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Mitchell Smith out for season - ACL injury

Posted on 1/5/17 at 2:28 pm
Posted by mizslu314
Dirty STL
Member since Sep 2013
15962 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 2:28 pm
Sucks, but there is ONE slightly good thing to come out of this. It will give him ample time to work on strengthening his upper body. Which needs it badly.
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 2:31 pm
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
111498 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 3:37 pm to
Man. We could've gone to the ship
Posted by seaniec04
St Louis, MO
Member since Jan 2014
726 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 4:09 pm to
Unfortunate, I like what him and Nikko bring together in the future. Although the odds of them being here in 2 yrs. seem to be stacked against that ever happening.
Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
25485 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:28 pm to
Feel bad for the kid but I never saw what some of you have seen in him. I don't think he'd play for MoState. Regardless, I wish him well
Posted by mizslu314
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Member since Sep 2013
15962 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 10:28 pm to
I see it, but its raw. Good wing span and vertical.
Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
25485 posts
Posted on 1/5/17 at 10:48 pm to
quote:

Good wing span and vertical.


There's lots of people with good wing span and good verticals who simply have no basketball skills. I'm not saying he has not basketball skills, I just don't see them as being on a P5 D1 level.
Posted by wubilli
Columbia
Member since Apr 2014
5517 posts
Posted on 1/6/17 at 8:06 am to
He just doesn't have the strength and stamina to be consistent.
The athleticism is there, so are ball skills for a stretch 5.
Defensively he is super raw and got out of position a ton. That's also pretty common for freshmen bigs.
Posted by mizslu314
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Member since Sep 2013
15962 posts
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:04 am to
quote:

He just doesn't have the strength and stamina to be consistent.
The athleticism is there, so are ball skills for a stretch 5.
Defensively he is super raw and got out of position a ton. That's also pretty common for freshmen bigs.



all of what you said is common for FR
Posted by wubilli
Columbia
Member since Apr 2014
5517 posts
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:14 am to
I think he can be a similar player to Bowers. His freshman stats are pretty close. Bowers really developed from year to year.

Posted by NEMizzou
Columbia MO
Member since Nov 2013
1369 posts
Posted on 1/6/17 at 1:43 pm to
I see a lot of upside in him if he gets stronger...I think the Bowers comparison is, at least by body type, pretty accurate. He looked gunshy the last couple of games for whatever reason but he was the only guy out there against Arizona who played with confidence; had a big dunk and was really aggressive.
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