Gasser

[Doris Burkes Thong]

Will he play in the NBA?

[ChicosBailBonds]

Will he play in the NBA?

Doubtful...just as 90% of our roster won't play in the NBA either.

[mviale]

Hell yea, he tore up North Dakota

[Ready2Fly]

Will he play in the NBA?

Uncertain, talk to the 8 ball.

But man that Vander Blue sure looks good.  Great passer, takes really smart shots, and plays hard-nosed defense.  What was the deal with his recruitment?  Did Wisconsin even send him a letter?  He was right in their back yard for crying out loud!

[Doris Burkes Thong]

I talk to a bunch of UW fans tonight and they all said Gasser will be a lottery pick after his junior year.

[jaygall31]

I talk to a bunch of UW fans tonight and they all said Gasser will be a lottery pick after his junior year.

I think I just laughed so hard I wet myself.

[MerrittsMustache]

I talk to a bunch of UW fans tonight and they all said Gasser will be a lottery pick after his junior year.

Those people are idiots.

[NersEllenson]

WWGD

[MU B2002]

I talk to a bunch of UW fans tonight and they all said Gasser will be a lottery pick after his junior year.

Powerball or Mega Millions?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Gasser had chocolate chip pancakes this morning for breakfast.  Why didn't Buzz invite him to the broken yolk for some flapjacks? 

[Jay Bee]

Doubtful...just as 90% of our roster won't play in the NBA either.

But our roster has a better chance, right?  Because many of our players are 'basketball players second' according to you. 

And Gasser is just a 'traditional player', as you would say, like Kyle McAlarney.  Do you think the NBA likes 'traditional players'?

http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/d-wil/2009/12/09/kyle-mcalarney-just-another-case-of-keeping-the-white-man-down-fbs-short-more-espn-racial-shenanigans-with-charlie-strong/

[4everwarriors]

Gasser had chocolate chip pancakes this morning for breakfast.  Why didn't Buzz invite him to the broken yolk for some flapjacks? 

You still dining at Dennys?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

You still dining at Dennys?

Moons over my hammy.

[reinko]

Well, if wants up to date info on our main man, @jpgasser21 on the twitters

[SacWarrior]

Do you think Stern will have to create an even higher level professional league made specifically for Kobe, Wade, LeBron and Josh Gasser?

[BrewCity83]

Do you think Stern will have to create an even higher level professional league made specifically for Kobe, Wade, LeBron, Scott Christopherson and Josh Gasser?

fixed.

[ChicosBailBonds]

But our roster has a better chance, right?  Because many of our players are 'basketball players second' according to you. 

And Gasser is just a 'traditional player', as you would say, like Kyle McAlarney.  Do you think the NBA likes 'traditional players'?

http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/d-wil/2009/12/09/kyle-mcalarney-just-another-case-of-keeping-the-white-man-down-fbs-short-more-espn-racial-shenanigans-with-charlie-strong/

I believe I already said it was a poor choice of words on my part and I've even gone ahead and made fun of myself in a number of followup posts mocking my traditional player comments.  But certainly if you want to keep it going, that is your right.  Thanks for another article about race and implying a racial overtone by me (which the mods won't delete.   ) . 

Do I think our guys have a better chance?  Who knows.  Depends on what the NBA is looking for.  Steve Novak was my example in the first post, Travis Diener is another....those guys somehow made the NBA despite not being phenomenal athletes (that doesn't mean they are poor athletes by any means but they weren't even the best athletes at MU).  That was my point, but I did a poor job of communicating it.  They had a set of specific skills they had refined to a point that made them indispensable despite not having the athletic ability as some other players.

Again, poorly stated by me, but I do wish we had a player or two on the team that is more of an "old school" (I'll get skewered again for that remark) spot up type shooter, that can bust a zone, etc.  DJO is one guy that can, I feel like we are short a pure shooter or two.  In my opinion.


Blast away

[Pakuni]

2011 NBA Draft

1. Josh Gasser
2. Trevor Mbakwe
3. Scott Christopherson
4. Damian Saunders
5. Tyshawn Taylor

Book it.

[4everwarriors]

Surely, you don't long for the days of Mark Anglavar.

[SalsaMan]

Surely, you don't long for the days of Mark Anglavar.

Didn't his shoes shred, literally falling apart, as he dribbled up court? I think KO signed a deal with LA Gear (he would have been better off with BK Knights. At least we would have had Clyde Frazier on the marketing train.)

Think how far we have come since that sad, shabby LA Gear night.

[mugrad99]

I believe I already said it was a poor choice of words on my part and I've even gone ahead and made fun of myself in a number of followup posts mocking my traditional player comments.  But certainly if you want to keep it going, that is your right.  Thanks for another article about race and implying a racial overtone by me (which the mods won't delete.   ) . 

Do I think our guys have a better chance?  Who knows.  Depends on what the NBA is looking for.  Steve Novak was my example in the first post, Travis Diener is another....those guys somehow made the NBA despite not being phenomenal athletes (that doesn't mean they are poor athletes by any means but they weren't even the best athletes at MU).  That was my point, but I did a poor job of communicating it.  They had a set of specific skills they had refined to a point that made them indispensable despite not having the athletic ability as some other players.

Again, poorly stated by me, but I do wish we had a player or two on the team that is more of an "old school" (I'll get skewered again for that remark) spot up type shooter, that can bust a zone, etc.  DJO is one guy that can, I feel like we are short a pure shooter or two.  In my opinion.


Blast away

Travis Diener shot 40% from 3 his senior year. Want to place a bet ($50 to the choice of charity) that Dwight Buycks beats that this year?

[StillAWarrior]

Didn't his shoes shred, literally falling apart, as he dribbled up court? I think KO signed a deal with LA Gear (he would have been better off with BK Knights. At least we would have had Clyde Frazier on the marketing train.)

Think how far we have come since that sad, shabby LA Gear night.

My post from a prior thread on this:

I remember it well.  But I'm pretty sure it was Robb Logterman -- I'm positive it wasn't Smith [and pretty sure it wasn't Anglavar].  The funniest thing was that after his foot blew out of the side of his shoe, he kept slipping when he tried to get up and run because of his sweaty socks.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Surely, you don't long for the days of Mark Anglavar.

Do I long for the days of Mark Anglavar with the players he had around him?  Absolutely not.

Would I like to have someone like Novak, SC, Logtermann, Diener, Wardle, Acker,  etc that could consistently bury the three and give us an outside threat IN ADDITION to the players we have...yes, I would.  Don't get me wrong, DJO is fantastic...I just don't think we have enough of them that can thwart a team if they pack it in, cut down the lane penetration, etc.  Buycks is off to a good start.  Hopefully he can maintain that.

A true, inside outside game would be fantastic.  Look at the 2003 Final Four run and we had bigs, we had slashing guards, we had spot up shooters.  We could kill you from all over the place.  

[ChicosBailBonds]

Travis Diener shot 40% from 3 his senior year. Want to place a bet ($50 to the choice of charity) that Dwight Buycks beats that this year?

I'd rather compare them year to year.  Travis shot 45% his junior year, I believe DJO is a junior this year.  Travis' senior year he played hurt with a wrist injury, shin issue, etc...then ultimately knocked out with the broken hand.

So if you want to compare junior year to junior year....sure, I'll take the bet.  Charity of choice.

[SalsaMan]

My post from a prior thread on this:

I remember it well.  But I'm pretty sure it was Robb Logterman -- I'm positive it wasn't Smith [and pretty sure it wasn't Anglavar].  The funniest thing was that after his foot blew out of the side of his shoe, he kept slipping when he tried to get up and run because of his sweaty socks.

You are correct, it was Logterman. And it is also true that he kept slipping because of his socks. That was a decided low point in the storied history of Marquette basketball. I was living in Hong Kong at the time and a colleague who was an insufferable Aggie worked the "Marquette K Mart shoes" into as many conversations as possible. People may think the Spanish O'Donnell's are embarassing (in fact they are) but the LA Gear incident was far worse.