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[Future Walk-On]

remember AT is only a Junior....

Let us just think of it like this...we were really,really good the last two years and AT was an underclassmen on a veteran team full of upperclassmen, future NBA stars. They have all graduauted and now it is AT's turn to try and make his name for 2 years. We know little about his game except that he has potential. We expect him to be pretty substantial this year as it is his first year to see major floor time.

[Future Walk-On]

Gotta agree with ya...I have learned over the years to only go with the proven and anything above that is a bonus.

JP,AD and AT are unproven at this level....WE is the only known commodity.

I'm with you hope all three UNprovens show us something.

Any word on AD redshirting??

[dogsrus]

Any word on AD redshirting??

JL lost my number....so I got nothing

[dogsrus]

remember AT is only a Junior....

Let us just think of it like this...we were really,really good the last two years and AT was an underclassmen on a veteran team full of upperclassmen, future NBA stars.

Wrong board......this is about BU.

[houstontxbrave]

remember AT is only a Junior....

Let us just think of it like this...we were really,really good the last two years and AT was an underclassmen on a veteran team full of upperclassmen, future NBA stars. They have all graduauted and now it is AT's turn to try and make his name for 2 years. We know little about his game except that he has potential. We expect him to be pretty substantial this year as it is his first year to see major floor time.

He is a redshirt Junior. I must have missed it but who did Bradley have while Thompson has been in this program that were or are future NBA stars?

And if he could not play last year when SS was the option off the bench to play in the paint, I just have a very difficult time believing he will move right in and contribute just because he is now a 4th year Junior. He is nearly 7 ft tall and was often the absolute last option. I do not believe his lack of playing time had a thing to do with skill or weight, I think it all had to do with dedication and his mentality/attitude.

Oh and really really good the last two years???

16-15 last year
21-15 the year before and 3 of those wins in a made up tourney.

Thats not really really good, thats pretty much very very average.

[amckillip]

He is a redshirt Junior. I must have missed it but who did Bradley have while Thompson has been in this program that were or are future NBA stars?

And if he could not play last year when SS was the option off the bench to play in the paint, I just have a very difficult time believing he will move right in and contribute just because he is now a 4th year Junior. He is nearly 7 ft tall and was often the absolute last option. I do not believe his lack of playing time had a thing to do with skill or weight, I think it all had to do with dedication and his mentality/attitude.

Oh and really really good the last two years???

16-15 last year
21-15 the year before and 3 of those wins in a made up tourney.

Thats not really really good, thats pretty much very very average.

I think you missed the sarcasm...

[houstontxbrave]

I think you missed the sarcasm...

Hummm apparently I did.

[amckillip]

Hummm apparently I did.

As a general rule of thumb, don't take anything FWO says seriously.

[LittleBrave]

As a general rule of thumb, don't take anything FWO says seriously.

I had taken him seriously...until now!
Yeah - it doesn't matter how many "really"s you put in front of "good" to describe last year's team, you can substitute "good" with "average" after them.
I do think we improved starting with the UNI home game.
But I hope that we look like that about 5 games into the season instead of 25 games.

[Stryker]

Gotta agree with ya...I have learned over the years to only go with the proven and anything above that is a bonus.

JP,AD and AT are unproven at this level....WE is the only known commodity.

I'm with you hope all three UNprovens show us something.

Talked to JP's brother yesterday, who has been a many practices already this fall. His brother thinks Jordan will get significant minutes, and would be coming off the bench quite often. I think Jordan will be a good player this year.

[tornado]

Andrew Warren shot it 11.4 times a game last year and both were at 40% accuracy..

here are some representative career stats for players at the end of their junior years and before their senior years...I have listed mostly just the guys who are now seniors or who were recently..and really none of them are super gunners....like taking 15-20 shots per game, and I don't think the Valley has had any such player in the past decade...

Andrew Warren - 1019 pts, 10.4 ppg, 42% on FG on 755 FG attempted
Sam Maniscalco - 1152 pts, 11.0 ppg, 43% on FG on 835 FG attempted
Kenny Lawson --953 pts, 9.16 ppg, 53% on FG on 701 FG attempted
P'Allen Stinnett - 1024 pts, 11.7 ppg, 44% on FG on 796 FG attempted
Kwadzo Ahelegbe- 850 pts, 8.6 ppg, 39% on FG on 677 FG attempted
Osiris Eldridge - 1325 pts, 13.25 ppg, 41.5% on FG on 1000 FG attempted
Kyle Korver - 1197 pts, 12.7 ppg, 47% on FG on 793 FG attempts

[lake Camelot]

Talked to JP's brother yesterday, who has been a many practices already this fall. His brother thinks Jordan will get significant minutes, and would be coming off the bench quite often. I think Jordan will be a good player this year.

I hope he is right he is one player that could change my opinion about the teams potential. That and if they really buy into the defensive effort and stop other teams.

[SFP]

Talked to JP's brother yesterday, who has been a many practices already this fall. His brother thinks Jordan will get significant minutes, and would be coming off the bench quite often. I think Jordan will be a good player this year.

Would you expect anything less from a family member? I'll wait it out until we see him on the floor as well as AT. One of them will have to be a force if not both if we want to have a fighting chance to compete for the top spot.

Anyone know how MK is doing? He has a great attitude and you have to pull for him.

[Future Walk-On]

The point I was trying to make is....

We should all give AT a clean slate!

[ER3]

The point I was trying to make is....

We should all give AT a clean slate!

I think we should all stop being delusional about what AT is going to contribute to this team until he actually shows us something. This is his 4th year at BU and he has been a complete non-factor to this point. He's a non-entity to me until he shows something otherwise in game action...Every year we hear about the 40 pounds of muscle he's added, the strides he's made in his game, how this is the year that he's going to become a significant contributor, and so on and so on...and then the season begins and he doesn't play a single meaningful minute...it gets frustrating to watch that cycle repeat itself year after year...

So, at this point...year 4 of the "AT Era"...I'm simply going to assume that he is going to give us absolutely nothing again, and I will hope that he finds a way to prove me to be very, very wrong on the matter...