I can't remember anyone saying he'd contribute this year. He's fine, he's stuck behind 3 seniors. 2 of which are 5th year guys.
Eli King??
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Jesus this site is the worst anymore...ask a simple question and get a dozen **** head responses.
For one, I did a search and didn't see any thread. For two, I got the idea he would be a potential starter and contributer from Chris Williams on a podcast...I didn't make it up. CW said he had the best potential to contribute and possibly start, I'm sure if was before the injury to the PG.
Anyway, I'm glad he's not hurt or in some doghouse, I was just curious why he wasn't playing and couldn't find any info on it.
For one, I did a search and didn't see any thread. For two, I got the idea he would be a potential starter and contributer from Chris Williams on a podcast...I didn't make it up. CW said he had the best potential to contribute and possibly start, I'm sure if was before the injury to the PG.
Anyway, I'm glad he's not hurt or in some doghouse, I was just curious why he wasn't playing and couldn't find any info on it.
I'd settle for him being the next Alex Caruso of collegiate basketball!
It's not just at 18. Michael Jordan became a way better all-around basketball player after he shaved his head.
Where?JLH is the king!
That is a crown on her head, right?
It drives me nuts when people bring this up. Who is Eli taking minutes from? Only so many minutes to go around, and he's not going to come in and be better than any of the upperclassmen guards outside of maybe Grill.
Be patient. His time will come. TJ wants to play a tight bench and wants guys in their who can defend at a high level. Just remember when Jaden Walker didn’t sniff the court for a bulk of the season, but when we needed him due to injury or foul trouble he produced. I see Eli doing the same at some point this season
I think it's clear from the little halftime vignette about Thanksgiving dinner that he's not in the doghouse. He just isn't there yet. He's an 18 year old true frosh who played the equivalent of Iowa 2A basketball. This is a huge step up in competition for him and a bigger adjustment than most of the other guys are making.
I get that he’s a true freshman but when you factor in that he’s 38 years old I really think he’s going to need to make a contribution sooner rather than later 
I agree that the impression I had was that he was the most likely freshman to contribute. At least until Williams got hurt. Thank goodness Lipsey looks like a legit point guard already. I know that a lot of our half court sets are being run with Holmes at the point but I'd be concerned about some combination of him, Kalscheur, and Grill having to handle all of that responsibility against the defense of Baylor's and Tech's guards.
Thought I would chime in here. Having seen Eli play against Minnehaha academy where he seemed to always defend against J Suggs when Chet Holmgren was also playing on their team it was impressive to see how he shut down or limited Suggs especially the game I attended in person a few years ago. Suggs got the majority of his points that game when Eli was out with 3 fouls and guys off the bench couldn’t stop The Suggs. I would say if they played one on one it could go either way!
I thought I would go to the video from youtube. He and Lipsley were AAU teammates playing for D1 one of the top AAU teams around. They played all high level D1 players. Looks like Eli more than held his own.
"D1 Minnesota matched up with Team Factory at Jammin In July in Ames Iowa. Eli King scored 19 points with 8 assists for D1 Minnesota, with Tamin Lipsey adding 11 and David Joplin scoring 10. Chucky Hepburn and Frankie Fidler both scored 15 for Team Factory." King #0 Lipsley #1
This one from last year Caledonia vs Totino Grace (Demarion Watson). Looks like Totino had 6 D1 players. King held his own and hit game winner over Watson. Great thing Watson, King & Lipsley all teammates now. Hopefully they stay together. And yes, numerous videos of King matching up with Jaylen Suggs on a yearly basis. Looks like King played against Very High- level competition throughout his high school career, even though from a small school. I'm sure he'll have a successful career in college; if not here somewhere else. Also, a "freak" in football as offered by Notre Dame, Stanford, most big Ten & some SEC schools. I wouldn't count him out.
Most freshman that arent the top 5* types arent ready to contribute right away. He is super athletic, and his time will come. Let him cook a little while longer. I love his potential.
