Parker Stewart

[gary2]

posters say he is a one trick pony. He is not an athlete. All he can do is shoot open threes.

I know he is currently in a shooting slump, but he had 10, count them, 10 rebounds against UNC(tied for team lead in ACC rebounds with 43) and on a team where people routinely turn the ball over for no reason, his assists and turnovers are still in a plus ratio.(23/17)

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

posters say he is a one trick pony. He is not an athlete. All he can do is shoot open threes.

I know he is currently in a shooting slump, but he had 10, count them, 10 rebounds against UNC and on a team where people routinely turn the ball over for no reason, his assists and turnovers are still in a plus ratio.

A guy who can only shoot. What a terrible thing. Give me guys like Cam Wright and Chris Jones anytime.

 

[Delpanther]

A guy who can only shoot. What a terrible thing. Give me guys like Cam Wright and Chris Jones anytime.

Got a chuckle out of that..... good one!!!

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

A guy who can only shoot. What a terrible thing. Give me guys like Cam Wright and Chris Jones anytime.

Got a chuckle out of that..... good one!!!

Imagine someone saying this the last 15 years:

"Why even put that guy in the game? He cant do anything but shoot."

 

[Delpanther]

Imagine someone saying this the last 15 years:

"Why even put that guy in the game? He cant do anything but shoot."

So many years... Not a single guy who could shoot a jump,shot, particularly the guy playing SG..

 

[DT_PITT]

posters say he is a one trick pony. He is not an athlete. All he can do is shoot open threes.

I know he is currently in a shooting slump, but he had 10, count them, 10 rebounds against UNC and on a team where people routinely turn the ball over for no reason, his assists and turnovers are still in a plus ratio.

For what it's worth, in ACC play, Parker has 12 assists and 13 turnovers. His shooting percentage in ACC is still a healthy 39.4% having dropped from his near 50% three point clip a half dozen or so games ago.

Having said this, my point is not to disparage Parker. He's been something of a bright spot in a season that has not had many at all.

I still don't see a higher end career for him, but he's absolutely far surpassed my expectations for this season.

 

[gary2]

For what it's worth, in ACC play, Parker has 12 assists and 13 turnovers. His shooting percentage in ACC is still a healthy 39.4% having dropped from his near 50% three point clip a half dozen or so games ago.

Having said this, my point is not to disparage Parker. He's been something of a bright spot in a season that has not had many at all.

I still don't see a higher end career for him, but he's absolutely far surpassed my expectations for this season.

If we want to talk ACC play, he is tied for the team lead in rebounds with Stevenson (both have 43).

 

[rockypanther]

If we want to talk ACC play, he is tied for the team lead in rebounds with Stevenson (both have 43).

Somebody has to get them.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Stewart to the 5

 

[DT_PITT]

If we want to talk ACC play, he is tied for the team lead in rebounds with Stevenson (both have 43).

When it comes to rebounding, it's hard to think that there is any individual, or any part of the team, who should be complemented.

 

[pitt-girl]

If we want to talk ACC play, he is tied for the team lead in rebounds with Stevenson (both have 43).

Not sure you want to hi-light any rebound stat for this team.

 

[Swervin27]

A guy who can only shoot. What a terrible thing. Give me guys like Cam Wright and Chris Jones anytime.

Chris Jones???????????

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

If we want to talk ACC play, he is tied for the team lead in rebounds with Stevenson (both have 43).

As if that’s something to crow about. That’s putrid.

 

[cupkafan]

Cam Wright the epitome of a lame Dixon recruiting effort.

 

[DiehardPanther]

Cam Wright the epitome of a lame Dixon recruiting effort.

And yet he is a better all around player than anyone on this roster.

 

[Delpanther]

And yet he is a better all around player than anyone on this roster.

So what...

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I'd give anything for a Cam Wright on this team. Or to have held on to Cam Johnson.

 

[DiehardPanther]

So what...

It means Stallings hasn’t done anything well since he got hired. Nada. His recruiting included. Cut the chord.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

And yet he is a better all around player than anyone on this roster.

Definitely!

Yet this bozo gets away with slamming players while I'm criticized for giving a fair and objective evaluation of our current players. What he said about Wright is clearly slamming the guy who would be a welcome addition to the team we currently have and a better player than most or all players we have now.

 

[Delpanther]

It means Stallings hasn’t done anything well since he got hired. Nada. His recruiting included. Cut the chord.

I aspire to getting better recruits than bricklayer, Cam Wright....my chord was cut ages ago. I don't want Dixon garbage....

 

[Delpanther]

I'd give anything for a Cam Wright on this team. Or to have held on to Cam Johnson.

Sure a JIGer would aspire to have a bricklayer at SG....what else would you expect. After all, scoring 40 points in an NCAA game is an offen sive explosion for JD.

 

[Delpanther]

Definitely!

Yet this bozo gets away with slamming players while I'm criticized for giving a fair and objective evaluation of our current players. What he said about Wright is clearly slamming the guy who would be a welcome addition to the team we currently have and a better player than most or all players we have now.

"Fair and objective" evaluation of the current players from you? Get real. We saw Wright for 5 years...he stunk...a SG who couldn't shoot a jump shot, a Dixon specialty.. The guys you are raking over the coals haven't been at Pitt a full year.

 

[HailToPitt1985]

I love the Ignore feature. I see that there are comments from Ignored posters that are irrelevant and moronic but I don't have to see them and don't care what they say since it's ALWAYS wrong. I don't need their garbage. I have to use that feature more often.

 

[Delpanther]

I love the Ignore feature. I see that there are comments from Ignored posters that are irrelevant and moronic but I don't have to see them and don't care what they say since it's ALWAYS wrong. I don't need their garbage. I have to use that feature more often.

Who you kidding, skippy....

 

[Jeffburgh]

Wright was a solid get recruiting wise, he just didn't develop fully. It happens.

I don't get the knocks on Stewart, he is progressing pretty well, IMO. It has been so long since the program has had a SG who can actually shoot, people don't know what to look for.

Now, there are extenuating circumstances, people have to take into account the trucked up situation he is part of.

It isn't like he is stepping into a reasonably well coached team, where he can ease into things with a solid team around him.

There are notvets, no established offense. It isn't like he has a vet PG, and a system where they are getting him some clean looks in limited minutes.

Yeah, he isn't a plus athlete, but he has the size and stroke to be a solid ACC SG, has a little moxie and you see sparks where he can round his game a bit.

He would not be playing as much, but would have better efficiency stats if he had come on board as a frosh for one of the mid/late 2000s JD teams, for instance.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Cam Wright the epitome of a lame Dixon recruiting effort.

And yet he is a better all around player than anyone on this roster.

Freshman Carr is better than RS Sr. Wright. Wright as not a good defender contrary to what people think.

 

[mbrannagan]

posters say he is a one trick pony. He is not an athlete. All he can do is shoot open threes.

I know he is currently in a shooting slump, but he had 10, count them, 10 rebounds against UNC(tied for team lead in ACC rebounds with 43) and on a team where people routinely turn the ball over for no reason, his assists and turnovers are still in a plus ratio.(23/17)

Stewart has been solid for the part. Like many I think he is limited because of athleticism but he strikes me as the typical coaches son, understands spacing and some of the angles, has a decent nose of the ball, etc. I think he is a great shooter off the bench, who could become a really good scorer if/when Pitt can achieve some better spacing with a big man or two or some other shooters on the perimeter.

 

[gary2]

Wright was a solid get recruiting wise, he just didn't develop fully. It happens.

I don't get the knocks on Stewart, he is progressing pretty well, IMO. It has been so long since the program has had a SG who can actually shoot, people don't know what to look for.

Now, there are extenuating circumstances, people have to take into account the trucked up situation he is part of.

It isn't like he is stepping into a reasonably well coached team, where he can ease into things with a solid team around him.

There are notvets, no established offense. It isn't like he has a vet PG, and a system where they are getting him some clean looks in limited minutes.

Yeah, he isn't a plus athlete, but he has the size and stroke to be a solid ACC SG, has a little moxie and you see sparks where he can round his game a bit.

He would not be playing as much, but would have better efficiency stats if he had come on board as a frosh for one of the mid/late 2000s JD teams, for instance.

where he can ease into things with a solid team around him.

He would not be playing as much, but would have better efficiency stats if he had come on board as a frosh for one of the mid/late 2000s JD teams, for instance.

I think the exact same things could be said about Carr, Frame(JCT), Stevenson and Brown

 

[thirteenNINE]

I mean, to get to Parker Stewart for a second here, it is pretty well established that I love Stewart. He was my second favorite recruit in this class and he is playing exactly how I expected him to, he's a high-efficiency low-mistake player on a team that desperately needs those and that's really good. But he's also 7th on the team in total rebound percentage and that is on a team that is one of the worst rebounding teams in all of college basketball. Highlighting his rebounding to talk about his upside is like highlighting the dope spoiler on a Prius.

I think that it is more worrying that Brown and Stevenson both, in spite of their obvious physical gifts, are at 10.7% and 10.4% respectively in total rebound percentage. That is nowhere near good enough and we have issues if that doesn't improve.

 

[TreesHero]

Cam Wright redshirted his first year; so apart from gameday experience, it would be more fair to compare Wright's second year with the second year of the current freshmen.

Apart from being a good defender, Wright's RS-freshman year was certainly less productive than either Stewart or Carr are right now.

 

[Chescat]

We've beaten this topic on Stewart to death since the beginning of the year.. Yes, he's a good shooter, technique wise. I've lightened up on him on here because he has shown some growth in his overall floor game. BUT his floor game is still bad for a decent ACC level freshman (which he is not). His defense has shown a little more effort, but it's still awful. Of course that makes him typical with this crew, because it doesn't seem to be stressed in games, which means probably not in practice either. With all that, I hope
he continues to develop. He has a lot of room for improvement.

 

[gary2]

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I mean, to get to Parker Stewart for a second here, it is pretty well established that I love Stewart. He was my second favorite recruit in this class and he is playing exactly how I expected him to, he's a high-efficiency low-mistake player on a team that desperately needs those and that's really good. But he's also 7th on the team in total rebound percentage and that is on a team that is one of the worst rebounding teams in all of college basketball. Highlighting his rebounding to talk about his upside is like highlighting the dope spoiler on a Prius.

I think that it is more worrying that Brown and Stevenson both, in spite of their obvious physical gifts, are at 10.7% and 10.4% respectively in total rebound percentage. That is nowhere near good enough and we have issues if that doesn't improve.

I tried to point out a positive in the aftermath of a big defeat.

Stewart is my favorite player. he had 10 rebounds against UNC. I think that is an accomplishment. I expected people to either follow up with atta boys or just disregard the post as an inane nothing burger.

Stewart could just as easily be the first player to release and run to the corner and wait for an open three (if we ever get a rebound).

I did not expect people to diminish the accomplishment or use it in any way to speak negatively about Stewart or the team.

I know nothing of the rebounding stat you cite. I do know that for a player who is always labeled not athletic and a player playing his position, Stewart is rebounding better than would be expected. I am sure people will say whoop de do. We are still 0-11 in league play. I guess that is to be expected.

I totally agree that our bigs need to rebound much better. Stevenson can not play 20 minutes and have one rebound. Peace needs to do a better job when he is in there as well(again, he needs to get stronger). Kene needs to learn how to be in better position to rebound.

With added strength I think Brown will be at least an adequate rebounder.

 

[mbrannagan]

Cam Wright redshirted his first year; so apart from gameday experience, it would be more fair to compare Wright's second year with the second year of the current freshmen.

Apart from being a good defender, Wright's RS-freshman year was certainly less productive than either Stewart or Carr are right now.

Cam had a pretty rough 1st year of action, but it still becomes hard to compare, Stewart is getting a ton of opportunity, more consistent stretches of minutes, freedom to shoot, etc. Stats only tell part of the story. Even so, I think Stewart would compare favorably over Wright at this point, especially as a shooter, but Wright was better in other aspects and grew a lot.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Stewart is better than I expected.

Would he be a starter getting lots of minutes on a good team? He’d be a role player-
And he’s good at his role.

It’s not his fault he’s being asked to play a larger role on this team

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

Cam had a pretty rough 1st year of action, but it still becomes hard to compare, Stewart is getting a ton of opportunity, more consistent stretches of minutes, freedom to shoot, etc. Stats only tell part of the story. Even so, I think Stewart would compare favorably over Wright at this point, especially as a shooter, but Wright was better in other aspects and grew a lot.

Cam played less than 15 minutes per game.

If we were better he’s essentially what kham Davis should be

 

[ScrantonicityIII]

Cam had a pretty rough 1st year of action, but it still becomes hard to compare, Stewart is getting a ton of opportunity, more consistent stretches of minutes, freedom to shoot, etc. Stats only tell part of the story. Even so, I think Stewart would compare favorably over Wright at this point, especially as a shooter, but Wright was better in other aspects and grew a lot.

Correct, by merely increasing Wright's minutes his freshman year, his numbers would get better by the mere increase in minutes. Any player can put up more stats, given more minutes and opportunity.

 

[KGSB Panther]

Ron Ramon's freshman season stats: 26 minutes/game, 44% FG, 33% 3-pt, 2 rebs/game, 7 points/game.
Parker Stewart's freshman season stats: 25 minutes/game, 37% FG, 36% 3-pt, 3 rebs/game, 8 points/game.

Just saying. Do we like one more than the other just because that one we like happened to play on a successful team? I would be very happy for Parker to have a comparable career; in fact, to my eye, I think he has a higher ceiling than Ron.

 

[mbrannagan]

Cam played less than 15 minutes per game.

If we were better he’s essentially what kham Davis should be

I think this is a good comp. Cam and Kham have some similarites. Kham may be a more effective scorer, though his shooting percentages lately continue to diminish. Neither appear to have what you would want for a scorer, but they do a lot of little things well.

 

[mbrannagan]

Ron Ramon's freshman season stats: 26 minutes/game, 44% FG, 33% 3-pt, 2 rebs/game, 7 points/game.
Parker Stewart's freshman season stats: 25 minutes/game, 37% FG, 36% 3-pt, 3 rebs/game, 8 points/game.

Just saying. Do we like one more than the other just because that one we like happened to play on a successful team? I would be very happy for Parker to have a comparable career; in fact, to my eye, I think he has a higher ceiling than Ron.

I think this is another good comp, with his size I do think his ceiling is higher than Ramon's, but Ramon could play an adequate PG, and had some real leadership intangibles.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

I think this is another good comp, with his size I do think his ceiling is higher than Ramon's, but Ramon could play an adequate PG, and had some real leadership intangibles.

Ramon was a better defender