NotSure
Joined: 3/09/23 Posts: 1,050
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Posted Thu, Mar 27 10:42 pm
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In response to Marcus Adams Jr (BRUIN FAN IN OC)
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During the season and in the Big West Tournament and he didn't miss a chunk of games to injury. Disinterested in d. If he was sick, nobody mentioned it.
I see him as a guy who has developed into a college 4, but with far less talent or dedication to team play than Tyler or Eric D.
He's not a W for college.
Whether he changes his body and becomes a W at some point is another matter, but he looks slow and sluggish and like he's carrying 20 pounds of blubber in his belly.
I don't know Cronin at all, but I wouldn't take a chance on a guy who already fooled us. And Kansas. And Gonzaga. And BYU...
Fool me once...
I heard a rumor that this guy could be entering the portal and that UCLA might be interested though I'm guessing he's not Plan A:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4684163/chris-howell
He's a great defensive W who can guard guys 3 inches shorter or taller than him and you can see how he's improved his 3-point shooting, passing and overall shooting. Great student, which at UCLA still matters.
He got a taste of the NCAA Tournament at UC-San Diego, but because he was totally cool with letting some damn good SRs shoot the ball most of the time while he set screens, played killer d, drove and dished like a PG (but far more efficiently than Kobe) and did okay from 3 when defenses forgot about him, his scoring numbers look so low a lot of people might think: But he doesn't score enough to help us.
If he stays at UCSD, he might score 20 PPG next season. Then everyone goes: "Why didn't we get that guy?"
We don't need a star W; we need a W who will work really well with others and fit in very fast with the concept of great team d being the building block (but UCSD scored almost 80 PPG as a team this year, so he knows how to help make a high-powered offense go; he ran fast breaks for UCSD).
Aday, Tyler and Skyy should score and I hope Eric D can sometimes get 20 off the bench.
He has 1 year so he won't chase anyone off nor foreclose anyone in 2026.
I prefer Donovan to DJ partly for the same reason (the other reason is because Donovan is better). Donovan comes in, it's for one year. Jason Crowe, Jr has no issues and Cronin has to pay the piper there. He's someone who would be a high first round pick out of high school if NBA rules allowed. Of course he's going to get $5 million for a year (the price will likely be that high for 25 guys by 2026). |
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