Originally Posted by Gazoo
I could be wrong, and I'm not saying he's going to finish as one of the all-time greats in a Flyer uniform, but I'll just be really surprised if he's not a starter next year.
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For all the people who were sure Trey would definitely not start this year.
He's started all 13 games so far. 2nd in minutes played, second in FT's, 4th in scoring, and 1st in rebounds.I don't think having Kostas on the team would have changed a lot for him since Mikesell has started at PF and that's where Kostas would have been.
By how much is he first in rebounds? He's got 104, the next guy on the list has 67. That's 55% more than the next closest guy. That's officially "a lot" more rebounds. I don't think Kostas would have snatched that many rebounds from him.
Is he just the prettiest girl in the ugly contest? Well we've been outrebounded 4 times in 13 games.
-Once by 1 (Presbyterian - Trey 1st in rebounding)
-Once by 2 (Oklahoma - Trey 1st in rebounding)
-Once by 3 (Virginia - Trey 2nd in rebounding)
-Once by 10 (Mississippi State - Trey 1st in rebounding but did not have a great game)
So it's not like we're getting trounced on the boards. And it's not like he only rebounds against the bad teams.
Toppin definitely has more upside but there are reasons Trey is still starting. Unfortunately he's completely lost confidence in his shot (20% from 3 after shooting 35% last year), but I really have to disagree that Trey is slow, or too small to rebound, or that he can't penetrate.
