Any idea what happened to Leon Ayers ?? Is he hurt ??

Thanks.

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Anyone ask any players if they are coming back next year?

levon1975 wrote:

Primo was channeling Norm Nixon today with the way he destroyed anyone who tried to guard him. Driving his man into the paint and either taking it all the way; or shooting the turnaround jumper in the lane. He often beat 3-4 guys on the way to the hoop. He was electrifying today! He jumps so well he can shoot over most any guard. I Have not seen freshman guard score that way for Duquesne since Norm Nixon. Spears was really feelin it today;

Hope the fans of the team he transfers to appreciate him
 

phil95 wrote:

levon1975 wrote:

Primo was channeling Norm Nixon today with the way he destroyed anyone who tried to guard him. Driving his man into the paint and either taking it all the way; or shooting the turnaround jumper in the lane. He often beat 3-4 guys on the way to the hoop. He was electrifying today! He jumps so well he can shoot over most any guard. I Have not seen freshman guard score that way for Duquesne since Norm Nixon. Spears was really feelin it today;

How about the first 25 minutes when he was shooting 15% from the field, ignoring his open teammates, & playing absolutely no defense? 

Primo is a ball hog & plays defense only when the mood strikes him. KD is not holding him accountable in the same ways he does other players. 

Primo was breathtaking on offense for 15 minutes. Truly, he was awesome. It just doesn't mean anything because he hasn't been playing winning basketball for 6 weeks.

I encourage everybody to re-watch the last 2 minutes of the game & the handshake line. Primo couldn't care less about losing for the 16th consecutive time. He was super pleased with himself for scoring a bunch of points.

 

He is not a top point guard in this conf. Not on a conf. winning team. His dribble alone tells you he should not be handling the point. Not just this game, but all season. Norm didn't just show up for one game against a bottom team, he showed up all the time,  Off season, if this coaching staff finds even an average point guard, he will start over Primo.

Just a couple of quick observations. The transition defense was horrible. LaSalle had 2 on 1 breaks over and over again. They did it on our made baskets. They did it on our misses. This is coaching. Horrible defense on LaSalle 3-point shooters. At one point they were 8 for 10. Positive note - we did play a zone periodically. 

I was watching some of the smaller conference tourneys the last few days on ESPN plus. Coaches were using multiple defenses throughout the game and ball movement. No one on one crap and over dribbling, just basic fundamentals. It was refreshing to watch and the teams played hard no matter the score. This team does NONE of that and it all falls on this joke of a coach. Who in the hell hired this guy when you had hundreds of better qualified head and assistants out there who actually know how to coach and teach. Disgusting
 

phil95 wrote:

levon1975 wrote:

Primo was channeling Norm Nixon today with the way he destroyed anyone who tried to guard him. Driving his man into the paint and either taking it all the way; or shooting the turnaround jumper in the lane. He often beat 3-4 guys on the way to the hoop. He was electrifying today! He jumps so well he can shoot over most any guard. I Have not seen freshman guard score that way for Duquesne since Norm Nixon. Spears was really feelin it today;

How about the first 25 minutes when he was shooting 15% from the field, ignoring his open teammates, & playing absolutely no defense? 

Primo is a ball hog & plays defense only when the mood strikes him. KD is not holding him accountable in the same ways he does other players. 

Primo was breathtaking on offense for 15 minutes. Truly, he was awesome. It just doesn't mean anything because he hasn't been playing winning basketball for 6 weeks.

I encourage everybody to re-watch the last 2 minutes of the game & the handshake line. Primo couldn't care less about losing for the 16th consecutive time. He was super pleased with himself for scoring a bunch of points.

 

You’re entitled to your opinion; and I don’t disagree with some of your points; but the talent is there and someone needed to score.  Primo was getting layups and short pull-up jumpers in the paint; do you think they were going to get better shots?

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levon1975 wrote:

phil95 wrote:

levon1975 wrote:

Primo was channeling Norm Nixon today with the way he destroyed anyone who tried to guard him. Driving his man into the paint and either taking it all the way; or shooting the turnaround jumper in the lane. He often beat 3-4 guys on the way to the hoop. He was electrifying today! He jumps so well he can shoot over most any guard. I Have not seen freshman guard score that way for Duquesne since Norm Nixon. Spears was really feelin it today;

How about the first 25 minutes when he was shooting 15% from the field, ignoring his open teammates, & playing absolutely no defense? 

Primo is a ball hog & plays defense only when the mood strikes him. KD is not holding him accountable in the same ways he does other players. 

Primo was breathtaking on offense for 15 minutes. Truly, he was awesome. It just doesn't mean anything because he hasn't been playing winning basketball for 6 weeks.

I encourage everybody to re-watch the last 2 minutes of the game & the handshake line. Primo couldn't care less about losing for the 16th consecutive time. He was super pleased with himself for scoring a bunch of points.

 

You’re entitled to your opinion; and I don’t disagree with some of your points; but the talent is there and someone needed to score. Primo was getting layups and short pull-up jumpers in the paint; do you think they were going to get better shots?

I have no problem with your opinion, You too made some fine points; Primo was great for a long stretch. 

The issue is 100% with the coach. Does he really expect that after allowing Primo to play poor, self-centered basketball for the last 6 weeks of the season with no accountability that next fall he will be able to flip a switch in Primo by saying, "Ok, that was last year. Now you are going to play the right way all the time or ELSE..."?

This is quite similar to the way TDM was coached for 2.7 seasons. Terrible, selfish shot selection leading to poor percentages & very poor defense most of the time was perfectly acceptable & the minutes never wavered. 

Both guys have real talent. Primo probably has more & is size appropriate. 

Does anyone think it is a coincidence that TDM has his best career shooting & assist numbers under a different coach? He was 2nd in conference scoring, 1st in total assists & assist average, first team all conference, & newcomer of the year.

Interestingly, FGCU canned their coach today after just 4 years. That seems a little crazy given that the team won 21 games including a first round conference tournament game & 8 of their last 10.