6’10, 235-pound transfer from Virginia Tech. 13.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 66.8 FG%.
AmenWe’ve lacked size and scoring efficiency around the basket for the better part of the past decade.
We literally go out and land a 6’10+ big that is top five nationally in FG% and you have some on here concerned with potential roster fit if Omier comes back and defensive upside.
Some of y’all will never be content
Boom. You got all that jkhood. Hope that did not hurt too bad.Just because I'm a stats guy, I'll show a little more and see if it has any sway.
- Lynn Kidd averaged .222 Win Shares per 40 minutes, where .100 is scaled to be average. Meaning he was more than twice the average player in adding wins to his team. He led Virginia Tech by a wide margin.
- You might say, Win Shares are heavily influenced by efficiency, and the only thing this guy does is around the rim, so it's fuzzy math. His True Shooting Percentage was over .700, which is elite, so that efficiency certainly influenced the numbers.
- What does he do besides simply dunk the basketball around the rim? Well, his Player Efficiency Rating was 27.6. Where 20.0 is considered great. 10.0 is considered average. Once again, he led Virginia Tech by a wide margin.
- Yeah, but what about his defense? Kidd led Virginia Tech in his defensive rating (though his rating was not elite, Virginia Tech was not a good defensive club, so he led their team).
- These data points don't do much for me, what else do you have? His Box Score Plus/Minus was 9.0, which easily led Virginia Tech and is an elite number. This is stating that per game he had a positive impact of 9 points per game for VT in the box score.
- As a big, he had an assist percentage of 11.1%, meaning of the baskets scored while he was on the floor, he assisted of them. This is an elite number for a big.
- His turnover percentage of 12.2% is also excellent for a big, especially one who can pass the ball.
- As a big man, he shot 84.2% from the FT line, which is an elite number for a big man.
- At 3.5 fouls per 40 minutes, he's not foul prone, which is great news for a big.
Yeah, but he's probably doing all of that against cupcakes.
Lynn Kidd was fairly easily Virginia Tech's best player this year, no matter what metric you want to choose. He even led them in Total Win Shares, which is based on minutes actually played and not ratios, at 4.3 Win Shares in 768 minutes.
- .185 Win Shares per 40 Minutes in the ACC, which was excellent this year and happens to be the conference Miami plays in.
- He was even better about sharing the ball and taking care of the ball in conference games.
Second was Hunter Cattoor at 4.0 Win Shares and he played 1,094 minutes on the season. In 42% more minutes than Kidd he still couldn't match him in Win Shares.
Norchad Omier led Miami in Win Shares at 4.7 in 948 minutes, so he was a better player than Kidd this year. That said, Kidd had better Win Shares per 40 minutes, better Box Score +/-, better Asst %/Turnover %, and better Player Efficiency numbers. This same statement holds true whether you're looking at conference only or overall seasons.
Lynn Kidd is an absolutely excellent addition to the Canes and makes them far better than they were and hurts Virginia Tech big time.
And here we have the guy whining about people challenging him for negativity being a first class classless fan.hope u are right and they r just sour. pardon me for being underwhelmed tho for the new beanstalk
Indeed. Good pickup. And to the fans who bash Jim for not recruiting bigs, then bash a solid big he recruits, " a beanstalk" according to one terrible fan, whine when they are challenged , shut up.Let’s go Canes
Let Coach L do his best to put this team together
2024 - 2025
The U
Amen.Let’s go Canes
Let Coach L do his best to put this team together
2024 - 2025
The U
Cool.Someone citing PER in 2024 and not only not being laughed at but being praised is incredible lol
Not my favorite either, but is a metric among many that he fares well in.Someone citing PER in 2024 and not only not being laughed at but being praised is incredible lol
I’m done talking about this guy. I’m happy to have a discussion with anyone that will also take the time to watch their games, but box score watchers are always going to love bigs that do nothing but score at the rim, efficiency metrics are heavily flawed towards those guys. **** near everything Lance said applies directly to Izundu’s senior season. You have to match eye test to advanced stats.Cool.
How about the other dozen data points Lance provided?
Always like your posts here, but part of that is the blending of stats and film breakdown. I just think breaking basketball, especially bigs and/or guys that don’t play big minutes, down to advanced metrics is a flawed approach.Not my favorite either, but is a metric among many that he fares well in.
PER is essentially designed to tell a story about how much you add/subtract other than simply shooting the ball.
All metrics have their downfall, and one can poke holes in most any of them if you choose.
I like to paint a narrative and when all of them agree, you’re probably on the right track.
But I do appreciate you taking the time to read it.
The guy's point is he folded at the end of the season. His last 8 games including the NIT he is on his season average for rebounds and he is above his scoring average.He had some very good games against the best teams in the Acc. Before you open your yap with that comment, you should look at every game as I just did. Smdh, lazy
Izundu was really good his senior season lol you're not helping your case.I’m done talking about this guy. I’m happy to have a discussion with anyone that will also take the time to watch their games, but box score watchers are always going to love bigs that do nothing but score at the rim, efficiency metrics are heavily flawed towards those guys. **** near everything Lance said applies directly to Izundu’s senior season. You have to match eye test to advanced stats.
What approach would you take? The metrics, other than Box Score +/- are generally descriptive, as in telling us what happened, rather than predicting what will happen.Always like your posts here, but part of that is the blending of stats and film breakdown. I just think breaking basketball, especially bigs and/or guys that don’t play big minutes, down to advanced metrics is a flawed approach.
Yep - he did not fold.The guy's point is he folded at the end of the season. His last 8 games including the NIT he is on his season average for rebounds and he is above his scoring average.
You aren’t worth the time but go look at who is still playing in the tourney and tell me that the bulk of their rotations arent made up of transfers.Lynn Kidd, Welcome to Last 2 U.
Don't come as a Freshman nor Sophomore, come and play your last 2 at Da U.
Unofficial Slogan for Coach L and his staff where playing games matter and player development is an afterthought.
Oh and Isaiah Wong says hello to your player development jabLynn Kidd, Welcome to Last 2 U.
Don't come as a Freshman nor Sophomore, come and play your last 2 at Da U.
Unofficial Slogan for Coach L and his staff where playing games matter and player development is an afterthought.
Dude, STFU. Seriously.Lynn Kidd, Welcome to Last 2 U.
Don't come as a Freshman nor Sophomore, come and play your last 2 at Da U.
Unofficial Slogan for Coach L and his staff where playing games matter and player development is an afterthought.
You've got a bunch of cognitive dissonance going on in this post compared to others you've made in this thread. You say we don't need depth, but we just got done with a season where we had next to no depth and got nailed with injuries and look where that got us. Also, just a few posts down from this one you say:Your comments on depth are not backed up by CBB's reality. Nobody goes deep into the bench. Even in a 30 point blowout, UConn only had 7 guys play double figure minutes. Bama had 7 guys play 10+. Etc.
Unless you completely missed Lance's post, yes, those 4 guys are excellent.
-Omier was 2nd team all ACC this season, despite getting no help and running out of gas.
-Kidd performed like an all ACC guy last season. If he can go from 23 mpg to 28, he's a star-level player
-You admitted yourself Pack is a good 3rd option
-Bethea is a top 5-10 player nationally. We can count on him to be a 4th option on a good team.
So...depth is overrated but "obviously it'd be great to have more depth". Which is it? You're contradicting yourself within the span of 2 posts.LOL.
I just don't understand how someone can watch CBB and say that depth is that important. Obviously it'd be great to have more depth, but the best teams win bc of their stars. Teams that play like FSU are rare (and don't usually win big either)