I was trying to think up comps for Nevada's players.
after watching a bunch of tape, it's clear there are two sets. Marshall, Caroline and Oliver make them go, and King, Fenner and Hall are "just guys". They do their job, they can all handle, drive and shoot the 3, but those 3 don't stand out.
Marshall reminded me a lot of Devonte Graham at Kansas - if he was the main scorer at a mid-major. I can't decide if that's too high of praise or not. He mainly plays off the ball, scores kinda quietly, but moves over to the main handler late in the games and takes (and makes) the big shots. I just looked up the advanced stats and they are almost identical from shooting percentages to physical size to assist rate. The only major difference is usage %.
Oliver was tricky, but I decided his best comparison is Deonte Burton stretched 4" taller and down about 10 pounds. They really do play similarly. Shoot 3's, drive to the rim, putbacks. With a real mission to punish the rim with highlight dunks. Oliver rebounds a bit better (15% vs. 12%) and blocks more shots, but Burton has more steals. Burton shoots less 3s and more 2s, Oliver doesn't love the mid-range like Deonte. Shooting percentages and passing are very similar. It'll be fun to watch them guard each other when ISU goes small
Caroline is a harder comp for me. Can shoot the 3, very good at offensive rebounding for being slightly undersized, but his main strength is putting his head down going to the rim and getting fouled. He's made 30 more FTs than anyone on ISU has attempted - and he only makes 58%! Looking through the stats I figured out who he plays like - Aaron White! But, you know, without out all the pasty Iowa-ness. And White was two inches taller and could actually make his FTs, and Caroline is a bit better rebounder.
after watching a bunch of tape, it's clear there are two sets. Marshall, Caroline and Oliver make them go, and King, Fenner and Hall are "just guys". They do their job, they can all handle, drive and shoot the 3, but those 3 don't stand out.
Marshall reminded me a lot of Devonte Graham at Kansas - if he was the main scorer at a mid-major. I can't decide if that's too high of praise or not. He mainly plays off the ball, scores kinda quietly, but moves over to the main handler late in the games and takes (and makes) the big shots. I just looked up the advanced stats and they are almost identical from shooting percentages to physical size to assist rate. The only major difference is usage %.
Oliver was tricky, but I decided his best comparison is Deonte Burton stretched 4" taller and down about 10 pounds. They really do play similarly. Shoot 3's, drive to the rim, putbacks. With a real mission to punish the rim with highlight dunks. Oliver rebounds a bit better (15% vs. 12%) and blocks more shots, but Burton has more steals. Burton shoots less 3s and more 2s, Oliver doesn't love the mid-range like Deonte. Shooting percentages and passing are very similar. It'll be fun to watch them guard each other when ISU goes small
Caroline is a harder comp for me. Can shoot the 3, very good at offensive rebounding for being slightly undersized, but his main strength is putting his head down going to the rim and getting fouled. He's made 30 more FTs than anyone on ISU has attempted - and he only makes 58%! Looking through the stats I figured out who he plays like - Aaron White! But, you know, without out all the pasty Iowa-ness. And White was two inches taller and could actually make his FTs, and Caroline is a bit better rebounder.
