stokesjokes wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 10:27 pm
Warfield was our highest rated recruit- athletic, slasher-type. He needs to physically mature before he’s a big contributor imho. He’s got a tiny frame, but looks like he could be a 3-level scorer when he fills out and gets used to the college game.
Jackson is apparently a great shooter. He’s a bit behind because of having to sit the first few weeks with an injury.
Maide is a bit of a mystery. In his limited minutes he’s shown flashes of athleticism, but he just seems like the last man out here. He red-shirted last year and seems like he’s behind the true freshmen in the rotation this year.
2 reasons we see Dobbs and not the other guys:
1. Dobbs is one of 2 PGs on the roster, we kind of have to play him.
2. Defense. The pack-line takes time to learn. Ritchie isn’t going to play you if you’re a defensive liability. See: Abii.
The other thing about Dobbs is he is absolute money at the FT line. The last several times we had the lead late and opponents needed to foul, he has been in there and had the ball in his hands. 6-6 from the line this weekend in that situation.
Warfield's greatest upside is as a defender, where he has the potential to be a 6'5" version of Lovell Cabbel. Besides needing to get stronger, he is still in the learning curve on the pack line.
Jackson's medical issue early in the year was actually not an injury, but an illness. No, not Covid.......... mono. Ritchie has said multiple times that he was in the top 7 of our rotation prior to that. Others have emerged (mainly McDowell) and he has not been able to get back to that point.
Talented as he is, Abii has been a huge liability on defense. He needs to bear down in practice and fix that if he wants to play. We will certainly be a better team if he does.
When you look at who we have now and the 2 we have already signed for next year, it's very apparent there are 2 current scholarship players who will be buried at the end of the bench the rest of their careers if they don't transfer. I do not believe we are done recruiting for 2021.