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Peacone36 said:
Whitlock looks like a CG while Garland feels like a true point. Im hoping we get both. There are plenty of shots available and Whitlock looks like a high motor guy off the ball.
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Yeah, I figured, but wasn't sure if Cross was going to "repurpose" Whitlock into more of a PG, which may be hedge against not getting Garland...or he's just collecting good guard talent. If we can get Garland, the staff should 100% take him...having two guards that can play at a high level wins you a ton of games.

I was looking at Whitlock's stats, and while he's buckets all day, he does have a LOT of games where he's getting 5+ assists. He's for sure a volume shooter at 14+ attempts per game.

Against high majors last year:

Houston: 18pts/0assists/9rebs
WVU: 2/0/1 (attrocious shooting night for him going 1-8)
Rutgers: 21/1/3

Other games of note:

TX State (2nd Sun Belt): 31/1/0
LIU (1st NEC): 22/2/2
Colgate (2nd Patriot): 12/3/3, 32/3/3, 22/10/3 (Patriot Semifinal)
Navy (1st Patriot): 31/3/1, 20/1/2
Boston University (Patriot Final): 18/4/3

Prairie View (NCAAT First 4): 5/2/3 (2-15 shooting)

Outside of one game against Colgate where he had 10 assists, stats are showing he does struggle to distribute (or at least gets assists) against the better teams. I would say against the lower competition teams, he's probably 4-5 assists per game. If he's just going to be true CG and our "scorer" distributing matters less as that won't be his primary job...which is scoring. He can definitely score. I doubt he's getting 20pts/game in the ACC, but if he can get around 15pts/game that's will be good for GT.

As it stands, right now GT has two guys who can get us 10-15+ points a night: Whitlock and Valdes. If we can get another 2 guys (hopefully one of them is a PG), Cross should have a good squad to work with.
 

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YlJacket said:
I will take a true bucket getter and put him/them in a motion offense if we don't have a true PG to run PNR or another PG centric offense if we don't get a true PG. May not be optimal but lot of ways to get around that.
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We won't have a single TRUE PG going forward. We will have a minimum of 3 guys comfortable moving the ball and facilitating offense at all times. The ball will pop and move and assists will come from all over.
 

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Connell62 said:
Guy that is friends with Thomas Dowd on Trilly's discord said that Auburn tampered with him all last year. Unless Texas Tech or someone drops a major bag, he was headed to Auburn.
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He wanted to keep playing for cross (so did the Campbell’s). All 3 would have followed if cross went elsewhere, for some reason they didn’t want to go to GT at all
 

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WaCoJacket said:
We won't have a single TRUE PG going forward. We will have a minimum of 3 guys comfortable moving the ball and facilitating offense at all times. The ball will pop and move and assists will come from all over.
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Would love that. In reality, unless you have the second coming of Kenny Anderson it is hard to routinely depend on a single true PG to initiate/close the offense. That was part of my frustration last year that we ran PNR without a true PG and didn't have any off ball movement. Would love to see the ball pop and movement all over the floor.
 

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That we have our current roster and still have our biggest nil offer out is a good sign imo whether we land Garland or not. Means we should expect to land at least one more major piece.
 

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WaCoJacket said:

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This would be a great get. Guard play is crucial in college BB. Without having really good guards teams will struggle to create good shots for everyone on the team. See GT last season.

The better PGs have good court vision and direct the offense. They make the rest of the players better.

Thinking it is just P&R is inaccurate. Good OGs do so much more for an offense.
 
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Pizzabagels516 said:
He wanted to keep playing for cross (so did the Campbell’s). All 3 would have followed if cross went elsewhere, for some reason they didn’t want to go to GT at all
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Can you give us a little more to chew on here? Otherwise, your statement doesn’t add up to me. They would have followed Cross somewhere (anywhere?) else, but not GT? Seems like you’re trying to make a big statement without saying much of anything.

Not that any of those guys are much of a loss in my opinion, especially the Cross brothers. They looked like rec players in the NCAA game against Nebraska.
 

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Vespidie said:
Or maybe he's the type guy that doesn't take that kind of crap from anybody and they'll begin to understand.
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This isn't directed at our players, it's just my opinion of how things tend to work for GT particularly when it matters.

They didn't have the video review crap back when Yvon Joseph played. If you administered punishment someone else deserved, it was just a regular old foul unless you really got out of line. Today, they go to a monitor and banish you to Siberia if you're anywhere near physical.

Unfortunately the rules changed & teams proficient at whining get fouls called their way. Not in my lifetime has GT had one of those players or coaches & I don't expect we got any now unless I'm mistaken.
 
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GT33 said:
This isn't directed at our players, it's just my opinion of how things tend to work for GT particularly when it matters.

They didn't have the video review crap back when Yvon Joseph played. If you administered punishment someone else deserved, it was just a regular old foul unless you really got out of line. Today, they go to a monitor and banish you to Siberia if you're anywhere near physical.

Unfortunately the rules changed & teams proficient at whining get fouls called their way. Not in my lifetime has GT had one of those players or coaches & I don't expect we got any now unless I'm mistaken.
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I was just saying maybe Valdes is the type of personality that people won't take advantage of. We haven't had anyone like that in quite some time. Not cheap shotting others, but not afraid to mix it up so to speak. A guy home fans can get behind and appreciate his play if you know what I mean.

I say this knowing absolutely nothing about the guy other that what I've read on here.
 

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Rzunz said:
Garland or Givens?
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I was referencing the tweet about Garland having our biggest NIL offer out.

Between the two i would prefer Garland. Him and Whitlock would make an exciting 1 2 scoring option as long as they adjust well. Id be somewhat worried defensively with two smaller guards and an inexperienced front court but we can't be too picky.

Will say I like Givens as well. Whitlock's numbers as a sophomore at Longbeach were comparable to Givens at Memphis. If we can't land Garland I'd be happy with Givens and it would help space the roster a bit since he is a junior, for whatever that's worth in today's climate.
 
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