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WFU Hoops: '23-'24 Roster Construction Thread: +Miller, Sallis, Reid, & Canka

Sign me up on this dude based on numbers.

Volume 3 point shooter who's shooting 36% this year and 37% for his career. 24% assist rate, and a 107.5 ORTG. Also drives a good bit based on fouls drawn and number of 2 point shots.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
Carr is a 4 and Bobi a 3. There is no requirement for a big man to be taller than Carr.

That having been said, it would be nice to have a big man who is, well, big. But if we land Mack, I'm not going to complain. We need some post play outside of Hildreth.
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Marsh can be that guy. But the switch has to flip so he plays to his size. He has been beaten into submission as the "little guy" in his driveway for as long as he has been playing. See family portrait from his recruitment. Matthew is the smallest and youngest guy in the pic.
 
Not sure he can be ACC POY, but would definitely fill a need.

And the fact that Forbes is already making calls tells us he expects to have an open scholarship... Which we knew.
 
If we lost Bradford and Taylor, and brought in Rice and, say, Mack, moving Carr mostly to the 5 (I guess), would we be cool? I think I'd be down with that, though I'd rather have a taller guy who could affect shots. There has also been no rumored contact with Mack that I've seen, either, just going on his announced availibility.
 
Glad LT finally stepped up a little but deff okay with losing him. Wish he got more experience this year but still dont think he's ACC caliber
 
Josh Cohen, NEC player of the year in the portal. Good player but NEC is probably the worst conference in CBB. Averages 22/8/3 with 60% from the field. Not a rim protector but a good offensive piece.
 
AdoptedDeacFan said:
Glad LT finally stepped up a little but deff okay with losing him. Wish he got more experience this year but still dont think he's ACC caliber
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LT is right on schedule based on his recruiting rank: contributor in junior season.
 
Deaconblue said:
LT is right on schedule based on his recruiting rank: contributor in junior season.
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Name one player in the last 25 years of Wake BB to produce as little as Taylor has in his first two years (24 career points on 21.6% shooting in 175 minutes) and become a contributor. Gary Clark appears to have had the worst start, and he scored almost 6 times as many points, at 134. Doral Moore was another slow starter and had 194. Trent Strickland was at 325. Visser 237. Chris Ellis, although it's debatable whether he was ever a "contributor," clocked in at a lowly 108. Chas McFarland probably had the worst freshman year of any player who ultimately became a contributor, with only 11 points, but scored 252 in his sophomore season.

Good players show flashes early. If you haven't worked your way into the rotation by the end of your sophomore year, the odds that you ever will are practically nil.
 
I agree with your point, OGB but Taylor has shown he probably should have gotten more minutes. He's been pretty solid.
 
He had 3 points in a game we were dying for any bench production. I don't think solid is a word I would use to describe him.
 
OldGoldBeard said:
Name one player in the last 25 years of Wake BB to produce as little as Taylor has in his first two years (24 career points on 21.6% shooting in 175 minutes) and become a contributor. Gary Clark appears to have had the worst start, and he scored almost 6 times as many points, at 134. Doral Moore was another slow starter and had 194. Trent Strickland was at 325. Visser 237. Chris Ellis, although it's debatable whether he was ever a "contributor," clocked in at a lowly 108. Chas McFarland probably had the worst freshman year of any player who ultimately became a contributor, with only 11 points, but scored 252 in his sophomore season.

Good players show flashes early. If you haven't worked your way into the rotation by the end of your sophomore year, the odds that you ever will are practically nil.
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Yea, sadly I agree with my fellow Beatle fan. It'd be one thing if LT were a freshman, but he's a sophomore (and at the end of his sophomore year, at that).

That said, he's clearly playable at this level and still could turn into a decently reliable role player.
 
DeaconSig said:
He had 3 points in a game we were dying for any bench production. I don't think solid is a word I would use to describe him.
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He scored 3 points and played 10 minutes in a game in which we:

Had an empty scholarship
Were redshirting another player at his position
Were missing to injury another player at his position
Were missing to injury another player who would possibly eat up his minutes
Played only seven players

Is it possible Taylor becomes a contributor? Maybe, although I doubt it. Is he "right on schedule" by any reasonable definition of the term? Absolutely not. He's in the pantheon of Daniel Green (39 points through two seasons), Ty Walker (25), Sam Japhet-Mathias (18), Richard Joyce (61), and Michael Wynn (70). As best I can tell, those are the only scholarship players with under 100 points in their first two seasons here since ESPN began tracking stats.
 
OldGouldandBlack said:
If we lost Bradford and Taylor, and brought in Rice and, say, Mack, moving Carr mostly to the 5 (I guess), would we be cool? I think I'd be down with that, though I'd rather have a taller guy who could affect shots. There has also been no rumored contact with Mack that I've seen, either, just going on his announced availibility.
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Carr really can't play the 5 most of the time. He's too soft. He works as a small ball 5 esp like today but as a full season being our main 5 i'd be worried.
 
deacfan123 said:
Carr really can't play the 5 most of the time. He's too soft. He works as a small ball 5 esp like today but as a full season being our main 5 i'd be worried.
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Agreed. I’d feel a lot better if he was playing 5-8 minutes as a situational small ball 5 and splitting PF minutes with Bobi (who plays the 3 and 4).
 
Imma throw some cold water on you folks already talking about specific players that might transfer into Wake Forest...

With the possible exception of Jake LaRavia, we NEVER know anything this early and Forbes has been more about under the radar guys that fit vs. high profile transfers that everyone will call.
 
Nicolas Timberlake from Towson will be one of those high profile transfers. Elite shooter.
 
My God we need an inside presence. At time Marsh was standing alone or would have the ball in the lane with a path and he stops and passes. Just a few post moves for anyone…
 
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