Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

[DZ83CK]

Givens is about the best we could have realistically hoped for that backup PG type role. Hopefully he can get that runover rate down but other than that he's definitely an upgrade over Cupps.

Givens was actually a 4-star, top-100 recruit in the same class as Juni Mobley & according to some services he was actually rated higher than Mobley. He has the right tools, he just has to have the right mental approach, work on his game & become more efficient. He took some steps forward this past season. If he can make some more strides, he could be a real player. If you compare and contrast Givens vs who he is effectively replacing, Gabe Cupps, obviously Givens has a much higher upside, but he has a lower floor than Cupps, who at least reliably executed his role within the team concept. This is a boom or bust type of pickup - nothing wrong with rolling the dice on upside with a guy who right now looks like the 8th man. This season, Givens scored 20 at Ole Miss and 18 at Mississippi State, so he has had some games vs P5 competition where he has been productive; meanwhile, Cupps had 17 scoreless outings for the Buckeyes last season & never scored in double figures once.

 

[DZ83CK]

BREAKING: Ohio State Lands Memphis Transfer Curtis Givens

The Buckeyes add even more backcourt depth through the portal.

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Givens had an assist rate of 16.5 this past season, which actually isn't all that high. Not sure where the 51.1% number came out of, but it is an obvious error. Top PGs range from near 30% and up, but 51% is unheard of. So Givens is definitely another combo guard, not really a PG.

 

[DZ83CK]

Jeremy Fears at 53.1% is the only player in the entire country to post an assist rate over 50% this past season. No one else has gotten over a 50% assist rate in at least 4 years.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Givens had an assist rate of 16.5 this past season, which actually isn't all that high. Not sure where the 51.1% number came out of, but it is an obvious error. Top PGs range from near 30% and up, but 51% is unheard of. So Givens is definitely another combo guard, not really a PG.

Good catch. Seems a thing we may lack is a "True" PG type? Pippen is probably the closest to that?

Will be interesting to see how Mobley/Pippen/Williams/Givens all rotate with eachother.

 

[DZ83CK]

Good catch. Seems a thing we may lack is a "True" PG type? Pippen is probably the closest to that?

Will be interesting to see how Mobley/Pippen/Williams/Givens all rotate with eachother.

Pippen had by far the highest assist rate, so I would assume he will start at the 1.

 

[DZ83CK]

Mobley, Williams and Givens all had similar assist rates this past season. Mobley 17%, Williams 18, Givens 16.5 - they all fit the mold of combo guard. Bruce had the highest rate on OSU at 21.5, while Pippen was at 29.4 (bona fide PG level).