Ferrell to return to iu
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They might actually be pretty good next season.Yogi and Blackmon are a solid backcourt and I really like Thomas Bryant.I wish Cal hadn't backed off him because I think he will be pretty good.
I wish Booker would return, but it's purely his decision. He won't play in the league next year, but he will take in an NBA top 25 pick paycheck and develop on the NBADL level until he's more physical.
I think when it's all said and done, Booker gets selected in the mid 20s. He's simply not physical enough to defend on the NBA level. Wisconsin totally exposed the young man. Booker will see that every single game on the next level.
I think when it's all said and done, Booker gets selected in the mid 20s. He's simply not physical enough to defend on the NBA level. Wisconsin totally exposed the young man. Booker will see that every single game on the next level.
I don't think the clapper has to talk them into coming back. He just gets scouting reports from the NBA every year saying they need to improve on defense and he has them for 4 years since they never improve.
I guess the lure of playing ball in Israel isn't what we thought it was.
The best player and best NBA prospect they have is Troy Williams, Idk why Ferrell or Blackmon would have been more likely to leave than him.
I didn't think Cream would let him go. Talked Zeller into returning and looks like he did the same with Yogi. I think they will actually be pretty good next year, especially landing Bryant.
Not trying to be that guy, buts it's the NBDL not NBADL. Just thought I would tell ya before someone trashed ya. You know how this board can be!
Not sure how good Bryant will be compared to Vonleh (probably quite a bit better defensively, but very likely not as good offensively) but the rest of IU's lineup will be significantly better than two years ago. Williams and Ferrell were also starters back then, and they are now completely different players. The other starting guard then was a freshman Stan Robinson, who was not prepared to start for most mid-majors, and the bench stunk. This year's bench will include two players who are juniors and started most of the season on a tournament team.
Expecting the version of IU from two years ago would be like an IU fan expecting Ulis, Briscoe, and Skal to perform like the UK team led by Harrow. Wishful thinking that a rival will fall on hard times, but it's just not going to happen.
Candy Striped Clowns will be in the Big Ten Basement..nothing changes under Clappy .
You may disagree with him using the term rivals but he's right about this being a very different team than 2 years ago. The team 2 years ago had yogi and sheehey as shooters, thats it. Williams was raw, vonleh was a solid rebounder but it was hard to feed the post with a collapsed defense daring your 25% fg shooters to shoot a jump shot. Next years team will have 5 shooters, everyone better than sheehey. Still have crean as coach so we'll see what happens.
Why did he hold a PC? It's not like anyone outside of Indiana cared what he did and many inside Indiana don't care anymore.
The 2 players I was hoping would return for us next year was Booker and Lyles. Booker had dropped some during the last 2 weeks when he went on that shooting slump. They were both near the 20's pick in the draft and if they come back like TJones did when he was near the 20-25 pick and wanted to improve his next year to improve and become a Lottery Pick. I thought both Booker and Lyles could have came back and improved there draft pick and moved up to be a Lottery Pick in 2016 Draft.
Not trying to be "that guy", but you are mistaken. The organization was known as the "National Basketball Developmental League" until 2005. The name was change in 2005 to, and now is, the "NBA Developmental League." Just FYI.
Of course, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not the one to whom you owe an apology for wrongfully correcting his/her post.
Next season will be big for Crean. The Hoosiers will be talented. If Indiana doesn't compete for a conference championship and make a deep March run next season, then it is never going to happen for the Hoosiers under Crean. He has the talent to make it happen, but if he doesn't win big, Indiana should just take the financial beating of paying Crean's monster buyout.
Booker's going to be a top 20 pick, maybe even top 15. He's a 6-6 shooting guard, who are a dime a dozen in the NBA. He has to take his shot when he gets it. There's no way he'd ever be better than a top 15 pick in my opinion since he isn't really relied upon to be a ball handler as well as a scorer, so whats the incentive to return?
I'd love for Booker to return, but it's for purely selfish reasons. If he's going to get drafted that high, then he needs to go, period.
I've stood next to Yogi, and I'm about 5'11" w/o shoes. Looked like his height in shoes was exactly the same as mine.
Now I feel like a idiot!! Thanks for correcting me. I was watching it on tv the other day and it still was referred to as NBDL. My mistake!
Many on here thought JBJ was better than Booker, I did as well. The season played out and Booker was clearly the better player. Booker even had to prove himself with established guards.
You could say coaching (easy enough with CTC), but I think Booker just needed to showcase his talents.
Booker had bigs to bail him out but he could play defense. JBJ had no bigs to bail him out and looks like defense is optional for him. Both can shoot but JBJ shot any time he got the ball. Booker moved and people got him the ball in spots where he could score.
