He’s more skilled than Teske as a high post guy (passing by a huge distance, 3s by a fair bit) and we’d definitely be a good rebounding team with him around.
I assume he’ll go to Kentucky or follow Buzz to A+M, but if Wagner and Wilson are both nos, I can’t think of a better option.
Very, very 90s looking team (not a good sign) but at least it has 4 good starters and defensively that frontline with Simpson at the point of attack could really grind some Big 10 teams to death in the halfcourt.
Anyways, there’s no rumour, though again, Howard’s best selling point to any grad transfer would probably be playing time and his proven track record as a developer of NBA bigs/his own career as an NBA big.
I wonder if we would have ended up with a good grad transfer wing if Beilein had been hired a month or two earlier…
Teams and players go through cold streaks from 3 all the time, hell, look at the Raptors three games in these finals. Or “James Harden’s playoff career”.
Agree. I don’t think you can point to a single game or a 3-4game stretch as a “systems issue” … too small a sample size, too many other potential factors.
But on a first year, full-season basis it likely contributes to why DeJulius and Nunez (and a lesser extent Johns) were not the shooters last season they appeared to be at the prep/AAU levels. And why they could produce better shooting performances this coming season.
They reached out to Mathis right away. If Ryan was a grad transfer, I’d bet Michigan would be on that list too.
As a regular transfer, do we think Howard would prefer him over the 2020 targets he could have? I don’t think that’s contingent on Franz or Wilson, rather on Howard’s confidence as a recruiter.
I wouldn’t necessarily say that. It could also be a product of still getting a staff in place, a poor or in-process operational plan, just not being interested, or anything else.