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could be wrong but seems with the King signing that we've moved Dji off the point. I think he's competing for time more as a playmaker at the 2 and 3.
23, since you asked me why I felt Hunt would be starting, can I ask why you are so high on Dji? This is year 4 now, and he did get more minutes when he started those 7 games last year, but the result was low impact, so to me we have seen enough to have a good idea of what he brings out there. I still don't see a big minutes guy in him. I don't see him as a PG, and, without an outside shot and little offensive production, I don't see how he could get a lot of time at non PG. Just wondering what you saw or have seen differently than me to make you think this.
I'll be surprised if Hunt doesn't start alongside King. Mooney has consistently shown that his comfort level with Bailey is nervous at best. I personally think that Bailey can be successful with King, their skill sets are almost perfectly complimentary. Of course, the same can be said for King / Hunt.
I'm always concerned with 3 point shooting because it is so important. If you are not making them, there is a good chance the other team is, so you better be able to keep up.
He must have watched him again Drake and not against Loyola.
I thought Walz showed some positive things last year. I am only talking 10-12 minutes early in the year, and then if he shows he is ready to be a factor, maybe more as the season goes along. Unless we go real small, he is the clear back up to Quinn, and I think he will be more than good enough to do that. If you don't think he will be a regular rotation guy, you must either expect 40 minutes from Quinn, or us to go really small at times?
All fair about Goose, and I definitely liked him more and was fine with his minutes when we had Jacob, Blake, and Tyler scoring and making 3s. I did not want him getting so many minutes last year, and many times hoped for more minutes from Roche and Randolph instead.
I think you hit something here Spider23 - this might be a very poor shooting Spider team and that does not mix well with Mooney offense. Roche is a shooter, but may be injured and King seems good at times, but outside of that - not very confident in our ability to make shots.
as for Dji's averages, they're all (ppg, rpg, apg) slightly better than Goose's per 40 minutes played. to me, if you like Goose's game you should like Dji's.
Yeah, but Spiders make up for that with air tight defense and dominating rebounding.
A poor shooting team doesn't do well with any offense, and most every team out there has multiple good shooters. So, in addition to much better guard play this year, a key for us will be improved shooting from 3. I will go back to my 3 keys for a successful season: good PG play, good 3 point shooting, and good defense. The better those are, the better year we will have. Turn a couple of those goods into great, and our chances improve dramatically to have a great season.
Will check out Hunt's shot more and see what you mean. I feel like he looks ready to shoot when he gets the ball, and gets it and shoots it with little effort. Seems pretty smooth, but will look again and see.
I see Tanner as a perfect "3" in our offense. probably not enough handle to be a Mooney off-guard.
Agree - in this day of basketball, shooting is a premium that every team needs. But I think some teams are able to "mask" it better than others if they are a strong rebounding team (especially on offensive glass), play tough defense, and maybe have guys that can either get to the rim on penetration or a big guy inside you can feed. Along with that though comes the ability to make free throws - because I would expect if your playing near the rim a lot, you should probably get fouled more.
This worked nicely for SDSU last year - and most years. That is the thing that drives me crazy about the mooney apologists - we don't have to be poor in other areas in order to have good players. Yes, it is fun to score and hit 3's - and you have to be able to shoot. But can't we emphasize lock down d and rebounding too. NOT mutually exclusive - though some seem to think so. I do think Boyden's presence is a help in these areas and looking for some continuation in these areas from the start of last year.
He looks like a good one. I would expect more and more solid offers for him.
