shoulda known he'd turn back into a pumpkin...

1/11/2014 9:12:36 PM

Well, he fooled some...

1/11/2014 9:31:21 PM

Wolfpack's most efficient player in the Wake loss!

1/17/2014 4:56:06 PM

Jordan is 1 block-per-game away from being the #17 shot blocker in the nation!!!

1/17/2014 9:59:38 PM

today is a good day... vandy gonna f around and get a triple-double

1/18/2014 2:57:07 AM

You can't get 10 fouls, bruh.

1/18/2014 4:10:53 AM

Lucky that Freeman got injured. Freeman is a much better player

1/18/2014 3:28:12 PM

Too bad you join the 18 or so batches of Seniors in a row now without a win at Duke

[Edited on January 18, 2014 at 4:09 PM. Reason : ]

1/18/2014 4:09:21 PM

Vandenberg got his Twitter back, and then answered the question we all have have been wondering.

Quote :

"Jordan Vandenberg ?@jpv14wolfpack Jan 24 Since I've been gone a month, open Q&A , #asktheberg"

Quote :

" Billy O'Donnell ?@WROncsu Jan 24 @jpv14wolfpack is the plural of TBDV, Big dandy vandies, or big dandy vandi?"

Quote :

" Jordan Vandenberg ?@jpv14wolfpack Jan 24 @WROncsu big dandy vandi"

1/26/2014 11:59:35 AM

Kinda "meh" game from Vandy, but he stepped up nice in overtime. Would like a .gif of him blockslamming Miller. Too bad we let them score right after that.

1/27/2014 11:13:22 AM

^^He should have said: "There's no such word, there is only one Vandy."

[Edited on January 27, 2014 at 11:15 AM. Reason : ]

1/27/2014 11:15:14 AM

Vandy had another beautiful hook yesterday that hit nothing but net. Sooner or later people are gonna realize that Vandy has legit post moves and great touch around the basket. Hopefully we start using him more in the low post, because he can get his shot off anytime he wants and he hits 75%.

1/27/2014 11:25:03 AM

Defying all probability, Vandy was smart enough to adjust to the dump pass they were throwing Miller. He moved behind Miller and they threw him the ball. Vandenclutch

1/27/2014 11:27:42 AM

^^^ I'd say a little better than meh. He had some really nice passes (3 assists) and screens, and 2 blocks, but didn't make much noise on the boards or score much.

1/27/2014 11:31:01 AM

Quote :

"Hopefully we start using him more in the low post, because he can get his shot off anytime he wants and he hits 75%."

He wouldn't hit 75% if he actually started shooting out of the post more. I'd rather him focus more on rebounding...which is where we need him. He's not abysmal in the post...but he's not near as good as what you're thinking.

1/27/2014 11:38:50 AM

I think he should take at least 2-3 low post shots per game. His shots won't get blocked, and if the defense actually has to take his offensive game semi-seriously, it could open up things for other players.

1/27/2014 11:41:16 AM

he is absolutely unable to use his size to his advantage while on offense

he's never has been able to. I doubt it'll click for him over the next few weeks

1/27/2014 11:46:05 AM

It looks to me like he's just scared to do it, and has been told by the coaches that when he gets the ball he should always just look to pass. But when he is assertive, he makes some surprising buckets for us.

1/27/2014 11:58:44 AM

doesn't the term "surprising buckets" kind of sum him up in a nutshell, though?

[Edited on January 27, 2014 at 12:29 PM. Reason : Fosters]

1/27/2014 12:27:22 PM

I mean...he still misses bunny putbacks.

1/27/2014 12:29:26 PM

Not when he slams them

1/27/2014 12:34:08 PM

All Vandenberg is doing is stealing valuable minutes from guys who can help us next year. This year is never going to amount to anything more than an NIT bid, time to start playing the freshmen even more and start figuring out our best rotation for next season.

1/27/2014 12:35:00 PM

they're surprising because he never shoots them

1/27/2014 12:37:38 PM

^^Dude don't become the next Earl. Get that shit out of here.

There's no way Anya manages playing all of Vandy's minutes this year, he's just not go the chops for it. Vandy is doing a great job playing defense, getting blocks, assisting on offense, and occasionally slamming down the monster putback.

He's providing useful minutes. He's not as good as he could be right now if Gott was his coach all four years, but he's serviceable.

[Edited on January 27, 2014 at 12:38 PM. Reason : ^^]

1/27/2014 12:38:33 PM

are people still hating on our #3 stunna

1/27/2014 1:27:59 PM

Quote :

"I mean...he still misses bunny putbacks."

I really don't understand this post. Vandy clearly has the best touch around the basket of anyone on the team not named TJ Warren. There are a lot of things to criticize Vandy for, but the guy is hitting 75%. When he throws the ball at the hoop, it goes in 3 out of 4 times. Ball don't lie.

tl;dr: more Vandenhooks

1/27/2014 5:23:39 PM

It's the rebounding that will always kill me. Just grab the ball. No need to spike that shit out of bounds.


Still <3 Vandensexy

1/27/2014 5:42:55 PM

Quote :

"Vandy had another beautiful hook yesterday that hit nothing but net."

yes and immediately after this, GT got what amounted to a fast break layup because NOT A DAMN PERSON ON THE TEAM GOT BACK ON DEFENSE.

1/28/2014 10:22:22 AM

so clearly vandy shouldn't be shooting or going for the offensive rebound

1/28/2014 10:29:09 AM

^ Didn't you know that TBDV is rated last in pts. against after a made hook shot? Weighted for difficulty of said hook shot of course

1/28/2014 11:35:15 AM

Quote :

" I'd say a little better than meh. He had some really nice passes (3 assists) and screens, and 2 blocks, but didn't make much noise on the boards or score much"

argues meh-ness of Vandy's game and of observation of said meh-ness

proceeds to define "meh"

1/28/2014 11:49:11 AM

that's slightly better than "meh".

1/28/2014 11:54:51 AM

dude...

25 min
4 pts
1 reb
3 ass
2 blks
1 stl

plz to splain y this is better than meh

[Edited on January 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM. Reason : 2b clear, i'm not saying he was bad or had negative impact on game]

1/28/2014 11:59:15 AM

i think "meh" would have been

25 min
2 pts
1 reb
2 ass
1 blks
0 stl

You have to also look at the intangibles.

1/28/2014 12:02:22 PM

^ What you described is a "shitty game for a starting 7-footer."

1/28/2014 12:18:15 PM

^^ like screens. also he had 0 turnovers in 25 minutes.

1/28/2014 12:18:49 PM

the mental gymnastics some will do to try and make it seem as if he's good is baffling to me

I'm glad he's there to take up some minutes and occasionally space on the floor (when he's not horrifically out of place), but that's about it.

it's ok to admit that he isn't good at basketball

1/28/2014 12:32:45 PM

it's funny to me that wolfpack fans will take time to post on a wolfpack message board how one of our essential players isn't good at basketball. it's baffling to me.

(and in case you couldn't tell, my list of stats and my definition of "meh" wasn't serious)

But he has a higher rb40 than tj warren and several of the other top10 rebounders in the conference, he's tied for 3rd in the ACC in blocks (despite playing less games and less minutes than most of the others). but yeah, he totally "isn't good at basketball".

1/28/2014 12:46:44 PM

so because he plays on a team that I am a fan of he can't be criticized?

1/28/2014 12:50:59 PM

nah man, tell us more about how bad of a basketball player you think he is.

1/28/2014 12:52:44 PM

he's a liability on both ends of the floor, consistently looks lost and out of position, has no rebounding ability, has zero post moves, has awful hand/eye coordination, our team looks better with him on the bench and Anya in his place, etc...

he's there to eat minutes and anything positive he does while in is a huge positive, but that doesn't make him good

[Edited on January 28, 2014 at 12:58 PM. Reason : this doesn't make him a bad person like some are acting like. he just doesn't have the talent ]

1/28/2014 12:56:29 PM

Stop trashing these upstanding young men!

1/28/2014 12:59:41 PM

not sure how he can have no rebounding ability, yet have a higher rb40 than our leading rebounder and a lot of the top rebounders in the conference, and have awful hand/eye coordination yet be tied for 3rd in the conference in blocks, despite playing less minutes and games than most of those ahead of him. but i respect your opinion.

[Edited on January 28, 2014 at 1:01 PM. Reason : i know, he's 7'+ tall]

1/28/2014 1:00:38 PM

I'm thinking thegoodlife3 is basing his opinions off of years of TBDV not contributing much as we hoped, coupled with him not watching the games *this* season.

1/28/2014 1:10:03 PM

nobody is saying he's Burleson but some of ya'll are acting like he's Bartosz

1/28/2014 1:13:17 PM

^yeah, that's the only reason i'm defending him. I'm not saying he's a "really good" basketball player. I'm just saying he's not "not good".

[Edited on January 28, 2014 at 1:18 PM. Reason : ]

1/28/2014 1:14:04 PM

^^ well put

1/28/2014 1:19:54 PM

Quote :

"I'm thinking thegoodlife3 is basing his opinions off of years of TBDV not contributing much as we hoped, coupled with him not watching the games *this* season."

watched every game

if you were a fan of another team and were seeing him for the first time with no knowledge of him whatsoever, you'd think, "man, they must be super thin at the 5 if he's getting these minutes".

1/28/2014 1:20:39 PM

Quote :

"if you were a fan of another team and were seeing him for the first time"

Depends completely on which game you watched. If you saw him in the Virginia or Missouri games you might say "this guy fucking sucks". If you saw him in the Northwestern or ECU games you might say "wow this is one of the best bigs in the ACC"

[Edited on January 28, 2014 at 1:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/28/2014 1:28:04 PM

which is why my only argument was with some folks' assessment of the GT game

i'm not dumb enough to attribute broad sweeping statements to his entire season/career

it just went there for some reason

1/28/2014 2:49:39 PM