Bear Down Zo! Bear Down!
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He can play. But Knicks need a couple of him!
Great article on a player I knew nothing about.
Also, it is like Brooklyn is not even a place in the state.
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Glad to see some of the "older" players such as Zo and Josh Hart (Lakers) outplay a lot of the "one and done's". Trier learned to handle/distribute the ball as a shooting/point guard for U of A last year and that has really helped in the NBA.
With the NBA starting their own "one and done" league, maybe its time to make a deal with the NCAA to change the scholarships given to 3 year deals - if the player declares for the NBA sooner than 3 years, then the university loses that scholarship until the time limit is up. It would prevent UK and Duke from rounding up all the good players and watching them walk after a year.
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Shouldn’t the story have told us why he was in so many different high schools? Isn’t that the point of the story? Was it by choice or necessity? Just asking.
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Shows the absurdity of putting a 13 year old basketball player in the Times Magazine. What was the point of that story and this story? And I love college basketball. Alonzo Trier? If that’s who the Knicks think will make them a contender, good luck.
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I read it in 2009. My life was also different then - new job, new family.
I don't follow basketball, so it's nice to know the kid made it alright.
And me - I'm fine too, after 10 years. Job going great, family going great.
That's life!
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Leading up to the draft, on every scouting service, I'd always leave asking the same question. Where is Allonzo Trier? Do the scouts actually watch players because if you ever saw Trier play, it was impossible to imagine that he wasn't a first round pick no less would go undrafted.
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I don't follow basketball, so I thought this was going to be a story of great potential never fulfilled. Instead it's a hopeful story of a possible star with a great future. Good luck to Trier and the Knicks.
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I am 5'6" inches tall on a good day.
In my next life, I am planning to be 1/4" taller than Alonzo, and show him a thing or two.
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Good for Allonzo. He realized his talents.
But it is surprising. He had some unfortunate injuries at Arizona, and then there was that very distracting FBI investigation.
Trier only occasionally dominated a college game. And usually he did not get going in the scoring column until the second half. Perhaps Coach Sean Miller's offense did not play to Trier's talents. Also, he was very thin. It appears as though Alonzo has added a little muscle mass.
Trier always had great athleticism. But often during an Arizona Wildcat game, he would turn into Claude Rains, "The Invisible Man."
The maturation of basketball talent is thing that is hard to define. There is a lot of luck involved in finding the right program, and avoiding injury and problems. Fortunately Trier had found a good place to grow with the Knicks.
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@Joe
As Joe said Allonzo only occasionally dominated in the Pac-12 games I saw, but when he did he was clearly more than one step above everyone else on the court. And he played with a highly talented mix.
I'm fascinated why some some talent sets get acknowledged by the pro scouts and others are ignored. Perhaps because it becomes a spreadsheet game and wingspan is easier to sort on than will.
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@Joe I don't know about that faulty scouting report. It cut from the same group think cloth as the NBA scouts who missed on obvious player. I saw Truer a bunch and couldn't believe he was projected as late 2nd/un-drafted player. That is absurd. Any scout that watched Trier play 5 or 6 times and graded him this low should just quit now. Their is no excuse for missing on his talent that badly.
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