Totally disagree with this take. You can be an outstanding college player and not have an NBA career. Has been well discussed on here some of the obstacles that Carr will face in terms of getting to the NBA. But he is a very talented basketball player and will make a lot of money playing basketball somewhere after college, it just might not be the NBA.
I remember opposite. Games where ball was moving, team playing well, and then Carr started pounding the floor with the ball and everyone just quit and watched. Part of the reason guys didn’t shoot well with him is they never expected to get the ball - he rarely gave the ball up with a purpose, putting his teammate in a position to do something with the ball.
He will have to learn to play as a team member though. He’s talented, but he doesn’t make others better around him. Part of that, a lot of it, is coaching because Pitino never held him accountable to playing differently. Had the same issue at Pitt.
But you realize that the coaching staff was coaching Carr to play like that right? Pitino talked about it on Justin Gaard's podcast. They wanted Carr to run and gun.
Run and fun can still be pass. But yes, Pitino and Carr the issue together, and would be interesting to see how Carr plays with a coach who would hold him accountable. Could be a lot better, or conflict. We’d find out though
Right he can pass it to other guys who can't score. It was a terribly frustrating offense to watch but sadly it was the offense the coaches were fine with and were coaching. Carr in a different system could be a stud.
Yeah, there are some that are acting like Carr was holding his teammates back. There were games where it felt like he was the only player on the Gophers that could score and that if he didn't the team would be down by 50.
Super quick search in the stats on Bigten.org shows this:
Carr was a great player for us. However, the massive difference between him and Ayo is this:
It's hard to pass to someone when there is a 6'10 guy constantly doubling you. Any pass he tries to float over the top is picked off by 1 of 3 other guys leaving their man because they could afford to leave them as none could make shots.
Ayo is clearly the better player of the two, was only using the minutes and assist numbers to confirm that Carr's total was not 100% driven by playing way more minutes than other players.
Agree. Pick and roll can be very effective. Problem was it was our only option...and I mean only option (especially when Robbins went down). Gophers could have been so much better offensively this year.
Maybe because reports have Carr going to Kentucky.
Ya that's why I posted it under "Carr in Portal"