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Normal I can definitely get on board with, and I'd agree we haven't had that since Sampson. However, I can't get on board with boring. Archie Miller was boring. However, I don't think D-Rock (as per Prince AM) is anywhere near boring.

I mean it's his agent saying that haha, would take it with a grain of salt.

Both parents having gone to IU has to help.

I also saw them practicing boxing out, what a novel concept!!

Reading between the lines on some comments from Hulls when I met him a few years ago, I don't think Woodson practices were especially intense.

I do think that this being Devries first year and having to replace a whole team maybe got him a bit bigger slice of the pie than he might have otherwise. But if I'm Dolson, I'm telling Cignetti that in the future it will be allocated based on who is proving they can get bang for the buck. You can pay $2.8M for Lamar Wilkerson, but he better be a stud.

Trying to operationalize who is a loyal fan and make adjustments for them would be a complete nightmare IMO. What would constitute special treatment? 5 years? 10 years? 15 years? Then the people who don't make the cut-off are pissed. Do they get a discounted price? For how long? Trying to deal with all of that would be a major headache and ultimately a drag on revenue for a successful team.

I don't think bison are tame enough to trot out onto a field. They also hate being alone. Clearly I'm a bison expert after some googling today.

Woodson didn't help him to be sure, but in my opinion he just doesn't have it mentally. He'll have some great games, but I think he'll always continue to have disappearing acts. And I doubt his defense will ever even be average. There's a reason he was so far down in the transfer rankings.

Can someone please explain to me why Parker Stewart played 37 minutes tonight? He's now 5-27 from 3 in our last 8 games. I will give him credit for playing decent defense and not fouling against Maldanado, but he got beat off the dribble often and Maldanado could have had more than 21 if he'd hit a few more shots when he was backing Stewart down close to the bucket. I understand the concept of spacing, but put a guy like Bates in and it's not as if teams are going to sag off of him. Plus Bates is dynamic enough to get past a defender off the dribble if they overplay the three, which Stewart can't do. I also thought Bates played excellent defense the few minutes he was in. Most of our best runs in the BTT were when Stewart was on the bench, and I don't understand why we don't go with what has proven to work lately. I'm very happy we won but Wyoming is honestly just not that good. In my mind, we have very little chance of advancing if Stewart is playing major minutes.

I honestly don't agree. He looks to be a 1"-1.5" taller than Dorn, which would agree with measurements mas o menos. Someone mentioned CDD is 6"4, looks more like 6"2 (which my 5"9 self would take in a heartbeat).

Chicago Voted Best Big City 8th Year in a Row | Choose Chicago Eight years in a row, so obviously this publication disagrees with your assessment. And I own a boat and have spent the last four years at Diversey and Du Sable harbors. I've never had an issue and don't know anyone else that has had an issue related to crime. I don't doubt they exist and that you and/or your friends have experienced them, but you are painting a pretty broad brush using your personal experiences. Edit: Let's also add some stats to the mix. I don't have stats going back to the 80s/90s, but the rate of violent crime is down more than 25% since 2004. The Chicago crime media narrative is just not accurate. Chicago violent crime trends up as arrests trend down

A couple of other fun facts about St Louis (where my sister lives): 1) Hoosier is a pejorative term there that means white trash. I've never heard of this outside of St. Louis 2) For all the media attention Chicago's crime rate gets, St. Louis has a higher murder rate per capita

I've lived here for 10 straight years in the actual city. The crime narrative is incredibly overblown, the South side is pretty dangerous but there is no reason to go to the South side. Of course there is crime in other neighborhoods as well, but all big cities have crime. I recently bought a beautiful 2 bedroom / 2 bath condo in the West Loop that I absolutely love. A comparable type of condo in a decent area of NY would be 3-4x the price I paid.

I think Chicago's affordability is pretty underrated at this point.

Ultimately it is all about production on a basketball court for Indiana University. Whether or not you can produce on a basketball court today determines where your floor is. If you are defining it differently, then this is a pointless argument. Tijan Jobe and Bawa Muniru were both 7 footers. They had low floors because their basketball skillsets were basically non-existent.

Because it took him several years to get there and there was no guarantee he would develop. You can't take the stats after several years of development and say that it proves his floor was high, it makes literally zero logical sense. His floor was where he came in at, which was a very low level.

Seriously, he's easily the most condescending poster on the board who just "lol"s at everyone he disagrees with.

In his sophomore year, he averaged 2.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. Those aren't high floor stats, they are low floor stats. How would you define a low floor in a way that's not completely subjective? It can't be someone without skills or physical traits because they aren't in the consideration set, they're sitting in an office making powerpoints.

You just proved that you don't understand the concept. Ultimately skills can be developed while height and athleticism cannot. You can plot physical traits and basketball skills on a 2x2. You can only get into the top right quadrant if you have both. He is a high ceiling prospect because he can actually get into the top right quadrant by developing skills since he already has the physical traits. But right now his level of basketball skills is low and if they don't improve, he won't contribute. But just having physical traits doesn't give you a high floor, because you need skills to contribute meaningfully. Hanner Perea was the poster boy for this concept.

Do you not understand the floor/ceiling concept? This guy may have a high ceiling, but he's basically the definition of a low floor prospect because he doesn't have a lot of skills. If he doesn't improve much from where he's currently at, he won't be a major contributor - hence a low floor. If he improves a lot, he has a high ceiling due to height and athleticism.

There is no way to know what this guy's floor is at this point. Maybe what you describe is the floor for next year, or maybe he never gets off the bench because he's not good enough to play at this level. I think it's much easier to feel comfortable with "adding guys to the end of the bench" when you're confident about the front of the bench. I'm not saying we don't get there, but I don't think it's unreasonable to be underwhelmed with this offer.

I mean I understand his response is a bit passive aggressive, but I can't say I disagree with the sentiment. The stat line is not super impressive for a JUCO, and I watched two minutes of his highlight video from last year and a three-foot left hook and a step-through are the only non dunks/lay-ups. Maybe this guy has some upside but the floor is also low. Emeka Opurum - Butler CC - 2024-25 JUCO Highlights

He's already earning $8.5M a year...not sure how much more Uconn could pay him.

I'm not overly worried and don't think the sky is falling, but I do think it's a valid point. I think there are a select number of guys that assistant coaches are going to go out of their way to join their staff. At least at this point, it doesn't look like CDD is one of those guys. That's OK, there aren't many of those types of coaches, but it makes everything harder.