2019 Undrafted Free Agents

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We also have the undrafted FA Corey Davis Jr. Check him out:

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Him I like. That defense will be fun to watch if he lands on our GoGo squad.

Interesting. From the numbers, he's not really so much of a pure PG as he is a combo guard. But he does play some good D and he's a competent shooter on high volume with deep range. Maybe he's another Patrick Beverly? I kinda like him better than Justin Robinson to be honest.

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The reason I point out Randle is because he was an undrafted 4 year scoring guard that played with us last year. Their skill set is similar and played against similar competition (ACC & PAC-12). It gives us an idea about how Robinson's skills would transfer.
1) Robinson averaged double the assist (And better AST:TOV ratio)
2) Robinson was a better 3pt shooter, but a much better scorer as a whole and in the paint.
3) Robinson was a better defender/better fundamentals while averaging more than double the amount of steals

Plus, I LOVE improvement. It shows work ethic, and IQ/self awareness. Robinson year over year became more efficient, rebounded better, gathered more steals, and increased his usage. That shows a guy with skills, but really a guy that puts the work in every summer.

He did improve slightly year by year. Of course, year by year, he increased his edge in experience over opponents. Nor did the numbers zoom up from year to year. Nor were they super-high even his senior year.

There's no reason whatever to think anything particularly optimistic about this undrafted, way undersized, 4 year college PG. I was wondering why we should rate him over Chasson Randle. You didn't answer that question, so I went and looked Randle's college numbers.

Robinson's numbers are better than Randle's, though it should be mentioned that he played in a tougher conference. So, maybe he'll be better than Randle was. But... "steal?" No.

Huh... He is better than Randle, not really that close. His playmaking and defense are superior and he has more tools offensively.
Carsen Edwards went 33, Devonte Graham went 34, Frank Jackson went 31... Robinson is clearly a mid 2nd that we got as a UDFA and have 3 years control plus bird rights for.

Thats a good deal

You are right. I was wrong. Not that rare!

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And... here we have Garrison the Pale scoring 44 points vs. NC State in the NIT quartefinals:

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Holy crap! What a game!

The crowd was great and it was fun watching them try and get into Mathews' head, with Mathews taunting them right back. Mathews certainly looked good in that game. He has NBA size and a quick enough release. I just don't know if he can guard anyone, but I guess we'll find out.

This business about his defense comes from Dat, who claims that a chair dunked on Mathews. A folding chair. While folded up. You know that's not true. Mathews knows how to guard a chair -- you sit on it. Then what's it going to do, I ask you?