Hopefully his game transitions well to Big Ten ball. He does look fast and the reports on him says he plays D really well. It's what this team desperately needs.
I hope you're right. He's only a 3-star according to Rivals and 247 and his interest list is less than impressive. Hoping he is that overlooked diamond in the rough who can do great things in Iowa City.
I hope you're right. He's only a 3-star according to Rivals and 247 and his interest list is less than impressive. Hoping he is that overlooked diamond in the rough who can do great things in Iowa City.
to me, the reason this kid is important is because he plays that in your face defense on the perimeter and can win off the dribble. he doesn't have a consistent jumper, at this point, and that doesn't bother me. that can be developed over time. what can't be is foot speed and quickness and fran needs to reformulate the roster with more perimeter speed/quickness guys. that's been our down fall. if you can't guard the perimeter, you can't defend the lane.
Joe Toussaint dislocated his shoulder, played with the injury his junior season and part of the AAU season, then had surgery before his senior season. It seems there could be a reason he would be underrated.
Plus his lack of size
We have all seen some great point guards even off guards who were only around 6 ft tall. Some special ones were 5-4 to 5'8''
Very true! In bball, all things grading out equally, teams will take the 6'4" guard over the 5'10" guy. This is so often a mistake, as the smaller players are often the better player. See B. J. Armstrong.
I feel the same. Not with the kinds of teams that Fran builds. He should have enough shooters around him. Need that guy with quickness and lock down D to put on the other teams fastest or best guard.
I think the thing I like most about Joe, from the little that I know about him, is that he doesn't fit that stereotype we have for most of Fran's recruits. One of the problems I have with Fran is that I feel all his recruits seem to come from the same mold and play the same similar game. We need guys like Joe that don't fit that stereotype and add different layers to the team.
Chris Paul is listed as 6', John Stockton was listed as 6'1", Isiah Thomas was listed as 6'1" and they are all in the conversation of the best PGs of all time.
Height obviously can help but if you can play, you can play. Kind of like QB for the NFL...
I saw enough of Isiah Thomas live against the hawks back in the day. And as a example the great Drake teams in the late 1960's-70 when they played Bradley U which was good, one of the Bradley players that always gave Drake fits at Vets in Des Moines was Frank Sylvester I think his name was. Five foot friggin 4 inches tall but fast, could dribble and could shoot the jumper. Saw him score close to 20 several times at Vets.
Hopefully his game transitions well to Big Ten ball. He does look fast and the reports on him says he plays D really well. It's what this team desperately needs.