Bubble Boy
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I’ve never heard of an Achilles tear healing this quickly....
https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2022/1/7/22871222/cam-akers-return-la-rams-torn-achilles-injury
I’ve never heard of an Achilles tear healing this quickly....
Yeah, that article echoes what I have heard from folks I have talked to. The school of thought on these injuries has changed a bit... There is no strict timetable, it is more about hitting milestones and once it is fully healed, it shouldn't be an issue.
I think it is reasonable to expect it'll take a few weeks of practice and some game action to shake the rust off, but I am more optimistic about his potential contributions this year than most who have posted.
He's an elite rebounder for his size. He's also a very good 3 point shooter (and should be shooting them at a lower volume than he did at ETSU, which should help). And I know defensive statistics need to be taken with a grain of salt, but he had strong ratings/metrics for defense.
I expect that he'll immediately enter the rotation (5-10mpg) and I think a month from now, we'll be talking about him as our 3rd best player (behind Williams & LaRavia).
This team is in dire need of "instant offense" off the bench, and Monsanto is that guy.
Yeah, that article echoes what I have heard from folks I have talked to. The school of thought on these injuries has changed a bit... There is no strict timetable, it is more about hitting milestones and once it is fully healed, it shouldn't be an issue.
I think it is reasonable to expect it'll take a few weeks of practice and some game action to shake the rust off, but I am more optimistic about his potential contributions this year than most who have posted.
He's an elite rebounder for his size. He's also a very good 3 point shooter (and should be shooting them at a lower volume than he did at ETSU, which should help). And I know defensive statistics need to be taken with a grain of salt, but he had strong ratings/metrics for defense.
I expect that he'll immediately enter the rotation (5-10mpg) and I think a month from now, we'll be talking about him as our 3rd best player (behind Williams & LaRavia).
This team is in dire need of "instant offense" off the bench, and Monsanto is that guy.
I’ve never heard of an Achilles tear healing this quickly....
Like the bold prediction. FWIW, WF has six players with KP "O" ratings over 100 (100 is an average player):
- LaRavia 123
- Williams 118
- Williamson 113
- Mucius 111
- Walton 107
- Sy 106
Williamson is averaging 13 ppg; Mucius 11; Walton 8 and 5. If Monsanto is better than Davien, Mucius, Walton and Sy; WF is going to be pretty loaded in a month.
I like your optimism. I can't get there to say he is going to be the 3rd best player this season, let alone by early February. If he is, than we should be a top-4 ACCT seed and a NCAAT lock.
Even at full strength - what makes him better offensively than Mucius or Daivien? We haven't seen him rebound against ACC competition, he is smaller than our current 3/4 position (he was listed as a SF/PF in KP for ETSU, he is listed as as guard on our roster). He is a nice 3pt shooter, but he's closer to D1 average than 40%.
I want to believe, and I want to have realistic expectation for a guy who hasn't played in the P5 yet and is coming off injury. Either way, I can't wait to see him on the court!
He's going to be able to rebound. I have no doubt about that.
I have no idea about how he'll shoot given the transfer and the injury, but I'd suspect that he'll shoot a higher percentage from 3 on lower volume. He attempted 137 3s last year... Massoud led Wake Forest with 103 attempts. And he'll get plenty of open looks as the #3 (or #4) option on offense instead of being the #2 guy.
Monsanto thinks of himself as a guard. I remember him correcting someone on Twitter back when he entered the transfer portal because they labeled him a F instead of a G. I think he's a college 3... Call it whatever you want (G/F). I doubt he plays much at all for us at the 4... More likely he plays as a 2 in a big lineup.
He's going to be able to rebound. I have no doubt about that.
I have no idea about how he'll shoot given the transfer and the injury, but I'd suspect that he'll shoot a higher percentage from 3 on lower volume. He attempted 137 3s last year... Massoud led Wake Forest with 103 attempts. And he'll get plenty of open looks as the #3 (or #4) option on offense instead of being the #2 guy.
Monsanto thinks of himself as a guard. I remember him correcting someone on Twitter back when he entered the transfer portal because they labeled him a F instead of a G. I think he's a college 3... Call it whatever you want (G/F). I doubt he plays much at all for us at the 4... More likely he plays as a 2 in a big lineup.
Like the bold prediction. FWIW, WF has six players with KP "O" ratings over 100 (100 is an average player):
- LaRavia 123
- Williams 118
- Williamson 113
- Mucius 111
- Walton 107
- Sy 106
Williamson is averaging 13 ppg; Mucius 11; Walton 8 and 5. If Monsanto is better than Davien, Mucius, Walton and Sy; WF is going to be pretty loaded in a month.
Didn’t we only have one or two players over 100 in Manning’s last season?
Didn’t we only have one or two players over 100 in Manning’s last season?
FWIW, players aren’t indexed to 100 as an average. Those numbers above represent points per 100 possessions that end in that player’s hands in absolute terms, not adjusted for strength of competition. That said, the median team (between 179/180 out of 358) has a raw rating of 101.5, so 100 is indeed a good approximation.
Wake at 109.5 given all the guys above. Hildreth at 98 and Whitt at 68 round out our rotation.
Monsanto was at 107 with fairly high usage last year. My hope would be that higher efficiency that often comes with lower usage offsets better competition and he comes in somewhere similar — which would make our offense even more dynamic. I also think the extra size could help our defense on the margin, and if extra depth lets guys be more aggressive that could help too.