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Post by Glory Days on Feb 22, 2009 16:54:41 GMT -5
N'gai is still growing physically. I think he will surprise some people next year. Again, Physically, he has matured even since the early weeks of the season to now. He looks stronger every game and he was said to be a "late bloomer" when we signed him and someone said that we were originally planning to redshirt him his freshman year but were unable to do so due to other injuries on the team. If he gains confidence in his natural scoring abilities he will be a real asset off the bench. The kid has good penetrating skills when he tries, its just his lack of confidence holding him back. Defensively he is doing just fine, and he even grabbed some rebounds on Saturday when the situation was a must. We out rebounded Northeastern, I was impressed by that stat. When it comes to Evans, I'm not worried about his physical maturity. It's his decision making that worries me. You see him doing many of the things that Will does and that bothers me. He is supposed to be the point guard on this team. To be a good point guard you need to keep the offense moving. Drive the lane at times and put up an easy shot you can make or kick it back out when you don't have a shot. This is what bothers me. Evans takes way too many outside shots that he isn't good at making. Bad decision. When he drives the lane he doesn't kick it out to an open shooter very often. Bad decision. When he doesn't kick it out he ends up putting up a circus shot that is as bad as a turnover. Bad decision. I like Evan's defense. I like his athletic ability and competitive drive, but not his decision making ability and to me that is the most important thing to being a good point guard. As I pointed out in my last post, he has 39 A/48 TOs. A good point guard should have at least a 2 to 1 ratio. Never a negative ratio. |
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Post by Bomber on Feb 22, 2009 18:08:02 GMT -5
GD, that sums up my concerns about N'Gai pretty well.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Feb 22, 2009 22:15:25 GMT -5
I'm not too worried about our roster except for JD's health. If he can stay healthy for the entire season, we should be pretty tough next year.
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Post by Doliboabros on Feb 23, 2009 0:13:24 GMT -5
I'm not too worried about our roster except for JD's health. If he can stay healthy for the entire season, we should be pretty tough next year. I agree. Everyone will be a year more experienced playing together and they will have another year in the weight room. |
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Post by Big D on Feb 23, 2009 10:58:18 GMT -5
I'm curious what everyone thinks about next year's team. Do you think we are truly done recruiting for next year or are we going to see a few more new faces? The reason I ask is that there have been a few recent articles that discuss 2009 recruits with scholarship offers from WSU. Is someone leaving? Is one of our recruits not going to make grades? Is Darkwa not going to make it through the NCAA clearinghouse for freshman? What does everyone think? We are not done recruiting for 2009. That much I am sure of. We are still looking at a few JUCO post players and JUCO guards. We are also looking at a few high school guards and centers. We do have scholarship offers extended to several players. I don't know where those scholarships are coming from. Our coaches know something we obviously don't know. It should be an interesting spring signing period for us. |
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Post by Kovy on Feb 23, 2009 11:14:40 GMT -5
I'm not too worried about our roster except for JD's health. If he can stay healthy for the entire season, we should be pretty tough next year. I have no faith at all in JDG's health. If we can get him to play 2 games in a row it might be a blessing next year. He's injured more than he's healthy. Even during his transfer year where he sat out he was injured most of that. It's a shame really. He played some good ball this year when he was healthy but this program IMO has to plan on him being injured next year on not rely on him to contribute much. |
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Post by wolf41 on Feb 23, 2009 11:28:49 GMT -5
I think there is good reason to think JD may be done at WSU. If he graduates this year he may conclude it is best to move on. I could imagine him teaching and coaching in his near future. I like Kyle, but there is some logic in assuming that he'll move on after this season. I'd be surprised if Troy, N'gai, or Cooper transferred, since they are sophomores, but anything is possible. I'd fully expect to see Cory, Todd, Scott, Ronnie, and Vaughn back next year. But that's only 5 players, so I see no strong reason for Troy, N'gai, or Cooperwood to leave.
But if the 4 new guys that have been mentioned to date come on board we'll have a strong club. And should we lose JD and Kyle then adding two new players, like a center and a PG, would really help make us even stronger. I remain optimistic about next season.
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Post by 86grad on Feb 23, 2009 14:13:58 GMT -5
The only thing that makes me think that Kyle may not move on is the fact that he has already been redshirted and would only have 2 years of eligibility remaining if he transferred to a D1 program.
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Post by OG Raiderfan on Feb 23, 2009 14:26:41 GMT -5
Kyle could go D2 or NAIA and play next year.
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Post by vernardhollins on Feb 23, 2009 14:50:45 GMT -5
Brownell absolutely loves N'Gai; he and Cartharn will duke it out for playing time next year.
JDG and Brownell love each other; I could see JDG giving up his schollie and continue playing for Brownell in whatever capacity he can. JDG is a smart player and we need him as long as he is willing and able to play.
Troy and Cooper have been given plenty of opportunities but haven't shown any consistency.
They both can go 0-6 as easily as 4-6; I'm not sure what you do about that but try and build their confidence; I don't see either one leaving.
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Post by nybuckeye on Feb 23, 2009 15:03:39 GMT -5
The only thing that makes me think that Kyle may not move on is the fact that he has already been redshirted and would only have 2 years of eligibility remaining if he transferred to a D1 program. He is a redshirt freshman this season so he would have 3 years remaining if he transferred. He would have to sit out another season if he went to a DI program though, which may not be something he'd want to do. I also tend to think he could still develop into a solid contributor for us. A lot of improvement can be made in the time he has remaining at WSU. I don't see him ever being a star but there's no reason he can't become a tough, serviceable post player who defends well, rebounds well, sets great screens and chips in with a few points per game. |
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Post by Glory Days on Feb 23, 2009 15:03:57 GMT -5
Brownell absolutely loves N'Gai; he and Cartharn will duke it out for playing time next year. For N'Gai's sake, I really hope he doesn't have to duke it out with Darian for playing time. Darian has 25+ pounds of muscle on him. He would beat him to a pulp in a matter of seconds.  |
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Post by OG Raiderfan on Feb 23, 2009 15:06:29 GMT -5
The only thing that makes me think that Kyle may not move on is the fact that he has already been redshirted and would only have 2 years of eligibility remaining if he transferred to a D1 program. He is a redshirt freshman this season so he would have 3 years remaining if he transferred. He would have to sit out another season if he went to a DI program though, which may not be something he'd want to do. I also tend to think he could still develop into a solid contributor for us. A lot of improvement can be made in the time he has remaining at WSU. I don't see him ever being a star but there's no reason he can't become a tough, serviceable post player who defends well, rebounds well, sets great screens and chips in with a few points per game. He would only have 2 years remaining if he transfered to a D1 program. You only get 5 years to play 4 seasons. His red-shirt year takes up one of those seasons. |
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Post by Glory Days on Feb 23, 2009 15:10:43 GMT -5
He is a redshirt freshman this season so he would have 3 years remaining if he transferred. He would have to sit out another season if he went to a DI program though, which may not be something he'd want to do. I also tend to think he could still develop into a solid contributor for us. A lot of improvement can be made in the time he has remaining at WSU. I don't see him ever being a star but there's no reason he can't become a tough, serviceable post player who defends well, rebounds well, sets great screens and chips in with a few points per game. He would only have 2 years remaining if he transfered to a D1 program. You only get 5 years to play 4 seasons. His red-shirt year takes up one of those seasons. That is correct. |
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Post by Sixth Man on Feb 23, 2009 15:21:45 GMT -5
I don't know who's leaving, but someone must be if we are still recruiting for 2009.
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