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Anual Minutes allocation guess-o-matic hoops men

I’m really afraid we are overrating Mucius and what he can contribute as a freshman.
 
Word on Mucius is he is surprisingly advanced plus he apparently is a great team guy and good with the press. Still a fr but may be better than expected.
 
advancedeac said:
Word on Mucius is he is surprisingly advanced plus he apparently is a great team guy and good with the press. Still a fr but may be better than expected.
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He's practicing against Wake Forest though...
 
RacerDeac said:
He's practicing against Wake Forest though...
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There are individual skills and capabilities that are either present or absent and the level of the opponent is irrelevant. Footwork, timing, knowing a good shot from a bad shot. Boxing out technique. Setting screens properly.

If he has these and other skills pretty well down at college level, that is a big plus.
 
No matter what wild ass guess I could propose, one thing seems certain. Coach Manning will make most of us shake our heads in (provide adjective) at his line ups and allocation of minutes over the course of the season. That you can bet on if someone is willing to book it.
 
BlackjackMc said:
No matter what wild ass guess I could propose, one thing seems certain. Coach Manning will make most of us shake our heads in (provide adjective) at his line ups and allocation of minutes over the course of the season. That you can bet on if someone is willing to book it.
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Go to a bookie parlor in England. They'll take bets on anything.
 
PhDeac said:
I’m really afraid we are overrating Mucius and what he can contribute as a freshman.
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Me too.

I think he’ll be a good one for the Deacs, but not sure he’s a starter on day one. Or even 6th man.
 
DeacsATS said:
Me too.

I think he’ll be a good one for the Deacs, but not sure he’s a starter on day one. Or even 6th man.
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Somebody has to start and with all the defections it would be a pretty bad sign if he doesn't.

With Manning's turnover rate, there is no waiting behind the upperclassmen for your turn.
 
DeacsATS said:
Me too.

I think he’ll be a good one for the Deacs, but not sure he’s a starter on day one. Or even 6th man.
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Opening game starters could be BChill-Johnson-Brown-Hoard-Sarr. That would be all "experienced" guys plus the best freshman.
 
PhDeac said:
I’m really afraid we are overrating Mucius and what he can contribute as a freshman.
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I'm afraid we're overrating nearly everyone on the team. There's serious question marks with literally every player. If everything goes great, we could have a decent season. We could also be abysmal, especially if there are injuries.
 
Yeah. For example, Childress was well behind Crawford and behind Woods last year. People who are trashing them seem to think Childress is capable of playing 30+ quality minutes at PG.
 
Lot's of people taking the feel-good lectro approach on this thread.
 
RacerDeac said:
Lot's of people taking the feel-good lectro approach on this thread.
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If you can't be optimistic at the start of a new season with a lot of new players, when should you be optimistic?
 
When the new players are generally thought to be good new players.
 
Deaconblue said:
If you can't be optimistic at the start of a new season with a lot of new players, when should you be optimistic?
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When there's something to be optimistic about? "New" alone is not a reason to be optimistic...in fact, given that we lost our best players, it's potentially a reason to be pessimistic about our shot at being better this year than last. I've been optimistic at the start of of a lot of seasons, including the start of this past football season. This basketball season is not one of them.
 
Nothing I've seen so far makes me think he can play there and we are very weak up front. If he can, he's going to be a lottery pick.
 
PhDeac said:
Yeah. For example, Childress was well behind Crawford and behind Woods last year. People who are trashing them seem to think Childress is capable of playing 30+ quality minutes at PG.
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I won’t speak to quality, but Chill played over 26 mpg last season... Vast majority at PG.

That seems like much less of a stretch than some other board assumptions.
 
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