THE FUTURE‘S SO BRIGHT…..2013-2014

[Ricardo del Rio]

Who is this person? Reggie Agbeko

Is he a recruit? Walk on? Concourse vendor? New assistant coach?

[SubGod22]

Who is this person? Reggie Agbeko

Is he a recruit? Walk on? Concourse vendor? New assistant coach?

Someone we still may be recruiting. There's a thread on him and many would love to find a spot for him here.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Who is this person? Reggie Agbeko

Is he a recruit? Walk on? Concourse vendor? New assistant coach?

Never mind. Per ESPN.


Strengths:
Agbeko is a long forward with the versatility to create match-up problems on both ends of the floor. Offensively his size, length, and soft touch allow him to score a fair amount of points at the rim, while he's also a threat to create with his dribble from the perimeter. He has a knack for blocking shots on the defensive end and is also a high volume rebounder.
Weaknesses:
For all of his mismatch potential, Agbeko also lacks a true position. He resists playing on the interior offensively and is much more comfortable facing the basket from the perimeter, although not much of a shooting threat. He isn't quite as athletic as he looks and in general is much longer than he is explosive.Bottom Line:
Agbeko's most college-ready skill is his ability to rebound the ball in high volume on both ends of the floor. While his handle and shot-blocking give him other assets to build around, he needs to continue to develop his inside out tools in order to establish a true position for himself.

[wusphlash]

JW did a lot of nice things in St. Louis LAST year. That's why many of us expected more out of him this year. He needs to work hard in the off-season and continue to get stronger and faster and hopefully build on his last couple games. Of course he still can improve in the NCAA's but I doubt he is going to get much minutes. If he does, it might mean we are in trouble.


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...:cool:

20, 20 and 12 minutes in St. Louis. Close games, critical games all. You call them "walk on" minutes. I call them role player minutes. Different strokes.

[garylee]

plus one on the above post. we are graduating CH and EO who have provided much of our rebounding this season. both cle and jake were recruited as shooting SF's that have been pressed into duty at the PF position. now, to adapt, GM has gone to whats called a stretch four which really means playing two SF's instead of the traditional 4&5. in the stretch four the forwards screen and pop out a lot for perimeter shooting. cle is an excellent stretch four player while jake is the better traditional PF right now. Cle needs to become more versatile where he can execute better in the traditional PF role, post up, defend and rebound defensively. He will need to muscle / toughen up. Jake also needs a little more muscle to go along with his scrappiness. If/when he gets more consistent with his perimeter game he will become a good stretch four player. He also needs to work on post up moves. This is where we are really going to miss hall.

[pinstripers]

Wow..........Baker is pretty close to being our best player THIS YEAR.

[SubGod22]

Wow..........Baker is pretty close to being our best player THIS YEAR.

Had he not missed what ended up being basically the entire season, he may have been.

[wusphlash]

The freshmen and sophomores were 13-21 from the field, 9-14 from 3, 7-7 from the line. Bright, bright, bright.

[moshock]

Baker seemed to say - GIVE ME THE DANG BALL in the last 8 minutes. I want him to shoot the rock every time he touches it