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Maybe Bittle?

Considering Shelstad is the only player in the Big Ten to average over 15 PPG (15.6) and shoot over 45% from 3 point range (47.2%) in conference play, he would be in high demand.

Bittle, for sure as well. He might be the best all around center in the league.

I do think Barthelemy's 3-point shooting and experience would be attractive to many of the teams as well.

Ya, Bittle and Shelstead. Possibly Bamba for defensive purposes.

What's the purpose of the question?

Bittle and Shelstad.

Kwame too for most teams as a 6th man.

UOducksTK1 wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:13 pm Considering Shelstad is the only player in the Big Ten to average over 15 PPG (15.6) and shoot over 45% from 3 point range (47.2%) in conference play, he would be in high demand.

Those are great, would be even better if he was a 2. Unfortunately, he's the point guard of a team, that has severe trouble with ball and player movement, and very often long scoring droughts. Shelstad in particular has basically disappeared from games too often, he's definitely a shoot first point guard, most of them being 3's, hardly ever takes it to the rim. His clutch shots have been great, but would be unnecessary if his game was more well rounded and energetic,

No problem with a shoot first PG, but Jackson needs to learn to finish better inside still. Took Payton until his senior year to really get the knack for it against bigger guys.

GrantDuck wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:59 am No problem with a shoot first PG,

This is where I'll disagree. I understand that Shelstad is the best choice the Ducks have for the Point, but I see the "shoot first" as a big, if not the biggest problem this season. Going early with the 3, automatically kills ball movement, and we've seen too many 4-16's which is the insanity call, doing something over & over and expecting a different result.

This team has a lot of scoring droughts, I think because the ball and players aren't engaged, just running up and down the court until a random 3 is shot. When it goes in great, when, more likely it's a miss, Oregon is especially bad at offensive rebounding, the opponent gets it, and off they go. Bittle can hit a 3, but I think he's more likely to get points in the paint, which should be the nexus of the offense.