Jalen Hill

[Jccouger]

Hill reminds me of Odomes. Tough on ball defender, limited offensively. Plays with good energy though. Probably a little more confident in his shot, but Odomes wasn't really a bad shooter just refused to trust himself.

Comparisons to Moose Clark make no sense to me.

 

[BoulderSooner]

MJ we disagree. Keith was at least #245 and at OU never ventured outside the 15 feet from the bucket. He had a great deal of talent and could handle the ball but he only played the 4-5 at OU. He was a freak in high school before the injury but would have never been considered a wing.
I'll give you he had big time talent. Winning a dunk contest shows his jumping ability and probably his overall athleticism but it doesn't make him a wing. Jalen is a perimeter player who is strong enough to go rebound the ball.

keith shot a 2 3's a game his second year at OU and over 1 his first year at OU

 

[CoachTalk]

Hill reminds me of Odomes. Tough on ball defender, limited offensively. Plays with good energy though. Probably a little more confident in his shot, but Odomes wasn't really a bad shooter just refused to trust himself.

Comparisons to Moose Clark make no sense to me.

I think youll see more and more offense. He can shoot. As VDBAD said he had 1 3 taken away and I think another 2 taken away because of off foul.

Much better than odomes on offense already. Just limited shots right now.

 

[sheepdogs1]

Hill reminds me of Odomes

Please don't say it's so.

 

[thebigabd]

Please don't say it's so.

His shot is way too good to be like Odomes...

I am telling you.. he is Eric Martin. Eric only averaged 12ppg as a senior, so its not like he was some explosive scorer. But he could play and defend multiple positions, was a big guard (especially for the era), and was a very good spot-up shooter.

I can see Jalen being all those things.

 

[CoachTalk]

His shot is way too good to be like Odomes...

I am telling you.. he is Eric Martin. Eric only averaged 12ppg as a senior, so its not like he was some explosive scorer. But he could play and defend multiple positions, was a big guard (especially for the era), and was a very good spot-up shooter.

I can see Jalen being all those things.

Hopefully 12ppg as a junior.

 

[Jccouger]

His shot is way too good to be like Odomes...

I am telling you.. he is Eric Martin. Eric only averaged 12ppg as a senior, so its not like he was some explosive scorer. But he could play and defend multiple positions, was a big guard (especially for the era), and was a very good spot-up shooter.

I can see Jalen being all those things.

Odomes shooting % is way higher than Hill has shown, other than FT shooting.

 

[Sooner04]

I hope Jalen Hill becomes 1/5th the shooter Eric Martin was.

And I don't remember Keith Clark being quite that good. Pretty sweet dunk at West Virginia not withstanding.

 

[skyvue]

It's worth remembering that Odomes averaged 10 points per game his sophomore year and 7 ppg as a junior and senior. Those final two seasons, he shot 51% and 53%, overall, and 44% and 38% from deep. He wasn't bad offensively. He didn't look to shoot often, though, and perhaps he should have.

 

[sheepdogs1]

It's worth remembering that Odomes averaged 10 points per game his sophomore year and 7 ppg as a junior and senior. Those final two seasons, he shot 51% and 53%, overall, and 44% and 38% from deep. He wasn't bad offensively. He didn't look to shoot often, though, and perhaps he should have.

If a basketball player shoots primarily layups then their shooting percentage is going to be inflated and it is not a representative number when compared to those players who have more than 1 shot in their repertoire. How you get their is more important than the number itself. Secondly, defenses knew to back off of Odomes because they did not view him as a scoring threat which in turn allowed him to have better looks at the basket and shooters who are more open are expected to have a higher make percentage than their counterparts who are double teamed and constantly have a hand in their face.

 

[Hops]

Wasn't it Keith Clark who had a knee/foot injury in high school and the wrong knee/foot was operated on? Ended having to go through 2 surgeries?

 

[thebigabd]

Wasn't it Keith Clark who had a knee/foot injury in high school and the wrong knee/foot was operated on? Ended having to go through 2 surgeries?

That was Kyle Hardrick I believe.