'12 GA G Armani Moore

[germanicus]

- watch him during the season, then jump if warranted. Reese was in the same position as Moore before the season- mid major offers only. If TN had monitored Reese during his senior season like they did Moore, I'd bet Tennessee wouldn't have signed Reese.

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

He really apparently came on late and impressed. He only had mid major offers, no Wichita state, early in the season and said he was gonna wait to see if any big schools came along.

Appears he must have really started to impress, and garnered the attention of some bigger schools. Personally, I think he'll be solid and able to contribute immediately.

Jmo

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by germanicus

- watch him during the season, then jump if warranted. Reese was in the same position as Moore before the season- mid major offers only. If TN had monitored Reese during his senior season like they did Moore, I'd bet Tennessee wouldn't have signed Reese.

Whats your point...Tennessee should've waited to offer Reese?

[germanicus]

They should have played him just like they did Moore - evaluate during his senior season, then decide.

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

Whats your point...Tennessee should've waited to offer Reese?

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by germanicus

They should have played him just like they did Moore - evaluate during his senior season, then decide.

That's been my opinion all along. If they'd have done that Reese wouldn't be heading up knoxville.

[Shaun1985]

Aaron Craft 2.0. Watch the kid blow up!!!

[germanicus]

Aaron Craft was a pure PG from the day he started playing basketball. Moore is a wing who might be able to handle the PG spot enough to give Trae a breather.

Originally Posted by Shaun1985

Aaron Craft 2.0. Watch the kid blow up!!!

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by germanicus

Aaron Craft was a pure PG from the day he started playing basketball. Moore is a wing who might be able to handle the PG spot enough to give Trae a breather.

Josh or skylar are gonna see their minutes dwindle.

[keckjm]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

Josh or skylar are gonna see their minutes dwindle.

Don't bank on it. Josh and McBee should be our starters come day 1 of practice. The only way this shouldn't be is if Edwards is great at scoring.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by keckjm

Don't bank on it. Josh and McBee should be our starters come day 1 of practice. The only way this shouldn't be is if Edwards is great at scoring.

1 of those 2 will lose minutes as I said. Edwards is solid and the fact Moore can actually play PG makes him more usable than mcbee and Richardson both.

Why would Edwards need to be great at scoring to get minutes. Neither mcbee or Richardson are even good at scoring, so why would he need to be great?

[keckjm]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

1 of those 2 will lose minutes as I said. Edwards is solid and the fact Moore can actually play PG makes him more usable than mcbee and Richardson both.

Why would Edwards need to be great at scoring to get minutes. Neither mcbee or Richardson are even good at scoring, so why would he need to be great?

Edwards won't play over McRae, Richardson, or McBee unless he can score. As you just pointed out Moore is already banked 10 mins plus at PG unless he's just god awful. This would mean that Edwards would have to be either one heck of a scorer or one heck of a defender to get mins over any of the four guys above not including Trae. We already know what Richardson can do on D, so lets say Edwards sucks on offense then you aren't playing him over Richardson at the moment IMO. Then McBee and McRae are going to have to get lots of mins because they will be the only guard scoring options we have outside of Trae and maybe Moore. My whole point is, yea Moore is going to get mins, but Richardson, McRae, and Mcbee are all going to be ahead of Edwards coming in the first day of practice. Moore's mins are his to keep because of his PG ability, but that doesn't mean he's automatically going to take those mins from someone else. You may just see Golden's mins decrease, as they should, while McBee, Richardson, and McRae play the 2-3 spots on the floor all game.

[bleedingTNorange]

If you really think mcbee and Richardson scoring is better than Edwards then you don't know much about Edwards.

You dot average 16ppg in juco by accident, and shoot around 45% from the field. Compare those numbers to mcbee and Richardson and tell me how they look.

Nobody has a starting spot heading into the first practice they'll be earned. Edwards would have to fall on his face to not beat out mcbee or Richardson. Remember, he is a junior not a freshman, he has experience, has the build and knows how to play the game.

[bleedingTNorange]

This may make more sense...right now the rotation would look like this most likely:

Trae 30/ Armani 10
Jordan 15/ josh 15/ Armani 10
Edwards 30/ Joran 10
Stokes 28/ maymon 12
Maymon 16/ hall 14/ yemi 10

[keckjm]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

If you really think mcbee and Richardson scoring is better than Edwards then you don't know much about Edwards.

You dot average 16ppg in juco by accident, and shoot around 45% from the field. Compare those numbers to mcbee and Richardson and tell me how they look.

Nobody has a starting spot heading into the first practice they'll be earned. Edwards would have to fall on his face to not beat out mcbee or Richardson. Remember, he is a junior not a freshman, he has experience, has the build and knows how to play the game.

Your acting as if Edwards is going to play and be very good without a doubt. Dude, I'm on the same side your on here man. God I hope the dude throws 30 PPG down. My point is I've seen dudes like him before, and some of them don't pan out.Nothing is guaranteed no matter what/who you play. Did you ever see Woolridge's high school video's in Cali? I mean I know it's not juco basketball, but he was a master of shooting the three ball and scoring inside. He was poss to be a Terrence Jones type of player, who could play the 3-4 position interchangeably. We all know how that went. Another prime example is Bobby Maze. Out of Juco he avg. 21 PPG. He came here and avg 10 ponts and 3 assist. The numbers just don't translate from Juco to SEC play sometimes, and Maze, IMO, was much better the Edwards. I've seen Edwards play on tape and he can score, but like I said nothing is guaranteed.

[keckjm]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

This may make more sense...right now the rotation would look like this most likely:

Trae 30/ Armani 10
Jordan 15/ josh 15/ Armani 10
Edwards 30/ Joran 10
Stokes 28/ maymon 12
Maymon 16/ hall 14/ yemi 10

IMO this is what I see happening:

Trae 32/ Moore 8
McBee 20/ McRae 15/ Josh 5
Josh 10/ Edwards 20/McRae 10
Stokes 30/ Maymon 10
Maymon 20/ Hall 10/ Yemi 10

[bleedingTNorange]

Most people, including myself, had a feeling woolridge was going to be a bust, you have to look past highlight tapes. As I said, look at fg%, that's not a lying number.

Maze put up good juco numbers but he's kind of a different type player being a PG. he probably could've scored more at UT but was asked to be more of a distributor.

Edwards is a 6'6" wing who will have been playing for 2 years, maze played 1. Most accounts tab him as a Cameron tatum type of player. You're acting as if mcbee and Richardson are offensive juggernauts. They averaged 3 ppg and 6ppg respectively and mcbee doing it with only a 3 point shot as his offense. If Edwards can't average 6ppg I'd be shocked. He's tall, long and athletic and has an all around game, I see no way mcbee or Richardson beat him out.

I'm not suggesting hell drop 30ppg, but like i said Richardson and mcbee aren't exactly offensive juggernauts. Id look for Edwards to average around 10ppg 6rpg 3apg and play good D.