It was in fact a Euro. He's 7'0" and "skilled" per brandx. He looks it in the highlights in tweet.
It was in fact a Euro. He's 7'0" and "skilled" per brandx. He looks it in the highlights in tweet.
I agree. Coward and Price are locks. I think Calmese also likely starts at PG, and I think people are sleeping on him. From videos that I have seen of him from high school and Lamar, he is a better athlete than Rice. He is faster, more explosive, and can jump higher than Rice. He is a better scorer than Rice. What I don't know is if he can run a team as the point guard. He has played mostly as a combo guard. He reminds me of a combination of an old Sonic, Gus Williams, and Alan Iverson. In this offense, that plays fine as anyone on the court can initiate the offense.Lots of time for the lineup and rotations to shakeout. Coward and Price seem like locks in the lineup. Calmese at PG probably as well. From there there are a lot of possibilities. I do think Okafor is a key. He's a physical presence we don't seem have otherwise with the bigs.
I feel a lot like last year at this time. No idea how good they are, but I know I'm going to enjoy watching them play.
Calmese will play a lot too.
I agree. Coward and Price are locks. I think Calmese also likely starts at PG, and I think people are sleeping on him. From videos that I have seen of him from high school and Lamar, he is a better athlete than Rice. He is faster, more explosive, and can jump higher than Rice. He is a better scorer than Rice. What I don't know is if he can run a team as the point guard. He has played mostly as a combo guard. He reminds me of a combination of an old Sonic, Gus Williams, and Alan Iverson. In this offense, that plays fine as anyone on the court can initiate the offense.
Interestingly enough, my internet was down for a few days. So, I watched a partial game I had taped on 2/3/24 with the Cougs playing the uw. Calmese played a little and he didn't look like the same player that played at Lamar. There was no excitement to him or his game. The sad part was that Bill Walton was doing the color. It was only 3-4 months later he passed away. So, he did the game likely knowing the end was near. I will miss him.
I don't think there is a true point guard on the roster, but I don't think it matters with this offense. Calmese, Gerrits, Wilson and even Wynott are combo guards. Several of the players other than Price, Erikstrup, and Okafor, can bring the ball up the court and anyone can initiate the offense.Unless there are struggles on offense, and probably might probably not be struggles on offense, Calmese will be a situational co starter, 6th man, about 28 minutes per game at semi likely best, because of his semi defensive liability, because altho he has the physical tools, athleticism, etc, to play great defense, his defense is bad. Now maybe that will change. If it does change, Calmese will be the starter at the 2,SG spot, as Calmese is a combo guard, 2, SG first, that can play PG. He can pass, drive, shoot, floor leader, court vision, etc, semi ok, but he needs to improve in those areas, defense, before he starts consistently at PG. Because of that, he is more of a classic 2,SG, then a PG. That said, if Isiah Watts, Wilson, Gerrit, are, is not able to be a consistently good starter at PG, and be the consistent starter at PG, then if Calmese can do, be that, etc, then he, Calmese would start at PG. I expect Isiah Watts and Calmese to split time, platoon, etc, at SG. Wilson would probably be best at PG, because Isiah Watts, Calmese both shoot a lot, and drive a lot, and are more classic 2, SG's, then PG's, so would be best if Wilson consistently starts at PG.