Naters Gonna Nate

[witness]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

If South Dakota State senior guard Nate Wolters wasn't on the radar of NBA teams before last week, his 53-point explosion last week is sure to have changed that. What are Wolters' chances of sticking in the league, and who does he compare to in the NBA? Lets take a look.

Not only did Wolters pour in 53 against IPFW, including nine 3-pointers, he followed it up with a 36-point outing against Oakland on Saturday. Both games came on the road, making it all the more amazing.

While the 6-foot-4, 190-pound point guard currently comes in at No. 95 on Chad Ford's Big Board, own Jay Bilas writes today that he could very well have a future in the league.

Jay Bilas

"Wolters is a scoring point guard who recently put up 53 points, including nine 9-pointers, against IPFW. A player who reminds you a bit of former Kansas star Kirk Hinrich, Wolters is a good ball handler and passer, and has the size (6-foot-4, 190 pounds) and skills to play in the NBA. He averages 23 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game while shooting 40 percent from deep and 82 percent from the line. Wolters' only issue may be the speed and quickness necessary to stay in front of ultra-quick guards, but his size, ball handling, passing and scoring ability make him an NBA prospect."

[HoboJack]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Would someone (who happens to have ESPN access) care to summarize this:
http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/mens...rs/post?id=818

[RabbitObsessed]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

I havn't seen this link posted here yet:

http://www.midmajority.com/p/3388

That was great, thank you.

[The Sports Block]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

The Sports Lounge 2 Feb. 11, 2013
https://archive.org/details/TheSportsLounge2Feb.112013
Every 11 a.m. on DakotaSportsFM.com

0:00-19:10 Travis, Drue and Marcus talk about Nate Wolters 53 point performance at IPFW on Feb. 9 and the Bracketbuster matchup at Murray State.

19:10-31:10 Reaction to UMKC leaving the Summit League for the WAC.

30.10-53.42: We take a look the the rest of the college basketball week with 4 of the top 5 ranked teams losing.

[witness]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Craft isn't even the best point guard in the Big 10. Anyone who would take him over Trey Burke should have their head examined.

Yes I know, but I will give Craft the edge on defense.

[bigticket1]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

The only way Craft should be winning is if it was a Defensive Player of the Year award.

Craft isn't even the best point guard in the Big 10. Anyone who would take him over Trey Burke should have their head examined.

[boxerboy]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

HoboJack; Thanks for posting the link. If anyone is interested in sports writing that is significantly better than most sports writing on the internet (and many newspapers), read the Craig Hanford reporting on Nate Wolters and SDSU at Fort Wayne which is linked by HoboJack. When you arrive at the first sentence of the second paragraph (referring to the writing being strongly encouraged to always go see Nate Wolters), there is a link embedded in the opening phrase of that sentence -- go there. That article, written by Daniel Spewak about Wolters and SDSU at Kansas City, is the best sports-interest reporting I have read in a long while.

Two, of the best sports articles I've read in an awful long time.

[witness]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Who wants to bet wolters gets player of the week again in the summit.

Looks like he is.
http://www.thesummitleague.org/sport...201302114q1q6v

[witness]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

The only way Craft should be winning is if it was a Defensive Player of the Year award.

[Jacks#1Fan]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

We need to get Jackrabbit Nation to vote for Nate in the Bob Cousy Award process! As of this morning, Aaron Craft (Ohio State) leads with 27+ percentage points, and there are point guards from Michigan and Miami that are 2nd and 3rd. Nate is in fourth place with 9.6% of the voting, out of 12 players. Here's the deal: You can vote each day through March 7th. The top vote getter counts as one (fan) vote for that player when the committee meets. I'm not sure we can overcome the Ohio State lead, but I do believe the committee will know the entire voting pattern, and if we could elevate Nate up to second or third...I think it would weigh on the committee's vote...especially when they reduce the field to five finalists. It does take a little effort (that is helpful to our rabid Jackrabbit fans), as you have to vote, and then you receive an email that let's you validate the vote, and you can then see the up-to-date totals of the vote. Here's the link http://www.cousyaward.com/vote.php Let's spread the word...we owe Nate this support!

[Southeast]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Current NCAA scoring leaders:

Green VT 25.3
McDermott Creighton 23.3
Jones Iona 22.9
Wolters SDSU 22.8
Bader OU 22.1

[witness]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Good news is while checking my phone on espn it had a sports nation poll for the capital one player of the week. Wolters was among the names chosen and was leading as of now. The bad news it said he played for san diego state.

Voted. But comical that it says San Diego State

[goon]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

Good news is while checking my phone on espn it had a sports nation poll for the capital one player of the week. Wolters was among the names chosen and was leading as of now.

The bad news it said he played for san diego state.

[JackJD]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

I havn't seen this link posted here yet:

http://www.midmajority.com/p/3388

HoboJack; Thanks for posting the link. If anyone is interested in sports writing that is significantly better than most sports writing on the internet (and many newspapers), read the Craig Hanford reporting on Nate Wolters and SDSU at Fort Wayne which is linked by HoboJack. When you arrive at the first sentence of the second paragraph (referring to the writing being strongly encouraged to always go see Nate Wolters), there is a link embedded in the opening phrase of that sentence -- go there. That article, written by Daniel Spewak about Wolters and SDSU at Kansas City, is the best sports-interest reporting I have read in a long while.

[HoboJack]

Re: Naters Gonna Nate

I havn't seen this link posted here yet:

http://www.midmajority.com/p/3388