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Post by Gundo on Apr 18, 2020 14:08:00 GMT -8
Not sure that one year makes anyone an Aztec for Life - despite the level of play in that year. I feel like it's a title that should be reserved for those Aztecs who gut it out for 4-5 years and earn it. All the same, it was great for him to be able to contribute at such an unreal level to this year's once-in-a-lifetime season. And that's how I'll remember him. Yanni, too. Flame away… I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... ;-) |
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Post by sdsuball on Apr 18, 2020 14:29:41 GMT -8
I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... Pope was hurt, so that limited his capabilities. Shepard x4 over Flynn x1 and that’s so easy it’s ridiculous Shepherd was close to being a legit NBA prospect, all he needed was to be a better shooter. Athleticism wise he had it. Remember when he went at Andrew Wiggins when SDSU played in Kansas? Shepherd held his own, even outplayed Wiggins a bit - and he could match up with him physically. Shepherd brought a lot of character and toughness to SDSU. He was pretty good at getting to the foul line too in close games, and he could lock players up with his incredible defense. |
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Post by aztecanthony on Apr 18, 2020 15:09:50 GMT -8
Pope was hurt, so that limited his capabilities. Shepard x4 over Flynn x1 and that’s so easy it’s ridiculous Shepherd was close to being a legit NBA prospect, all he needed was to be a better shooter. Athleticism wise he had it. Remember when he went at Andrew Wiggins when SDSU played in Kansas? Shepherd held his own, even outplayed Wiggins a bit - and he could match up with him physically. Shepherd brought a lot of character and toughness to SDSU. He was pretty good at getting to the foul line too in close games, and he could lock players up with his incredible defense. 31-2 led by Mal enough said |
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Post by bobcooper84 on Apr 18, 2020 15:34:56 GMT -8
Pope was hurt, so that limited his capabilities. Shepard x4 over Flynn x1 and that’s so easy it’s ridiculous Shepherd was close to being a legit NBA prospect, all he needed was to be a better shooter. Athleticism wise he had it. Remember when he went at Andrew Wiggins when SDSU played in Kansas? Shepherd held his own, even outplayed Wiggins a bit - and he could match up with him physically. Shepherd brought a lot of character and toughness to SDSU. He was pretty good at getting to the foul line too in close games, and he could lock players up with his incredible defense. Unfortunately for me, I remember the Aztec's disastrous showing vs. George Washington in the NIT semi's in 2016, led by Winston Shepard.... To quote Zeigler after the game: "The team that had played loose during the NIT suddenly looked tight, dazed, perplexed, discombobulated. Flummoxed. Bewildered. Overwhelmed. " I admit my memory is not a fair assessment of Shepard's career...It's just MY recollection! |
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Post by survalli on Apr 18, 2020 16:23:43 GMT -8
Shepherd was close to being a legit NBA prospect, all he needed was to be a better shooter. Athleticism wise he had it. Remember when he went at Andrew Wiggins when SDSU played in Kansas? Shepherd held his own, even outplayed Wiggins a bit - and he could match up with him physically. Shepherd brought a lot of character and toughness to SDSU. He was pretty good at getting to the foul line too in close games, and he could lock players up with his incredible defense. Unfortunately for me, I remember the Aztec's disastrous showing vs. George Washington in the NIT semi's in 2016, led by Winston Shepard.... To quote Zeigler after the game: "The team that had played loose during the NIT suddenly looked tight, dazed, perplexed, discombobulated. Flummoxed. Bewildered. Overwhelmed. " I admit my memory is not a fair assessment of Shepard's career...It's just MY recollection! he had the only triple double in SDSU history during that final run, and lets not forget the dismantling of a WASH team that had a loaded team stacked with future NBA players. in fairness to him, he should have been playing in a position like JJ Obrien much earlier in his career. Unfortunately for him JJ was more consistent, mistake free in that role as facilitator. It was only after JJ left, that Winston started to come into his own. By then it was too late. |
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Post by RB Aztec on Apr 18, 2020 22:04:24 GMT -8
The best of luck to the guy. I will remember the shot he made against San Jose St for a long time. If he would have missed that shot, it is unlikely we would have ever made the top 10 and been the darling of the media for so long. That was such an important couple of seconds to our season. |
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Post by standiego on Apr 18, 2020 22:37:40 GMT -8
So as of today we have 5 guards for the 2020-21 season Gomez, Trey P , Adam S. and the 2 incoming freshmen -
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 18, 2020 22:57:17 GMT -8
So as of today we have 5 guards for the 2020-21 season Gomez, Trey P , Adam S. and the 2 incoming freshmen - Stay tuned. |
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Post by imhighonx on Apr 19, 2020 7:47:19 GMT -8
Pope was hurt, so that limited his capabilities. Shepard x4 over Flynn x1 and that’s so easy it’s ridiculous Shepherd was close to being a legit NBA prospect, all he needed was to be a better shooter. Athleticism wise he had it. Remember when he went at Andrew Wiggins when SDSU played in Kansas? Shepherd held his own, even outplayed Wiggins a bit - and he could match up with him physically. Shepherd brought a lot of character and toughness to SDSU. He was pretty good at getting to the foul line too in close games, and he could lock players up with his incredible defense. And Andrew Wiggins still can’t shoot and is not a good NBA player but he managed to get a max deal. I think Flynn fits an archetype that is valuable in the NBA right now as a PNR PG with spot up range and pull up potential. There is also the possibility that he isn’t a huge defensive liability desire his size because he showed some ability to play team defense albeit against mainly lesser competition. Health pandemic aside (which is a huge wildcard since we don’t know what it means for next season) I think this was definitely the right decision. |
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Post by aztecmichael on Apr 19, 2020 10:11:23 GMT -8
Not sure that one year makes anyone an Aztec for Life - despite the level of play in that year. I feel like it's a title that should be reserved for those Aztecs who gut it out for 4-5 years and earn it. All the same, it was great for him to be able to contribute at such an unreal level to this year's once-in-a-lifetime season. And that's how I'll remember him. Yanni, too. Flame away… I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... I have never understood the need on these boards to denigrate our own players. If you want to denigrate somebody, at least do it to somebody who plays for other teams. Winston went 109-35, played in three NCAA tourneys, went to the final 4 of the NIT. Malik went 96-44 and played in two NCAA tourneys. I would think they are both in the upper quadrant as far as successful NCAA careers. Malachi was unbelievable for us---but that doesn't mean our other guys were bad. Go Aztecs! |
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Post by AzTex on Apr 19, 2020 10:43:12 GMT -8
I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... Winston went 109-35, played in three NCAA tourneys, went to the final 4 of the NIT. Malik went 96-44 and played in two NCAA tourneys. I would think they are both in the upper quadrant as far as successful NCAA careers. Malachi was unbelievable for us---but that doesn't mean our other guys were bad. Go Aztecs!  |
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Post by sdmotohead on Apr 19, 2020 10:44:29 GMT -8
I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... I have never understood the need on these boards to denigrate our own players. If you want to denigrate somebody, at least do it to somebody who plays for other teams. Winston went 109-35, played in three NCAA tourneys, went to the final 4 of the NIT. Malik went 96-44 and played in two NCAA tourneys. I would think they are both in the upper quadrant as far as successful NCAA careers. Malachi was unbelievable for us---but that doesn't mean our other guys were bad. Go Aztecs! Agreed about denigrating our players. Why do people have to put one player down just to show the value of another? |
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 20, 2020 9:12:28 GMT -8
I'll take Mal's 1 year over Pope and Shepard's 4 each.....all day long..... I have never understood the need on these boards to denigrate our own players. If you want to denigrate somebody, at least do it to somebody who plays for other teams. Winston went 109-35, played in three NCAA tourneys, went to the final 4 of the NIT. Malik went 96-44 and played in two NCAA tourneys. I would think they are both in the upper quadrant as far as successful NCAA careers. Malachi was unbelievable for us---but that doesn't mean our other guys were bad. Go Aztecs! It makes no sense. Pope & Sheppard were terrific players. Would take either of them today if we could. |
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Post by Gundo on Apr 21, 2020 17:58:27 GMT -8
Yanni showing some class to coach Dutch.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 23, 2020 9:09:22 GMT -8
Saw this in Theathletic re: players moving up/down in draft. Mal's not mentioned, but he's reference late in the article: "This is the deepest draft for lead guards I can remember since I’ve been doing this. Ball, Edwards, Halibuton, Hayes and Cole Anthony are either true point guards or will play some minutes as a lead. Maxey and Hampton will likely play as sort of combo guards next to other initiators. French guard Theo Maledon and Lewis are likely to go in the top-20. Then there is the next group mentioned above, featuring Jones, Dotson, Mannion, Terry, Pritchard, Malachi Flynn and Cassius Winston, all of whom have their fans around the league. That is 16 names that all have at least an outside shot to hear their name called in Round 1. There is almost certainly not room for all of them." Behind a paywall. theathletic.com/1761358/2020/04/21/vecenies-2020-nba-draft-buzz-some-names-moving-up-and-down-the-board/ |
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Post by jdaztec on Apr 23, 2020 14:05:46 GMT -8
Hope he didnt make a mistake coming out early. Maybe he will be one of the guards to go in first/early second round. Hope so.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 23, 2020 15:12:50 GMT -8
Hope he didnt make a mistake coming out early. Maybe he will be one of the guards to go in first/early second round. Hope so. If he got the late 1st/early 2nd round report card from the NBA, as noted, then even if he slides to 45-50 he'll still end up with a NBA-level contract unless he gets drafted by a team with 15 already under contract for '21. Someone up there loves him obviously to get that grade, and has probably given him the assurances needed to feel good about getting a guaranteed contract. But agree, hope he goes somewhere in that 25-40 range just to be 100% assured. |
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Post by Gundo on Apr 23, 2020 22:44:18 GMT -8
Malachi has beaten the odds his HS and college career. Good luck Mal.
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Post by Gundo on Apr 29, 2020 9:25:03 GMT -8
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Post by Gundo on Apr 29, 2020 18:36:54 GMT -8
Gotta love this post from the Show Grannies
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