Zippy87

Figured I'd share for anyone else curious. Mikal Dawson is averaging 6 PPG in 23 MPG but his shooting numbers are ugly - 5-26 from the field overall and 4-19 from 3. Good kid, hope he can turn it around. Ryan Prather Jr. is playing well early for Robert Morris, starting and leading the team in scoring. He's averaging 13 PPG and shooting a red-hot 67% from deep range. Darrion Baker is averaging 7/2 in 15 MPG for SIU Edwardsville.

Final tally: 55-26 on the boards, 60-18 points in the paint.

I was honestly a bit surprised to see him back this year, especially with Gray and Wilson brought in and knowing Young was going to play right away.

Tavari can't hit a layup to save his life.

Haha I mean I know we are small and getting abused inside. I just didn't realize just how small we were!

Lyles was 0-6 from 3PT range in his collegiate career coming into tonight lol

I just realized 7 of the 10 who have played tonight are 6'3" or shorter.

39-18 on rebounds, 36-6 points in the paint. Yikes.

Going from having Enrique Freeman to having basically nobody with inside scoring ability on the roster is a bit of a culture shock. If our outside shots aren't falling, this offense will get ugly at times over the course of the season. I worry about interior defense and rebounding outside of Okonkwo, too.

Tavari is shooting 6-26 (23%) so far this year. He's taken the 2nd most shots of anyone on the team through 2.5 games.

Lucky to only be down 8.

Rebounding is a major problem. 29-14. Okonkwo is the only one crashing the glass hard.

Tavari can't finish at the rim.

You can be up-tempo and not settle for low-percentage looks.

We're firing up shots like the shot clock is only 10 seconds. Look for good shots!

10-4 on the glass, outscoring us 10-2 in the paint. Need to change that quickly.

Zips just posted a few photos on Facebook of the players on the court for shootaround and Harris is out there. Hopefully a good sign of his availability tonight.

Only teams that win the tournament are remembered as the very best. It may not be fair, but it's true.

There was a Nike hoodie they released about a year ago that I really liked, but it sold out in most sizes and was never re-stocked beyond adult small. They have used that hoodie in social media advertisements no less than five times despite never restocking it.

I've heard this same thing dating back to the KD days. There has to be a way to modify that at some point, right? It's crazy to give that much control to a 3rd party.

I have wanted a fitted hat with the new "A" since it debuted. You can't find one anywhere. It's insane to me.

Freeman should play a bit more over the next few weeks due to injuries. I still thonk the plan is for him to play quite a bit for the Mad Ants - they view him as a 3 in the NBA and Carlisle in particular has talked about the importance of his learning the position in the G League. He's playing post/center right now for Indy because they're so beat up as a team.

Has anyone figured out why Harris didn't play last game?

I don't agree. We've already been on the brink of doing so already.