Not only that, but he cleaned up at least 3 or 4 possessions with crazy rebounds after stupid shots by multiple seniors in the last 5 minutes of the game.
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Not only that, but he cleaned up at least 3 or 4 possessions with crazy rebounds after stupid shots by multiple seniors in the last 5 minutes of the game.
I totally agree with you. His weakness early on was his pnr D. And Holden was/is actually good at pnr D. But it's always seemed like Young could give you more in other areas of the court. I've never seen Bowie as an adequate 5. But I can understand how early on how the offense from 1-4 should have been enough to offset Holden at the 5.
Freshman, broken wrist, two senior transfers expected to do these things.
The game seems to be slowing down for him and he is understanding what he can do. Excellent sign. Plus getting away with a goal tend or two
A double double in a big conference road game is grown ass man stuff. This kid is going to be good.
How would the game at Texas been different if he had played the same minutes as he did tonight?
We are a tough out with a contributing 5 spot!
We are a tough out with a contributing 5 spot!
His lack of doing anything?
Because he gets lost on defense. And Holden is just a little better on offense... That's what I heard anyway.
He should have probably had at least 6-10 more points. There were a lot of times that he either pick and rolled or just got to the open spot down low and the guys didn't feed him the ball.
He looked like a veteran tonight!
I thought defensively he was fine for an inexperienced big. Definitely better than earlier in the season. But his activity level and ability to get the loose ball and finish impressed me tonight.
It is pretty obvious he's comfortable being out there in Big 12 games, and that's great because this team needs him down there.
It is pretty obvious he's comfortable being out there in Big 12 games, and that's great because this team needs him down there.
Prohm haters in spin mode per the usual.
My hope is the guys buy into feeding the post. At times he's very open, and at other times he's just got he's only opened up to the ball but give it to him and let him work. Getting TCU's big in foul trouble is crucial Saturday.
He had rough stretch against Texas where he struggled against the pick n roll. I love Solomon and he was the difference between a win and a loss tonight, but remember KSU was missing their best big man. Young is going to get a really tough test on Saturday. Brodzoinsky (sp?) torched us in Fort Worth. Young will have to be on his game again. But I'm excited to see how good he can get even before the end of the year.
A few guys were still going for their points instead of team points.. I take it 5 guard,jump shooting, play ground, high school ball is finally dead.... Thank god
Eber, Ade, Iundu and Bron need to ask Solomon if they can borrow the W that he took from them.
Hey he put young in fed the post and stopped playing 5 guards that's all I wanted.
This box score and Solomon's line is absolutely gorgeous...
He was our leading scorer tonight. Talk about a balanced offense.
I always thought this team was one Big 12-level big man from being very good, if not on par with the teams from Georges' sophomore, junior, and senior years.
Looks like we might have that, and then some.
Seeing a big guy who who just does those little garbage disposal things...
-- plays good post defense
-- boxes people out like he means it
-- fights on the boards
-- catches balls thrown to him... I cannot count the number of times I have seen balls go off Holden's hands of stone into the crowd this year...
-- is active around the rim for easy put backs
-- has himself in position for easy feeds from our talented, experience guards for dunks
-- challenge shots around the rim... he blocked a few, but I could tell K-State had to change its approach to going to the basket with him around
-- just those few things from him were probably worth 20 points tonight
-- if you are going to foul somebody, foul in a context that makes sense... preventing an easy lay-up, for instance... or make sure they feel it when you do
-- we probably got our first points from rim-running this season this game, too
-- being a badass mofo rockin' the Pistons bad boys headband
-- all this without even one offensive set run for him and the guards not really looking to feed him on the block, even if he was working hard for position the whole time
-- seems we have ourselves the reincarnation of Melvin Ejim here in a bigger body
-- nor much for back-to-the-basket post moves, which I am sure they will work on with him, and, heck, the kid even has a pretty good baseline jump shot
This team's ceiling is WAY higher for just having one guy like that. Unfortunate that it took this long with Solomon's inexperience and injury early in the year, but I am super glad we are going to have a returning starter for next year and something of what we really needed to round out this roster to finish this season to push into the big dance, in Kansas City, and in the tournament itself. Our guards plus one competent big man is going to be a really nasty out at a #7 or #6 seed or something like that if we keep this up.
He was our leading scorer tonight. Talk about a balanced offense.
I always thought this team was one Big 12-level big man from being very good, if not on par with the teams from Georges' sophomore, junior, and senior years.
Looks like we might have that, and then some.
Seeing a big guy who who just does those little garbage disposal things...
-- plays good post defense
-- boxes people out like he means it
-- fights on the boards
-- catches balls thrown to him... I cannot count the number of times I have seen balls go off Holden's hands of stone into the crowd this year...
-- is active around the rim for easy put backs
-- has himself in position for easy feeds from our talented, experience guards for dunks
-- challenge shots around the rim... he blocked a few, but I could tell K-State had to change its approach to going to the basket with him around
-- just those few things from him were probably worth 20 points tonight
-- if you are going to foul somebody, foul in a context that makes sense... preventing an easy lay-up, for instance... or make sure they feel it when you do
-- we probably got our first points from rim-running this season this game, too
-- being a badass mofo rockin' the Pistons bad boys headband
-- all this without even one offensive set run for him and the guards not really looking to feed him on the block, even if he was working hard for position the whole time
-- seems we have ourselves the reincarnation of Melvin Ejim here in a bigger body
-- nor much for back-to-the-basket post moves, which I am sure they will work on with him, and, heck, the kid even has a pretty good baseline jump shot
This team's ceiling is WAY higher for just having one guy like that. Unfortunate that it took this long with Solomon's inexperience and injury early in the year, but I am super glad we are going to have a returning starter for next year and something of what we really needed to round out this roster to finish this season to push into the big dance, in Kansas City, and in the tournament itself. Our guards plus one competent big man is going to be a really nasty out at a #7 or #6 seed or something like that if we keep this up.
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