Michigan State fans who were in attendance for night No. 2 of Moneyball on Thursday noticed a couple of key absences.
The first obvious absence was Coen Carr who reportedly wasn’t in the building and the other was breakout candidate Carlos Medlock Jr. who was at Holt High but didn’t participate. Some wondered what the reason was, but SI’s Jacob Cotsonika reported that he was dealing with a minor hamstring injury.
No, this isn’t a reason to panic, but if he’s feeling a little tightness in his hamstring, there’s no reason to test things. There’s no reason to force a player to participate in a pro-am especially when there’s a week off coming for the 4th of July. He’s going to have plenty of time to rest up and get healthy for the second half of the Moneyball Pro-Am next month.
I think all fans would be just fine with Medlock sitting out until after the holiday break if that meant that the hype train would be shut down for a few weeks.
Medlock’s performance during the opening night of Moneyball is going to hold a lot of us over because he looked so impressive. Fans know that the Spartans got a demon in the freshman point guard so health comes first. Plus, hamstrings are not something you want to mess with because that could linger for a while if not treated correctly.
You don’t want to have a lingering hamstring issue affecting your backup point guard whose game is built around how well he moves.
Carlos Medlock Jr. is going to be an electric watch
If we learned anything from Medlock’s first appearance at Moneyball this week, it’s that he’s going to be impossible to keep on the bench for long stretches this season.
Medlock was hitting mid-range jumpers, he has confidence in his three-ball, and he can drive to the rim with his craftiness and elusiveness. He’s really good with the ball in his hands and he commands the attention of multiple defenders just because he can get to the rim quickly. I can see a lot of drive-and-dishes or craft finishes around the rim from the true freshman this year.
Fans got teased by an 80-second clip a couple of weeks ago which showed Medlock giving Michigan State starters buckets and they all bought in. The first Moneyball showing was just the cherry on top.
Medlock is going to be an electric watch all season long if he can stay healthy.
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