Yea, he shoots a lot and takes some bad shots, but I'm sorry, he would be the 3rd most talented player on our team behind Young and Artis. He's not an elite player but he has a knack for scoring. I dont want to hear that Cam Johnson is better. I dont want to hear that if Johnson played those minutes at NCSU, he'd put up similar numbers. Rowan is a big loss.
Maverick Rowan is good
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How much would you pay on stubhub to watch him play?
You're right, what we need on this team is another high-volume ball hog who shoots less than 40% from the floor and doesn't play defense.
Yea. Offense is not our problem at all. We have enough scorers, right? Lets remember Rowan is a freshman after all. He could actually get better, you know. And right now he is more talented than anyone on our team besides Artis and Young.
Who needs him when you have a Grad Transfer that can go 1-14 when you need a 3 pointer. Heck, who needs a good outside shooter when u can go 3-31 as a team.
Yeah, but is he better than Hornbeak and Myles Davis? That's the real question.
3-32. Right? And you are right, Cam Johnson is NOT a better player/prospect despite some on here's claims. Who was after Cam Johnson? Who was after Maverick Rowan?
Or this guy!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...02CB4DC4E03D076A9A7D02CB4DC4E03D076&FORM=VIRE
Watch his outside shot, drive to the hoop, and FT's. Unreal we need him!
He could be the answer for PITT.
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Micah Mason made third team All Atlantic 10. Are there any other 3rd team All Atlantic 10 players that could have helped us win
That's a joke I know by the sarcasm font, but let's face it, we took grad transfers from Brown, Richmond and Coppin State. We have no room to poke fun at a kid from this area who did well in the A10 and likely could have helped us as much as at least 2 of those transfers. Just sayin.....
About those grad-transfers:
Richmond is in the A10 but they aren't very good. Anyway, ANO wasn't even all that good their and put up mediocre stats.
Sterling Smith, from Coppin State, didn't even average all that many PPG (like 13-14).
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Maia did lead the Ivy League in rebounding, but besides getting some boards for us, can't do crap.
Go Pitt & lets get better players
Rowan shot the ball really well in the second half today but he is not a talented player.
Rowan had 23 assists in 33 games this season. Pitt had 6 players with more assists and to really put this in perspective Maia had 17 assists in...what....about 8 min of playing time per game. How can you be a talented player but you cannot even assist on one basket per game?
Rowan is very average right now. Just so happens a bad NC State team plays only 7 guys and Rowan gets a lot of minutes and shoots a lot.
I think Rowan had more airballs this season than assists based on the number of airballs I have witnessed in just a few games.
I didn't count but how many threes did Wake Forest hit on Rowan today. Seemed like a lot.
He may be a good player someday, but not yet.
Only Pitt freshmen are allowed time to grow and develop and not be bashed. If you don't play at Pitt and don't register Chris Jackson-type freshman numbers (30.2 ppg BTW) then you're a bum who doesn't do anything well and never could have played for the mighty Panthers.
I think everyone that has said negative things about Rowan has said that he may develop into a good player which he very well could. But saying anything other than he isn't very good right now is a lie if you look at his stats. He's shooting below 35% from both 2 and 3 plus averages less than 1 assist per game as an SG. That being said he played quite well yesterday
Hey SMF did you see the commercials for "Little Big Shots" Steve Harvey' s new show ? There is a kid on there hitting shots from every where. Maybe we can get him ? lets stop being ridiculous with the posts.
Maverick is a really good player. He was rated a five star, right? His biggest issue may be a new coach very soon if Gottfried doesn't get his act together. Obviously we whine here about Pitt and Dixon but what happened at NCSU this year was really, really bad. Their only shot at anything is winning the ACCT. If their season (which everyone rightly expected to be successful) was playing out at Pitt, this board would be apoplectic. I have a feeling given the high drama with his recruitment that a transfer may be in his future. Just a hunch.
I watched him play at least a half dozen times. He is not a good player at this point in his career. He may develop and become a good college player but I would be shocked if he ever played in the NBA. His season stats back my assessment up as well. His lack of athleticism was what really surprised me.
Totally agree. I am thrilled he did not come to Pitt. He would hurt this team much more than help it.
Cam is objectively the better shooter currently. Shoots 40% from 3 to Rowan's 33ish%.
Also, it looks like Cam was reading this thread.
Yeah personally I think Cam will be a much, much, much better college player. Making 7 out of 20 shots and scoring 20+ points doesn't make you good. Especially when you are strictly a catch and shoot guy that doesn't play defense. Rowan is a one trick pony and quite frankly his one trick is pretty average at best.
He is not NBA material, but the guy started for an ACC team that whipped us and he is avg. 13 points a game.
I stand by what I say. Rowan won their first tournament game for them, so let's not act like he is a slug. Sterling Smith once was at 40% as well. A few misses and that 40% plummets quickly.
Yeah, against the second to worst team in the league. I didn't notice any threads about Rowan when he went 2-12 a couple games ago. Yeah, sticking your fingers into your ear and going "LALALALA" when presented with facts opposite to your opinion is a good way to go about life.
You can't just look at his scoring average and say he is a good player. You have to look at how efficiently he scores, defense, assist to turnover ratio, etc. I feel he is a below average ACC player at this point in his career. The only thing he can do is shoot, and he doesn't even do that very well. Given the same opportunities, Cam would produce similar or better numbers.
What is that BB IQ? The one that averages slightly over 3 rbds, less than 1 asst & shoots 35% from the field. Real BB genius. Give Cam Mav's green light and minutes and he would bury Maverick's stats. Thrown in he 10 x the defender and you have pretty weak argument.
Are you guys kidding me? Rowan had a reasonable shooting line, not great but fine, but posted one board, no assists and may as well have been a mannequin on defense.
This is what you covet?
This is what you covet?
I understood the excitement over Rowan when he was a high school player. However watching him 10-15 times as a college player I don't see it. He's certainly an ACC caliber player, but nothing to get in an uproar about. He's never going to be the main guy, and I doubt he will ever get much better than he is now. Most guys like him who's game consists primarily of standing around the 3 point line launching jumpers don't seem to improve that much.
Unless he diversifies his game he will probably be the same player 3 years that he is now.
Unless he diversifies his game he will probably be the same player 3 years that he is now.
