Weight is a bit like the planetary Goldilocks zone when it comes to bigs. Too much and it’s hard to make a big impact. Too little and it’s hard to make a big impact.
It may be my imagination, but I see a drop off in movement and athleticism from high school senior to Cleveland State.
A few observations:
- Not sure he is 6-8
- He played 2 years of JuCo and 1 year at Cleveland State. However, I’m not concerned about his production (or lack therof) at Cleveland State as I don’t think it is representative of his abilities. Cleveland State really didn’t utilize his type of player and was senior heavy (13 seniors rostered). In fact, the top-8 statistical players were Seniors.
The 5 starting seniors played the majority of minutes and those that played were mostly guards:
Patton: 6-5 (30 minutes per game)
Johnson: 6-9 (30 minutes per game)
Gomillion: 6-4 (30 minutes per game)
Parker: 6-4 (26 minutes per game)
Hill: 6 (17 minutes per game)
Finstuen: 6-4 (15 minutes per game)
The team played a lots of guards and just a couple forwards. Doesn’t seem like his game was utilized. I guess this pick is on the advice of our one assistant coach and his observations over the past year.
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Given how much more you, Dick, and too many others who I can’t remember as I have my Pinot know than I do about hoops, I actually feel proud of my observation. Yeah me! Anderson is a real steal.
This offseason, I wanted to go back through recruiting threads to see what was right, what was wrong, and who had some spicy takes.
The pros:
- is this one of the biggest jumps in production I’ve ever seen. He played a harder strength of schedule and still improved every aspect of his game. Free throw shooting. Field goal percentage. Everything is improved.
- Very clearly one of the top 3 on the team
The cons:
- Struggles to finish on the left side of the rim
Icy takes:
How much impact the right situation can have on someone. Watching what Coach Summers helped Mirambeaux and Morris achieve in a single season, what big man wouldn’t want to learn from him.
Spicy takes:
@max with the icy and spicy! Kudos for spotting the potential.
you’re not wrong, and we ended up getting even more than 18-20 min.