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Who will play 4/5 next year w/ Jennings and Booker gone?
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Who will play 4/5 next year w/ Jennings and Booker gone?


Mar 15, 2013, 8:17 AM

I don't see any way that we will be better next year without some kind of presence in the post.

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Re: Who will play 4/5 next year w/ Jennings and Booker gone?


Mar 15, 2013, 8:20 AM

nono, smith, sullivan unless we add a tall signee. none of those have shown much at all so far

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Re: meant Nnoko


Mar 15, 2013, 8:20 AM

sorry about that

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Its scary to think that we will be depending on noko and


Mar 15, 2013, 8:21 AM [ in reply to Re: Who will play 4/5 next year w/ Jennings and Booker gone? ]

smith

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I don't see Smith competing at a D-1 level in any way, shape


Mar 15, 2013, 9:01 AM

or form. It is cringe worthy watching him maneuver the few times he has gotten the ball down low. Nnoko, I have more faith in when it comes to improvement and contribution.

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Reminds me of having to rely on Jennings and Booker***


Mar 15, 2013, 1:21 PM [ in reply to Its scary to think that we will be depending on noko and ]



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Re: Reminds me of having to rely on Jennings and Booker***


Mar 15, 2013, 1:42 PM

Jennings and Booker were averaging over 10 minutes a game as freshmen. What does it say that those two couldn't break 7 minutes or beat them out?

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Re: Who will play 4/5 next year w/ Jennings and Booker gone?


Mar 15, 2013, 8:48 AM

I think we go small with a line up of Nnoko at the 5, and then KJ, Coleman, Roper, Hall. Filer off the bench with Smith, Sullivan and Blossomgame. Two incoming frosh have potential at the 2/3 spots too. I could also sub Smith for Nnoko and Blossomgame for Coleman--depending on the opponent. Definitely need some growth from Nnoko and Smith though.

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As if those two can't be replaced?


Mar 15, 2013, 8:55 AM

There were times last night I was wondering if Jennings was shaving points. At least that would explain some of his boneheaded turnovers.

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Yep, all two of them. Jennings was really a TO machine last


Mar 15, 2013, 8:57 AM

night. Two turnovers. You Jennings haters need new material or actually watch the games and comment on Jennings's turnover issues when they are actually factual.

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A high school player knows not to pass from the arc


Mar 15, 2013, 9:57 AM

to the opposite low post. Did he realize that we were not the home team wearing white? His shot (and non-shot) selection last night was horrible. 6'9" and attempts more 3s than any one on the team over the season.

I'm no Jennings hater, check the post history. 9 times out of 10 his play is not worth commenting on....either positively or negatively. He's essentially a non-factor in most games. I just don't see where losing him is going to be some big hole we can't fill. Its not like we are losing a true 4 at least on the offensive side. He gobbles up defensive rebounds and at the end of the day thats the only thing we will miss next year.

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So you pointed out one of his two turnovers, and that


Mar 15, 2013, 10:04 AM

particular turnover WAS a bad one, and a stupid one. And he had one more. I will await your analysis of Booker's four turnovers because apparently those didn't grind your gears like that bad pass from Milt.

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If you notice my initial post


Mar 15, 2013, 11:26 AM

I said that neither of them would be impossible to replace. Booker didn't have a good game last night and he looked soft under the basket (pointed that out in the Jennings complaining about the officials thread). His turnovers aren't nearly as noticable as others. Not going up strong and forcing the defense to foul is his glaring weakness. And if I'm not mistaken 2 of Bookers turnovers were 1) a bad pass that he couldn't control but the last to touch and 2) an offensive foul?

But over the course of the season, Booker had built up a little more credits for bad play than Jennings had. Booker hasn't seemed to waste possessions the way that Jennings had with either TOs or bad shots. In this offense, bad shots are almost as bad as a turnover. Jennings took more 3s than anyone else.

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We win when he plays good and lose when he doesn't, other


Mar 15, 2013, 12:04 PM [ in reply to A high school player knows not to pass from the arc ]

than that, he's a non-factor...And if you followed Clemson Basketball, you would know the coach wanted him to shoot MORE! Other than that, spot on...He's not a true 4 and he rebounds well on the defensive end...

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This Clemson team had the lowest all-time turnover per


Mar 15, 2013, 5:47 PM [ in reply to As if those two can't be replaced? ]

game ratio of any Clemson team in history. That's a fact. Milt was third on this team in turnovers behind Devin and Rod. Milt also had a 1:1 assist to turnover ratio. You expect your 5 and 4 to be among your top 3 in turnovers. You do not expect your point guard to be. You also cannot count on your 4 to have a 1:1 assist to turnover ratio.

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Nice observations***


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we'll be better


Mar 15, 2013, 11:24 AM

really not that hard to replace. Can only go up from here.

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I've heard that line before. It CAN get worse, and there's


Mar 15, 2013, 1:01 PM

a fairly decent chance that it will get worse next year. Booker and Jennings might have underachieved but they were still decent players, and probably the two most productive on the team this season.

Where is all of the talent that is going to replace them? I don't exactly see guys lined up to play those positions.

This team needs just about everything right now.

We desperately need shooters to stretch the floor and create space, we could use a Stitt-like guy that can get into the lane and create something, and we need a legit post presence or, at the very least, a big, physical work horse that can defend the post and work the offensive glass.

I think our shooting will improve a little bit with the young guys that we have right now, but to what extent? As for the other pieces, they just aren't there.

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