A10Ref Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, NH said: Rashad Williams is a big-time shooter. Don’t let the low efficiency numbers fool you too much - he took a LOT of contested threes and led the nation in 3 point field goal attempts. I have confidence in his ability to shoot at a high-level in the A-10 and Ford seems laser focused on bringing in another shooter. Personally, I have concerns about his defense. He has good hands but is on the smaller side and not an outstanding athlete from what I can tell. I’m not a huge fan of him playing next to Yuri for that reason. We are low on guards right now and low on shooting so if we end up bringing in Williams as a rotation guard who provides shooting off the bench it makes sense to me. If he is being recruited to play big minutes I will be disappointed. if we bring him in, i bet it's to support Perk in scoring but not to take away minutes from thatch/hargrove/yuri... probably a 20 min type guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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majerus mojo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, wgstl said: I dont have time for jokes, Carter 1 + 1 = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, majerus mojo said: 1 + 1 = Started following Ford and Wilson on twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I still remember the radio interview of RM before he even coached a single practice when he explained his philosophy and said his two most important positions were the 1 and 4... Never heard anything similar from Ford. No problem basing your team on JGood and French but JGood is not a PG or playmaker and French never added to his game. Where would we be had we not lost the S2 guys? And he tried w Gordon and Santos and then filled in with Linssen. Not bad but not his first plan. But where are we going? How can a former PG (Ford) not have more depth at that that position? And I dont care about efficiency percentages and other stats - but Thatch will never be our scorer and is not what we had expected- our defensive specialist - and bc of his serious and unexpected illnesses likely may never be - another setback to Ford. Jacobs is gone but he was never the PG or answer. Are we going in a new direction with Lorentsson maybe playing the 4 and stretching defenses? And Strickland playing the wing - JGood’s spot - sounds like a great kid and athlete but I doubt he dribbles much. So we will return Strickland, Fred, Hargrove and Gibson who can’t or dont dribble much and only Jimerson who can really shoot it? Too many guys who are elite at A but deficient at B. Hard to win game in and game out over a long season with team‘s who can and will scout us and exploit our weaknesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Was just posting this: Pretty sure this is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Pistol said: Was just posting this: Pretty sure this is happening. fwiw Jimmy Bell retweeted this as well, both Michigan natives. Pistol likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A10Ref Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, majerus mojo said: i am riled up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 asking, obviously dont know as i have never seen him play, but looking at his size and his past record is rashad williams = isabell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: asking, obviously dont know as i have never seen him play, but looking at his size and his past record is rashad williams = isabell? That was my take exactly. I was like “this guy is Tramaine Isabell”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: asking, obviously dont know as i have never seen him play, but looking at his size and his past record is rashad williams = isabell? Williams is more of a Tay weaver with some dribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, wgstl said: Williams is more of a Tay weaver with some dribble Tay Weaver couldn't score like that, no matter the volume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Littlebill said: Tay Weaver couldn't score like that, no matter the volume I guess I was figuring in what he would be doing for us, not his past stops. He doesnt score much below the 3 point line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, wgstl said: Williams is more of a Tay weaver with some dribble I think his role will be similar to Weaver's but he will be better at it because he can create his own shot. Isabell was a multidimensional scorer who was most effective going to the basket. Williams isn't Isabell. And that's ok. We've got plenty of scholarships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I think Isabell is a decent comparison in terms of size and where they’d fit defensively. The one big difference for me is that Isabell was playing next to Goodwin, who could always take the toughest guard matchup to help hide Isabell defensively. Yuri does not offer that same protection for Williams in my mind. Despite the percentages looking so-so, I do think Williams is an elite shooter based on everything I’ve seen of him. He took more contested 3s than maybe any player I can remember. If I knew he was willing to take on a Tay Weaver like role (which for all I know may be the case) I think this would be a terrific pickup to add some guard depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Isabell had a much more well rounded offensive game than what Williams has shown to this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 isabell, i was interested. weaver, not so much. over a 1000 players out there and relatively early in the process this is the best we can do? again, i am relying on the information you all are giving, i know nothing more about this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 27 minutes ago, NH said: I think Isabell is a decent comparison in terms of size and where they’d fit defensively. The one big difference for me is that Isabell was playing next to Goodwin, who could always take the toughest guard matchup to help hide Isabell defensively. Yuri does not offer that same protection for Williams in my mind. Despite the percentages looking so-so, I do think Williams is an elite shooter based on everything I’ve seen of him. He took more contested 3s than maybe any player I can remember. If I knew he was willing to take on a Tay Weaver like role (which for all I know may be the case) I think this would be a terrific pickup to add some guard depth. Fred Thatch has taken the toughest guard matchup over Goodwin in many games this year defensively... He will continue to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: isabell, i was interested. weaver, not so much. over a 1000 players out there and relatively early in the process this is the best we can do? again, i am relying on the information you all are giving, i know nothing more about this guy. from following this guy's hype on twitter... MSU fans wanted Izzo to go after him. He's a pretty big time transfer. I would be very happy with this get but that's just me. RUBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: isabell, i was interested. weaver, not so much. over a 1000 players out there and relatively early in the process this is the best we can do? again, i am relying on the information you all are giving, i know nothing more about this guy. How many role players have we signed that have multiple 30 point games on their resume? RUBillsFan and A10Ref like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 He's listed at 6' 2" wasn't Weaver closer to 5' 10" or 11" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, A10Ref said: from following this guy's hype on twitter... MSU fans wanted Izzo to go after him. He's a pretty big time transfer. I would be very happy with this get but that's just me. MSU fans saw him score 23 in the first half against them. Aaron Wheeler (Purdue) is off the board to St. John's. Former SLU offer Kyler Edwards (Texas Tech) is in the portal. A10Ref likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Just now, slufanskip said: He's listed at 6' 2" wasn't Weaver closer to 5' 10" or 11" ? plus tramaine was listed at 6'1" but he was barely 6'0" in person... Hoping Rashad is a legit 6'2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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