McCabe resembling Jess Settles

OatesStache · 08-22-2012, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by JHHawk

That was the bull in the china shop Frosh Zach you are describing.
Last year, he started to get a real feel for the college game,when to drive,when to pull up,when to post up....''always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time''? Dead wrong. His BB IQ jumped dramatically last year.

Now, as for the Settles comparison...Jess was better,no doubt. More athletic,quicker,better jumper,and extreme BB IQ....but Zach is still very solid.

No, it is not dead wrong. Last year he averages 21 mpg and 3.4 fouls per game. Compare that to White and Basabe, who played similar minutes, but averaged almost half that.

Scorpio79 · 08-22-2012, 10:57 AM

All I know is, if I had a quarter for every time some d-bag announcer said "Jeff" Settles instead of Jess, I'd be retired and livin' large in Barbados.

OatesStache · 08-22-2012, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Scorpio79

All I know is, if I had a quarter for every time some d-bag announcer said "Jeff" Settles instead of Jess, I'd be retired and livin' large in Barbados.

To be fair, Jeff is a boy' name.

**JHHawk** · 08-22-2012, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by OatesStache

No, it is not dead wrong. Last year he averages 21 mpg and 3.4 fouls per game. Compare that to White and Basabe, who played similar minutes, but averaged almost half that.

Zach was a 6' 6.5'' former guard who is guarding giant centers like Sullinger,Nix,Payne,Sampson III,Leonard,Bergrenn,and Morgan,and is a physical player,so yea,he fouled a bit more than those guys. Zach is not a leaper,so he is a pusher and tries to draw charges. He did a great job defensively in the paint last year considering his size and athletic shortcomings. His job is to bring the physicality,and fouls are not an indication of a lack of BB IQ.

**MiniMoeHawk** · 08-22-2012, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by JHHawk

Zach was a 6' 6.5'' former guard who is guarding giant centers like Sullinger,Nix,Payne,Sampson III,Leonard,Bergrenn,and Morgan,and is a physical player,so yea,he fouled a bit more than those guys. Zach is not a leaper,so he is a pusher and tries to draw charges. He did a great job defensively in the paint last year considering his size and athletic shortcomings. His job is to bring the physicality,and fouls are not an indication of a lack of BB IQ.

Most of his fouls came from not moving his feet. It will improve over time

**BlackGold57** · 08-22-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Other

Don't dismiss the Less Jepsen talk.

Again, jack as , go home

**Smarthawk** · 08-22-2012, 08:17 PM

Jess Settles was excellent with the ball, very gifted inside and out. He had a passion for the game and a skill level to match. Had he not been injured, he would have been one of the best ever. Jess was a fabulous rebounder and like Mike Gesell, was always around the ball. I love Zach McCabe but I don't see him as a Jess Settles type...except for his passion and desire to improve.

**Other** · 08-22-2012, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by BlackGold57

Again, jack as , go home

**sportstalent** · 08-26-2012, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by OatesStache

Bad take.

Agree...I went to school with a kid that was at a camp with Settles and he had a broken/sprained right hand, either way he was essentially one-handed. One player at the camp blocked Settles and said the most common saying. Apparently, it ticked Settles off enough to run the kid over and over to get MVP of the camp.
The scorer comparison for Settles is true, they guy knew how to flat out score, do whatever it took. I think some forget just how great Settles was prior to his injury, flat out stud from day one.

**dmShortSaledude** · 08-26-2012, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by sportstalent

Agree...I went to school with a kid that was at a camp with Settles and he had a broken/sprained right hand, either way he was essentially one-handed. One player at the camp blocked Settles and said the most common saying. Apparently, it ticked Settles off enough to run the kid over and over to get MVP of the camp.
The scorer comparison for Settles is true, they guy knew how to flat out score, do whatever it took. I think some forget just how great Settles was prior to his injury, flat out stud from day one.

Settles was definitely a good player. Sucks he was hurt, but he did finish strong tho. He came on towards the end. Played through the pain. I remember the Indiana game. Bob Knight shook Davis' hand and started walking off the court. He stopped and turned around just to walk up to Jess and shake his hand. Then left the court.... If you make that good of an impression that Bob Knight goes out of his way to shake your hand, then you are definitely a good player.