Lucca

[clintr]

Doesn't matter how Lucca did last night, he can cut metal with his laser beam eyes. Did you know that he uses a steel wire brush to clean his teeth?

It's best that you don't question his performance.

[Landshark]

I think he is playing well for a first year player. I feel like he is really pushing it and wants to light it up. I think when he slows down and lets the game come to him, he will do fine.

Me too!!!

[clone4lyfe]

Give him some time to get his legs back under him and some more minutes and he'll settle into his game. He's only what 4 or 5 games back off of knee surgery so I'm sure he doesn't have full mobility or confidence in his knee at this point. Plus I'm sure the coaching staff is watching his minutes pretty closely to ensure he is healthy when the conference schedule comes around.

[arganbright2]

I thought when he finally drove it to the hole he looked good. He had one basket where he took that little white fella (moron or something) off the dribble. It only took him 2 steps to get from the 3 point line to the hoop. He may have pushed off a bit but I thought it was a pretty strong drive considering he is a 3 point shooter with a bum wheel.

[CyCy]

Very unusual shooting stats so far this year.

22 3-pt fg attempts, 4 2-pt fg attempts, zero free throws.

Hasn't really put the ball on the floor and dribbled past people much yet this year, although he did have one nice drive to the basket last night.

[Clonefan32]

Hmm, why would Lucca look slow and rusty? Could it be that he is just over a month removed from knee surgery?. Or perhaps the fact that he is essentially a freshman when it comes to D1 basketball. Maybe it could be the offseason he spent playing highly competitive ball overseas? He will be fine, let the knee rehab, let him get into the flow and let him figure out what it takes to succeed in D1 ball.

[Cloned4Life]

Hmm, why would Lucca look slow and rusty? Could it be that he is just over a month removed from knee surgery?. Or perhaps the fact that he is essentially a freshman when it comes to D1 basketball. Maybe it could be the offseason he spent playing highly competitive ball overseas? He will be fine, let the knee rehab, let him get into the flow and let him figure out what it takes to succeed in D1 ball.

Agreed!

[mustangcy]

There's no question he is still favoring that knee a little.

[Wesley]

He didn't live up to my hype.

I fully expected a 30 pt. avg. at this point. Since he doesn't have at least 3 alley oop dunks at this point, I think it's a lost cause.

But in all seriousness, I like his size and ability to take a defender out of the double down defense game because they always need to stay true to him. When he settles in and is comfortable driving and dishing I think he will come into his own. Creating space to nail those 3 pointers will be his biggest growing pain.

Like Cory Johnson?

[mkadl]

He really wants to get rolling but his knee is holding him back a little. When he settles down and gets 100%, he is going to be good. He needs to keep shooting and have that one game to get him on track.

Gary Thompson used to say"you have to shoot yourself out of a shooting slump"

[aweb84]

So why is Gmac starting him if he isn't 100%?

[Dave19642006]

considering what all has happened to him he is doing great

[Dave19642006]

Doesn't matter how Lucca did last night, he can cut metal with his laser beam eyes. Did you know that he uses a steel wire brush to clean his teeth?

It's best that you don't question his performance.

so you are saying Chuck Norris is scared of him

[Wesley]

Lucca probably is starting in order to prepare for Big 12 play in Jan and to help McD rub the eyes of the Nasty College of Anal Airheads (NCAA).

[jahfg]

So why is Gmac starting him if he isn't 100%?

I heard GM mention that he wanted some experience coming off the bench so he switched Haluska and Lucca.