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Let's talk about the return of Damari Monsanto

PaddyWF said:
My expectations are low. Not because of his talent, but there are a lot of unknowns. He is coming off a serious injury and won't be fit for awhile. I expect he will need to be having some great practices before seeing any kind of real minutes.

Positives from ETSU play
  • His numbers were better against conference opponents than weaker occ opponents
  • Can shoot decently well from 3 (.358). TBH, I think his shooting is being oversold on the boards based on how I have seen him described. I was expecting like a .380+ shooter based on descriptions here. He would be fourth on the team right now based on last year's %. That is decent, but not a huge game changer since he is probably taking minutes mostly from Mucius/Jake?
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Wow
 
DeacsATS said:
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.
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Damn. If ATS’ bets were as accurate as this post, he could fund an on-campus arena.
 
IAppreciateIt said:
THE RETURN AGAIN


(i hate bumping old threads and find it makes the boards super tough to read but this was worth it)
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Haha, I saw the thread and thought that is a lot of pages for news that broke today. Then I opened the thread and glanced at the date and noted it was Jan. 9th so that explained the number of pages. Didn't realize it was 2022 until I read the first couple of posts. :oops:
 
I wish we would have had him playing on Tuesday w/State. We win that game with him in there. Excited to see his return and am hoping he stays healthy like ATS predicts! Love it!
 
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