Jalen Johnson

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Dallasbowlin said:
I think what he’s sayin is, if someone gets injured we will need Jalen to step up.
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Isn’t that the case across the board, if someone in our top 8 gets injured someone else needs to step up? That was my point, he didn’t say that initially and not sure why anyone would assume that was meant since that’s kind of common sense with injuries.

I disagreed because his post made it sound like we needed Johnson as of right now to be a factor, if he simply meant that he will see an increased role if someone gets injured then yea I would agree, again that’s the case across the board.
 
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SweetDaddy said:
Depth is exactly what everyone else in the world thinks it is.

Insurance in case its needed.

Like Ive said multiple times if Bone is your PG and Turner is your backup and if you start Bowden and Schofield then your only scholarship backups are Johnson and Pons.

I get that Turner will probably get the majority of your backup minutes at the 2 and that Pons will be your primary backup at the 3 and that leaves Johnson competing with Pons for minutes but all I ever said was depth.

If you didnt have Johnson what happens if you lose one of those top 5?

You're playing a walk on or someone who isnt much better than one [Fulkerson].

Thus me saying depth.

That's not confusing or even able to be disputed.
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I addressed the bolded once before, but again, Turner backing up Bone at PG doesn't preclude him from backing up Bowden at SG as well. In fact, it's probably his more natural fit between the two positions. If Bone can play 30 minutes at PG, Turner isn't going to solely play 10 minutes a game as his backup. He will get time at SG, as well.

The majority of the 80 minutes at the 2 and 3 are going to be split between Schofield, Bowden, Turner, Pons, and then what is left over will go to Johnson, which I would guess won't be very much.
 
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No need to guess about JJ's development as Laneir was pretty clear in his article concerning what the coaches were looking for from JJ if he wants more minutes. Nobody appears to question JJ's potential - he's got to gain the coach's trust with his all around game then his opportunities will increase.
 
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He'll have to become a complete player on both ends of the floor, which to me means his defensive intensity has to improve.
 
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#57
JJ might have a hard time matching up defensively. He's not quite quick enough to stick with a small guard and he's too skinny to push around a forward. Fulkerson is a similar build but he's excellent at getting into the passing lanes
 
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Don't rule out Fleschman helping out at the shooting guard at some point. Lee Humphey was a major contributor to a couple of Gator Nattys. A threat to knock down 3s is a weapon that keeps defenses from clogging up the paint. A shooter is even more valuable when your inside players are excellent passers and ours are excellent passers.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Don't rule out Fleschman helping out at the shooting guard at some point. Lee Humphey was a major contributor to a couple of Gator Nattys. A threat to knock down 3s is a weapon that keeps defenses from clogging up the paint. A shooter is even more valuable when your inside players are excellent passers and ours are excellent passers.
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I'm willing to bet that Fleschman will not see any playing time outside of garbage time.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Don't rule out Fleschman helping out at the shooting guard at some point. Lee Humphey was a major contributor to a couple of Gator Nattys. A threat to knock down 3s is a weapon that keeps defenses from clogging up the paint. A shooter is even more valuable when your inside players are excellent passers and ours are excellent passers.
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Lee Humphrey was a Top 100 recruit, I don’t think there is much comparison between the 2, it’s also not as if Bowden & Turner aren’t good shooters. If this team didn’t have shooters then maybe like McBee did he would fill a role, but hard to imagine him being much better of a shooter than Turner/Bowden.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Lee Humphrey was a Top 100 recruit, I don’t think there is much comparison between the 2, it’s also not as if Bowden & Turner aren’t good shooters. If this team didn’t have shooters then maybe like McBee did he would fill a role, but hard to imagine him being much better of a shooter than Turner/Bowden.
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I said "at some point". He has 3 or 4 years left and came from a highly competitive high school environment. There's one or more posts concerned about after Bone, Bowden, and Turner are through TN will be in trouble. He's already close to being the best perimeter shooter on the team.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I said "at some point". He has 3 or 4 years left and came from a highly competitive high school environment. There's one or more posts concerned about after Bone, Bowden, and Turner are through TN will be in trouble. He's already close to being the best perimeter shooter on the team.
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Your post sounded like you were referring to this year, especially considering the thread was about this year...if you were talking 2-3 years from now then maybe.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Your post sounded like you were referring to this year, especially considering the thread was about this year...if you were talking 2-3 years from now then maybe.
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No, I figure that Woodson gets minutes before JG at guard if we get to emergency level this year. JF might be needed in a couple of years since Bone, Bowden, and Turner all leave together and the next groups of players are predominantly forwards, wings, and posts.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I said "at some point". He has 3 or 4 years left and came from a highly competitive high school environment. There's one or more posts concerned about after Bone, Bowden, and Turner are through TN will be in trouble. He's already close to being the best perimeter shooter on the team.
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How is that even known, right now?
 
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cncchris33 said:
How is that even known, right now?
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Because that's most likely the biggest deficiency on the team. Bone's shot the last 2 years has been very flat. Bowden is wildly inconsistent. Turner doesn't really have the best firm unless he's altered it this off-season. JJ, Pons, and even AS don't seem to be especially skilled as perimeter shooters. KA's a pretty good FT shooter but has had few 3P attempts.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Because that's most likely the biggest deficiency on the team. Bone's shot the last 2 years has been very flat. Bowden is wildly inconsistent. Turner doesn't really have the best firm unless he's altered it this off-season. JJ, Pons, and even AS don't seem to be especially skilled as perimeter shooters. KA's a pretty good FT shooter but has had few 3P attempts.
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How do you know that Fleschman is a good/great 3pt shooter? What specifically has lead you to believe that he would be a reliable shooter in games? I'd say we shot the 3 ball pretty well last season. Turner and Schofield both are reliable outside shooters.
 
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VEKZY said:
How do you know that Fleschman is a good/great 3pt shooter? What specifically has lead you to believe that he would be a reliable shooter in games? I'd say we shot the 3 ball pretty well last season. Turner and Schofield both are reliable outside shooters.
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I've seen JF shoot. I've seen everybody else on the roster shoot.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Because that's most likely the biggest deficiency on the team. Bone's shot the last 2 years has been very flat. Bowden is wildly inconsistent. Turner doesn't really have the best firm unless he's altered it this off-season. JJ, Pons, and even AS don't seem to be especially skilled as perimeter shooters. KA's a pretty good FT shooter but has had few 3P attempts.
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Schofield, Bowden, and Turner led the team in 3 point FG attempts last season and each shot an identical 39.5%, respectively. Bone was 5th in attempts and shot 38%. Daniel was 4th in attempts and shot 37.2%. As a team, we were 3rd in the SEC in 3-pt FG%. How is that a deficiency?

Care to take a stab as to how many other SEC teams got that level of consistency from their top 4 shooters?
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I've seen JF shoot. I've seen everybody else on the roster shoot.
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You haven't seen him shoot in a live SEC basketball game. At least not more than a shot or two, which is hardly proof positive that he is suddenly the best shooter on the team.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Because that's most likely the biggest deficiency on the team. Bone's shot the last 2 years has been very flat. Bowden is wildly inconsistent. Turner doesn't really have the best firm unless he's altered it this off-season. JJ, Pons, and even AS don't seem to be especially skilled as perimeter shooters. KA's a pretty good FT shooter but has had few 3P attempts.
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Wow, I disagree with almost everything you said.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I've seen JF shoot. I've seen everybody else on the roster shoot.
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