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Shavon Shields named 1st team Academic All-American once again

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I think Shields should try to become a Derozan type offensively.  That dude is making a killing with the midrange game.  I think if Shields can guard an NBA 2 (a big if), it'd be a possibility.  It couldn't happen to a better representation of a student athlete if it does.  

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Who do you think has a better possibility for a NBA career, Shavon or TP?  Or perhaps add Andrew into the mix.  Of the three, who has a better chance at a 5 to 7 year NBA stint?

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Who do you think has a better possibility for a NBA career, Shavon or TP?  Or perhaps add Andrew into the mix.  Of the three, who has a better chance at a 5 to 7 year NBA stint?

 

Of the three, AW-III has the elite long-range skill set to be a "3 & D."

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Who do you think has a better possibility for a NBA career, Shavon or TP?  Or perhaps add Andrew into the mix.  Of the three, who has a better chance at a 5 to 7 year NBA stint?

 

AWIII for sure.  Shooting is in, plus he has the body and rebounding ability to play the 3.  He is an absolutely deadly shooter, and he'd be a great bench player for any NBA team.  You know exactly what need you're filling with him:  shooting and high character/professionalism.  People like him bring intangibles to a team that might not necessarily show up statistically, but they increase overall team intelligence, and he shoots above that 45% 3 Pt clip that typically gives the player the "sniper" label.  

 

I think Shavon would have a slightly better chance than TP because he's such a unique offensive player--very difficult to guard without fouling and a great free throw shooter in addition to being a very underrated ball handler.  I think he's a 3 all the way, and I think he'd be surprisingly effective in the NBA if he develops a pull up jumper and a serviceable (35%) three point shot (huge question mark there).  

 

TP is like an EKG, but when he's on he can score on anybody.  I just don't know if many teams need a player like that because 1) they're a gamble and 2) they're a dime a dozen at the 2.  Additionally, his sort of emotion is frowned upon in the pros.  He's shooting around 40% in the D-League and 36% from three.  If you look at the Cavs, they have three guys shooting over 45% from 3 the playoffs.  That matters a lot.  

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"Nebraska's Nation-Leading Academic All-America Total Grows to 325"

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University of Nebraska student-athletes produced another outstanding year in the classroom, the community and in competition to continue NU’s tradition of success in 2015-16. The Huskers increased their nation-leading total of all-time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans to 325 with five academic All-Americans across all sports.

 

Nebraska continued to be the only school in the nation with 300 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, leading No. 2 Notre Dame (251) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (251) by 74. Nebraska remains one of just four schools across all divisions with 200 or more Academic All-Americans, joining Notre Dame, MIT and Stanford (204). NU also extended its nation-leading streak to 45 consecutive years with at least one academic All-American.

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atskooc

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We're gonna need a ruling on the semicolon use though...

 

Haha, didn't even notice the semicolon at first; It appears that this semicolon should have been a comma.

 

Nope, a comma wouldn't work there either.  A comma-but needs to be used the same way a semicolon is; they follow the same rule.  There isn't a complete thought after his "but."  And he used "that" when he should have used "who." 

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We're gonna need a ruling on the semicolon use though...

 

Haha, didn't even notice the semicolon at first; It appears that this semicolon should have been a comma.

 

Nope, a comma wouldn't work there either.  A comma-but needs to be used the same way a semicolon is; they follow the same rule.  There isn't a complete thought after his "but."  And he used "that" when he should have used "who." 

 

 

Despite a few social media grammatical miscues, Shavon is still the scholar; we all know twitter is the bane of grammar in general. ;)

atskooc

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We're gonna need a ruling on the semicolon use though...

 

Haha, didn't even notice the semicolon at first; It appears that this semicolon should have been a comma.

 

Nope, a comma wouldn't work there either.  A comma-but needs to be used the same way a semicolon is; they follow the same rule.  There isn't a complete thought after his "but."  And he used "that" when he should have used "who." 

 

 

Despite a few social media grammatical miscues, Shavon is still the scholar; we all know twitter is the bane of grammar in general. ;)

 

You'll get no rebuttals from me on that.

atskooc

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We're gonna need a ruling on the semicolon use though...

It's wrong.  Down arrow for Shields!

 

 

What about a ruling on my ellipsis overuse?

 

I'm just as guilty when it comes to ellipsis...no ruling.

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