DeMarcus Phillips

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Originally Posted by Clone5

So because he's had one good game in his career against Dartmouth he is going to be a starter next year ahead of Scott Christopherson, Chris Allen, Chris Babb, or Tyrus McGee?

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First of all. Scott and Chris won't be playing pg. So yeah he is better than them at the pg position. And none of us have seen Tyrus McGee and he still has to learn the offense. As far as Chris Allen he will be sg. He is a scorer.

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Originally Posted by pulse

And who else do you suggest we substitute in? Phillips? Its also Bubu's job to handle the ball and assist, which he does well enough since he is the point guard. I don't expect him to drive into the lane and get 10 points/game no matter who we play.

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Your point was people can't see past the Walk-On title and realize he could be a good player for us it wasn't about who else was going to play. I know we don't have any other options right now but unless he drastically improves he will not be an adequate rotation player for us in Big 12 play.

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Originally Posted by pulse

And who else do you suggest we substitute in? Phillips? Its also Bubu's job to handle the ball and assist, which he does well enough since he is the point guard. I don't expect him to drive into the lane and get 10 points/game no matter who we play.

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I think if Bubu could put on some weight and develop his shot a little more in the coming years he could be a player similiar to Kantrail Horton. That's wishful thinking, I thought Kantrail was outstanding, but thats the direction I would take Bubu in.

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Originally Posted by SammyDaBeast

First of all. Scott and Chris won't be playing pg. So yeah he is better than them at the pg position. And none of us have seen Tyrus McGee and he still has to learn the offense. As far as Chris Allen he will be sg. He is a scorer.

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Our offense isn't hard to learn. Bubu has come nowhere close to proving he can be a Big 12 point guard, especially not next year when we should be a team participating in the postseason.

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Originally Posted by Clone5

So you're fine with having Bubu in the rotation against Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, and Baylor? We will be playing 4 on 5 on offense whenever he is in the game.

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Did you not watch the game today? I've been more impressed with Bubu than Anderson as of late. I'll agree with the other poster. He's quick, can get to the rim, can play defense, and today showed he can hit it from 3.

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Originally Posted by Clone5

Our offense isn't hard to learn. Bubu has come nowhere close to proving he can be a Big 12 point guard, especially not next year when we should be a team participating in the postseason.

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Offense isn't hard to learn??? DP hasn't learned it yet? Come on man read the other comments.

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Originally Posted by CEO

I think if Bubu could put on some weight and develop his shot a little more in the coming years he could be a player similiar to Kantrail Horton. That's wishful thinking, I thought Kantrail was outstanding, but thats the direction I would take Bubu in.

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Bubu scored 11 points today and we're comparing him to Kantrail Horton? He'd have to put on a hell of a lot of weight and completely change his shot.

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Originally Posted by SammyDaBeast

Offense isn't hard to learn??? DP hasn't learned it yet? Come on man read the other comments.

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I don't need to read the other comments. DP is having problems learning the offense because he has been on/off the team and injured over the last 2 months. It isn't football, it doesn't take more than a month of practice to get the offense completely down.

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Originally Posted by Clone5

Your point was people can't see past the Walk-On title and realize he could be a good player for us it wasn't about who else was going to play. I know we don't have any other options right now but unless he drastically improves he will not be an adequate rotation player for us in Big 12 play.

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We would all love to have a 6'5" backup point guard who is fast, long, and can shut down the opposing team's All-American point guard, but the backup point guard rarely has that ability. He may not be what we want defensively because of his size, but he is a good point guard who haters (yes like you) refuse to see or acknowledge. I'm fully aware of his defensive short comings against a great Big XII point guard, but he runs our offense well which is his job, and I recognize that and am fine with that.

I think DP may become the elusive "extra scholarship" player if he doesn't improve.

Bubu is turning out to be a great walk-on. It is a bit sad that we don't have any empty scholarships for him to even work his way into one.

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Originally Posted by Clone5

I don't need to read the other comments. DP is having problems learning the offense because he has been on/off the team and injured over the last 2 months. It isn't football, it doesn't take more than a month of practice to get the offense completely down.

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Injured 2 months doesn't matter he was still participating during practice by watching and if he still didn't understand he should have been studying the playbook. Like i said before have you even seen TMcGee play? His stats were good yeah but he had no good offers.

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Originally Posted by pulse

We would all love to have a 6'5" backup point guard who is fast, long, and can shut down the opposing team's All-American point guard, but the backup point guard rarely has that ability. He may not be what we want defensively because of his size, but he is a good point guard who haters (yes like you) refuse to see or acknowledge. I'm fully aware of his defensive short comings against a great Big XII point guard, but he runs our offense well which is his job, and I recognize that and am fine with that.

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We as Cyclone fans have a tendency to overrate our own players and this is one of the worst cases of that I've seen.
I'm far from a hater. I definitely admire what a walk-on has to do but I can promise you he will not be starting next year and we shouldn't base what we think of him on games against Dartmouth.
Hopefully he proves me wrong and becomes a major contributor for the program.
He'll be able to hold his own defensively against some of the Big 12 PG's but offensively will really struggle. It will be very hard to score if we have to play Bubu and CG or JR at the same time.

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Originally Posted by SammyDaBeast

Injured 2 months doesn't matter he was still participating during practice by watching and if he still didn't understand he should have been studying the playbook. Like i said before have you even seen TMcGee play? His stats were good yeah but he had no good offers.

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I've had the same injury as DP. I've had to sit out during practices and watching is nowhere near the same as playing. From what I've seen of Demarcus his problem is just timing right now which is understandable, I will watch next time and see if he knows the plays.
Bubu had no offers.
I've never seen McGee play but the staff has and thats all I need to know. He'll be the starter next year.

Bubu next season will only see the floor in mop up duty. He is only playing this season because of the lack of depth. He is a mid-major player at best. He has very little room to improve. I have been impressed by him, but that is only because I didn't think he was even a mid major player. He gives the team great hustle, but after this season he will only play when this team is blowing other teams out.

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Originally Posted by Clone5

Bubu scored 11 points today and we're comparing him to Kantrail Horton? He'd have to put on a hell of a lot of weight and completely change his shot.

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Apparently you only read the first sentence.

I'm just saying thats the type of player we should try to turn Bubu into. He seems like the kind of kid with the dedication and work ethic to make it happen.