today in Las Vegas. 15 points. 3-7 from behind the arc. About 42 percent.
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Mychal Mulder 2nd Leading Scorer on Floor in Juco All-Star Game
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He has a very specific role on this team. If he can come in and do what we need him to do, anything beyond that would be gravy.
That being said he may have quite a few posters by the end of the season with all the hype behind his leaping ability. I'm stoked.
That being said he may have quite a few posters by the end of the season with all the hype behind his leaping ability. I'm stoked.
Spread the floor and don't be a defensive liability. Anything else is great.
Hey hey now!! Don't even mention that a 6'4" guy playing small forward on this board. After all every SF has to be a minimum of 6'10. :-/
You can tell by how many rebounds a game he averages that he can play the position and play it well.
He plays bigger than his height and yes to the other poster about his leaping ability, he can jump out out of the gym. A def 40" Verticle on that kid.
That's correct. The leading scorer actually had 8 free throws, so Mulder was the leading scorer from the field if we're diving a little deeper into the stats. I think he's pretty reliable from the field, and he's shown that he can do it against good competition. JUCO All-American will play D1 basketball, and usually at good schools. He at least outplayed a lot of people who were ranked higher than him in these recruiting services.
On top of that 60% from the field and 42% from 3, he shoots about 83% or so from the free throw line (though he didn't shoot any in this game), he's reliable enough to keep in during the late stages of a game.
Right now he is just about your only option to have in late at the 3 unless you go with Matthews. Of course I'm hoping we add another M to make it a triple MMM effort with Mulder, Matthews and Murray.
That's what we're all hoping for.
I think all 3 would suffice for the SF position at the college level. Length and athleticism will help with that.
He's going to be a role player. I expect no more than 20 minutes per game and 4-5ppg and 2-3rpg. Maybe hit 1-2 3's every game.
If we can get that kind of production from him and Matthews gives us similar production as they split minutes, then we are in good shape at the 3 spot.
If we can get that kind of production from him and Matthews gives us similar production as they split minutes, then we are in good shape at the 3 spot.
His role will be to hit shots. Offense is going to be hard to come by. Hopefully he'll score 9+ppg as our primary outside thread which we wont really have without him stepping up. Briscoe and TU can shoot but aren't shooters, they're PGs.
I hope Ulis shoots the 3 ball more this year. He could easily can 50-60 this year if he wants too.
I hope you are right.
If Mulder scores 9+ppg we are going to be very good. He's going to be our fifth leading scorer, IMHO. If our fifth scorer averages almost double digits, we will be very good, very balanced.
Kind of sounds like Gerald Fitch. Good shooter, deceptively athletic, skinny but still rebounds well for his size and position.
I don't get the whole myth that offense will be hard to come by. Ulis is an excellent shooter all over the floor, Briscoe is an excellent shooter 15 ft. in, and has shown that he can hit his threes well, Mulder is an excellent shooter, Poythress is going to do what he does, which is rebound, make athletic plays, play physical, and draw fouls, where he shoots 85% from the line. I have to feel like he's been working on his jumpshot also, so I imagine we'll be fine there, and Skal is an outstanding shooter, as well as an excellent post player. Add in that we're fast, and athletic all over the floor, as well as having what could possibly be the best facilitator at point guard in the country next season, I'm confident our offense will be very good.
I'm not really sure you can say Poy is an 85% FT shooter based on the tiny sample size you had last year. He is 67% overall in his career, but I would tend to agree that he will be a solid shooter in the low to mid 70s for UK as that is something you can improve on with work. He clearly did that last season on his 14 attempts. The offense will be good if people can finish as Ulis and Briscoe are going to set everyone else up to get great scoring attempts.
While I at least understand your point, in his 8 games (before his injury), and getting 20 mpg, he got to the line consistently and knocked them down consistently. It's not like he had one game where he drew quite a few fouls and got hot from the line. Every game where he would draw a couple of fouls in his short showing, he would swish a couple and he would get back to doing what he does best. Elite defense inside and out, being a defensive playmaker, making athletic plays and rebounding on both sides of the ball, and being a strong presence on the inside.
That said though, I think a realistic expectation for his free throw shooting is 75% at least. If he can hit that, I would assume that his overall mid-range game will have improved quite a bit, and that can really open the floor up for us.
With the athletes that we have, as well as having at least 4 people who can make jumpshots, or drive around other players in iso situations, and one player who can physically dominate people with his strength and athleticism (also can be used in iso situations, or even off of a screen), I just don't see where we'll find the offensive lapses that we had this year. A lot of the offensive lapses came from offense standing around and not moving at all, which happened with Andrew on the floor in the first half of the season.
I think we're gonna have a pretty good year, I'll support the team and the coach either way, he's done a outstanding job so far, he may surprise with another commitment later on, I hope.
Not gonna surprise me, I know plenty about him. If his offensive production is close to Mulder's, Matthews will start, and easily. So much energy, and defense, but he's not very offensively geared, apart from slashing.
Of course, that was enough for MKG to be the #2 pick in the the draft, too, as well as being a key in getting UK a title.
What MKG actually did at UK gets undersold a lot.
Like 17 and 11 in the big win vs. UNC.
24 and 19 (Yes, 19!) in the regular season win over UL
24 and 10 in the Sweet 16 win over IU
The notion that MKG wasn't offensively geared is a fallacy. Instead, he was that rare player who didn't need to get his own offense to be happy, but was talented enough to take over on offense against the toughest competition.
He was also one of the best rebounders from the small forward position of the past decade.
Yes I agree MKG was a warrior on the court. There was some games he would just take the game over and you could just tell there was no way he was going to allow us to lose.
I don't think he is deceptively athletic. Dude is a flat out athlete and can jump out of the gym. He can dunk the ball so easily it looks like he is playing on a 8 ft goal.
He is the type of guy where you throw the lob behind a zone and he crams it in on somebody's head.
Seen several comparisons to Fitch on here....Athletically speaking Mulder >>>>>Fitch
Let's hope Mulder shoots like Fitch though (BTW...Fitch never dunked at UK...won't be the same for Mulder)
Let's hope Mulder shoots like Fitch though (BTW...Fitch never dunked at UK...won't be the same for Mulder)
Perhaps it's due to the idea that next year's team presently doesn't have more than four guys who will consistently score double figures. This group will be top heavy with Skal, Poythress, Briscoe, and Ulis. Once you get to the fifth guy, there appears to be something of a drop-off.
I thin 6 to 7 points/game as a frosh might be his ceiling based on his current limitations from three point range.
Probably, but that's pretty much true of almost every team. Very, very few teams have 5 or more players scoring in double figures.
As stated here before, JUCO ball is > than HS ball, it is a step up. You have 19 and 20 year olds versus 17 and 18 year olds. More mature, more physically developed, playing many times against competition that has been at Div. 1 school, but for whatever reason, left and went the JUCO route for a year, rather than sitting out a year after transferring to another school.
Mulder will do fine, great athlete, smart athlete, very good outside shot, ability to take it to the rack !
Mulder will do fine, great athlete, smart athlete, very good outside shot, ability to take it to the rack !
If he ends up anywhere close to Gerald Fitch I will be ecstatic. I expect a uncle julius type of year out of him, anything more and I will be thrilled. We just need someone to keep the defense honest. If only we had a real scoring threat to go along with the great PG play we will have. That is why it blows my mind that we didnt land a STUD wing/scorer. The minutes / shots would have been there. Ulis and Briscoe both are great pgs and have natural instincts to find the open man.
I am much more worried about depth inside than I am about scoring from the SF and Guard positions. UK presently is one injury or chronic foul trouble away from being in real trouble on the inside at the Center and PF positions. If Skal were not allowed to play by the NCAA it would be a major disaster for this team. You might see games where there is four guards on the floor and not particularly big guards at that.
There is no doubt that another wing guard or SF and another inside player would be great to have but IMO if I had a choice of just one I would take an inside player.
There is no doubt that another wing guard or SF and another inside player would be great to have but IMO if I had a choice of just one I would take an inside player.
We have the same kind of depth inside that Duke had last year. One top notch center who can put up numbers in points and rebounds, make plays that don't show up on paper, etc., as well as 2 athletic bodies to throw in at the 4 position to do their thing. I also feel that Willis will at least be good enough to make some solid plays for us when called upon at the 3 or 4 position. He shown what he could do when he seen a lot of minutes in the Bahamas, and I think we were all pleased with his performance. If he plays with the mentality that it's finally his time, so he needs to go for every rebound, play smart defense, and be a consistent contributor offensively, I don't think we'll see many issues at the 4 and 5 positions.
Is Wynward still coming on board 2nd semester ? If so, he could help out I believe, he is 6'9 and 235 or so with a nice touch from 12-15 ft.
Yeah, but what I meant is he's a lot more athletic than what his somewhat skinny frame might lead some to believe. I'm strictly just basing that comment on appearances here.
I loved the heart that Uncle Julius showed, but I'll be disappointed if Mulder is not a lot better. He should be a lot better defensively and athletically, with comparable (hopefully a little better) shooting from 3. I hope we still land Murray, but I'm confident that Mulder and Matthews can make it work at the 3 spot, especially with the guys they have around them.
If you remember Mays was one of the last guys we went after that year. The others we were trying to get to transfer here went to Maryland, Arizona and that big Iranian kid went to Oregon I think it was. That kid was a brute down low and very skilled for a middle eastern kid.
I think mays was more or less someone we needed out of necessity. Don't get me wrong he is he a good player and did a good job for us. Without him I doubt we even win as many as we did.
Being sidelined with a injury I'm not sure how much he has been able to work on his jumper or mid range game. Hopefully he reaches full strength soon and will be able to be ready for the season.
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