morrison2951
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Ituka DNP. He was cleared?
Yes, looked to Stan that he had refused to go in at mop up time w/ the walk-ons.
Ituka DNP. He was cleared?
Why? He’s too good to go in at the end of the game?Yes, looked to Stan that he had refused to go in at mop up time w/ the walk-ons.
Why? He’s too good to go in at the end of the game?
Okay. Hopefully I wrongly jumped to conclusions. Just seems like he’s be dying to play.Or he didn't want to take a spot from someone on the red team
Forbes knew that he needed a 20+ point win for the metrics. Thus he couldn't pull the starters at the under 4 minute timeout and coast to a win in the teens. Thus no time for the developing guys and little for the walkons.Everybody talks about the walk-ons losing playing time due to metrics. But Forbes would probably give Marion and Canka and now Ituka more minutes before putting in the walk-ons if not for metrics.
Forbes knew that he needed a 20+ point win for the metrics. Thus he couldn't pull the starters at the under 4 minute timeout and coast to a win in the teens. Thus no time for the developing guys and little for the walkons.
It may be that running plays and organizing the offense takes more practice than just finding open spots and splashing nets. Also, Damai has played a bunch of actual games for Wake under Forbes and staff. Jao has only played a few games and few minutes while injured.I took it as a sign he’s not in the rotation and is unlikely to play tomorrow.
Its not easy to keep up point guard skills like reading defenses, setting up the correct play and making passes without other players being involved. It is a lot easier to keep a shooting eye sharp all alone in a gym.For Ituka, there's also keeping open the small possibility of using this as a redshirt year since he hasn't played a minute yet. It would be terrible to play 30 seconds with the walkons, suffer a setback at practice, and use the year of eligibility. If he's going to play, it should start with meaningful minutes. And if he can't get to the point where he's getting those? Redshirt.