Nothing public I've seen, but Bolton has probably had plenty of folks in his ear asking if he's thinking of transferring. Seems like he wants to keep that noise out and just get back to work.
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Until things develop more anyone coming back would be in question.
Happy to have Rasir back. He’s probably my favorite transfer we’ve had honestly. Two things:
1. I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the reason he is staying is how we handled his departure from PSU.
2. Rasir is an easy target of criticism because of the turnovers (valid criticism), but I feel like how much he improved this year gets lost. Improved fg% by 5.5% on 0.6 more fg attempts, rebounding went up by 1.4, shot selection improved (2pt attempts up, 3 pt attempts down), steals up, assists up.
1. I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the reason he is staying is how we handled his departure from PSU.
2. Rasir is an easy target of criticism because of the turnovers (valid criticism), but I feel like how much he improved this year gets lost. Improved fg% by 5.5% on 0.6 more fg attempts, rebounding went up by 1.4, shot selection improved (2pt attempts up, 3 pt attempts down), steals up, assists up.
Although I agree he is not a point guard, did you ever consider that he was the best option we had?
Exactly. That was never more apparent than when he went down with the injury. That was the biggest issue this year. Hunter coming in next year along with Walker's (hopefully) improvement should address that. Having Hinson and Foster will help immensely as well.
People who criticize Rasir know nothing about basketball. He is literally the only playmaker on the team. He's the only guy capable of getting to the rim and creating offense on his own.
The defense is completely keyed on him at all times and he's still scoring at a good clip. I'm sure he'd be fine with his usage going down, which would lead to less turnovers, if he had some help out there. But I imagine he looks around alot and figures if he's not trying to make a play we won't have a chance to score.
Well said. And if you get him a PG and a stretch 4/5 (hopefully Foster) then you have the start of something that can fit his skills better.
Rasir is a guy I want to see succeed, and I believe has the talent to succeed. He's just been put into an impossible situation this year.
Shayok remains my favorite transfer of the Prohm era, and it's not even close. The dude flat out wanted to win. My biggest gripe with Bolton isn't his turnovers, especially because he is playing way out of position. My biggest gripe with him is the attitude I saw from him in times when we were being blown out. There was a game where he fouled out, and he proceeded to go joke around on the sidelines as we were getting curb stomped. I'm not saying he doesn't care about winning, but we just haven't seen it.
Absolutely. Asked to do too much, while playing out of position. He isn't a perfect player, he has things to work on. But he was asked to do things that played to his weaknesses, just coaching malpractice.
Imagine if his usage goes down a little, he plays the 2 / 3 spot where he can move around and get the ball in a position to shoot or drive, develop his passing skills... THAT'S a Rasir who is an absolute offensive weapon. And he is a decent defender too.
Enter Tyrese Hunter. I don’t want to be a black sheep, this year was terrible, but there’s a silver lining if Prohm stays and that’s Hunter.
He needs to play the 2. Hopefully Hunter stays committed; Bolton would greatly benefit from that.
Hopefully next year he'll have a coach that will explain to him 10 second violations when nobody is guarding you is unacceptable if you want to be part of this program.
The best player on this team with highest usage rate was going to have high turnovers.
I wonder if any leading scorer on a winless conference team has ever had great turnover numbers.
His fg% given the amount of times he has to bail out the offense is incredible.
His game has transitioned a ton from last year. He was able to pull up and take it all the way to the basket, which was much different than what he could do his first year here. Hopefully the next thing that comes is a consistent 3 point shot. Actually having other weapons and a good team will help that.
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Rasir is really good but there are two things holding him back from being great:
1. he doesn't like to play physical, with his first step, he could live at the FT line if he wasn't afraid of contact at the rim, with as good a FT shooter as he is, this could be a game changer for us. He needs to get physically stronger or at least not shy away from contact. Often, if he gets his shot blocked or fouled hard, he starts to avoid going to the rim. He should be in attack mode all the time
2. He isn't always mentally engaged, that accounts for the long stretches where he disappears and many of his turnovers it also plays in to the first point I made. I think its fair to put some of this on how he's coached and the fact that he is playing out of position. When he is locked in, he's really tough to stop but too often we get long stretches where he isn't making an impact.
He did improve in both of these areas this past season and he's going to be a really good player next year no matter what but until he can improve in these areas, he won't be an alpha that can carry a team. He has all the skills to be great, he just needs whats upstairs to match what he can do physically. That's what can take him from good to great, hopefully he gets to play for a coaching staff that can help bring that out in him.
1. he doesn't like to play physical, with his first step, he could live at the FT line if he wasn't afraid of contact at the rim, with as good a FT shooter as he is, this could be a game changer for us. He needs to get physically stronger or at least not shy away from contact. Often, if he gets his shot blocked or fouled hard, he starts to avoid going to the rim. He should be in attack mode all the time
2. He isn't always mentally engaged, that accounts for the long stretches where he disappears and many of his turnovers it also plays in to the first point I made. I think its fair to put some of this on how he's coached and the fact that he is playing out of position. When he is locked in, he's really tough to stop but too often we get long stretches where he isn't making an impact.
He did improve in both of these areas this past season and he's going to be a really good player next year no matter what but until he can improve in these areas, he won't be an alpha that can carry a team. He has all the skills to be great, he just needs whats upstairs to match what he can do physically. That's what can take him from good to great, hopefully he gets to play for a coaching staff that can help bring that out in him.
