Trey Thompson Playing Time

ChiefRhoads · 2026-11-03T21:31:28-0600

I would love to hear why people think Trey Thompson is getting such little playing time so far in the season. He did not do much when he got in for the last 4 minutes, but he does look like a good sized 3/4. Hoping whatever it is that he figures out what Ben needs from him as I feel like we are going to need his talent going forward.

ChicagoHawk2020 · 2026-11-03T21:33:17-0600

I’m thinking maybe the redshirt was for a reason last year and he isn’t as good as a lot of people think?

Hurricane88 · 2026-11-03T21:37:21-0600

ChiefRhoads said:
I would love to hear why people think Trey Thompson is getting such little playing time so far in the season. He did not do much when he got in for the last 4 minutes, but he does look like a good sized 3/4. Hoping whatever it is that he figures out what Ben needs from him as I feel like we are going to need his talent going forward.

It's one game. I wouldn't read into anything that much after just one game.

KurtWarner · 2026-11-03T21:38:35-0600

There was a lot of talk of him being pretty darn good early. Not sure what's going on but you can bet he'll be gone after the season if things don't change

dsmhawk09 · 2026-11-03T21:55:35-0600

Starting back court was 0-7 from 3. If this keeps up they have to consider moving up Harris or Thompson to play some 2.

Mcollum put up some scoring in 18 minutes but I don’t see how he’s gonna work on defense against legit teams.

Kceasthawk@77 · 2026-11-03T22:39:41-0600

dsmhawk09 said:
Starting back court was 0-7 from 3. If this keeps up they have to consider moving up Harris or Thompson to play some 2.

Mcollum put up some scoring in 18 minutes but I don’t see how he’s gonna work on defense against legit teams.

We had a LOT of threes go right in the hoop and spin out. Lets see how a couple of games go. The free throws need to be a lot better though......

ComradeKirk · 2026-11-03T22:54:52-0600

KurtWarner said:
There was a lot of talk of him being pretty darn good early. Not sure what's going on but you can bet he'll be gone after the season if things don't change

He's not going to play if he keeps slacking on D. Had two uncontested shots scored on him right after he came on.

Matt1nb7 · 2026-11-04T02:23:25-0600

ChicagoHawk2020 said:
I’m thinking maybe the redshirt was for a reason last year and he isn’t as good as a lot of people think?

He redshirted last year because that was the plan from his commitment. Come in early and skip senior year of HS to weight train how Iowa wants and learn the system.

Hawkangler · 2026-11-04T02:51:56-0600

KurtWarner said:
There was a lot of talk of him being pretty darn good early. Not sure what's going on but you can bet he'll be gone after the season if things don't change

Totally agree. He hasn't taken to the weight training and gets abused by bigger/stronger 4s. Defense is lacking also.

J.Hawkeye · 2026-11-04T05:45:17-0600

People I know that have been able to watch Practice have commented “he doesn’t stick out, he is not one the guys you find yourself watching when he is on the floor.”

Rifler · 2026-11-04T07:03:25-0600

ChiefRhoads said:
I would love to hear why people think Trey Thompson is getting such little playing time so far in the season.

Little playing time so far in the season?,... We just played our first preseason game and Trey got 4 minutes.

kristen bell i dont see the problem GIF by Team Coco

T. Kimball · 2026-11-04T07:14:04-0600

McCollum said afterward that we were defending a guard heavy team and couldn't go with our bigs guarding them.

Max Rebo · 2026-11-04T08:22:48-0600

J.Hawkeye said:
People I know that have been able to watch Practice have commented “he doesn’t stick out, he is not one the guys you find yourself watching when he is on the floor.”

I appreciate this input, and I have no reason to doubt it.

At the same time, following the Oct. 12 scrimmage, at least one beat reporter called Thompson "arguably the best player on the floor" ... LINK

Maybe it was a Heck-at-Kids-Day kind of situation?

PeteJox · 2026-11-04T09:00:07-0600

He looked terrible on defense. Slow feet and lazy.

Smigamorski · 2026-11-04T09:08:47-0600

Thompson is either not good or not ready. Both are concerning but in no world should Joey M get playing time over him.

eyesofhawk · 2026-11-04T09:12:09-0600

dsmhawk09 said:
Starting back court was 0-7 from 3. If this keeps up they have to consider moving up Harris or Thompson to play some 2.

Mcollum put up some scoring in 18 minutes but I don’t see how he’s gonna work on defense against legit teams.

I can tell you Payton will do a lot better on D than Trey guarding a 2.

In no world will Trey ever play the 2

KurtWarner · 2026-11-04T09:21:41-0600

Smigamorski said:
Thompson is either not good or not ready. Both are concerning but in no world should Joey M get playing time over him.

I thought JM played pretty well actually

Hawkangler · 2026-11-04T09:35:02-0600

Smigamorski said:
Thompson is either not good or not ready. Both are concerning but in no world should Joey M get playing time over him.

Are you at practice every day? I doubt ypu've ever watched a practice. Players that put out the most effort on both ends of the court will play.

HawksRule73 · 2026-11-04T09:38:23-0600

dsmhawk09 said:
Starting back court was 0-7 from 3. If this keeps up they have to consider moving up Harris or Thompson to play some 2.

Mcollum put up some scoring in 18 minutes but I don’t see how he’s gonna work on defense against legit teams.

Ben was on the record saying he thought the offense was good, the shot making was not. Some nights they go in and some nights they don't. I'm encouraged that Ben didn't seem worried.

ChiefRhoads · 2026-11-04T09:43:17-0600

Rifler said:
Little playing time so far in the season?,... We just played our first preseason game and Trey got 4 minutes.

Did you not watch the exhibition game where he didn't play at all either?????

Rambler Hawk · 2026-11-04T11:27:06-0600

KurtWarner said:
I thought JM played pretty well actually

He resembled Luka a little….lookswise. he also ran the court like Luka …

The Big Z · 2026-11-04T12:24:57-0600

KurtWarner said:
There was a lot of talk of him being pretty darn good early. Not sure what's going on but you can bet he'll be gone after the season if things don't change

If he is he is. Then he wasn’t good enough to play. If he was he’d be playing.

iahawkeyes17 · 2026-11-04T12:40:37-0600

Smigamorski said:
Thompson is either not good or not ready. Both are concerning but in no world should Joey M get playing time over him.

Thompson is same age as Ethan Harris and every other freshman. Not saying he’s kris murray talented but Kris came in as a 19 yr old frosh and barely saw the floor. Let’s give kid a little time before we anoint him a bust.

Smigamorski · 2026-11-04T20:46:56-0600

iahawkeyes17 said:
Thompson is same age as Ethan Harris and every other freshman. Not saying he’s kris murray talented but Kris came in as a 19 yr old frosh and barely saw the floor. Let’s give kid a little time before we anoint him a bust.

I'm not anointing him a bust but he should get those minutes over a guy like Joey M. Needs to get real reps, not 4 minutes of garbage time.

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