I'm not as hard on Wiz on the offensive end. Each game he has had at least one creative offensive move in the post. There's a little something there. Defensively and on the glass, we need a lot more. He's at 0.075 rebounds per minute. Dwight is six times the rebounder thus far (.45 per minute). Unreal from a 6'11 wide body.
It will be interesting to see whose minutes decrease when IJ comes back. Hadaway is essentially backing up Clayton despite being more of a tall wing. IJ is a tweener for a five, even compared to Dwight. Will Wiz see more bench? Aidan? Has IJ truly earned a rotation spot?
We should not expect AJB to be this team's savior. He is still only a freshman.
I definitely see Sheldon's minutes shrinking as the season progresses. I just don't see an impact on the game with his minutes and Brown, Hunter, and Baker are generating more as lead guards.
Elmore James has shown some good stuff. I don't see a deer in headlights there.
Agreed on Wiznitzer. He is certainly raw, but he's shown some flashes of offensive vision and made some plays only a guy with his height can make. I think he's the classic undeveloped 6-11 big you give minutes to hoping to develop him further. I think 15ish minutes a game spelling DW3 and Clayton is the perfect role for him right now.
Wow, you are truly living up to your screenname. If we are giving 15ish minutes to this guy then we are in serious trouble.
His time to develop was last year with Lville. Can't waste a scholarship on a portal guy to develop.
There is nothing there besides height.
LVille didn't really give him an opportunity to develop - 100 minutes in 17 games played in two years - barely played last year as well. Like I've said, as hard as it is, I'm trying to remain optimistic he will develop as an all around player.
I know I'm being harsh but he spent 2 years in a historic, P5, basketball school. I'm not sure Ohio is a better place to develop than Louisville was, I tend to think probably not. The talent he went up against in practice everyday is just not the same.
You would think that coming to the MAC would slow things down for him, but he looks like the slowest guy on the floor.
If he were a true freshman, my opinion would be completely different. He's a portal transfer and we need to hit on these transfers, not take a chance on developing into something.
If we don't, we will fall behind other schools who are bringing in transfers they know are ready on day 1.
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