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SG Jimmy Sotos (Official Thread)

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nomatta said:
Huge. We had zero guard depth with Porter unable to play.

On top of that, I think Sotos will be the next best facilitator after Walker and could also prove to be one of the more natural scorers on the team. Think he gets 20 mpg pretty easily.
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Plus Sotos will still be needed next season where he can play on a bonus uncounted scholarship opening up a spot for an additional high school recruit.
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Honestly, I'm not sure how many minutes will be available for him. Meetchie has been coming along and the boys are on a run with CJ back. Wont hurt to have him for injury or other problems in replacement but as is, he's probably riding pine.
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If he has to have surgery on his shoulder, playing time will be the least of his worries.
 
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LitlBuck said:
Done for the year


More info at https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/...s-to-have-season-ending-shoulder-surgery.html
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The senior Ohio State guard will have surgery due to a separated shoulder, an injury he initially suffered late in the Jan. 9 win at Rutgers, Chris Holtmann said on Wednesday afternoon. The head coach estimated Sotos' recovery timeline – which he deemed as "lengthy" – will keep him out of action for six months, explaining why the decision was made for him to have surgery now.
Holtmann didn't give a date of when he'll have the operation but said it'll happen "immediately."
Sotos plans to return for the 2021-22 season by using the extra year of eligibility offered by the NCAA to all basketball players. He initially transferred to Ohio State with the idea of sitting out this season and taking a redshirt. But once a waiver allowing him to become immediately eligible was approved and the Buckeyes lost Abel Porter from their roster due to his heart condition, Holtmann put him in the team's 2020-21 plans as well.
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https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-sotos-out-for-season-with-separated-shoulder

 
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The rankings continue today with Jimmy Sotos.

No. 11 – Jimmy Sotos
Position: Guard

Class: Graduate (fifth year)

Height/weight: 6 feet 3 / 200 pounds

Jersey number: 1

Major: Sport management

Background
Sotos did not have a recruiting profile in the 247Sports.com database out of Elk Grove Village (Illinois) Conant, where he enrolled as a 5-2 freshman and graduated after growing to 6-3. He had zero scholarship offers entering his final AAU season and ultimately entertained interest from the Ivy and Patriot leagues before committing to Bucknell. There, he played in 100 career games during three seasons and averaged 8.1 points, 3.9 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 28.2 minutes per game. He had 77 career starts at Bucknell and started all but one game during his last two seasons.

When he decided to transfer for his final season of college basketball, he sought a program where he could play high-level basketball and make a March Madness run. He picked the Buckeyes after Gonzaga, Minnesota, Missouri, Vanderbilt and Xavier, among others, had expressed interest.

Need to know
The Ohio State player with the biggest social media following, Sotos has nearly 667,000 followers on TikTok and 69,000 followers on Instagram. Some of his TikTok clips have more than eight million views, and that has helped him work to profit from his name, image and likeness rights while he primarily focuses on basketball.

“I’ve been playing basketball my whole life and social media will never get in the way of that,” he said. “I’m trying to win a championship here. I want to leave a legacy. I want this team to be really special, and nothing’s going to get in the way of that.”

At Bucknell, Sotos was teammates with Walter Ellis, son of former NBA player LaPhonso and one person who helped sell Ohio State to him. As a freshman, Sotos played 24 minutes and had five points as No. 14 seed Bucknell pushed No. 3 seed Michigan State to the wire in an 82-78 Spartans win during the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As a sophomore, he played 35 minutes and had 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and just one turnover as the Bison nearly pulled off an upset at Ohio State. The Buckeyes prevailed, 73-71. His father is a lawyer, one brother is studying law and another is a former lawyer.
 
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