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    2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions

    I don't think any of us can confidently say what Williams is or isn't. But given that they also have men on the scout team, I doubt that she was playing the 5 completely by default. She's listed at 6'2", same as Diew. Looking at Diew's three years, I think you could make an argument that her...
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    NBA: ***2023-24 NBA season***

    The Timberwolves-Nuggets game kind of felt like the Iowa State-Houston Big 12 championship game to me. An opposing team that's maybe a little bit banged up, but you still expect a great game. Then a complete shutdown by the Timberwolves and Iowa State, kind of out of nowhere. Then you kind of...
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    ***Official Pacers Playoff Thread***

    I get what you're saying, but I have a hard time saying that any team "NEEDED" to win any road game 1. The Pacers were very much in the game, despite the refs, despite the Knicks shooting 48% from three, despite Tyrese mostly being a decoy down the stretch, and despite none of the Pacers having...
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    2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions

    Last year's three-point percentages and 3PA per 40 minutes of next season's guards and forwards: Ryan: 43%, 3.5 Brown: 39%, 4.9 Joens: 39%, 6.5 Jackson: 41%, 5.3 Harris: 40%, 10.9 Hare: 43%, 8.6 Hansford: 45%, 7.3 For Iowa State last season, Belanger had the highest 3PA per 40 at 7.4. It seems...
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    NBA: ***2023-24 NBA season***

    I agree with @madguy30 that they've just kind of reached their respective peaks, more than likely. But also, the main thing for Niang is that he doesn't provide defense, so if he isn't hitting shots (as in these playoffs), he's not very valuable. And even when he is hitting shots, in the...
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    2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions

    College women's basketball has 15 scholarships (rather than the 13 for men's), so there is plenty of room, even if she barely plays or doesn't play. Frankly, if Taulelei ended up being the only post that the staff is pursuing and the only one they get, then I'd guess that they expect Williams...
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    ***Official 2024 Transfer Thread***

    Yeah, I guess I wasn't really thinking when I said that. Probably more accurately, it will rarely have more than one freshman in it as a significant piece. But in most cases, they won't be the centerpiece; they'll be more complementary because of the benefit of age and experience that you get...
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    ***Official 2024 Transfer Thread***

    I agree. I think the rotation will almost never have freshmen in it. But there will still be 2 to 4 players at the end of the bench who won't play much or at all, so there's still room for freshmen to come in and get a shot. In that way, I almost wonder if high school recruits will become an...
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    ***Official Pacers Playoff Thread***

    Some stats to back that up for Tyrese: I went in search of "hockey assist" stats (the pass to the player who gets the assist). On the season, I was surprised that Tyrese isn't higher (LINK--actually tied with Brunson at 1.1 per game, though in the playoffs Tyrese is higher at 2 per game this...
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    ***Official Pacers Playoff Thread***

    Yeah, even though Turner gets a lot of blocks and as you said, has all the tools, I'm always surprised at how disappointing his defense is overall.
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    ***Official Pacers Playoff Thread***

    Milwaukee currently shooting 74% from two, which is just ridiculous. The Pacers' defense has not been good, but I also think it's been better than it might seem just from that number--based on ESPN's shot charts, the Bucks are 6-8 from two on shots outside the lane, most of which have been...
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    MLB: ***Official 2024 St. Louis Cardinals Thread***

    The main key for him is just whether he stays healthy. His one healthy season in St. Louis he had 34 HRs with a .912 OPS (48% above league average) in 138 games. He had other short stretches like this one where he was great, but the only other seasons he even played half of the season or more...
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    Joshua Jefferson has committed to Iowa State

    Then I refer you to the other part of my comment: And the original:
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    Joshua Jefferson has committed to Iowa State

    I mean I did say that one of the two of Chatfield and Rock would probably take the majority of their combined minutes, I just wasn't sure how it would play out, so I split them. But I also don't see why that's so crazy? We don't know much about Rock, but if they give you slightly different...
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    Joshua Jefferson has committed to Iowa State

    Since we're doing them, here's my gut as of right now on conference MPG, and comparing it to this season. Don't pay too much attention to the positional minute allocations for guys like Jones and Heise, I just did that to help think through the distribution. Realistically, I think one of...
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    2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions

    I think it was good, but in the last 5 games (Big 12 tournament and NCAA tournament), they also combined for 11, 10, 12, 8, and 12 turnovers. I'm pretty sure quite a few of those came from attempted post-entry passes. So I think there will be room to improve in the offseason, identifying the...
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    Joshua Jefferson has committed to Iowa State

    I am not jealous of the job Otz and staff have ahead of them managing minutes and the rotation. I think Heise is good enough to play 15-20 minutes on a team as good as Iowa State will be. But at the same time, I don't see the minutes going significantly down for Lipsey/Gilbert/Jones. I think...
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    How much nba do you watch

    There's a lot of truth to the bolded statement. Even Iowa State's defense--which is great, high-effort, and also has awesome individual defenders--relies heavily on opposing players not being able to consistently make the correct play or make all of their open shots. If they do, the defense can...
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    2024-25 Roster/Rotation Additions

    I'm hoping that an offseason of Ryan and Crooks being able to work together can help that. Crooks is a different kind of player than anyone Ryan has played with at ISU, and coming in midseason probably reduced their ability to have good chemistry. An offseason should be able to help.
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    ***Official 2024 Transfer Thread***

    I think the bolded part is true, but is also more than just players he knew from high school. Looking at the previous transfers into the program, the vast majority of them have had significant connections to Otz and the staff. Many of them are guys who were recruited or at least scouted by Otz...
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