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Post by Gundo on Apr 18, 2019 12:11:42 GMT -8
To be honest I don't remember Baker, he must have jumped on the Kentucky offer quickly as I can't recall an agonizingly long-ass thread about him. 4-star SG out of Eastvale HS, teamed with Mitchell. He orginally committed to CAL then re-opened and Kentucky picked him up. He sat one year at Kentucky with knee surgery and was good down the stretch this year for the Wildcats. Good shooter. Didn't play a lot behind the one-and-dones. Looking to come back home. Assume he has 3 years left to play.
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Post by Den60 on Apr 19, 2019 7:26:17 GMT -8
If Jaden doesn't commit, Jermal and Justice would be a nice pairing. But we would need to get through this season without a seasoned Big Guy, besides Nolan. We still could use a solid grad transfer who could play 20+ minutes as a 4 or 5 and take up space in the middle. McD leaves a hole that isn't filled yet. N. Mensah was in all 34 games and averaged just under 19 minutes. By the end of the year I thought his play had improved noticeably, especially on the offensive end. His numbers look better than Skylar Spencer's senior year and I'm not just talking at the foul line. He needs to work on limiting his fouls though I thought he improved on that later in the season.
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Post by azteccc on Apr 19, 2019 7:32:41 GMT -8
If Jaden doesn't commit, Jermal and Justice would be a nice pairing. But we would need to get through this season without a seasoned Big Guy, besides Nolan. We still could use a solid grad transfer who could play 20+ minutes as a 4 or 5 and take up space in the middle. McD leaves a hole that isn't filled yet. N. Mensah was in all 34 games and averaged just under 19 minutes. By the end of the year I thought his play had improved noticeably, especially on the offensive end. His numbers look better than Skylar Spencer's senior year and I'm not just talking at the foul line. He needs to work on limiting his fouls though I thought he improved on that later in the season. If Nathan can learn to stay on the floor for 30 minutes a night we’re going to be very good. I thought he got a reputation to the zebras by the end of the season as foul prone and got a lot of bad calls because of it, but still needs to work on it.
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Post by sdsustoner on Apr 19, 2019 7:39:06 GMT -8
If he gets his footwork down on D, Nathan can be a very good, maybe first team All MWC.
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Post by standiego on Apr 19, 2019 10:05:09 GMT -8
look forward to see if the coaches can get some information if Baker is interested . Also the possible transfers from UNLV and or CAL ( believe he visits this weekend)
Nathan is still learning the game . Both positioning and footwork . Also how to handle the road crowds . As we hope major advancement between first and second year of playing with the Aztecs .
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Post by Den60 on Apr 19, 2019 16:17:21 GMT -8
N. Mensah was in all 34 games and averaged just under 19 minutes. By the end of the year I thought his play had improved noticeably, especially on the offensive end. His numbers look better than Skylar Spencer's senior year and I'm not just talking at the foul line. He needs to work on limiting his fouls though I thought he improved on that later in the season. If Nathan can learn to stay on the floor for 30 minutes a night we’re going to be very good. I thought he got a reputation to the zebras by the end of the season as foul prone and got a lot of bad calls because of it, but still needs to work on it. From his sophomore year to his senior year Skylar Spencer averaged less than 24 minutes per game. His senior year he upped that to about 26 minutes in conference. He had some issues with fouling in his sophomore year but he was generally removed for rest. Nathan averaged just under 19 mpg and 20.4 mpg in conference. Nathan is a bit raw as players go, last year was just his 5th year playing organized ball, and he played behind Bol Bol his last year at Findlay. But I am pretty happy with him and I don't have to close my eyes when he gets to the FT line. Offensively he has shown more already than Skylar did in college. He does, as the post below yours mentions, needs to get better moving his feet and anticipating on defense which Skylar excelled at. But I have absolutely no issues with him being the starter at the 5 next year.
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Post by Den60 on Apr 19, 2019 16:25:18 GMT -8
look forward to see if the coaches can get some information if Baker is interested . Also the possible transfers from UNLV and or CAL ( believe he visits this weekend) Nathan is still learning the game . Both positioning and footwork . Also how to handle the road crowds . As we hope major advancement between first and second year of playing with the Aztecs . Baker would be a nice pickup as would Sueing. Both are for the future and not the now. I think we keep a scholie open for Jaden if there is still interest from him and I would hope he is being honest and frank with the coaching staff as to his leanings so as not to keep our hands tied on recruiting. Of course, I still wonder if Narain is looking to be a grad transfer and whether he has communicated anything about that with the staff. I do think Narain could be better suited playing the 4 than the 5. Right now we are fairly solid at guard for the next two years (depending on Pullman and how his game transfers to D!, of course). It would be nice to get a scoring 4 for the roster and Sueing is that so I expect he is the higher priority right now.
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Post by fisherville on Apr 19, 2019 18:45:32 GMT -8
Yes but we’d be very thin next year Not really. Guards: Flynn, Feagin, Pulliam, Seiko Wings: Schakel, Mitchell Forwards: N Mensah, Narain, J Mensah, Arop, Johnson That's 2-deep at every position. No it's not. The only guys we can count on are Flynn/Feagin/Schakel/Mitchell/Nate/Arop. After those 6 there is a steep drop off.
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on Apr 20, 2019 6:25:23 GMT -8
Sounds like they need 1 reliable wing/SF & 1 PF?
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Post by Gundo on Apr 23, 2019 21:10:02 GMT -8
No word yet on Baker. Crickets.
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Post by haleiwaaztec on Apr 24, 2019 17:26:07 GMT -8
Not really. Guards: Flynn, Feagin, Pulliam, Seiko Wings: Schakel, Mitchell Forwards: N Mensah, Narain, J Mensah, Arop, Johnson That's 2-deep at every position. No it's not. The only guys we can count on are Flynn/Feagin/Schakel/Mitchell/Nate/Arop. After those 6 there is a steep drop off. Gotta include Pulliam in those that we can count on and he and Arop would be first off the bench. Seiko and Narian would be 8th & 9th guys and would get minutes for sure. SDSU would pretty much be a 3 guard / 1 forward / 1 center team with the players they have (not really a bad thing in this era). Looks like we are in on Baker, Sueing, McDaniels and Wetzell - and have 2 spots. My guess is that they get Sueing (who takes KJ's spot the following year) and Wetzell (who will back up Mensah, which means less PT for Narian). Would like them to find away to get Baker (I don't prefer Wetzell to Baker, but just think it is more likely) but just don't have an spots and while I am hopeful, think Jaden is going to UW.
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Post by Gundo on Apr 25, 2019 11:25:47 GMT -8
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Post by Boise Aztec on Apr 25, 2019 20:55:23 GMT -8
Redshirt year was a medical redshirt year so he will have three lest to play at whichever school he goes to.
Hearing that he may file a hardship waiver to play immediately...
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Post by standiego on Apr 26, 2019 12:30:56 GMT -8
Has anyone heard if he has interest in the Aztecs and if we have reached out to him.
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Post by fisherville on Apr 26, 2019 15:39:02 GMT -8
No it's not. The only guys we can count on are Flynn/Feagin/Schakel/Mitchell/Nate/Arop. After those 6 there is a steep drop off. Gotta include Pulliam in those that we can count on and he and Arop would be first off the bench. Seiko and Narian would be 8th & 9th guys and would get minutes for sure. SDSU would pretty much be a 3 guard / 1 forward / 1 center team with the players they have (not really a bad thing in this era). Looks like we are in on Baker, Sueing, McDaniels and Wetzell - and have 2 spots. My guess is that they get Sueing (who takes KJ's spot the following year) and Wetzell (who will back up Mensah, which means less PT for Narian). Would like them to find away to get Baker (I don't prefer Wetzell to Baker, but just think it is more likely) but just don't have an spots and while I am hopeful, think Jaden is going to UW. Nah you don't, Pulliam has yet to play 1 D1 minute and it's not like he put up crazy numbers in juco.
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Post by haleiwaaztec on Apr 28, 2019 12:37:18 GMT -8
Gotta include Pulliam in those that we can count on and he and Arop would be first off the bench. Seiko and Narian would be 8th & 9th guys and would get minutes for sure. SDSU would pretty much be a 3 guard / 1 forward / 1 center team with the players they have (not really a bad thing in this era). Looks like we are in on Baker, Sueing, McDaniels and Wetzell - and have 2 spots. My guess is that they get Sueing (who takes KJ's spot the following year) and Wetzell (who will back up Mensah, which means less PT for Narian). Would like them to find away to get Baker (I don't prefer Wetzell to Baker, but just think it is more likely) but just don't have an spots and while I am hopeful, think Jaden is going to UW. Nah you don't, Pulliam has yet to play 1 D1 minute and it's not like he put up crazy numbers in juco. Strongly disagree, they didn't sign a JC player to sit on the bench. If you read the most recent article from Zeigler is it clear he is going to be part of the rotation with KJ and Flynn (I suspect they will actually start all 3). The specifically recruited him for his ability to play off screens.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 13:22:54 GMT -8
Nah you don't, Pulliam has yet to play 1 D1 minute and it's not like he put up crazy numbers in juco. Strongly disagree, they didn't sign a JC player to sit on the bench. If you read the most recent article from Zeigler is it clear he is going to be part of the rotation with KJ and Flynn (I suspect they will actually start all 3). The specifically recruited him for his ability to play off screens. They recruited him because Seiko isn’t good enough to be in the rotation. A lineup featuring three guards, an athletically limited wing at the four, and an inexperienced raw sophomore at the 5 would lead to a disastrous season. That team wouldn’t be able to defend or rebound and would accumulate a ton of fouls in the front court.
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Post by sdsuball on Apr 28, 2019 16:26:53 GMT -8
Yeah it will be a rotation. Schakel, Arop and Mitchell will play at the 3 and 4 unless we get Jaden. Mensah and then Narain at the 5. Johnson could take minutes at the 4 or 5. We could really use Jaden - our length at the 4 leaves <a lot> to be desired. Arop is a better 3 then 4, Mitchell (in shape) is a better 3 then 4...
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Post by fisherville on Apr 28, 2019 16:57:55 GMT -8
Nah you don't, Pulliam has yet to play 1 D1 minute and it's not like he put up crazy numbers in juco. Strongly disagree, they didn't sign a JC player to sit on the bench. If you read the most recent article from Zeigler is it clear he is going to be part of the rotation with KJ and Flynn (I suspect they will actually start all 3). The specifically recruited him for his ability to play off screens. Not saying he won't get minutes, just saying you can't rely on it to be effective minutes.
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Post by standiego on Apr 28, 2019 17:37:56 GMT -8
how can you start 3 guards when they are 6'1" , 6'2" and 6'3" unless you have very strong guys that can defend and rebound at both 4 and 5 positions - major problem last year rebounding and defending
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