OTF Premium Marcus Spears Jr starting?

[Gerry Hamilton]

8 hours ago, watty7796 said:

Anyway you want to put it...this is the deepest Texas team thats been on the hardcourt in a very long time.  And to think....the ball just started rolling.

For sure. Texas has the best quality depth potential I have seen on a roster. Miller and staff can go 10-11 deep with role players (some major and some spot roles) against high-major opponents… with the understanding the bench will get shorter at times, to likely 9.5, as the season gets closer to February and March. 

What that depth means … it’s good on paper with chance to be very good in season to deal with inevitable missed practice time and games here and there from a frontline player misses due to injury.

The biggest challenge Sean Miller and staff (and other programs in the same position) face is it’s all easy right now before roles are defined. Three or four players inevitably won’t have as many minutes on court consistently as they thought once rotations are defined, and when they signed/transferred to Texas. Does the entire team remain focused and locked in the same way once that happens, as they have been all summer and early in practice?

When the Marcus Spears Jr. possibility presented itself … that changed the rotation and minute distribution for others. Great for the Texas team and program. Good problem to have for Texas. But the human nature of having this type of depth that will be built in the non-con will challenge when adversity hits. 

Really like having a no BS coach like Sean Miller to handle/navigate through the scenarios that could arise throughout a season. 

And I will say, it’s cool to have this convo about Texas basketball. These are blue blood basketball problems one always reads and talks to other fan bases about. 

[MarkInAustin]

I remember this vaguely so stand to be corrected. 

Florida won a Natty with 3 or 4 NBA eligible players who chose to come back for a second run.  At the time it was written that the players who chose to return were unusually placed as sons of financially successful parents who therefore felt no money pressure to leave early.

Now NIL can remove the financial pressure to leave early.  My question to those who have followed this closely:  Has NIL been a motivator for any NBA eligible and likely first round choice to return?

[Little Carmine]

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

For sure. Texas has the best quality depth potential I have seen on a roster. Miller and staff can go 10-11 deep with role players (some major and some spot roles) against high-major opponents… with the understanding the bench will get shorter at times, to likely 9.5, as the season gets closer to February and March. 

What that depth means … it’s good on paper with chance to be very good in season to deal with inevitable missed practice time and games here and there from a frontline player misses due to injury.

The biggest challenge Sean Miller and staff (and other programs in the same position) face is it’s all easy right now before roles are defined. Three or four players inevitably won’t have as many minutes on court consistently as they thought once rotations are defined, and when they signed/transferred to Texas. Does the entire team remain focused and locked in the same way once that happens, as they have been all summer and early in practice?

When the Marcus Spears Jr. possibility presented itself … that changed the rotation and minute distribution for others. Great for the Texas team and program. Good problem to have for Texas. But the human nature of having this type of depth that will be built in the non-con will challenge when adversity hits. 

Really like having a no BS coach like Sean Miller to handle/navigate through the scenarios that could arise throughout a season. 

And I will say, it’s cool to have this convo about Texas basketball. These are blue blood basketball problems one always reads and talks to other fan bases about. 

It's the BEST problem to have - too much talent when you can only have 5 out there at a time

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

I remember this vaguely so stand to be corrected. 

Florida won a Natty with 3 or 4 NBA eligible players who chose to come back for a second run.  At the time it was written that the players who chose to return were unusually placed as sons of financially successful parents who therefore felt no money pressure to leave early.

Now NIL can remove the financial pressure to leave early.  My question to those who have followed this closely:  Has NIL been a motivator for any NBA eligible and likely first round choice to return?

For sure. Yep, Noah, Horford and Brewer came back. So they returned all 5 starters, with Taurean Green and Lee Humphrey. 

 

Absolutely it has ... Florida's Thomas Hough this past year. He was a first round pick, and chose to come back for big NIL. Probably Rueben Chineylu on Florida too. 

If a guy is a 2nd round pick, they are coming back due to NIL ... Juke Harris now at Tennessee, Milan Momcilovic now at Kentucky, Alec Condon at Florida, couple of bigs at Illinois, Tyler Tanner at Vandy, Jeremy Fears at Mich State , etc...

[DanielOnorato]

16 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

I remember this vaguely so stand to be corrected. 

Florida won a Natty with 3 or 4 NBA eligible players who chose to come back for a second run.  At the time it was written that the players who chose to return were unusually placed as sons of financially successful parents who therefore felt no money pressure to leave early.

Now NIL can remove the financial pressure to leave early.  My question to those who have followed this closely:  Has NIL been a motivator for any NBA eligible and likely first round choice to return?

Correct. It was Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer who returned that were all future lottery picks and Florida also returned Taurean green, Lee Humphreys who had cups of coffee in the pros.

 

[jkates]

@Gerry Hamilton - Did you see Rothstein's tweets about Will Wade and LSU? 

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 minutes ago, jkates said:

@Gerry Hamilton - Did you see Rothstein's tweets about Will Wade and LSU? 

Were't they the fake Rothstein account? 

Let me check

[jkates]

10 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Were't they the fake Rothstein account? 

Let me check

Ah, could have been. I was just scrolling late at night and not paying close attention. 

[thatdude2]

I though this was the staffs answer to Arch’s overthrow

[Bevohorns]

I am still worried about shooting without Marcus in the starting lineup. We are banking on Freeman and Goosby to have improved a good bit in outside shooting so that it spreads out the floor.

[Gerry Hamilton]

53 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

I am still worried about shooting without Marcus in the starting lineup. We are banking on Freeman and Goosby to have improved a good bit in outside shooting so that it spreads out the floor.

My post was that it's not expected to happen. 

[TexasTom]

"And I will say, it’s cool to have this convo about Texas basketball. These are blue blood basketball problems one always reads and talks to other fan bases about."

Yes!

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[GQ03]

12 hours ago, Bevohorns said:

I am still worried about shooting without Marcus in the starting lineup. We are banking on Freeman and Goosby to have improved a good bit in outside shooting so that it spreads out the floor.

Freeman shot it very well from deep at his DII school and was okay at Auburn last year. I think he'll be pretty good and I expect a jump from David Punch as well now that he can actually see the rim

[Gerry Hamilton]

22 hours ago, Bevohorns said:

I am still worried about shooting without Marcus in the starting lineup. We are banking on Freeman and Goosby to have improved a good bit in outside shooting so that it spreads out the floor.

Was on road and misunderstood your Q

IMO, Texas will be in the 35.5% neighborhood 

Im firm in my belief that too many people believe that a team has to shoot 39-40% from 3 to be an elite or great team 

The last 5 National Champions have shot from 35.3% to 36.5’ish% from 3 

And I’m not going into the season with NC dreams … but E8 and playing to get to the Final Four goals. 
 

If Texas is top 1-3 in FT attempts per game and 35.5% area from 3 … they will have plenty of scoring ability 

But Texas needs to be in that area code from 3, and 74%’ish from FT line to take full advantage IMO