Jameel McKay: From "miserable" to "happy"

[RobWGray]

Notebook, with video, from the Texas win: http://cyclonefanatic.com/basketball/mens/news/jameel-mckay-from-miserable-to-happy/

 

[clonedude]

Watching that interview with Jameel, I still don't think he was too happy with only playing 22 mins, but hopefully he'll be getting more minutes as time goes on.

I still wonder if Jameel doesn't tweet "1 game" after his suspension if he would have played @Texas Tech and we get that win, but hopefully in the long run it will benefit us that we lost that game without him.

 

[DollaDollaBill]

Wtf?

 

[nfrine]

Jameel was chasing after loose balls and jumping out of the gym. I swear one of his blocks was with the inside part of his arm by the elbow. Keep it up JMac.

 

[isulive2train]

Wtf?

Must be a janitor.

 

[96Cyclone]

McKay is at his best playing in rotation when he goes hard with all of his energy and then gets some rest to go again. Great players want minutes, they want to start I get that, but McKay looks to be at his best with his high energy runs. Last night reminded me of last year. Early in the year the team didn't have another option and McKay got a lot of minutes and it made it hard to sustain the energy, now Burton can share that time. I hope last night is an indicator of the weeks to come. McKay can get his double/doubles in 25 minutes.

 

[DrClone]

McKay is at his best playing in rotation when he goes hard with all of his energy and then gets some rest to go again. Great players want minutes, they want to start I get that, but McKay looks to be at his best with his high energy runs. Last night reminded me of last year. Early in the year the team didn't have another option and McKay got a lot of minutes and it made it hard to sustain the energy, now Burton can share that time. I hope last night is an indicator of the weeks to come. McKay can get his double/doubles in 25 minutes.

Yup!

 

[06_CY]

Watching that interview with Jameel, I still don't think he was too happy with only playing 22 mins, but hopefully he'll be getting more minutes as time goes on.

I still wonder if Jameel doesn't tweet "1 game" after his suspension if he would have played @Texas Tech and we get that win, but hopefully in the long run it will benefit us that we lost that game without him.

I don't think it was the 1 game tweet. It was his comments to the media that Indefinite sounds harsh, because it's only 1 game, so he's not sure why they would use that wording. I would put big money on that comment being the reason for an additional game. It showed he didn't comprehend who was in charge and what the issue was.

 

[3rdGenStater]

Must be a janitor.

Or John Sears.

 

[HGPuck]

McKay is at his best playing in rotation when he goes hard with all of his energy and then gets some rest to go again. Great players want minutes, they want to start I get that, but McKay looks to be at his best with his high energy runs. Last night reminded me of last year. Early in the year the team didn't have another option and McKay got a lot of minutes and it made it hard to sustain the energy, now Burton can share that time. I hope last night is an indicator of the weeks to come. McKay can get his double/doubles in 25 minutes.

Agreed, we are at our best when Jameel is playing 22-28 minutes per game. At his size and position, you just can't play with that level of energy for 35-38 minutes a game. The way Burton has been playing lately it should allow that to happen now.

 

[stevefrench]

I like that he's just rocking a final four hat

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Must be a janitor.

Or John Sears.

Same thing?

 

[huntt26]

Must be a janitor.

Looks lost, just like their team did in the second half against the Cyclones.

 

[bosco]

Wtf?

If anything is missing from the lockers, suspect #1.

 

[ZZZ]

Jameel did exactly what we need him to do for the rest of the season. Run the floor, rebound, and block/altar shots. If he does all of those things, he will be scoring 10+ points a game and giving us much needed energy on defense.

 

[heitclone]

I think people need to pump the breaks a bit on Jameel's performance last night, he played with great energy but UT still scored baskets on 3 of the shots he blocked and chasing the ball instead of boxing out gave them a few easy buckets. His energy lead to about 10 points worth of mistakes. We all like to see him flying around but does it really make him a better player? Offensively he played within himself but defensively, I think he was a little too eager to make plays last night and gambled, when you look at the actual plays he made vs numbers on paper, a few of those gambles were more like bad plays.

 

[dirtyninety]

McKay is at his best playing in rotation when he goes hard with all of his energy and then gets some rest to go again. Great players want minutes, they want to start I get that, but McKay looks to be at his best with his high energy runs. Last night reminded me of last year. Early in the year the team didn't have another option and McKay got a lot of minutes and it made it hard to sustain the energy, now Burton can share that time. I hope last night is an indicator of the weeks to come. McKay can get his double/doubles in 25 minutes.[/QUOTE

You could say this about a lot of our guys. I didn't notice it the last couple years, but last night George in particular looked tired and did not go full bore on rebounds or inbounds passes. Even Monte can use rest and liked that he got some last night. I swear there were 4 or 5 rebounding situations, long ones, where I guys just watched it instead of selling out to get it. It got better later in game when it was crunch time, but there lies the problem.....we do not put pepole away because we are on cruise control too often. More wake up calls to come I am afraid.
I'm not sure who is around Jameel telling him he is going to be a multi-millionaire in NBA.....but I really wish you the best and happiness with a a strong European career. Save your money, which will be good. You might have to drive Acura instead of Alpha Romeos liek the rest of us schmucks.......but you are still living the dream bro. Stay Happy.

 

[CyStalker]

I thought Jameel was a great teammate yesterday. I will give him credit for the step forward that he made. Humility is a hard pill to swallow. It's not only the right step for the future of this team, but a right step for the future of Jameel as a man.

 

[Tre4ISU]

I think people need to pump the breaks a bit on Jameel's performance last night, he played with great energy but UT still scored baskets on 3 of the shots he blocked and chasing the ball instead of boxing out gave them a few easy buckets. His energy lead to about 10 points worth of mistakes. We all like to see him flying around but does it really make him a better player? Offensively he played within himself but defensively, I think he was a little too eager to make plays last night and gambled, when you look at the actual plays he made vs numbers on paper, a few of those gambles were more like bad plays.

Yes. That one was easy. Got another one?

 

[Rural]

That was the most "last year" he's looked and he said the time off tightened up the knee.

All good, now just has to stay onboard (read: on the team).