Quentin Grimes

[Soklous]

Also, the play where he dove on the floor to get the loose ball in the second half, was by far his biggest hustle play thus far.

Self said it was best part of the game. A potential 5 point swing. Very RussRobish thing to do. If he made a mistake, he would immediately correct that mistake and get the ball back.

[pdub]

He feels kinda Brandon Rushesque sometimes ( except without that 3 point shooting ).

( and no, i'm not saying he's as good as Brandon Rush was freshman year just that he reminds me of Rush at points )

[PhDhawk]

He reminds me of Xavier Henry...but again without that 3 point shooting.

[NDballer13]

There was a play last night where he knew the guy guarding him had no chance so he posted him and got fouled.
Liked it.

Is that the dude Fran said he played against a bunch in high school? Probably why he knew he had no chance, since he's probably scored a shit ton on him already. Just needs to treat every defender that way even if he's never played them.

[ousdahl]

Dude’s had a good game

[pdub]

Taking the Oubre path.

[Deleted User 183]

[Deleted User 62]

0 pts in a desperately needed win.
Very disappointing.

Give his start/minutes to Ogbagi

[ousdahl]

Considering our second half run with Och in there, and considering Grimes just so caught up in his noggin, I kinda wonder what we’d look like

[PhDhawk]

Grimes did not start the second half.

I bet practices are competitive this week.

[pdub]

The only reason Grimes got more than 10 minutes in the game was because Ochai fouled out ( and two of those fouls were ticky tack ).

[jhawks99]

Dude is gonna be good.

[holidaysmore]

He was very close to getting a second half DNP-CD.

Kid looks lost on both sides of the ball.

[NDballer13]

KJ came off the bench before him in the 2nd half for fuck sakes.

[ousdahl]

I want Quentin to succeed as much as anyone. For his sake, though; to help him get a little confidence, he might be better off coming off the bench against the other team's second unit for a spell...

[jhawks99]

I want Quentin to succeed as much as anyone. For his sake, though; to help him get a little confidence, he might be better off coming off the bench against the other team's second unit for a spell...

No argument from me. I think Self has done that before.

[twocoach]

I want Quentin to succeed as much as anyone. For his sake, though; to help him get a little confidence, he might be better off coming off the bench against the other team's second unit for a spell...

I hope Self will do that but I worry he wont. Self seems to be overly cautious of a guy's long term psyche by a benching and doesnt take into account how much confidence can be gained against an opponent's 2nd unit.

Agbaji has earned the spot. Give it to him and see if it shocks Grimes into action. He was a complete non factor in every part of the game when he was on the floor.

[PhDhawk]

He got a steal.

[Deleted User 75]

Personally, I don't think not starting him will result in him playing against primarily 2nd units. It's not like the NBA. Many of the best college players are playing 30+mpg. Many teams have 7-9 guy rotations, not 10+ guy rotations running hockey style shift changes. Playing against the other teams best players is unavoidable.

Sure, it'd result in their being a few of the other teams starters not being on the floor for a few minutes, but it's impossible to know/predict whether those guys will be guarding him.In the NBA there are clear rotations and "2nd units" where guys come in at the same time every game and play the same/similar minutes each games....college not so much. It's more random and harder to project.

And any potential benefit could be off set by him also being in with more of our bench players...so who knows if it helps. Benching a guy so he can go against "worse players" when he's in seems pretty unrealistic. It'd make sense if he was a volume scorer and we were bringing him in when Dedric went to the bench, but that's not the case.

I'm not saying don't bench him for someone who is better or currently playing better....if Ochai is better then start him.....but don't fool yourself into thinking grimes getting benched will magically make him more confident and a better player. That seems silly.

[ousdahl]

I want Quentin to succeed as much as anyone. For his sake, though; to help him get a little confidence, he might be better off coming off the bench against the other team's second unit for a spell...

I hope Self will do that but I worry he wont. Self seems to be overly cautious of a guy's long term psyche by a benching and doesnt take into account how much confidence can be gained against an opponent's 2nd unit.

Agbaji has earned the spot. Give it to him and see if it shocks Grimes into action. He was a complete non factor in every part of the game when he was on the floor.

overly cautious of a guy’s long term psyche?

How many talented freshmen has Self buried on the bench before?