![]() Can be that on 200 attempts? Can he be a plus-40% guy just about every night? That’s the next step, along with keeping focus defensively on switches and helps and such. He was a 42% 3-point shooter this season on 81 attempts. This is go-time for Brown’s career, though. ![]() I can see that extra year being advantageous for Brown. Because his size (6-7), length, athletic ability and potential as a shooter still give him a shot to be a pro - if it ever all comes together. I think, more than anyone on MSU’s roster, there’s a good chance Brown plays a fifth year at MSU. I’d actually classify Gabe Brown as a junior next season. The extra year of eligibility available to players due to the COVID-19 pandemic means when you see a player’s class next to their name for the next few years, you’ll have no idea if it’s correct. RELATED: For 5-star recruit Max Christie, playing at his hometown public school with his brother is more than enough prep for MSU Gabe Brown, Sr., wing He, Akins and Pierre Brooks II should have some time together at MSU. So there’s no rush to take advantage of his skills. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Michael O’Brien, who’s covered Christie as closely as anyone, doesn’t see him as that sort of prospect or that sort of kid. One of the misnomers about Christie is that he’s a one-and-done type of player. And an all-freshman backcourt, alongside Brown, comes with some defensive concerns. If Gabe Brown, for example, is also in the starting lineup, the Spartans will need another ball-handler. He’s untested in those areas, relative to what he’ll see in the Big Ten. It’s unclear what he’ll be out of the gate as a ball-handler, driver and defender. He’s got good size and length - he’s 6-foot-6. Perhaps the best analysis I’ve heard of incoming wing Max Christie is that, as a shooter, he’s always on. RELATED: How MSU point guard recruit Jaden Akins is thriving post-Emoni Bates Max Christie, Fr., wing ![]() ![]() Still, the other possible point guards on MSU’s roster would have to raise their games considerably to push Akins from a likely spot in the lineup. And freshmen often struggle with consistency, especially on the defensive end, where it’s also not as simple as locking in on one dude. Just as importantly, he has the makeup of an outstanding defender. Akins is 6-foot-3, with rangy arms and small-guard speed. I don’t think MSU has had a point guard prospect this athletic - both in quickness and vertical get-up - and with this array of skills. Hoggard, I’d bet it’s freshman Jaden Akins. The Spartans need a point guard, and while there’s a chance it could be a transfer or come from the development of Rocket Watts or A.J. Let’s get into it all, player by player - their projected roles for next season, the trajectory of their career at MSU and the things they have to consider moving forward. I’ll say this: I like MSU's potential roster in two years more than I do next year. You could make a case for a number of different starting lineups and for each of the 13 scholarship players slated for next season’s MSU roster to be part of the rotation, projecting their development and what’s around them. Nor would I be surprised if any of the 10 were to return.Īnd then there’s that wild card - what if Emoni Bates decides to reclassify and play next year for MSU? And the more realistic possibility that MSU adds a transfer or two, perhaps a veteran point guard or rugged center type. Individually, I wouldn’t be stunned by any of their departures. Other than Joshua Langford and Aaron Henry, who I’m confident have each played their last game for the Spartans, and three signed incoming freshmen, it’s unclear how many and which of the other 10 scholarship players eligible to return will do so. Projecting next season’s Michigan State basketball rotation and roster has rarely required such clairvoyance.
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