Kolek planning to go pro
If he could magically learn to shoot 33% or better from 3pt land, he could be a pretty good player, but I don't know that it's going to happen. The stroke looks pretty good, but he's never been very confident with it.
I think Juan's confidence has always been fragile. As a sophomore on the Elite 8 team he almost always took a couple of 3s early. Good news if he hit one, but if he didn't he tended to disappear.
While Juan has started many games, he really was not given a lot of playing time for a starter. He often would start and play a few minutes and then sometimes not re-enter the game. I think given a chance to play 20-25 minutes he would show that he is a good, but not great player. I think given the chance and used appropriately (knock on Buzz) he would come close to having a Trent Lockett senior year.
Maybe he didn't get those minutes because he's not that good.
It's not really analysis. I have no idea if he's that good or not. It's just the typical Scoop meme "If only <insert player> played more minutes he would be a lot better."I just can't think of many instances where a player, who didn't have someone good in front of him the year before, suddenly got much better.
He's not good offensively. Juan's last two years he had an ORtg of 89 and 91 with role-player usage. Even with significant improvement, Juan's ceiling is that of an average offensive role-player. A huge part of the issue is that he can't hold on to the ball (TORate of roughly 23-24% the last two years). However, if he protected the ball better, his FG% is still poor.It is highly unlikely he can increase both his usage and his efficiency.Having said that, Juan can be good (not great) defensively. His defensive rebounding percentage is over 18% and his steal percentage was over 4% last year. Both are solid but not exceptional.Juan fills a decent role defensively, especially on a team limited for size, but he really should not shoot much.
Nobody on this board wanted him on the floor last year and now the common theme is that he was misused by Buzz.
I think one strength for Juan is rebounding. Given what we lost in terms of size, Juan and Steve T. will really need to board well. If Juan can average 5 boards a game this season that will be a real BOONE to our rebounding.
I think one strength for Juan is rebounding. Given what we lost in terms of size, Juan and Steve T. will really need to board well. If Juan can average 5 boards a game this season that will be a real boon to our rebounding.
I think 5 boards a game, if he is playing significant minutes would be a disappointment. I think Derrick Wilson would average 5 boards a game, if you started him at small forward and Juan should be able out rebound Derrick.