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Mayo and King
DIR By: sbufan
Date: January 2, 2012, 1:32 pm
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what is going on with Mayo? Is he injured and taking a redshirt
year? As long as the injury(?) isn't too serious, I could see
this being a good thing for Mayo. He has a lot of potential, but
obviously needed to add bulk to his frame to capitalize on his
talent. I'd be real happy to have three more years with a more
mature Mayo.
Also have there been any reports on how King looks in practice?
I have raised my expectations for King ever since hearing he has
the highest vertical on the team. According to his espn recruit
profile he is nearly automatic from three when in rhythm. He's
obviously got a lot of upside.
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Re: Mayo and King
DIR By: Quickdraw62
Date: January 2, 2012, 2:08 pm
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--- Quote from: sbufan link ---
>
> what is going on with Mayo? Is he injured and taking a
redshirt year? As long as the injury(?) isn't too serious, I
could see this being a good thing for Mayo. He has a lot of
potential, but obviously needed to add bulk to his frame to
capitalize on his talent. I'd be real happy to have three more
years with a more mature Mayo.
>
> Also have there been any reports on how King looks in
practice? I have raised my expectations for King ever since
hearing he has the highest vertical on the team. According to
his espn recruit profile he is nearly automatic from three when
in rhythm. He's obviously got a lot of upside.
>
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It looks pretty obvious that both are redshirting, which is
really good for your future. Mayo and Warney replace Joyner and
Rapier, King replaces Carter. You really don't have a shot
blocker on this year's team, so Mayo adds that. You also don't
have a big who can shoot from the perimeter, so King gives you
that....Mayo for 3 years is huge, in my opinion. Also, I've
seen Warney 3 times in person, and he's already better than any
of your bigs from a standpoint of rebounding/low post
scoring/shot blocking.
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Re: Mayo and King
DIR By: sbufan
Date: January 2, 2012, 2:48 pm
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--- Quote from: Quickdraw62 link ---
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> It looks pretty obvious that both are redshirting, which is
really good for your future. Mayo and Warney replace Joyner and
Rapier, King replaces Carter. You really don't have a shot
blocker on this year's team, so Mayo adds that. You also don't
have a big who can shoot from the perimeter, so King gives you
that....Mayo for 3 years is huge, in my opinion. Also, I've
seen Warney 3 times in person, and he's already better than any
of your bigs from a standpoint of rebounding/low post
scoring/shot blocking.
>
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Is Mayo redshirting because he wants to spend the year working
on his game or is he injured?
I'm really intrigued by King. I think Pikiell said he has the
highest vertical on the team and might be the best three point
shooter as well. I was happy having him when I thought was just
a long body with good range on his jumper. I'm sure his game
needs some work or else we never would have been able to talk to
him, but still I'm excited to see what he can do next year.
It's funny I really like our frontcourt this year with Brenton,
Rapier, and Joyner, but next years with Brenton, Warney, Mayo,
King, McAlister (he's going to figure it out at some point)
looks very promising despite some new faces.
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Re: Mayo and King
DIR By: jaghatai
Date: January 2, 2012, 9:23 pm
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I've heard rumors about Mayo's ankle/foot being less than 100%,
although I wouldn't be suprised to see him and King hitting the
weight room hard to have their weight match their height (both
are "lanky", which is a nice way of saying they need to bulk
up).
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Re: Mayo and King
DIR By: The Magic Man
Date: January 2, 2012, 11:23 pm
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I have no idea what is going on with Mayo. I heard a few months
ago he was only day-to-day, so I guess he is red-shirting.
Pikiell did tell me his plan was to originally red-shirt him
last year before the injuries hit. Still, considering how good
Mayo looked IMO, I thought he would get some playing time this
year.
On King, Pikiell told me that he chose to red-shirt this year. A
very good call on his part IMO. He'd be hard-pressed for minutes
right now, and as athletic and great of a shooter he is, he
looks like a twig right now. He needs to add some muscle pronto,
but he has a lot of promise and is very intriguing.
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