Why was the Tide's top scorer left off many national award lists?
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00:00 Oh speaking of Mark left off the Bob Cousy Award left off the Joe Jerry West Award is
00:05 kind of
00:08 Not been getting a whole new. Give me no respect no respect
00:11 Is it because he doesn't look like a superstar. He doesn't carry himself like a superstar
00:18 He's diminutive at six foot one ish. He's soft-spoken every time that we've had him in the media. He's
00:25 Exuded kindness, but confidence quiet quiet everything he does is effortless which
00:31 Might speak to his greatness, but I think often hurts his perception
00:36 No, um you know I don't want to just continue to agree with you, but I do kind of think you're right here
00:42 I think you know the way that he carries himself and being just overall a smaller player
00:49 Is it because he's a small ball boy from from Ohio. He's a transferee
00:54 It might be you know I think he's probably humbled a bit being a transfer
00:59 You know that's I'm sure that's a bit of a humbling experience leaving somewhere
01:02 Given you know he had a bit of an upgrade growing from Ohio to Alabama
01:07 But I'm sure it's still a bit of an odd experience
01:09 But I think you know it it goes back a lot to just kind of the way he carries himself on the court
01:14 He is not that you know
01:16 Animated while he plays he's not he's not really in anybody's face kind of he's not you know
01:22 He's not throwing balls back at people after he shoots and things
01:25 You know he doesn't really have that streak to him
01:29 But I do think he is quietly one of the better players in the SEC in the country
01:34 However, you know it's also kind of tough to project him to the NBA like some of the other top scorers in the country might
01:41 You know he doesn't really have that NBA body type at standing at only 6-1. You know he's kind of a smaller guard
01:48 It's that's really not the way the the league has been going these days. It's a lot more
01:52 Positionless basketball just get somebody really tall and long who can who's a freak athlete and just do whatever so I?
02:00 Think a lot of those things are why he he doesn't necessarily get the national attention
02:05 He probably deserves with what he's doing on the court
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