quicker and more athletic. He seemed like he could elevate quicker and higher. Maybe not true but appeared that way to me.
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Again, stopped reading at McCrae. Before I got there though, I noticed your plea for me to calm down. I feel like I've been pretty calm to this point with someone who's been as consistently wrong as you have in this thread.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Again, stopped reading at McCrae. Before I got there though, I noticed your plea for me to calm down. I feel like I've been pretty calm to this point with someone who's been as consistently wrong as you have in this thread.
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I guess we both spelled McRae wrong. But what have I been consistently wrong about?
 
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Stoked4Zo said:
And to think, he was on me for spelling something wrong...
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Nothing wrong with misspelling a word. But using the completely wrong word.....I'll let that go because you bring up some pretty good points. You just attack the person too much and don't argue the points.
 
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Sandvol said:
They didn't use Tatum at the two? or McRae at the three?
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No, not primarily. Hopson played the 2 and Tatum the 3. McRae only played 53 minutes his freshman season, so his position was really irrelevant.
 
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Sandvol said:
Nothing wrong with misspelling a word. But using the completely wrong word.....I'll let that go because you bring up some pretty good points. You just attack the person too much and don't argue the points.
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You were talking about a different person lol. I think that's worse.
 
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