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Revised: Is Clayton THE All-Time great???

Discussion in 'Nuttin but Net' started by akaGatorhoops, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM.

  1. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    We invited people to watch the game at our place for my birthday party. Later in the night, my friend says Sears had only 6 points. That’s crazy. He’s like the same dude as Clayton!

    I reply, except when Clayton has a bad game, he scores 30.
     
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  2. the_alphagator1906

    the_alphagator1906 GC Hall of Fame

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    Crazy because that is one of our weaknesses
     
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  3. BLING

    BLING GC Hall of Fame

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    Well he definitely wasn’t quiet at the end.

    For about 35 minutes you could say he quietly had about 20 points (with more than half at the line). Have to give TTU credit as obviously their game plan was to shut down Clayton. Hell they even doubled/trapped him on the perimeter a bunch of times to force it out of his hands (I remember one in particular ended with a Haugh 3). Kind of crazy their plan sort of worked for much of the game but Clayton *still* had a monster game. 30 points for Clayton. 20 for Haugh. Only one other guy with 10.
     
  4. Spurffelbow833

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    Our offense was literally him at the free throw line until the last 3 minutes of the game.
     
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  5. Endless Excuses

    Endless Excuses GC Hall of Fame

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    If he is getting 30 on a below average shooting night whats going to happen when he has a great offensive game...
     
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  6. HobeGator

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    Big difference between our bigs and guards. Clayton, Martin and Richard are mid 80s %. We had the right guys going to the line in the end.
     
  7. wingtee

    wingtee GC Hall of Fame

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    That is true . Nice point !
     
  8. JaxLizard

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    His last three pointer was unreal. All of his momentum was away from the basket and it was dead on. You don’t see stuff like that very often. He’s the next Steph Curry.
     
  9. GatorLurker

    GatorLurker GC Hall of Fame

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    Haugh is pretty good at the line.
     
  10. channingcrowderhungry

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    I expect to see Clayton much higher in mock drafts after the tourney
     
  11. gators1994

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    How does Clayton stay so cool during the end of these games…I would be a wreck. Guy is a lizard underneath!
     
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  12. DeepPurpleGator

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    That so called "stepback" was more like a runback - when he hit THAT, I felt confident that we were going to win.

    Edit: reminded me of Reggie Miller vs the Knicks - yes, I'm that old.
     
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