Welcome Makai Valentine

[NewPatriot]

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MAKHAI VALENTINE HAS COMMITEDDDD TO GMU The NIU transfer averaged 13.3 ppg. WELCOME HOME. https://t.co/AonbhPfL9u

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MAKHAI VALENTINE HAS COMMITEDDDD TO GMU The NIU transfer averaged 13.3 ppg. WELCOME HOME

 

[DRK331]

Highlights from 6’3 Makhai Valentine

 

[TweederGMU]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p2JEeEZUi2w

 

[TweederGMU]

Guessing this is going to be our main 3 point threat, besides Marville

 

[NewPatriot]

Guessing this is going to be our main 3 point threat, besides Marville

He is more like Fatt Hill. He gets to the line a ton.

 

[The Great PATSby]

Averaged 5.3 rebounds a game last year which would have been tied for 15th in the entire A10. That's very good for a guard. Shows he is all effort.

 

[DRK331]

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Highlights here

 

[GMU79]

He is more like Fatt Hill. He gets to the line a ton.

Yeah, he hit some threes but saw a lot of drives too. Not sure he is the shooter we need. But I'll take the scoring any day.

 

[NewPatriot]

Yeah, he hit some threes but saw a lot of drives too. Not sure he is the shooter we need. But I'll take the scoring any day.

Here is some thing interesting. Fatts Hill played less minutes per game than at Ball State but he became a significantly more efficient offensive player than in 24-25.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5241480/fatt-hill

Round figured shooting splits

24-25 42/23/67
25-26 49/28/74 +7/+5/+7

This is what happens you are surrounded by talented guards (Long and Mincy).

 

[JimP]

Averaged 5.3 rebounds a game last year which would have been tied for 15th in the entire A10. That's very good for a guard. Shows he is all effort.

One of the first things I noticed...

 

[psyclone]

Yeah, he hit some threes but saw a lot of drives too. Not sure he is the shooter we need. But I'll take the scoring any day.

Kenpom has him at 36.5% from 3 this year on 180 attempts. For comparison, Mincy was 38.3% on 173 attempts, the most on Mason.

 

[NewPatriot]

Kenpom has him at 36.5% from 3 this year on 180 attempts. For comparison, Mincy was 38.3% on 173 attempts, the most on Mason.

The scouting report has him as an elite shooter on pin down screens. The highlights also show it

I don't see Tony run that type of action.

 

[The Great PATSby]

One of the first things I noticed...

Let's hope he can get on the Marquise Moore rebounding level.

 

[Patriotsince81]

69-193 from deep. Mincy led us with 68 makes last year.

 

[mbush]

This feels like a perfect fit for us. What a great get!

 

[GMU79]

This feels like a perfect fit for us. What a great get!

In Tony we trust!

 

[mbush]

In Tony we trust!

I see a lot of Victor Bailey in Valentine's game (the 3-level scoring version of VB, with good defense and rebounding).

Potentially a perfect 6th man for us.

I like Marville a ton as a signing, but figured his coming meant we were out on Valentine. I'm so happy to be wrong.

 

[KAOriginal]

Nice get.

As on observer---we have been just a few steps behind offensively. Team 59 was "good" vs great" because of the D carrying the team in many instances. Just needed an offense a bit better at scoring to get to "great" status. (The A-10 is too talented to just assume you can stifle people to death.) Team 60--too hard to judge with the injuries causing changes all through the season.

So I hope we get a good balance this year....finally.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Patriots Add Talented Scorer Makhai Valentine - George Mason University Athletics

George Mason University men's basketball head coach Tony Skinn ('06) has announced that Makhai Valentine will join the Patriot roster this coming season.

gomason.com

 

[Verdad]

Makhai's Sophomore stats last year look amazingly similar to Kory's Sophomore year at Presbyterian, except he is a shooting guard with higher rebounds and lower assists.