Edwards
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He’s far from lazy. You’re trolling a little too hard.
I totally agree. Couldn't have said it better myself. Literally just dropped 16 points a week ago.
That’s it. He’s pressing. Would like to get some rim protection behind him and let him focus on D and getting out in the open court.
If 9/5/1 a game is a whiff then I’m good with that. Especially when we have 5-6 other players getting as much or more a game.
I wish Edwards played as angry as you post.
Right now his role is playing PF, protecting the paint, and rebounding. His game is mismatching smaller 3’s and outrunning 4’s. He needs to get his 3 point shot consistently at this level and as you said with actual big men he can play more to his strengths. He has all the tools.
SGA wasn’t great in his first four games did everybody say he sucked to and is lazy and soft. Edward & Wagner are figuring out how they fit on this team, they will be alright
I have a feeling before long he will post a 25/10 type game where we go, that’s the dude scouts are talking about.
If you look historically at even some of our better players anything around 10ppg and 5RPg is very solid for any Freshman. He’s very close to that tonight. If he puts up that every game we will be fine and so will he.
You take away those stars by his name and you wonder if he is even high D1 material.
No man. He already fights harder than Skal ever did.
You can’t be serious with this.
Edwards doesn't have a right hand. Guys just overplay his left and he has no answer. That's why he struggles getting to the rim.
His jumper isnt broken but is a long way from being a shooter
His jumper isnt broken but is a long way from being a shooter
Nowhere near skal 2.0, Edwards hasn’t been nearly as bad as some are acting like
I know. Just trying to be funny. Not working. Defense is very good and I think he will be much better in January.
Which is part of what he needs to get used to at this level. He had 12/5 against New Mexico State, and 9/5/1 tonight. In no way is that bad numbers for a Freshman, even a highly rated one.
I thought someone highjacked your account for a second. I knew you wouldn’t make such as outrageously crazy take this early at least.
If the worst Edwards gives is 10 and 5 then I will still look at him as being a success. I think he gets better like you said as the season goes on
I honestly don’t know what some want from him, like sophomore PJ Washington? I mean 12/5 a game is damn good for a college player and I could easily see him getting there.
I don’t see how you couldn’t call those numbers good. If we recruited someone and said okay this dude will guarantee you 10-12/5-6 rebounds a game as a freshman. Everybody would take that all day no questions. Let’s say he is around there and scouts decide he’s not ready. Even better! We get him 2 years and I guarantee a sophomore version of him will be PJ Washington like. Probably not the shooter but pure production.
It seems like him and Wagner are being judged on a different scale. Just because they each haven’t had a game where they had say 25 and led us in everything. It’s been 4 games and there is stiff competition for stats on this team. As far as I’m concerned if him and Wagner are our 6 or 7th best players then this team is way better than we thought.
I'm trying to refrain from judging too hard until January.
That said he's no where close to being the #1 pick or lottery at this point.
That said he's no where close to being the #1 pick or lottery at this point.
I agree but there isn’t any scenario where Edwards comes back he is long gone once the season is over
I agree just saying, if he is as bad as some think he would have to return right? Lol.
The only REAL judge is performance. Not talk ,hype or buzz nor NBA projections. Will he get better,I hope so because he has NOT performed so far in college. Everyone keeps saying hes "fine". This kid was supposed to be the best incoming freshman in the country, so yes based on his performance so far ,he is a massive whiff. All you guys saying he will get better are basing it on hope. I hope you are right
Edwards needs some moves around the basket. He's had his shot blocked too many times. He's used to going straight up and overpowering smaller players in Highschool. That won't fly against cupcake teams much less high level d1 teams.
Half of you are acting like he's playing like Khalil Whitney. He hasn't dropped 20 points but he's looked fine against all the teams except for Kansas. Lets let him get feet under him, get a role and get comfortable. He'll hit some 3's soon and make a bigger impact overall.
He’s had 12/5/1, 16/7/1, 1/4/2, and 9/5/1. So it seems to me that 3/4 games he’s lived up to his billing. Those are not bad numbers at all on a team this good. He’s not asked to get 20 a game, nor needed too. Pretty consistent, so if he gets say 12/6 a game this year that’s all you can ask of a Freshman. Those are good numbers for anyone starting in D1 honestly. Hell Reeves only averaged 14.7 a game or something last year and he was our offense half the year outside Oscar.
All part of learning how to score at this level. He will figure that out and tape will show that to him.
