Stromboli

Guys clean it up. Add to the discussion in some way. Get therapy if you need to vent

@Demo and I met up to watch the young man play in high school. I think he’d just been crowned with a top 10 recruit ranking and the buzz was that he was oozing with NBA potential. Whew boy we both walked away knowing there was a missing piece to the constitution of Booker. His competition was about nipple height for him yet he never came down with rebounds. I remember once he got the ball in the lane and was guarded by some 6’ kid and he just kinda held the ball and passed back out. He had the height to shoot over or the skill to make a move to the hoop but just didn’t. Annoying phrase, but just no dog in him. I got the impression his teammates and even coach really didn’t like him. We don’t want him. What’s crazy is that Izzo went to watch him play in high school too and Booker rewarded him by putting up zero points. And somehow MSU fans thought they were getting something. Bidunga on the other hand, I’d love to have. Yes, he’s already proven to be more effective in college and we have the tape, but even beyond that he played hard and contributed naturally within the flow of the game. I saw him playing for Kokomo against Westfield, and while he didn’t really put on a show like Romeo or something, he came off as a great teammate and contributor.

Unfounded and salacious allegations!!! But also… any of you fellas know of any cush jobs in the general realm of basketball? I do best in a low paced, toxic environment of middling expectations… Stu, we used to have beef. We still do, but we used to too.

Brad signed his Herbie Hancock! Strommy like wingy

I’m Ron Rose?? - Stromboli, Pizza Sandwich Extraordinaire, the original BTB sandwich, the “moderate” in moderator, currently on 3rd season of Hoosier coaching search

Anyone else excited to see who gets the first post on 2000???

Like a “this glass is so stupid. Bordering on vessel malpractice. I may not support any liquid collection if this next glass isn’t right” kind of guy

USPS I love you dude but stop posting trains. Pick another mass transit option not utilizing boilers and I’ll join you

GO HOOSIERS!! I’ll say, it is really cool to have UCLA in town. Major CBB royalty and from Lalaland. We’ll get used to it I suppose but this is awesome. Never Daunted!!

This is awesome! Huge fan base that has just been waiting to be competitive in this great football conference. Way to lock him up!

Maybe the real Eric Reibe is the friends we make along the way

I’m the original sandwich-themed poster and am flattered by all imposters. It’s been a minute but someone remind me, do I have authority to ban Stuhoo? I thought we had beef.

My guy! Same to you

Maybe time to dust off the ol’ BTB account to weigh in! Hey friendos, hope you’ve all been well. Kinda exciting season coming up, I hope to spend more time on here with you all. But for now… These kids deserve to be compensated commensurate with the value they provide. Frankly they have been taken advantage of for way too long. You don’t need to look very hard to find studies discussing some of the darker sides of this imbalance. I won’t get to that. But I will repost the article that changed my mind. Really fast, my career pretty routinely requires the hiring of high level CPA’s to valuate the worth of an individual. It seems difficult and like pseudoscience until you get into it. It’s fairly reliable, and the professionals that do this work are very, very smart. So, people have tried to shed light on this issue of compensating college athletes doing these kind of value analyses; basically what is the value that a D-I basketball player brings to his university. Linking what at this point is an outdated study, but still useful for our needs, Yahoo found that the average IU men’s basketball player provides a value of $870,000 per year. And before you say “yeah but IU is the one giving him the stage and opportunity to be seen,” that is accounted for, with the university already assumed to get 51% of the total value. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-university-louisville-basketball-player-192239747.html A local 5 star like Braylon or a Trayce or a Romeo obviously rockets that number higher. Why should the talent not be compensated? Who do you think should receive that value the athlete generates? Remember, the school already gets theirs. The science dept and journalism and Kinsey are all the proverbial boats rising with this tide. Why should Braylon, an adult entertainer selling tickets and jerseys and proving podcast fodder and (ahem) forum hits and TV deals not get paid? I fully understand that it would be nice if Indiana kids just, gosh darn it, wanted to play basketball for their state school. It’s a fun little romantic concept with pep rallies and red barns with a hoop and dad teaching son to shoot a free throw. But this is big, big business, the money is generated, and it will go to someone regardless. If it’s not to the individual responsible for creating it, I can’t see that as anything but unjust enrichment. Yeah, the negotiations give a nasty feel to the entire transaction. But it’s not like anyone is offering to overpay the athletes. Ultimately, they are the ones getting taken advantage of.

Homer! iu 79 dorks 75

Oh brother… IU 70 Goofers 66

IU 63 Rutabega 55

IU 65 osu 71

IU. 65 Huskers. 75

IU 89 Them 73

IU 75 Buttheads 56

IU 87 dumdums 61

Kansas 86 IU 72

Ummmmm IU 72 Auburn 64

YES. That’s the comp. And great callback to Krutwig. I had to watch him to understand the hype. A favorite NCAA basketball player over the past several years. How a big scores isn’t really the differentiator. Edey reaches over you. Reneau sticks his butt into you to create space for a lay-in. Trayce would just spin move around you so explosively that you’d be looking at the sideline while he’s dunking behind you. Regardless of the how, they are all bigs that can receive the entry pass then put the ball in the bucket. The comp here is floor vision and facilitation. Basically passing. And then as Demo noted below-the-rim craftiness to score as well. In my eye the two passing bigs we’ve had over the past couple coaches are TJD and Juwan. Both not only looked to pass, but actually created a shot for the passee. Queen, to me, is that kind of big. Play through the middle. And I do feel like Woody is versatile in a way to really exploit that ability.