Jett would fit in nicely with the OTE team if he came out of HS /duck.
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IMHO he was actually a pretty good creator for others at Nightrydas. The D obviously never looked very good at any pre-pro stop. But I do wonder if there was a specific re-direction once he got to Michigan.
Realistically the ball hasnât gone in enough to make anything else matter since the athletic tools didnât give him a high baseline. Also really goes to show just how hard it is to make shots in the league.
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This discussion makes me wonder how Jace will fare at Fordham this year LOL
Yeah Iâm trying to remember how many shots he took at Nichigan that were catch/shoot and coming off screens vs cooking with the ball in his hands. Because as a pro heâs basically just a spot up guy, and guys who shoot 36% with their feet set are easy to find unfortunately
I know you are joking but it looks like he played 8 minutes in their scrimage agianst Temple.
Temple won 91-60.
Jace had 1 point, 4 boards, 1 block and a foul in 8 minutes. Went 1-of-2 at the line and 0-of-1 from three. So, going by the minutes breakdown the 10th-ish man.
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Having two college-age sons that could not be more different from each other despite sharing a bunk bed their entire life - it is always amazing to me how kids can turn out. Jett is a very flawed but Uber talented basketball player who likely will go light up the G League for years. Jace has hardly any real skill but quietly grinds away and may end up a good coach someday.
I thought the hope for Jett in the NBA might be to turn himself into a pure shooter instead of an iso player - the Duncan role of you will. But he hasnât done that well as a shooter. I thought maybe he could figure out how to have THJs career since he probably has the raw tools to do that. But you have to make baskets regularly to offset other limitations and heâs never done that. Hope he figures it out and gets another shot somewhere.
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Do Dylanâs comment about winning basketball, I think there were some parallels to early Manny Harris there too. Manny had a bunch of skill and fancied himself a pro, but didnât do a lot of the little things. Beilein got a good season out of him.
There were a couple guys in the late Fisher era I used to grumble about with the âwinning playsâ narrative too. But Jett was unique.
Three seasons under Beilein, FWIW. Obviously the third was messy. Manny was a hooper, I donât put him in the same category at all. He carried U-M back to the tournament on a roster that was woefully under talented.
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I know it was threeâŚ.I meant it was one good one. 
Gotcha, not really sure where the comp comes from though. Manny was a jack-of-all-trades player who had a pretty substantial game.
The chemistry was off on the 2010 team and he had the hamstring issue, but he was a winning player in my book.
The frostbite thing is still one of the most frustrating way to see someoneâs pro career disrupted too.
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donât know how i never knew about this but reading about it now. crazy
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I have never heard this
He got into the cryo chamber in wet socks. This resulted in a terrible freeze burn. Due to the lockout, Harris was not allowed to be treated by the team doctor but left to take care of it on his own. The healing process reportedly didnât go as planned, and Harris was kept from competing for a job during training camp because of the setback.
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Yeah, itâs almost kind of a miracle that Michigan made it to the NCAA when you look at their roster and whoâs getting minutes. Manny was the #1 option with Peedi as the #2 option.
A throwback
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