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Posted: 12/10/2017 3:53 PM
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 4:13 PM
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EDoz going to tryout for TE next year or something?
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Posted: 12/10/2017 4:36 PM
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Uncle Wes wrote:expand_more
EDoz going to tryout for TE next year or something?
You heard it first here. BA, always on the cutting edge of the news, and of reality! ;-)
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Posted: 12/10/2017 4:59 PM
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
EDoz going to tryout for TE next year or something?
You heard it first here. BA, always on the cutting edge of the news, and of reality! ;-)
lol
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Posted: 12/10/2017 4:59 PM
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
Huh? The kid has been able to play since day 1 but there were lots of folks ahead of him. He started showing these flashes late in his sophomore year. He's carried this team this year. The interesting sidebar to this conversation though is this - not counting the two freshmen big men, when everyone else is healthy this year, who starts and get the minutes? Right now I'm starting Laster, Mickle, Carter, Dartis and then who is the fifth guy? You essentially have Block, Gollon and the two freshmen to choose from. At this point, Doug is coming off the bench to spell Mickle and Carter.

Back to Laster, he is a Jaivon Harris/Mike Reese type who I will take any day of the week.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 4:59 PM
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Where would this team be w/o the progression shown by Laster from his fr season to his sr season and w/o the grad transfer of Mickle?

Get Carter and Dartis back to 100% and Ohio becomes that team that . . .
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Alan, Kirk has to the fifth starter with the 4 you mentioned. Block off the bench.
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
Huh? The kid has been able to play since day 1 but there were lots of folks ahead of him. He started showing these flashes late in his sophomore year. He's carried this team this year. The interesting sidebar to this conversation though is this - not counting the two freshmen big men, when everyone else is healthy this year, who starts and get the minutes? Right now I'm starting Laster, Mickle, Carter, Dartis and then who is the fifth guy? You essentially have Block, Gollon and the two freshmen to choose from. At this point, Doug is coming off the bench to spell Mickle and Carter.

Back to Laster, he is a Jaivon Harris/Mike Reese type who I will take any day of the week.
He is smooth like Harris, almost Mychal Green esque.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 5:04 PM
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
Huh? The kid has been able to play since day 1 but there were lots of folks ahead of him. He started showing these flashes late in his sophomore year. He's carried this team this year. The interesting sidebar to this conversation though is this - not counting the two freshmen big men, when everyone else is healthy this year, who starts and get the minutes? Right now I'm starting Laster, Mickle, Carter, Dartis and then who is the fifth guy? You essentially have Block, Gollon and the two freshmen to choose from. At this point, Doug is coming off the bench to spell Mickle and Carter.

Back to Laster, he is a Jaivon Harris/Mike Reese type who I will take any day of the week.
Reese never had Laster's ability to score like this.
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bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more
Alan, Kirk has to the fifth starter with the 4 you mentioned. Block off the bench.
I would have to agree with that IF Kirk stops dribbling so much.
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Laster has a style of play that looks more like a player from 25 years ago.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 7:34 PM
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Last six games for Laster:

20.5 ppg, 3.8 reb, 49-90 FG 54.4%, 35-57 2pt 61.4%, 14-33 3pt 42.4%, 11-13 FT 84.6%
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Last six games for Laster:

20.5 ppg, 3.8 reb, 49-90 FG 54.4%, 35-57 2pt 61.4%, 14-33 3pt 42.4%, 11-13 FT 84.6%
Those are impressive numbers. I knew he was playing well, but the percentages are better than I would have expected.
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Last six games for Laster:

20.5 ppg, 3.8 reb, 49-90 FG 54.4%, 35-57 2pt 61.4%, 14-33 3pt 42.4%, 11-13 FT 84.6%
Those are impressive numbers. I knew he was playing well, but the percentages are better than I would have expected.
Yes, he really was the spark today that kept us firing on all cylinders for most of the game. Without him we would have lost. He should have had three more. I don't know what the officials saw during the review, but the shot definitely left his hand before the shot clock reached zero.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 9:49 PM
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
When was Dozier EVER OUr lockdown D 5 or 6 guy? Laster has performed GREAT in his ROLE from day 1......
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Posted: 12/10/2017 9:55 PM
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Victory wrote:expand_more
Laster has a style of play that looks more like a player from 25 years ago.
Hence my reference to guys like Harris and Reese.
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Posted: 12/10/2017 11:06 PM
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
Laster has a style of play that looks more like a player from 25 years ago.
Hence my reference to guys like Harris and Reese.
And - SLASHING (a missing ingredient for years)
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Posted: 12/10/2017 11:09 PM
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RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Laster has a style of play that looks more like a player from 25 years ago.
Hence my reference to guys like Harris and Reese.
And - SLASHING (a missing ingredient for years)
^^^^^^^ This!
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Posted: 12/10/2017 11:41 PM
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
When was Dozier EVER OUr lockdown D 5 or 6 guy? Laster has performed GREAT in his ROLE from day 1......
So now I see this thread was moved from the Fball forum to Bball forum....now a bit clearer why the not much Laster history insight in the thread post start....
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Posted: 12/10/2017 11:46 PM
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He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
When was Dozier EVER OUr lockdown D 5 or 6 guy? Laster has performed GREAT in his ROLE from day 1......
So now I see this thread was moved from the Fball forum to Bball forum....now a bit clearer why the not much Laster history insight in the thread post start....
Weird when quote self reply - But gotta say - 50% from foot or two is easier than from 12+.....

Allen should come to a game or two and watch Laster do his stuff live....
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RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
He was on his way to Dozier land. Had Gollon not got injured along with Campbell, Laster may have never gotten his opportunity, but he did and he has run with it. He came in with no shot and now he shoots over 50%. Go Cats.
When was Dozier EVER OUr lockdown D 5 or 6 guy? Laster has performed GREAT in his ROLE from day 1......
So now I see this thread was moved from the Fball forum to Bball forum....now a bit clearer why the not much Laster history insight in the thread post start....
Weird when quote self reply - But gotta say - 50% from foot or two is easier than from 12+.....

Allen should come to a game or two and watch Laster do his stuff live....
Allen will be at the MAC tournament. I am glad that Laster hung in there.
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Who recruited Laster?
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Who recruited Laster?
He was Saul's first recruit, actually.
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If it was (and not a hold over from JC), then kudos to SP as while he looked like he was deadweight early on, his development and style of game is much appreciated. SP needs to go back to this periodically as this isn't your prototypical Saul-Ball style player and it's nice to see an occasional wing on your squad that 1) can create their own shot; 2) can matchup with the oppositions athleticism; 3) doesn't look like fish out of water going to the basket.
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Chicken George wrote:expand_more
If it was (and not a hold over from JC), then kudos to SP as while he looked like he was deadweight early on, his development and style of game is much appreciated. SP needs to go back to this periodically as this isn't your prototypical Saul-Ball style player and it's nice to see an occasional wing on your squad that 1) can create their own shot; 2) can matchup with the oppositions athleticism; 3) doesn't look like fish out of water going to the basket.
I'm confused on "dead weight"? He played nearly 20 minutes a game as a freshman. As a sophomore, while it might have seemed like he regressed, its worth noting that he faced more competition for PT than he did as a freshman with the arrivals of Simmons, Dartis, Block and Gollon.
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