Bear Down Wildcats

Walton says there's no way to know if he's one and done.

wow...you guys must be smoking some damn good weed. SJ a Bayless? What? Mostly forgotten? Again...what?

Put the pipe down and move away from the keyboard.

whatisee wrote:wow...you guys must be smoking some damn good weed. SJ a Bayless? What? Mostly forgotten? Again...what?

Put the pipe down and move away from the keyboard.

sorry, forgot to end my post with "root root root for the home team"

<-----bad cat fan

You guys rip him part like he slept with your sister or something.

whatisee wrote:wow...you guys must be smoking some damn good weed. SJ a Bayless? What? Mostly forgotten? Again...what?

Put the pipe down and move away from the keyboard.

Always amazed how one post can become "you guys" in response.

whatisee wrote:You guys rip him part like he slept with your sister or something.

Yeah. Just a big ol gang-bang. Calm down. Read the whole thread.

P.S. ''put down the pipe" and "slept with your sister" have "jumped the shark." Update those cliches.

gumby wrote:

whatisee wrote:wow...you guys must be smoking some damn good weed. SJ a Bayless? What? Mostly forgotten? Again...what?

Put the pipe down and move away from the keyboard.

Always amazed how one post can become "you guys" in response.

whatisee wrote:You guys rip him part like he slept with your sister or something.

Yeah. Just a big ol gang-bang. Calm down. Read the whole thread.

P.S. ''put down the pipe" and "slept with your sister" have "jumped the shark." Update those cliches.

The term jumped the shark has jumped the shark.

SJ's best days lie ahead. Like in the next month and a half.

Anyway, how many California state championships did SJ win? My guess is he's one of those players who rise to the occasion in one-and-out tourneys.

Olsondogg wrote:SJ's best days lie ahead. Like in the next month and a half.

I can't believe you're all sleeping with my sister.

Longhorned wrote:

Olsondogg wrote:SJ's best days lie ahead. Like in the next month and a half.

I can't believe you're all sleeping with my sister.

I'm still waiting for you to hook me up with your friend Becky.

Merkin wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

Olsondogg wrote:SJ's best days lie ahead. Like in the next month and a half.

I can't believe you're all sleeping with my sister.

I'm still waiting for you to hook me up with your friend Becky.

I can't hook her up with anyone until I have a poll-validated indication about whether or not she's hot. It's proper procedure.

whatisee wrote:

gumby wrote:

whatisee wrote:wow...you guys must be smoking some damn good weed. SJ a Bayless? What? Mostly forgotten? Again...what?

Put the pipe down and move away from the keyboard.

Always amazed how one post can become "you guys" in response.

whatisee wrote:You guys rip him part like he slept with your sister or something.

Yeah. Just a big ol gang-bang. Calm down. Read the whole thread.

P.S. ''put down the pipe" and "slept with your sister" have "jumped the shark." Update those cliches.

The term jumped the shark has jumped the shark.

Hence the joke.

Stating the obvious, hasn't.

So...he's in the dog house? What happened?

CalStateTempe wrote:

Longhorned wrote:

gumby wrote:Inconsistent effort. Hope he hated the bench.

I hope so, too. We're really at that point where he can't turn off that switch again.

This whole season as been an audition season for SJ.

He'll be remembered as a Bayless IMO.

The dumpster fire that was UA basketball was very lucky to have Bayless auditioning for a year under the pr*ck that was brought back and coached him while he tried to rest control of the program from the legend who should have already retired.

Bayless was better to UA BB than UA BB was to him... and it is not even close.

Jefe wrote:So...he's in the dog house? What happened?

Looked like he quit playing D in the second half.

Jefe wrote:So...he's in the dog house? What happened?

One guy Miller may not have been too happy with was Stanley Johnson, who played just six minutes in the second half at the same time that Washington State began nailing some open perimeter looks.

Johnson finished with seven points over 17 minutes, his second single-digit scoring game in the past four. He had eight points on 3-for-11 shooting against Oregon State on Jan. 30.

http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/u ... 16794.html

Stanley Johnson might just be the best player in America

FAST FACT: did you know Stanley Johnson leads all freshman in the country in steals with 39?

where's he at with turnovers?

PieceOfMeat wrote:where's he at with turnovers?

From the chart in the other thread, his ast/to ratio has improved from .08 to 1.1 in conference play. That is a big thing for him. Getting out of control is his biggest issue. When he plays aggressive but in control, he's dominant.

What's the stat for missed steal attempts leaving his man open?

97cats wrote:Stanley Johnson might just be the best player in America

Not according to the only trusted source in the world, ESPN. According to them, Jahil Okafor is Shaq 2.0 and his poop has nuggets of potpourri in it.

97cats wrote:FAST FACT: did you know Stanley Johnson leads all freshman in the country in steals with 39?

Nate Mason from Minnesota with his 52 might also like to be considered.
Marcquise Reed from Robert Morris with his 50 steals would also beg to differ.
D'Angelo Russell at Ohio State says "don't forget my 44."

Bosy Billups wrote:

97cats wrote:Stanley Johnson might just be the best player in America

Not according to the only trusted source in the world, ESPN. According to them, Jahil Okafor is Shaq 2.0 and his poop has nuggets of potpourri in it.

Okafor likes to lower his left shoulder into post defenders and bull into them. Never gets called.

Bosy Billups wrote: Not according to the only trusted source in the world, ESPN. According to them, Jahil Okafor is Shaq 2.0 and his poop has nuggets of potpourri in it.

I posted this earlier in this thread: Overall: Has been described by some pundits as having amongst the best set of post skills ever seen on the high school level ... Dominant high school player who will be a dominant college player likely for a year ... Polished low post scorer, but doesn't project as a dominant scorer or rebounder at the pro level ...

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/jahlil-okafor

Doesn't project as a dominant scorer or rebounder at the pro level.

I compare that to Stanley who I can absolutely imagine being a 1(a) or 1(b) type scorer and superstar, one part of a two superstar player type of team (Durant/Westbrook type) that the NBA looks for. Or you can have a non-dominant center.

Merkin wrote:What's the stat for missed steal attempts leaving his man open?

Man Open Missed Steals (MOMS).

Walton said it last night so it must be true.

the comment was a mistake, he is leading the conf for freshman in steal and has 39.

i was wrong

But since it's the CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS and the greatest conference in the history of this great planet, nay, solar system, nay, universe, that's still very impressive.

Ev'ry Pippin has a Jordan,
Not much else be mo' importan',
One man stops the defense whole,
The next man steals the rock to roll,
Just like Johnny had his Ed,
Or George Washington his Fed,
Ne'er there was a duo mo' manly,
Than that Rondae with his Stanley,
Ev'ry Pippin has a Jordan now!


Thank you! Thank you in the back row! Thank very much! Good night everyone!

Drop the mic!

Bosy Billups wrote:

97cats wrote:Stanley Johnson might just be the best player in America

Not according to the only trusted source in the world, ESPN. According to them, Jahil Okafor is Shaq 2.0 and his poop has nuggets of potpourri in it.

I almost called into a NC based sports talk show driving between clinics because I was sick and tired of hearing the Oakfor fluff job and just wanted to give SJ some props out here...but I figured getting in a debate with the host would be bad for patient care if I ended up in a wreak.

Big week for SJ. Been a bit out of synch these past few weeks. We need him to return to being the go-to guy on O if we are going to make noise in March. Hostile road trip for the pac title - perfect opportunity for him to assert himself again.

threenumberones wrote:Big week for SJ. Been a bit out of synch these past few weeks. We need him to return to being the go-to guy on O if we are going to make noise in March. Hostile road trip for the pac title - perfect opportunity for him to assert himself again.

Completely agree. Just have a hunch about him this week. Stanimal returns

When Stanley makes mistakes, it is usually because he is too hyped up and excited.

In other words, he gets excited like all human teens.

I have never seen a moment where I thought "Stanley doesn't give a shit". Or "Stanley is dogging it."

His mistakes are generally followed by "calm down, Stanley...you got this." And until this last weekend, where the hometown bit may have had him even further overexcited, he generally answers mistakes with something...a steal, bucket, or pass...that tells you he does, in fact, got this.

Nothing about Stanley Johnson sets off warning bells in my head. I think he truly had a bad weekend. And I am sure his ego gets the better of him at times, being a kid and all and among the best in the world at his craft. But I have never seen or heard anything from those who spend time around him that suggests his moments of bigheadedness are common.

Stanley has been MIA for a few games. Hopefully he changes that to MOP.

EVCat wrote: I have never seen a moment where I thought "Stanley doesn't give a shit". Or "Stanley is dogging it."

Sean Miller may disagree with you. He has been pulled several times for not playing D.

Very common in freshmen of course. Many times the superstar doesn't play defense in HS so he doesn't foul out.

Merkin wrote:

EVCat wrote: I have never seen a moment where I thought "Stanley doesn't give a shit". Or "Stanley is dogging it."

Sean Miller may disagree with you. He has been pulled several times for not playing D.

Very common in freshmen of course. Many times the superstar doesn't play defense in HS so he doesn't foul out.

I think there's a difference between dogging it and not putting forth the level of effort expected at Arizona (or other top five programs) too. A lot of freshmen think they're playing hard until they get introduced to someone who demands more.

Katzenfreund wrote:People are too concerned about Stanley's Johnson. Why would anyone care if he's MIA? If he's as talented as advertised, he'll shoot his way out of any 'hole' he's supposedly in.

If he doesn't play well tonight, how many "What's wrong with SJ" threads will there be? Over/under on 4...

wait, so Stanley Johnson didnt play well against USC?

what about at Washington?

His stats were fine, has just seemed a bit off with the ball in his hands. That can come and go as a scorer course, but we sorely need him breaking down defenses with efficiency as we go up against stronger competition. With TJ and SJ doing it together that's gonna be hard to stop.

Stanley's so talented his "freshman wall" is a couple of below-Stanley's-standards games. The only real stinker in the whole bunch was the UCLA game, and the game (Washington State?) were Miller parked his behind on the bench.

rgdeuce wrote:Stanley's so talented his "freshman wall" is a couple of below-Stanley's-standards games. The only real stinker in the whole bunch was the UCLA game, and the game (Washington State?) were Miller parked his behind on the bench.

I'm not even sure that was a full on stinker against UCLA. The bar is just high, but ordinarily, getting double figure rebounds and getting to the line 7 times usually offsets at least enough to avoid being labeled a stinker. He contributed on D and was excellent on the glass, but just shot really poorly.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

rgdeuce wrote:Stanley's so talented his "freshman wall" is a couple of below-Stanley's-standards games. The only real stinker in the whole bunch was the UCLA game, and the game (Washington State?) were Miller parked his behind on the bench.

I'm not even sure that was a full on stinker against UCLA. The bar is just high, but ordinarily, getting double figure rebounds and getting to the line 7 times usually offsets at least enough to avoid being labeled a stinker. He contributed on D and was excellent on the glass, but just shot really poorly.

Nah you're right there. The poor night from the field was just magnified because every other starter minus TJ the last few minutes was bad too.

If Stanley plays the way he has so far in February he will have a really good game tonight and then will stink up the joint in SLC.

ASU - stinko
@Washington - best game of his college career
@ WSU - stinko
USC - very good game
UCLA - stinko

@ Colorado - TBD
@ Utah - TBD