****Official 2017-2018 Missouri Tigers Basketball Thread****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Back up in your ass with the resurrection. Follow the Cuonzo Martin era here.

Recruiting Commitments:

2017:
Michael Porter Jr., SF, *****, Gatorade National Player of the Year
CJ Roberts, PG, ****
Blake Harris, PG, ***/****
Jeremiah Tilmon, F/C, ****
Kassius Robertson, Grad Transfer
Jontay Porter (possible re-classification from Class of '18), ****

Departures: No one that matters
Returning Players: No one that matters

Overall class ranking: #6 nationally.

[ChiefsCountry]

That was quite the shit show in person. Mizzou needs Ramey ****ing bad and a either a grad or juco transfer point for next year.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

JFC

[Pepe Silvia]

Blake Harris is an abomination. Not a single positive about him.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

Blake Harris is an abomination. Not a single positive about him.

Bit of an over exaggeration wouldn't you say. He's a freshmen and did alot of good things too

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Bit of an over exaggeration wouldn't you say. He's a freshmen and did alot of good things too

He can't even dribble with the ball 5 feet before he loses control, every single time he brings it up. He would still show flashes of greatness from time to time regardless of how bad he is struggling, he hasn't shown me a thing.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

Blake Harris is an abomination. Not a single positive about him.

were you one of those suggesting we shut down the program?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

He can't even dribble with the ball 5 feet before he loses control, every single time he brings it up. He would still show flashes of greatness from time to time regardless of how bad he is struggling, he hasn't shown me a thing.

Don't be a ****ing moron.

[raybec 4]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Don't be a ****ing moron.

Too late.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

Blake Harris is an abomination. Not a single positive about him.

Harris is the best PG on the team and it isn't particularly close. He has good handles, good vision and outstanding quickness. He's a solid passer and is generally smart with the ball.

But he gets sped up. Shit happens with freshman guards. He plays at one speed and oftentimes that's just too fast and too careless. As he matures he'll get better on the scoring side (that teardrop he shows sometimes will get more consistent and he'll get better at finishing around the rim) and the game won't be nearly as fast to him.

He's gonna be a very good player as early as next year. By his JR and SR years, he'll be in the conversation for the best PG in the conference. There's a LOT to like about Harris, IMO.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Harris is the best PG on the team and it isn't particularly close. He has good handles, good vision and outstanding quickness. He's a solid passer and is generally smart with the ball.



But he gets sped up. Shit happens with freshman guards. He plays at one speed and oftentimes that's just too fast and too careless. As he matures he'll get better on the scoring side (that teardrop he shows sometimes will get more consistent and he'll get better at finishing around the rim) and the game won't be nearly as fast to him.



He's gonna be a very good player as early as next year. By his JR and SR years, he'll be in the conversation for the best PG in the conference. There's a LOT to like about Harris, IMO.

Great post.

Martin needs to lengthen the leash on Harris, especially against teams that pressure. Geist and Phillips very clearly can't handle it.

Against teams that don't pressure as much, you could shorten the leash as a teaching mechanism if you wanted.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Great post.

Martin needs to lengthen the leash on Harris, especially against teams that pressure. Geist and Phillips very clearly can't handle it.

Against teams that don't pressure as much, you could shorten the leash as a teaching mechanism if you wanted.

Right - he needs to let Harris deal with the pressure teams. There's a good chance that he's already the best equipped to deal with them and he's the only person on the roster with a chance to be truly good at it.

Geist is a useful role player with weaknesses that Martin needs to protect against. That most obvious weakness is the press - he's staggeringly bad at it. So stop asking him to beat it. This is the best version of Geist we'll ever get and it's fine - he's a decent enough player (a basketball Albert Wilson) he's just not a particularly good one.

Phillips...man I hate it but he's just not good enough.

[WhawhaWhat]

CJ Roberts landed at Texas Tech.

Game tonight @ South Carolina on ESPN2. 8 PM tipoff.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

CJ Roberts landed at Texas Tech.

Game tonight @ South Carolina on ESPN2. 8 PM tipoff.

Nice landing spot for Roberts. Good for him.

[Dartgod]

Is this the same woman who did the play-by-play for the Chiefs on Sunday?

[Pepe Silvia]

If there were ever a time for a Grayson Allen trip I fully support one on Silva.