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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Oct 5, 2014 10:08:47 GMT -6
There a few videos and photos floating around from yesterday's practice. Obviously they plan to play fast, looking for shots early in the shot clock and looking for easy dunks.
CLove had a dunk in that video. That is the first time I have seen that. Not sure if he could dunk in the past but if he couldn't that shows the importance of time in the weight room.
Kanter was standing next to Henry in one photo and Jordan and Al in another. For sure he is over 6'7" and I would believe 6'8" or 6'9".
Sykes is a stud. Not because of his dunks in the video but because of his words. He comes across as a true leader.
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Post by shooting the J on Oct 6, 2014 19:35:15 GMT -6
Kanter was standing next to Henry in one photo and Jordan and Al in another. For sure he is over 6'7" and I would believe 6'8" or 6'9". Agreed. Both Kanter and Uwadiae have some big shoulders on them too. In a news video I saw Saturday night you could see Kanter stroking the 3 ball in the background. Kanter could be a very important 2nd reserve big man this year.
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Post by motowntitan on Oct 12, 2014 21:13:05 GMT -6
Looking at McKinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. He had two games when he eased back into the lineup and had 6 minutes or less. He ended with a 5 game stretch where he did play double digit minutes. He averaged 7 points but played way less minutes than he did at EIU. Also, he made 5 three pointers in these games and shot 40% from deep. That is coming from a guy who didn't make, let alone attempt a 3 pointer at EIU. I think he did rush back. He played two years at EIU, sat one at GB and only had 2 years to play at GB. So I think he came back to try and play as the season would have most likely been lost. It was noticeable that a guy who was dunking like crazy at EIU and in practice for GB had several dunks blocked in games at GB because he didn't seem to be able to explode to the hoop. If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. I have very high hopes for him in GB this year. GBphoenix, Here is one site's view point on the upcoming season: www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/9884As you can see, there is no McKinnie even down to the fourth team. Also, I do take issue with two of your comments: 1) Looking at Mckinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. As I stated, I was primarily looking at his stats from EIU. His numbers were decent for a soph. However, it was against overall lesser competition. 2) If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. You already stated that his aggregate stats are pointless, yet you pick a small sample size of his three point shooting and think that is now part of his arsenal. Last year, one Valpo fan tried to make a comparison of Booby Capo vs. Travis Bader. His argument was that Bader wasn't that great, and Bobby's 3 point % was just as good. I correctly pointed out that Capo had a much smaller sample size. I mean, Capo shot 40% from 3 point, but only attempting 1.7 shots per game. Bader shot 40.8%, but attempted almost 11 shots per game. Capo's accuracy would have almost certainly have dropped if he were attempting 10 more 3 point shots per game. Mckinnie is at 1.3 3 point shot attempts per game (only making .6). That's not a huge addition to being a fairly accurate three point shooter. Anyway, with the season starting soon, I wish you guys luck. The horizon really needs to start winning some of these BC$ type of games.
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Post by stillaphoenixphan on Oct 13, 2014 7:49:57 GMT -6
Looking at McKinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. He had two games when he eased back into the lineup and had 6 minutes or less. He ended with a 5 game stretch where he did play double digit minutes. He averaged 7 points but played way less minutes than he did at EIU. Also, he made 5 three pointers in these games and shot 40% from deep. That is coming from a guy who didn't make, let alone attempt a 3 pointer at EIU. I think he did rush back. He played two years at EIU, sat one at GB and only had 2 years to play at GB. So I think he came back to try and play as the season would have most likely been lost. It was noticeable that a guy who was dunking like crazy at EIU and in practice for GB had several dunks blocked in games at GB because he didn't seem to be able to explode to the hoop. If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. I have very high hopes for him in GB this year. GBphoenix, Here is one site's view point on the upcoming season: www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/9884As you can see, there is no McKinnie even down to the fourth team. Also, I do take issue with two of your comments: 1) Looking at Mckinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. As I stated, I was primarily looking at his stats from EIU. His numbers were decent for a soph. However, it was against overall lesser competition. 2) If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. You already stated that his aggregate stats are pointless, yet you pick a small sample size of his three point shooting and think that is now part of his arsenal. Last year, one Valpo fan tried to make a comparison of Booby Capo vs. Travis Bader. His argument was that Bader wasn't that great, and Bobby's 3 point % was just as good. I correctly pointed out that Capo had a much smaller sample size. I mean, Capo shot 40% from 3 point, but only attempting 1.7 shots per game. Bader shot 40.8%, but attempted almost 11 shots per game. Capo's accuracy would have almost certainly have dropped if he were attempting 10 more 3 point shots per game. Mckinnie is at 1.3 3 point shot attempts per game (only making .6). That's not a huge addition to being a fairly accurate three point shooter. Anyway, with the season starting soon, I wish you guys luck. The horizon really needs to start winning some of these BC$ type of games. I'm really not sure where you are coming from? We all know last year Mckinnie tried to play on one leg. If you had seen him in practice or in the Bahamas you would know what he's capable of. At EIU he was not used (allowed) to take 3 pointers so he is still an unknow. With a different Coach who can see past a big who has to play under the basket. We know he has the skills from the small glimpses from early last year. We all hope he is healthy and then you will see the real player and not a one legged player trying to help his team. Will one season make him a great player no and maybe he's to fragile to play a full season at this level? But it would show how good he could have been if healthy last year and I wish we could have had him for 4 years. To think at this time anyone would pick him to be 1-4 team in the Horizon league is laughable. But if he stays healthy talk to us at the end of the year. My bet is if he stays healthy he'll easily be a 3-4 team league pick! Also this could be a breakout year for C Love. This team is 8-9 deep and injuries will see how many minutes some of these guys get.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Oct 13, 2014 7:57:16 GMT -6
Looking at McKinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. He had two games when he eased back into the lineup and had 6 minutes or less. He ended with a 5 game stretch where he did play double digit minutes. He averaged 7 points but played way less minutes than he did at EIU. Also, he made 5 three pointers in these games and shot 40% from deep. That is coming from a guy who didn't make, let alone attempt a 3 pointer at EIU. I think he did rush back. He played two years at EIU, sat one at GB and only had 2 years to play at GB. So I think he came back to try and play as the season would have most likely been lost. It was noticeable that a guy who was dunking like crazy at EIU and in practice for GB had several dunks blocked in games at GB because he didn't seem to be able to explode to the hoop. If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. I have very high hopes for him in GB this year. GBphoenix, Here is one site's view point on the upcoming season: www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/9884As you can see, there is no McKinnie even down to the fourth team. Also, I do take issue with two of your comments: 1) Looking at Mckinnie's stats is really pointless on an aggregate basis. As I stated, I was primarily looking at his stats from EIU. His numbers were decent for a soph. However, it was against overall lesser competition. 2) If his knee is healthy fans are going to see a run and jump athlete who has added a fairly accurate 3 pointer. You already stated that his aggregate stats are pointless, yet you pick a small sample size of his three point shooting and think that is now part of his arsenal. Last year, one Valpo fan tried to make a comparison of Booby Capo vs. Travis Bader. His argument was that Bader wasn't that great, and Bobby's 3 point % was just as good. I correctly pointed out that Capo had a much smaller sample size. I mean, Capo shot 40% from 3 point, but only attempting 1.7 shots per game. Bader shot 40.8%, but attempted almost 11 shots per game. Capo's accuracy would have almost certainly have dropped if he were attempting 10 more 3 point shots per game. Mckinnie is at 1.3 3 point shot attempts per game (only making .6). That's not a huge addition to being a fairly accurate three point shooter. Anyway, with the season starting soon, I wish you guys luck. The horizon really needs to start winning some of these BC$ type of games. I suppose college sports madness doesn't list him so he must not be good. Take a look at the requirements to write for that website. www.collegesportsmadness.com/overviewThe first part, it is written by fans. Fans who more than likely have never watched him play. With that said I don't think he deserves to be any list because he only played 9 games and was getting back to speed. However looking at his progression and not the aggregate stats could be telling. After he missed the first part of the season. He tried to get into the action in a 36 point win over Fairfield in which his knee didn't hold up. I left that game out of the stats because he was hurt and played 6 minutes. He game back over a month later and eased in with 4 minutes and no points against Milwaukee which I will leave out. After that he played 7 more games, all of which were double digits in minutes. In the last 7 games as part of the rotation he averaged 5.85 points, 3.1 rebounds, took 13 three pointers and made six while averaging 15 minutes per game. In the last 5 of those 7 games he took at least 2 three pointers per game. Do you really think that a guy who didn't take a single 3 point shot in 2 years at EIU would just all of a sudden start firing away at GB if he hadn't added that skill? Do you really think Coach Wardle would let him take those shots if he didn't think he could make 35% of them? McKinnie has had a lot of skill development while at GB. He is a better player than he is being credited for, I know this not by just stats but by actually watching. He may not make 40% of his 3's this year but if you have a 6'8" guy who can play above the rim shooting a respectable amount from deep that is going to open things up for him and for GB. As for the Cabo vs. Bader argument. Bader is a better shooter but not because of the sample size. I actually doubt Cabo's accuracy would drop as much as you think. Cabo didn't get his shots the same way as Bader. Bader hunted his shot, got it on the move and usually had the defense looking for him. Cabo wasn't and would never be that kind of shooter. He was a shooter in space, waiting for his defender to help off of him. The sample size has nothing to do with the argument, looking at their actual skills and how they play the game does.
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Post by shooting the J on Oct 21, 2014 19:50:06 GMT -6
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