I called it before the OV. Some folks who questioned my logic are going to be eating some crow today.
Justin pierce
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Those 2 fine returners that you refer to, while I agree, great kids, fact is neither have proven they are ready for a starting job. Now I do think Leaky would be a very good, maybe exceptional wing, I see him as our starter at that position. What I have seen from BRob is a fine role player off the bench, a kid that can give us some mismatches to exploit at the 2 because he has good length with those long arms, he plays longer than his height. But hat reduces at the 3 and we love to switch off between the 3 and the 4 and his 175-180lbs becomes a deficit. He is great for a pop of energy off the bench because the kid does work his butt off when he is in there.
BUt from what I have seen, Pierce would be a better fit if I am needing and I think we do, a guy that can come in and give us 20+ minutes a game. Those last few minutes of the game vs Auburn still haunts me, Roy had guys on the side lines to come in but no stoppage of played allowed them in, BRob tried to take over the offense and it was really ugly, I mean really really ugly. It is one thing to pop open look jumpers when defenses are more focused on your 4 other team mates but in that sequence the spot light turned to him and it was not good.
Pierce, how many recruited him out of high school doesn't matter, what school he committed and played for doesn't matter. What does matter, all that really does when we consider him matched up to our team needs is how he is able to play today. He has clearly met the challenge at the college level already so much so that in a year that we see an amazing list of very talented transfers, this kid has been considered one of the top 5. I would liken that to our getting a 5 star 1&D as a wing (if we were so fortunate as to get him). Those 5 star 1&D kids have much more upside but the vast majority of that upside is not seen till they get to the NBA, case in point our own Naz. That senior transfer may not have the upside that a 5 star 1&D has but you SEE more and in some cases most of that upside while still on college.
That’s what I was hoping to have for lunch!!!
I said to my buddy "BRob chose THIS moment to think he's Kobe?"
That was an odd few minutes.
With Pierce possibly calling for us, could someone break down the roster by position (possible starters and reserve)? Over the last couple of weeks I have lost track of the roster. That would be awesome. Thanks.
PG - Cole/Harris/Leaky
SG - Keeling/Harris/BRob
SF - Pierce/Leaky/BRob
PF - Brooks/Bacot/Pierce (if we go small)
C - Bacot/Manley
That's a 9 man rotation which sounds about right. Then you have Huff, Platek, Francis who will probably see less than 5 min per game.
Probable starter first - then all who could theoretically be asked to backup the position (so some guys appear more than once) in rough order of how likely they are to be the backup.
PG - Cole - Anthony, Leaky, KJ, Andrew, Jeremiah
SG - Keeling - BRob, Andrew, Leaky, Caleb, Ryan
SF - Leaky or Pierce - BRob, Ryan, Shea
PF - Brooks - Pierce, Leaky, Armando, Walker
C - Armando - Sterling, Brooks, Huff, Walker
Total guesswork on backup PG, some guesswork on the others. We don't know if Anthony or Jeremiah will be healthy. Leaky could handle PG, but we almost certainly need him at SF. I have no idea if Keeling could swing to PG. If he could, that would give someone like BRob more PT at SG without hurting the team.
Just to over analyze a teenagers tweets
Does this mean he's changed on the "1 more" tweet to "IDK" or was his 1 more comment related to a different player?
Why do you have Andrew as a PG? Has Roy changed his mind about him?
Just to over analyze a teenagers tweets
Does this mean he's changed on the "1 more" tweet to "IDK" or was his 1 more comment related to a different player?
If Bacot did know now that pierce was coming to us then I would not be surprised to see Amando be told to shut up and let the kid have his day.
How many days does he need? It's like those kids that commit and de-commit. You already had your day.
well, 5mins and we will know...
Interesting question for you guys, if Pierce does end up at Michigan, does that mean that Roy has told him he feels very good with our chances to get Precious. All the scuttle but I hear is that Pierce wants to play for UNC and for Roy but was concerned with how he would be used. Now Ray Charles could see how he would be used if we eliminated bringing any other 3, like Precious. There is a realistic 20mins a game backing up the wing to be had, even a realistic chance at being the starting wing. All I have heard is this kid wanted clarity on that 1 question.
T minus 5.4.3.2.1 HE COMMITTING TO...LOL
Interesting question for you guys, if Pierce does end up at Michigan, does that mean that Roy has told him he feels very good with our chances to get Precious. All the scuttle but I hear is that Pierce wants to play for UNC and for Roy but was concerned with how he would be used. Now Ray Charles could see how he would be used if we eliminated bringing any other 3, like Precious. There is a realistic 20mins a game backing up the wing to be had, even a realistic chance at being the starting wing. All I have heard is this kid wanted clarity on that 1 question.
T minus 5.4.3.2.1 HE COMMITTING TO...LOL
A few people owe Steat an apology.
This cannot be true because I thought the sky was falling. Ye of LITTLE Faith can get back aboard the Tar Heel Express again...
Apology? Hell I am only going to listen to him for the rest of the year
He truly had a lead and nobody usually does
Plus Steat got on this board before the announcement and flapped his wings and said I know I am right..
Yepp and when pierce shows his offer wasnt just “cause we had one to offer” some people gonna be gagging on some crow.
I have been here well over a decade and that would be the first I have heard on what you just said..
Same. That's why I chose not to believe this random guy...but he was incredibly accurate.
I really wanted us to snag this kid, even more so than Precious because he is already a college player, he has already made that high school to college maturation and he is a kid that will not be upset if he ends up coming off our bench, something that precious has no interest in doing.
While I do like leaky to start at the 3, I plug Pierce right now in to his primary back up slot as well as a short minutes fill in at the 4 when Roy wants to go to that small ball look with a stretch 4 (not a role I see either leaky or BRob excelling in). I feel he is a better fit than Precious, for what we need, meaning Precious is more of a Naz like player, a 4 that believes he is a 3, like Henson was. Pierce just wants to play, he doesn't really care what position he will get plugged in to, kinda BRob in that sense.
While I do like leaky to start at the 3, I plug Pierce right now in to his primary back up slot as well as a short minutes fill in at the 4 when Roy wants to go to that small ball look with a stretch 4 (not a role I see either leaky or BRob excelling in). I feel he is a better fit than Precious, for what we need, meaning Precious is more of a Naz like player, a 4 that believes he is a 3, like Henson was. Pierce just wants to play, he doesn't really care what position he will get plugged in to, kinda BRob in that sense.
