Ballard

[BonzoGoesToCollege]

I’m not usually outspoken about players, but he’s got to be the biggest waste of a 7 ft frame I’ve ever witnessed in basketball. 1 pt, 1 board, and 1 TO. Soft as baby poo. How could a competent coach watch film on him and think he was SEC material?

Anyone know how much nil was wasted on him?

 

[dawgstudent]

He's absolutely horrible and for what I heard we paid for him - it's criminal.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

The really sad part is some games for a few minutes, he looks really good. It seems like he gets mad and plays hard then when the anger goes away so does he. He seems like a guy that doesn't like basketball at all, but grew to 7 ft.

 

[Shmuley]

Force him to play LT. He's soft enough to start for Loadholt.

 

[tired]

Looks like Tarzan, play like Jane.

 

[mstateglfr]

Soft as baby poo.

We already have a big man called 'big feces'. Come up with other descriptor words for Ballard's play.



Whats interesting is Ballard's per40 stats are pretty similar to what they were at WSU the last couple years. A couple points lower, same rebounds, a bit higher assists, higher ft% and same number of ft attempts.

What stands out is he blocks fewer shots per 40 this season and his FG% is much lower.

Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2023-24	Wichita State	AAC	JR	C	34	34	748	5.9	8.2	.719	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	8.1	.724	.719	1.7	2.9	.582	3.4	7.5	10.9	0.7	0.2	4.0	1.5	3.5	13.5
2024-25	Wichita State	AAC	SR	C	33	33	908	6.4	8.5	.751	0.0	0.0		6.4	8.5	.751	.751	1.7	3.1	.557	4.5	8.8	13.3	0.4	0.9	2.8	0.8	2.4	14.5
2025-26	Mississippi State	SEC	SR	C	28	24	557	5.3	9.0	.587	0.0	0.0		5.3	9.0	.587	.587	2.1	2.9	.707	3.6	8.8	12.4	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.8	3.1	12.7

 

[PBRME]

I opened this up thinking it was an update on Vick.
Double disappointed because it’s not, and I see we have a 7 footer eating nil.

 

[cadawg26]

We paid a million dollars for him. He can't score, can't block shots, can't rebound. What a terrible evaluation by Jans.

 

[maroonmania]

Yea, we could have just kept Nwoku for the same price or less who already had a year in the system and been better off.

 

[mstateglfr]

We paid a million dollars for him. He can't score, can't block shots, can't rebound. What a terrible evaluation by Jans.

We did? How is that known? As always with these claims- I am not saying you are wrong, I am asking how the claims are known.

 

[BonzoGoesToCollege]

We paid a million dollars for him. He can't score, can't block shots, can't rebound. What a terrible evaluation by Jans.

If we had to pay a million bucks to get him, then it's a sad day because we'll never be able to field a competitive roster.

 

[mike tice]

We paid a million dollars for him. He can't score, can't block shots, can't rebound. What a terrible evaluation by Jans.

God I hope not.

 

[maroonmania]

If we had to pay a million bucks to get him, then it's a sad day because we'll never be able to field a competitive roster.

I'm sure we did. Nwoku got pretty close to that to go to LSU and I think we believed we were making an upgrade with Ballard. Definitely hasn't been the case though.