Ryan Greer
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Ehhh....Leveque is a Ryan Young clone, with worse passing ability, better shot-blocking, and more foul-prone. What is the strategy here?
There's a LOT to like there. Would be shocked if he ended up at NU though.....A clone? Ha! Yeah…I see a lot of similarities between the two.
Ignoring issues of the program being competitive, if he does any kind of research on the style of play we will be the first he eliminates from his prospects.
I have never seen him play, highlights means very little. But his stats scream not NU. Unless, for some reason, he likes to set screens outside.
A clone? Ha! Yeah…I see a lot of similarities between the two.
Ok, yes, he can dunk and is clearly much more athletic than Young. Against Top-100 competition this year, he also made only 52% of shots in the paint (excluding dunks) vs 60% for Young, was a worse passer, worse rebounder, committed 2 more fouls/40 and turned the ball over more. He would certainly add more on defense when on the court, but, again, aside from dunks, he would likely not provide anything more on offense than Young did.
More on defense and about the same offense as Young would be a very valuable player on next years team.
Young is an interesting study. For the record I really liked him,,Loved his pysicallity, his hustle, his confidence and his skill set in the low post. His stats for his limited time on the court were solid....but I think to get a true picture you have to see how much of his time was against the #1 center or the #2 center of the opposition.....He certainly held his own in the Michigan St. game....but was that the outlier or the standard? I mean I thought he was a little small and vertically challenged to be a #1 but some guys have that IT...that effects the play of the whole team...he struck me as that guy........was that the case with his +/- stats?
His former coach specifically called him out in the press at the end of the year and benched him, sparking some criticism of the coach. Given the list of schools interested, I would be surprised if he jumps to a bottom-feeding program like UMass.
Don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but Collins and staff reached out to Akron swingman transfer, Ali Ali.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4592700/ali-ali
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4592700/ali-ali
I see 40% from 3. Thats good.
But The Big Ten defends better than the MAC, so assume he tops out at 35%
And he's 6'8" 195 lbs.
A less physical Robbie Beran?
Well, since Young doesn't dunk, and Leveque does, many of Youngs shots that he averaged 60% on would be dunks instead so their shooting % would likely be higher for Leveque. Remember how many layups (that might have been dunks for some other player) rolled off?
The staff will not compare him to Ryan Young. IF he's interested, the staff will compare him to other portal targets and to whom we have on the team already.
