Norm Peterson

I think I brought this up a few years back when I couldn't really tell what the Hoiberg vision was, but seem to remember I tagged @basketballjones for his take on what a Hoiberg roster is supposed to look like. After the last three years I think I have a better idea. 1. PG: I think you're looking for a "system" guy who is more pass-first than looking to score. Needs to keep the ball moving. The ball can't stop in his hands. So, if you're looking in the portal, I wouldn't look for a guy who's scoring 15 ppg. I'd look for the guy who is scoring maybe 10 ppg but dishing 5 assists. Also needs to have solid 3-point range. Maybe 32%. But defenses must respect his shooting. 2-4. Interchangeable wings: It'd be nice to have an athletic 6'8 guy among them who's about 230# with a high motor, 3-pt range, and aggressive rebounder to play Hoiberg 4. But all these guys need to have 3-pt range. Ideal minimum would probably be 32% but you really want at least a couple of them to be high 30s or better. I'm thinking you're looking for guys in the 6'5 to 6'8 range. At least one of them needs to be able to create his own shot and be that guy to get the ball late in the shot clock. The others need to be catch-and-shoot 3-and-D kinds of players. Also, in addition to having legit 3-pt range, AT LEAST one of them needs to be able to beat his defender off the dribble and get to the rim and finish. Gotta be able to generate points in the paint when the distance shots aren't falling. 5. Center: 6'10 seems to be about the minimum. Best if he has some back-to-the-basket post moves. Better if he has mid-30s 3-point range. Ideal if he can score inside and out. If he has both skill and athleticism, he's probably playing for someone else. Thoughts? I mean, seriously, thoughts?

We eat well at my house because I'm a rather large guy who learned to cook because I love to eat. Hope that explains everything.

Yes. I'm still up and testing out some new ... beverages I acquired over the weekend. The wings were frickin awesome. Actually had never tried to smoke wings before because I have a beast of a burner that puts out like 100,000 BTUs and I usually just deep fry them. But I decided to smoke them this time because the smoker was already out and running. And great decision. Ran it at 350* for maybe 45 minutes and they turned out amazing. Highly recommend. Season with a little salt and your favorite dry rub. I did a local vendor's poultry rub and it worked great. Will definitely be doing again.

Things I like: 1. He's a freshman (to me, that's a very big deal as you get potentially 3 years to see them grow) 2. LOTS of assists (6.6 apg) so he's setting guys up 3. 73% from the FT line indicates good touch (= probable improvement of his outside shooting) 4. Video shows he can attack the glass off the dribble 5. 28.2% from three is not great, but likely to improve based on FT accuracy AND it means defenses have to guard him, plus video shows range out to the logo 6. Video shows really good quickness 7. PPG of 8.1 as a freshman shows he can score BUT 6.6 assists shows he's a pass-first system guy instead of someone who needs to get his 8. Kinda like his stocky build, actually. He won't get pushed around in our league 9. Nice looking jumper; good technique 10. Actually started the season 33.6% from deep

PG Mekhi Connor, freshman, Sacred Heart

Kendall Blue looks very good as a SG. But, for PGs, what about Mekhi Connor? https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/5243019/mekhi-conner

Emmitt who?

Man, I thought he looked like a dude from watching his film. I think this is a very good pickup for us.

That's a shame. We probably already have our PF, though. He would have been a good replacement for Juwan.

So, I WAS going to do paella. I have two big paella pans. Was going to do a traditional Valencia paella except without the rabbit and snails. Just the chicken and green beans. The other was going to be Paella Mariscos with frickin squid and clams and these beautiful wild-caught shrimp with the heads still on. Bomba rice. Saffron. Sofrito. Spanish paprika. Develop a good socarrat on the bottom. To die for. But it requires some attention. And I can't do that today. So I cancelled that plan and this morning I threw a couple of pork butts on the smoker and just let them roll all day. Wrapped them just now and the bark was magnifique. Plan to follow that up with some chicken wings on the smoker when the butts come off closer to game time. That will also be mighty fine vittles. Either way, it's a win for me on the food end of things. Now, just need the fellas to do their part.

I suppose the conversation may have started off "are you willing to play point guard?"

And I thank him for that. I like Sutton. If I could build a Fred Hoiberg roster, I'd want an athletic, 6'8 PF with 3-pt range and a high-end motor who can guard multiple positions, and I think Sutton fits that bill. However, this guy has Xaivian Lee from Princeton AND Elliot Cadeau both going to Michigan, which doesn't make sense to me considering both are PGs. I'd take Lee. This mythical Hoiberg roster I'd assemble would have a distributing floor general that other teams would be forced to guard on the perimeter. It's painful to watch our PGs being ignored on the outside by opposing Ds. Yesterday we made them pay for it, but there were a couple of 5- and 6-game stretches where we didn't.

This MFer just hit the portal. Did pretty well the last time we grabbed an Alabama guy. Mouhamed Dioubate Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN 37 0 16.0 2.7-4.4 61.7 0.3-0.7 46.2 1.5-2.5 60.9 1.9 4.0 5.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 2.4 1.1 7.2

I didn't even get to Roburt Sallie.

That's just the deadline for players to jump into the portal; not the deadline for them to jump out. I think. Could be wrong. Don't quote me.