Ma'ake
03-14-2013, 09:04 AM
This guy deserves some specific recognition. Last night was really impressive, maybe his best game as a Ute, perhaps his best game, ever. The outside game, the drive game, finding people, court presence, being the guy without fear and taking the team on his shoulders. Impressive performance, one that should definitely be shown on the big screen at the Huntsman Center like the rest of them from Utah history.
They don't keep stats for this, and it would take a lot of painstaking work to figure this out, but I think JD has gone to the floor in his one year at Utah more than any other player has, ever, in four years or whatever their tenure was. He plays with abandon, all the time. I'm sure Whittingham would be interested if there was another year of eligibility to be extracted, as a WR. These kind of players elevate everyone around them.
Then when you layer on the extracurricular stuff he's initiated at Pioneer Park, pulling his teammates into truly selfless service to the community, this guy will always have a special spot in Ute history, in my book.
Only one year at Utah, but he's up there among the sizable group of class acts we've ever had.
They don't keep stats for this, and it would take a lot of painstaking work to figure this out, but I think JD has gone to the floor in his one year at Utah more than any other player has, ever, in four years or whatever their tenure was. He plays with abandon, all the time. I'm sure Whittingham would be interested if there was another year of eligibility to be extracted, as a WR. These kind of players elevate everyone around them.
Then when you layer on the extracurricular stuff he's initiated at Pioneer Park, pulling his teammates into truly selfless service to the community, this guy will always have a special spot in Ute history, in my book.
Only one year at Utah, but he's up there among the sizable group of class acts we've ever had.