hawkforlife9
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I got very excited watching Withey play against Kentucky knowing we have that type of player coming on board next year. He'll be a beast underneath.
Withey is a junior and was invisible as a freshman and soph. I hope you have patience.
Wow, I bet he was hard to box out.
Woodbury will get an earlier opportunity, of course, and will be forced to develop faster. I suspect there will be some unfair criticism from those with too lofty of expectations.
Withey is a nice player and is a pretty good comparison. He can jump better than Woody but I don't know what he was like as a frosh.
I think you missed my joke.
Here's who I think is going to be the best comparison for Woodbury.
Jared Reiner Stats - Iowa Hawkeyes - College Basketball
Because of the evolution of AAU ball, I think AW will benefit from having played (well) against more variety of and better competition. I believe that allows AW to exceed JR's early year numbers, across the board. I see him on a similar curve as JR in scoring - peaking in that 10-12 ppg area but I don't expect he will exceed JR's rebounding numbers.
My hope for AW is that he grows to a solid 12 / 6 guy and has an even bigger impact on defense. If he can achieve this earlier than JR, (and I think he can just based on his hustle, hard work and strong bball IQ) he will have lived up to his billing. I also hope he avoids the injuries that I recall interrupted JR's late Hawkeye career.
The obstacles facing AW are his strength, hops and having to face consistently more athletic, well rounded big men than JR had to face. The positives that will allow him to compete / be more productive earlier are his national experience, being a lefty, his work ethic and playing with Gesell and White for his whole career.
Withey is a junior and was invisible as a freshman and soph. I hope you have patience.
I think you missed my joke.
He also played behind the Morris twins, so he wasn't expected to do too much.
He also played behind the Morris twins, so he wasn't expected to do too much.