The Problem With NJ

[jimmybutlerfanatic]

Seems like a lot of 1st time NCAA basketball fans on this board.

Allow me to give you a history lesson and the likely issue with NJ.

HE'S A SOPHOMORE.

EOM

[Johnny B]

We get it but that's the worst he's ever looked by far in a Marquette uniform. good chance that's the worst he'll ever look in a Marquette uniform.

[Uncle Rico]

Seems like a lot of 1st time NCAA basketball fans on this board.

Allow me to give you a history lesson and the likely issue with NJ.

HE'S A SOPHOMORE.

EOM

That doesn't fly in 2026.

[Scoop Snoop]

Seems like a lot of 1st time NCAA basketball fans on this board.

Allow me to give you a history lesson and the likely issue with NJ.

HE'S A SOPHOMORE.

EOM

Oh, THANK YOU for this brilliant observation! Mystery solved.

[MU82]

That doesn't fly in 2026.

Yup.

Love that Nigel is a Warrior, but he has to play much much much better for this team to have a chance at anything resembling success.

And he will!

[Vander Blue Man Group]

There's no guarantee Nigel doesn't regress offensively (see Dominic James).  But it's far too early for me to have that level of concern right now.

I think the first two games he tried to facilitate and wasn't needed as a scorer.  He struggled against a good team Wednesday and started pressing. 

If he's still in a serious funk through Atlantis, then maybe it's time to get worried.  I'm expecting a much better effort on Sunday.

[Uncle Rico]

Yup.

Love that Nigel is a Warrior, but he has to play much much much better for this team to have a chance at anything resembling success.

And he will!

I'm not buying he's "young".  He played a lot of successful minutes last year.  I'll buy it's a 3-game outlier, but I won't buy, "he's a sophomore"

[tower912]

I do.  It also appears to my eyes that he is struggling to make the transition to a complete leader.   Last season, when he was given the reins, the mission brief was basically to channel Markus Howard.  This season, again to my eyes, it appears that he is now trying to find the balance of when to get everybody else theirs and when to get his own. 

An extra nanosecond of indecision is all it takes.

[Nukem2]

I do.  It also appears to my eyes that he is struggling to make the transition to a complete leader.   Last season, when he was given the reins, the mission brief was basically to channel Markus Howard.  This season, again to my eyes, it appears that he is now trying to find the balance of when to get everybody else theirs and when to get his own. 

An extra nanosecond of indecision is all it takes.

Yeah, there is too much thinking here than reacting. Can he bridge that gap or is his role better suited as an attack the basket scorer? TBD

[WhiteTrash]

Seems like a lot of 1st time NCAA basketball fans on this board.

Allow me to give you a history lesson and the likely issue with NJ.

HE'S A SOPHOMORE.

EOM

I'll try and meet you half way and say that the spirit of this post is understood. But this still gets a 2/10.