Edey soft? Not buying it Bobby.
A dude his size needs to have more than 1 block in 39 minutes. He occupies a huge space in the middle rebounding and scoring. He’s definitely a plodder, but has a good college post game to pair with his size and while he may be slow, he’s also fairly aggressive to get his.
I don't think I am confusing them. As a collegiate player, he's neither bad or soft. No argument that he's not very athletic, but it's a silly comparison as you could also say if he had eithers athleticism, he'd be averaging 45/30/15. I've said before he's not built for the NBA.
No doubt Clingan is more athletic which is why he's a better shot blocker. Given how much he means to the offense, I wonder how much of Edey's shot blocking is more by design to keep him out of foul trouble? The block against Knecht was pretty good as he stayed with him down the lane and maintained space to avoid the foul. Knecht has a hot mom.
I'm going to avoid being a starry-eyed homer. My boys have earned their wins and have a good team, but we're not in UCONN's league. Doesn't mean we can't beat them, but we'll need to get hot and stay hot almost all game long. If we're dropping threes and feeling confident, we can beat anyone, but it's going to take a minor miracle and UCONN being flat with us on fire. As for Oats, he can walk on water right now in Tuscaloosa. We have the coach the old prophesies spoke of and that we've waited so long for!
Yes. I have them losing in the final against Purdue. Nobody had Bama beating UNC at the office A lot of UNC and Houston love.
Who did you have them beating in place of Clemson?
Arizona
Stephen A sort of called Clark out before the game and said she needed to do more than just show up given the loss to LSU last year. Well, she did a lot more than just show up. Dang, she put on a show and just rained 3s on LSU. They just didn't have an answer. She's fun to watch and absolutely an assassin.
I enjoyed Clark's passing a bit more than her going 9 for 20 from three. Everyone that has seen her play for five minutes and hasn't been living under a rock for the last 12 months knows she can shoot. I was surprised at her assisting ability and impressed at how she's involved when she isn't scoring.
If Alabama makes it to the final, I think I win our pool.
Stephen A is a complete jackass.
He gets hacked and/or fouled pretty much every time he touches the ball down low…….especially if he brings the ball down it’s a free for all for the other team slapping down at the ball. His arms are red and scratched up for a reason 🤣I know what you're saying.
That's why I posted that pic. They could call a foul almost every time he touches the ball.
theathletic.com
Purdue's Zach Edey is difficult to defend. The 7-foot-4 star is even harder to officiate
The Athletic talked to five recently retired officials and coordinators and one currently working to ask them about the challenge.
This is from two weeks ago.
He gets fouled and fouls just about every time he touches the ball down low. It really is remarkable. It'll be the NBA's problem next year, thankfully for the Big Ten and NCAA.
