Thiero played a great game tonight

[the stat man]

I love Thiero, he brings that toughness, and can play the enforcer role.

 

[Bigblueamdyou]

He had a stretch in the 2nd half when I wanted him on the bench.

He played well overall but during about a 5 min stretch in the 2nd half he singlehandedly kept UNC in the game.

i like him in stretches but not at the expense that tre and aaron get less minutes.

 

[CincyUKFan]

I am a big Thiero fan. But.... he simply doesn't yet have the outside touch that Edwards does. Now Edwards hasn't yet shown that yet (25%) but we are pretty sure it's there (to be a 35% 3pt shooter). Theiro is still more bull in china shop, and I'm ok with that. How he is playing thus far, Edwards gives us almost nothing and if that were to continue would be unplayable. The hope and expectation is that he starts giving us what he is thought to be capable of. Theiro, on the other hand, is what he is. And that's ok, but we need what he brings.

Both Thiero and Edwards are at 25% from deep (and Thiero has taken one as a half court heave). Edwards mock draft profiles already mentioned the fact that he struggled to shoot from outside and would airball one before making the next (we’ve seen that from both he and Thiero).

Edwards doesn’t have a better outside touch just because you say he does. The numbers, on far more attempts than Thiero, bear out that he should shoot far less than he does (as Thiero is already doing).

As others have noted, all five guys don’t need to be offensive weapons and I’ll take Thiero happily being a clean up guy over Edwards forcing shots and thereby limited shot attempts for more efficient offensive players.

 

[Bluesbrother]

Dude was hustling every time the camera was on him. I hadn't seen anyone mention him in any of the threads and I just wanted to call out Adou for busting his ass tonight. He was Johnny Hustle on the court. Great job man!

We are lucky to have the young man and such a pleasure to watch play the game. He plays the game at a high level without the ball.

 

[NociHTTP]

He's a freak athlete. I'd like to see him rip the rim off, and I think he can. Definitely an energy boost for this team.

 

[bigbluelou]

If only he could jump and played with a little more passion.