As expected, Michigan State fans are loving the influx of Moneyball highlights even though everyone knows not to get too invested or buy too much stock in this mid-summer event.
Highlights of the newcomers are also fan favorites, so that’s why we saw Jasiah Jervis, Anton Bonke, and Carlos Medlock Jr. receiving the most attention on Tuesday night. The Spartans have Julius Avent, Ethan Taylor, and really Kaleb Glenn, too, acting as newcomers, but the headlines were stolen by the first three mentioned.
Jervis was impressive as a slasher and overall athlete, Bonke showed glimpses of what he could do on both ends, and Medlock really stole the show on Tuesday night.
Everyone had been talking up Medlock after the 80-second clip of a scrimmage surfaced last week where he looked calm, cool, and confident against college defenders. That hype is going to continue trending in the upward direction with Medlock going off during his first-ever Moneyball game on Tuesday night. He did a little of everything.
Carlos Medlock Jr on the opening night of @iamMoneyball pic.twitter.com/qpA2AT7eL0
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We see athleticism with some dunks, we see a confident jumper, we see a willing defender, and we see a guy who’s going to have no problem creating his own shots. Medlock was playing against a Moneyball defense so we can’t exactly crown him yet, but it’s pretty obvious that he’s going to be tough to keep on the bench this year.
Tom Izzo is facing a great problem
While the saying in football is that if you have two quarterbacks, you really have none (thanks, John Madden), it’s different in basketball because having multiple players who can handle the ball and lead an offense is what separates national champions from Sweet 16 teams.
Michigan State will have two very legitimate ball-handlers next season and while it might be a “problem” trying to split point guard minutes between an All-American who will likely want 30-35 per game and a breakout candidate freshman who’s clearly good enough to play now, that just gives Izzo more lineup flexibility.
The Spartans can run offenses with either Medlock or Fears at the two and have two primary ball-handlers on the floor to cause problems for defenses. It’s difficult enough to guard an All-American point guard who’s as craft as they come, but having to guard two elite ball-handlers is a death sentence.
Izzo can run some small-ball lineups with Fears and Medlock in the backcourt, and Jasiah Jervis, Kur Teng, or Jordan Scott on the wing with Coen Carr at the four. The lineup possibilities are endless.
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