At the 5

[Zebnatto1!]

all things being equal . . . . ?

 

[seansherm]

Probably depends on what those equal pieces are, safe to say Manny isn't getting votes no matter the set up here

 

[RUDiddy777]

Myles was the backbone of the team.

 

[RUChet]

Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?

 

[MadRU]

Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?

Ogbole and Gurdak

 

[RUfan1977]

Myles was the backbone of the team.

I liked Myles Johnson a lot, but he was frequently in foul trouble, averaged less than 22 minutes a game, shot almost 40%, not from 3, but from the foul line, averaged 6.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and blocked 1.5 shots per game. He did shoot 60% from 2. For most of his career he was the best we had at the 5, but these numbers don’t exactly shout out first team Big Ten.

I predict Gurdak will be more impactful and fortunately there are some options behind him at the 5 with this year’s team.

 

[RUChet]

This poll is premature. How about this season we vote after we see Gurduk for a season

 

[needmorecowbell]

I liked Myles Johnson a lot, but he was frequently in foul trouble, averaged less than 22 minutes a game, shot almost 40%, not from 3, but from the foul line, averaged 6.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game and blocked 1.5 shots per game. He did shoot 60% from 2. For most of his career he was the best we had at the 5, but these numbers don’t exactly shout out first team Big Ten.

I predict Gurdak will be more impactful and fortunately there are some options behind him at the 5 with this year’s team.

Defensively he was huge. 2.4 blocks per game his jr year but most important he deterred offense. No one wanted to challenge him. In 2019-20 he lead the Big Ten in defensive rebounding rate and total defensive rating. No other player on that Rutgers team lead the Big Ten in any advanced stat.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

This poll is premature. How about this season we vote after we see Gurduk for a season

How about we don’t. Suppose I say that on October 24, 2026 you have these four centers to choose from for the season given what you know, which is of course limited.If you had to choose one, who would it be. Yes, this involves considerable speculation, and I apologize if this offends you. An option would be to simply not respond.

 

[RUChet]

How about we don’t. Suppose I say that on October 24, 2026 you have these four centers to choose from for the season given what you know, which is of course limited.If you had to choose one, who would it be. Yes, this involves considerable speculation, and I apologize if this offends you. An option would be to simply not respond.

It has to be 100000% obvious we’d go with Myles who is a proven B1G starter - the glue to our defense and if we had a better offensive system I believe he could have scored more

Gurdak is a TBD

Cliff underwhelmed most of the time

Ogbole sucked

 

[RUfan1977]

This poll is premature. How about this season we vote after we see Gurduk for a season

The poll question was who would you want on the floor right now as your 5. Based only on two exhibition games it’s risky to take Gurdak over a much more known center like Myles Johnson or Omoruyi and their known abilities, but Gurdak looked so impressive with his ability to score, rebound and court sense that I would go with him.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

The poll question was who would you want on the floor right now as your 5. Based only on two exhibition games it’s risky to take Gurdak over a much more known center like Myles Johnson or Omoruyi and their known abilities, but Gurdak looked so impressive with his ability to score, rebound and court sense that I would go with him.

This is a reasonable response.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

It has to be 100000% obvious we’d go with Myles who is a proven B1G starter - the glue to our defense and if we had a better offensive system I believe he could have scored more

Gurdak is a TBD

Cliff underwhelmed most of the time

Ogbole sucked

Not 10000000000000000% to me. Choosing today--which was the point of the question--I'd roll the dice and go with CG.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

Including Ogbole in any poll like this shows how not serious the OP is being.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Including Ogbole in any poll like this shows how not serious the OP is being.

I did it as a courtesy. Why be an a/hole and pretend you know iit was a lack of seriousness.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?

Sorry. I assumed you followed Rutgers basketball.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

I did it as a courtesy. Why be an a/hole and pretend you know iit was a lack of seriousness.

Including a guy who clearly doesn't belong in the conversation you are supposedly trying to drive is being an a-hole as well.

 

[RURahh]

As someone who has done a considerable amount of polls, I love this one. CG could well be the best 5 we have had since Hinson its great to watch people ***** about your format when it doesn't conform to their logic

 

[RUChet]

Sorry. I assumed you followed Rutgers basketball.

I do but didn’t make the connection.’next time use last names

 

[Zebnatto1!]

I do but didn’t make the connection.’next time use last names

Pretty slow not to make connectioun. Next time, think. Who do you think you are telling me to use last names? ? Chet, you realize you're a little fukn hard-on, don't you?

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Including a guy who clearly doesn't belong in the conversation you are supposedly trying to drive is being an a-hole as well.

Wrong. It's showing appreciation ("a courtesy") to a guy who gave his all for RU. Just don't vote for him.

 

[RUfan1977]

Wrong. It's showing appreciation ("a courtesy") to a guy who gave his all for RU. Just don't vote for him.

Over Pikiel’s coaching career who else would you include at center C.J. Or Shaq? Not a long list of Big Ten level centers to choose from.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Over Pikiel’s coaching career who else would you include at center C.J. Or Shaq? Not a long list of Big Ten level centers to choose from.

And they didn’t start

 

[RUChet]

Pretty slow not to make connectioun. Next time, think. Who do you think you are telling me to use last names? ? Chet, you realize you're a little fukn hard-on, don't you?

Dude relax. So you can’t take somebody suggesting you use last names? You need thicker skin man

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Silly me: I thought it was a simple "pick one of four" question.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Dude relax. So you can’t take somebody suggesting you use last names? You need thicker skin man

Or, as you said: “Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?”

“next time use last names”

i’ll stick with my description of you. But I do like your use of dude and man as your openers and closers, very cool.

 

[RUChet]

Or, as you said: “Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?”

“next time use last names”

i’ll stick with my description of you. But I do like your use of dude and man as your openers and closers, very cool.

I think you need to find some hobbies pal

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

Or, as you said: “Who are Manny and Chris? Could you be any less descriptive?”

“next time use last names”

i’ll stick with my description of you. But I do like your use of dude and man as your openers and closers, very cool.

Continuing to act like an a-hole is a rather interesting approach since you took the lazy way out in making the poll options.

 

[RUforester72]

Here we go into the gutter......

 

[GM]

Odd to me Myles is so overwhelmingly favored to Cliff, our best defenses were with Cliff in the backline and while he wasn’t dominant in the post he still had much more of an ability to take over a game than Myles. I think we also gloss over a bunch of games in 2019-20 where Myles was a bit underwhelming and had to resort to Shaq Carter. I think the fact that Myles wasn’t blessed with the athleticism that Cliff had and that Cliff would miss some easy ones made Cliff at times frustrating, I think I’d still rather have Cliff.

 

[Zebnatto1!]

Nope. I'm done.

@RUforester72