Questionable character? I took a direct quote from you. You can try to explain it all you want. You take ridiculous positions all the time and then either double down or totally back off. I’m tired of reading your nonsense.
You fished through four posts in the SAME short thread and took the only one that wasn’t completely positive and used it out of context. How is that not dishonest? It didn’t even say anything negative about LJ. I don’t mince words. Look at my takes on Cam (his mom felt the need to come after me for it) and Manuel.
JUCOS almost always take a year to get going because the jump in talent, experience, and overall level of play is huge. Any kid that played D-1 prior to JUCO would have a huge advantage.
That was actually the very point I was making with Dixon and LJ in the post you quoted—that Dixon’s practice time here had him more prepared for an IMMEDIATE impact over LJ. I later learned that LJ practiced with a 25+ win tournament team prior to going JUCO and said that “changes everything” with his timeline. NMSU was far better than we were that year so that would not only mitigate experience difference with Dixon it would likely put him ahead.
It’s not just D-1 basketball experience that helps either...it’s the overall experience as a student athlete at a 4-year D-1 school: tutors, study hall, travel, more academic demands, more exposure and pressure, etc.
I was wrong on Dixon. I realized pretty quickly though that he had an awful basketball IQ that rendered him incapable of playing Big East caliber team defense. LJ has basketball IQ and instincts to spare.