I would say he’s more of a small ball four or big wing than a shooting guard.
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why not take a shot on the kid? He would add needed depth to the team as a whole.
On the podcast, Quinn speculated that Michigan might get involved with Tevin Mack. Was that speculation or educated “speculation?”
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Would have to ask him but I would guess that Clemson is the favorite there. Michigan hasn’t been linked to him yet.
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Makes sense, I saw that he’s from Columbia, South Carolina, which is a horrible hot armpit of a place, but some people like to be close to home no matter how terrible it is and Clemson is an easy drive.
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Don’t really see him as a fit or a decent player but if we have an open scholarship and he’s a good teammate why not
Well, Clemson is essentially Greenville and that’s an incredibly cool place and certainly not anyone’s armpit. Just saying! 
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Just typical, stuck-up, Ann Arbor bias against a lovely little part of Dixie
Lol, I’m a grad student at USC-East. Clemson and Greenville are quite nice and Clemson is a superior tailgating location. I just can’t pass on a chance to take a shot at Columbia.
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Ah fair enough, you’re too close to it to appreciate it! Columbia’s a lovely, very liveable little town
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Did coach Phil coach against D.J. Williams in the A10 conferences? Wonder if coach Phil has an opinion on the grad transfer?
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I would imagine Martelli’s scouting report would go a long way in determining the staff’s interest.
On a quick, surface level, adding an A10 starting caliber forward would be a nice depth addition. At the very least gives a quality opponent for Johns and Livers in practice. And since I find it unlikely Michigan will add 3 other scholarship players this summer, at a very minimum the one year benefits to the practice team are better than the open scholarship slot?
(again, just a surface generalized first opinion)
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“HIGH SCHOOL:** A consensus national top-100 recruit … second-team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association … special mention All-State by the Chicago Tribune and Champaign News-Gazette … second-team All-City by the Chicago Sun-Times … ranked No. 78 on the recruiting services consensus index … ranked No. 46 nationally by Scout, No. 64 by ESPN and No. 91 by 247Sports … participated in USA Basketball U15, U16 and U17 Training Camps in the summers of 2012-2014 … MVP of the MPAC Sports Elite International Tournament in Dubai in the summer of 2014, leading Simeon to the title while averaging 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists … averaged 10 points, six rebounds and four assists as a junior, earning special mention All-State honors by the IBCA … member of Simeon teams that won IHSA Class 4A state titles his freshman (2012) and sophomore (2013) seasons.”
Originally played at Illinois. Played there two years before transferring to George Washington.
Only shot 30% from three at GW but could be a nice rotation player with Isaiah and Brandon Johns, especially if we don’t get Wilson or Wagner.
I sure hope we kick the tires on this one if the staff believes he would fit.
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I am so thoroughly Beileinized that I have a hard time generating interest in anyone who can’t shoot. That’s probably too extreme, but, until Z’s done next year, maybe not. I feel like the most-sane way to salvage next year is to put the three best shooters we can find around Z and T, and to have one more off the bench. Howard is 2 starters and a backup away from doing that.
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I have interest in near any grad transfer
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I generally agree, but remember DeJulius, Johns, and Nunez all entered with reputations as good shooters for their position. If I remember correctly, many people on this board opined that Johns was a better offensive player than Livers (based on Johns’s prep work and Livers’s prep + Fr season).
Beilein’s offense — for all the positives and history of great results — was extremely complex and notoriously difficult for Freshmen to grasp. That, along with Sanderson’s magic, is a big reason for the Sophomore bump. Howard, almost by default, will likely run a much less complex offense than Beilein. That should help relax shooters to shoot — less thinking, more reacting.
Note: Not intended as a knock on Beilein at all. His systems and methods are time tested to produce great results.
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I agree with this completely. If I had any concerns at all with Coach B’s offense it was that, in my opinion, shooters sometimes thought too much rather than just freely shooting it! Jordan Poole’s best shot ever, and certainly most memorable, was the game winner in the 2018 NCAA that sent us to the Final Four. He certainly didn’t think about it, he just fired! The rest is history!
“Note: Not intended as a knock on Beilein at all. His systems and methods are time tested to produce great results.” YostsGhosts
I did the quote correctly the first time, not the second. Still learning.
EDIT: WOW! I just noticed I got an award for this…First Quote! I’m sure glad I’m not “closed minded, set in my ways, and stubborn” because, if that were the case, I’d never learn any of this new stuff! 
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I could absolutely see taking a non-shooter because we need depth at the 2-4 spots so badly and Teske might be a good 3pt shooter by next year which would mitigate the lack of spacing, but this Williams guy shot 43% from 2 last year! A 90 ortg against weaker competition is pretty damn ugly. Good recruiting ranking, but unless there’s an explanation for why his offensive numbers are so ugly (and his steals and blocks aren’t good either).
Tough to see why he’d be better than Faulds, though I guess we do need depth at all costs, so maybe it makes sense just to add any wing or forward since there’s literally 7 guys on the roster who aren’t centres.
The guy I want us to go after hard is Blackshear. He’s really a 5, but can shoot the 3, is smart and is basically exactly Juwan’s size and we could promise him a starting spot at the 4 and the chance to work with the guy who mentored Adebayor and Whiteside well in his bid to get drafted. It wouldn’t have worked in Beilein’s offense that well, but he’s a quality player and we could always play a bit more zone or tweak things.
We really do need one more starter.
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Great points. I myself have wondered over the past few years why it was that the team was so prone to dry spells from 3, especially from good-to-great shooters. Duncan had a dry spell in February of '18, Poole this year. As a group, obviously, 1-19 against Texas Tech. As ferocious as Chris Beard’s defense genuinely appears to be, fact remains that Michigan would have beat them by shooting a few points below its season average from 3. Beilein did an amazing job getting clean looks for good-to-great shooters. I was thinking it just became a mental block, but it does seem that something was happening, and your suggestion could very well be it. They shoot too poorly too often for it to just be random.
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Forgot about Blackshear. Seems awfully duplicative, but if Howard thinks it could work, I’m down.
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