A Light at the End of the Tunnel

[wadesworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZvsumXlEv8&feature=youtu.be

Help is on the way.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Would love to see Henry play for years at Marquette!  He would enjoy it; set a lot if records; help the team win titles; and have a great life before he starts the boring life in the NBA.

[Dawson Rental]

There's not much you can do as an opposing HS coach except look down and shake your head.

[Groin_pull]

Would love to see Henry play for years at Marquette!  He would enjoy it; set a lot if records; help the team win titles; and have a great life before he starts the boring life in the NBA.

Making millions...being worshipped by fans...traveling on private planes...staying at five-star hotels. Yeah, what a drag.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Point guard solved

[GGGG]

Making millions...being worshipped by fans...traveling on private planes...staying at five-star hotels. Yeah, what a drag.

Not to mention not having to go to class...focusing on basketball full-time...

I don't think I have heard any players call the NBA life "boring."

[GooooMarquette]

Making millions...being worshipped by fans...traveling on private planes...staying at five-star hotels. Yeah, what a drag.

He'd get everything but the millions at MU....

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Point guard solved

I'm game. Honestly tho, this is gonna be Henry's team. Having him around is going to make everyone around him so much better.

[wrmrkt]

I'll take a year of that.

[Texas Western]

Henry is a very good high school player. I would like to see the expectations toned down.  He has all the skills but there still is a big transition that needs to be made. Hopefully we schedule a lot of cupcakes early on.  Playing in the Big East will be an entirely new experience for him and I would like to see some confidence built up going into that.

[PGsHeroes32]

Henry is a very good high school player. I would like to see the expectations toned down.  He has all the skills but there still is a big transition that needs to be made. Hopefully we schedule a lot of cupcakes early on.  Playing in the Big East will be an entirely new experience for him and I would like to see some confidence built up going into that.

Screw that. I don't want to watch a bunch of cupcake games. I am hoping we strike a few home and homes for next year.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Henry is a very good high school player. I would like to see the expectations toned down.  He has all the skills but there still is a big transition that needs to be made. Hopefully we schedule a lot of cupcakes early on.  Playing in the Big East will be an entirely new experience for him and I would like to see some confidence built up going into that.

I definitely agree. I get the feeling that many here are expecting Henry to come in and average 14 ppg, 7 rpg, and 1.5 bpg right off the bat. The kid is very good, but transitioning from high school to college is difficult for any athlete, even the burger boys. I have heard a couple of people talk about playing Henry at the three. He's got a very good handle for a kid his size, but I don't think he has the skills to keep up with high major wings. I'm pretty sure he will be a PF. A damn good one, but a PF.

I'm hoping for a line of like 8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .75 bpg from Henry initially. Those are pretty good numbers for a freshman starter. I hope he meets and exceeds that expectation.

[PGsHeroes32]

I definitely agree. I get the feeling that many here are expecting Henry to come in and average 14 ppg, 7 rpg, and 1.5 bpg right off the bat. The kid is very good, but transitioning from high school to college is difficult for any athlete, even the burger boys. I have heard a couple of people talk about playing Henry at the three. He's got a very good handle for a kid his size, but I don't think he has the skills to keep up with high major wings. I'm pretty sure he will be a PF. A damn good one, but a PF.

I'm hoping for a line of like 8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .75 bpg from Henry initially. Those are pretty good numbers for a freshman starter. I hope he meets and exceeds that expectation.

Wow. I would actually be shocked if those were his averages. Heck Deonte was even in that ballpark and he barely played. Henry is going to play big time minutes more so than Duane....who is well into double figures himself.

If Henry scores 8 a game next year then yeah there is a good chance we are pretty bad again. Luckily I see no way in hell he does.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Henry is a very good high school player. I would like to see the expectations toned down.

I'm going to wait 5 years to judge.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I definitely agree. I get the feeling that many here are expecting Henry to come in and average 14 ppg, 7 rpg, and 1.5 bpg right off the bat. The kid is very good, but transitioning from high school to college is difficult for any athlete, even the burger boys. I have heard a couple of people talk about playing Henry at the three. He's got a very good handle for a kid his size, but I don't think he has the skills to keep up with high major wings. I'm pretty sure he will be a PF. A damn good one, but a PF.

I'm hoping for a line of like 8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .75 bpg from Henry initially. Those are pretty good numbers for a freshman starter. I hope he meets and exceeds that expectation.

Whoa that is a complete undersell in an upcoming election year. Duane is at 11.7 PPG his freshman year.

[MU82]

I'm hoping for a line of like 8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .75 bpg from Henry initially. Those are pretty good numbers for a freshman starter. I hope he meets and exceeds that expectation.

I am realistic with my expectations for Henry -- I mean, I'm not expecting Kevin Durant numbers! -- but I'd be surprised with these totals just because he figures to get more playing time than any MU true freshman in many years.

[Lennys Tap]

I'm hoping for a line of like 8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .75 bpg from Henry initially. Those are pretty good numbers for a freshman starter. I hope he meets and exceeds that expectation.

For a top 10 freshman coming to a team returning as little firepower as MU those would be awful numbers.

[HutchwasClutch]

Is there a type of shot he didn't show in that clip?  Or any basketball move on either end of the floor that he didn't demonstrate?  The kid is just the whole package and then some.  I really think he's the best the state has ever produced directly out of HS, hands down. 

Just get him some strength training and look out Big East and college basketball.  From day one next year, he's a stud.  He and Fischer with a year's experience under his belt are just going to make an incredible front line duo. 

[HutchwasClutch]

Whoa that is a complete undersell in an upcoming election year. Duane is at 11.7 PPG his freshman year.

A better apples to apples comparison is Luke's numbers in essentially what is his freshman season in college - right now 10.2 pts, 4.8 reb, 2.1 blocks.  No disrespect to Luke at all, he's a huge piece for our future, but he doesn't even approach the all around skill level of Henry, and look at the solid numbers Luke's putting up.  I would be shocked if Henry doesn't easily surpass at least the pts and rebounding averages, and I bet he's going to be a 4 or 5 assist per game guy too once he gets it cranked up.

[HutchwasClutch]

I keep dreaming of about 25 and 10 next year in Buckyville (and an MU win of course).   

[HutchwasClutch]

I'm pretty sure he will be a PF. A damn good one, but a PF.

Definitely a 4 and nothing wrong with that at all.  It's like some evil scientist in his laboratory built the quintessential college power forward.  He's a natural for it, and will create matchup nightmares against EVERYBODY as a 4.

[ErickJD08]

Not denying his skills but he was playing against midgets. He needs to bulk up a bit too.

[BCHoopster]

I keep dreaming of about 25 and 10 next year in Buckyville (and an MU win of course).   

To all, Ellenson is playing against a bunch of short white kids, he does not play against good enough competition right now, it will take him sometime.  He is a little slow a foot to play the 3, he can shot it like a three but not sure he could guard a three.  I remember a very similar player named Bernard Toone, could not guard anybody, slow, feet did not move on the D end.  But Al being smart enought went to a zone with Bernard, and that was the difference.  A front line of Whitehead, Toone and Ellis were really long.  I think Fisher, Ellenson and Taylor plus the bigger guards will make Ellenson a good enough defender.  Plus look at how many shots Juan does not take, playing the 4 will get Ellenson those shots and I do not think he will hesitate to take them, were Juan as a senior does not, not sure why not.

[HutchwasClutch]

To all, Ellenson is playing against a bunch of short white kids, he does not play against good enough competition right now, it will take him sometime.  He is a little slow a foot to play the 3, he can shot it like a three but not sure he could guard a three.  I remember a very similar player named Bernard Toone, could not guard anybody, slow, feet did not move on the D end.  But Al being smart enought went to a zone with Bernard, and that was the difference.  A front line of Whitehead, Toone and Ellis were really long.  I think Fisher, Ellenson and Taylor plus the bigger guards will make Ellenson a good enough defender.  Plus look at how many shots Juan does not take, playing the 4 will get Ellenson those shots and I do not think he will hesitate to take them, were Juan as a senior does not, not sure why not.

He's playing for the national team at his age level.  Every blue blood program in the country wanted him.  Of course he's playing short white kids @ Rice Lake.  We've all got eyes and can see that.  This kid clearly has unique ability and skill for his size, let's stop pretending he's going to have this huge learning curve.  Sure there will be some ups and downs next year, he's human, but you can throw out much conventional wisdom about college freshman with him.   (And seriously, comparing him to Bernard Toone- you couldn't come up with a slighlty more contemporary player to compare him, good grief.)

[Dr. Blackheart]

Cliff Alexander was the 2014 Scout 6th ranked player, same as Henry in 2015, ain'a?