Greenberg Tweet on McKay
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To be fair he's manning up Hogue and while Hoque is a great defender he has no business guarding posts.
Except he can shoot outside jumpers, handle the ball fairly well for his size, and slash to the basket. He'll be fine. Oh, and he's pretty long and quick, so I don't see why he has to stand under the rim. Sometimes Hogue is standing on the block while somebody drives as well. Doesn't seem to bog anything down. People will be suprised with his offensive skill set.
While yes, I think McKay has a decent jumper, he doesn't shot one in that video. I do remember a few ugly shots from the perimeter during the summer but also some makes. He has fairly decent form for a guy his size.
Jameel McKay will not have an instant impact for ISU. Limited offensive skills could actually hurt Cyclone spacing. More of a role player.
Seth GreenbergPretty much just won us a road game against a Top 25 team.
Greenberg was right. McKay took a few games to get into the swing of things. And he is a role player.... Energy guy, great post defender, aggressive on the glass, and runs the floor well. He is pretty ok on his own, but has found an outstanding role in Hoiball.
On our team we really might not need him to shoot that much, assuming the pieces we're bringing in next year are decent shooters outside of Cooke who we know can stroke it.
We already have Niang, Hogue and BDJ as long guys that can create on the perimeter.
He was the best shot blocker we've had in five seasons immediately. He was also one of the best big men running the floor in college basketball from day 1 which is pretty key for our team, it's not like we're Wisconsin or UNI setting up to kill the clock. The rest of his game is clearly coming along now though.
For all we know, what he said may have come from Fred. Whatever happened it worked
Yes, McKay has been good from the start, but the team really struggled to find its identity at first with him on the floor.
