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Plenty of it. Obvious you don’t like him.

Time will tell. McD’s players don’t usually fall apart, but a sh@t coach who runs a front court offense only can turn a good perimeter player into a nonproductive player.

Just my view but need balance. Not just running around every year trying to build whole teams. If DeVries is successful as expected, team builds, you’re going to get loyalty. Not at the level of continuity pre-NIL, but coupled with rewarding key players with good NIL packages, core loyalty. Already see this to an extent in some teams, or look at someone like Chloe on the women’s team. Time will tell on DeVries, but I think we’ll see team building including some really good HS players, and if you don’t do that, you’ll also miss on the occasional next dominant frosh who you otherwise might’ve landed, shooting oneself in the foot out of the gate never a good idea

Hidden and ruined by Woodson’s complete lack of perimeter sets and schemes. Said it earlier whether or not people like him he’s a talented player, he’ll do well elsewhere, he just had a sh$t coach

Good luck to Ballo - he was one who left it all on the floor. And that reply post is 100% class

Correct- tied to his payout. Nonetheless, I’m glad the non-disparagement clause is there, it’s a good look

Spacing, spacing, spacing.

But what about Leal??!! :)

That was excellent, thanks. Had never heard Jackson’s side of the Malice in the Palace or Reggie’s breakdown of it. Great interview/ talk all around. I was watching that game live at the time (on tv), couldn’t believe it. That team was so clearly locked in for the championship. They were truly stacked in the way Reggie described, such a shame that stupid fan threw that beer on Artest. Crazy to think that an entire championship year can be thrown away by one stupid fan’s conduct. Of course Artest shouldn’t have run up in the stands like that, and my stomach sank as I watched it happen, but the timing, place was a powder keg, Artest had just been separated, a brawl on the floor had just been avoided. Just nuts

He’s already landed several strong 3-point shooters. That box is checked

Saw Reggie’s 8 points in the final seconds to down the Knicks in that historic playoff game. Have never before or after seen 1 player completely demoralize and silence an entire arena like that. Reggie remains my favorite player of all time, partly for that sequence. I love Haliburton’s trajectory as a Pacer and all around elite player. He isn’t the pointedly taunting, disrespectful get under your skin player Regg was, but his level of class while playing elite clutch ball is special

If only he’d do the choke-gesture to spike lee lol

Agree, same reasons I haven’t thought he’d bring in a traditional “rim protector.” Do think we could use another forward and one with defensive strengths, though. But adding Goode if he can get eligible would help overall

Is @Chris007gonna take you to Mother Bears?

But you may still be losing your mind….

Bring some of those gals to IU

Right there with you on this one. Interesting profession, where you can flat out suck for 4 years, underperform with an expensive, talented roster that you brought in, get fired, and then jump back immediately into the professional ranks as an assistant.

I understand that thinking. Jmo, Leal wouldn’t play much if he were on this team, I do not see him meshing with this roster, and the gap I see is another long forward who defends well

A zen statement, on life. :)

Meh, several of those are reaches Stu. “”How is he gonna earn that much money fresh out of college?” “Tied to a toxic regime.” “He really glued the previous teams together.” Those aren’t bitter as to Leal - the comment was bitterness to Leal and Goode not generally. And Goode?? What posts are bitter about Goode??

Why do you feel the need to make sh up? Who exactly is “bitter” about Leal?? Haven’t seen a single “bitter” post about him. Not seeing him as a fit for this team isn’t bitterness, good grief

It’s for depth not necessarily big minutes (no pun intended), and fwiw people didn’t think Dorn would commit for the same reasons

I’d like to see us add a versatile 6’9 or so shotblocking forward. If we’re really trying to bring Leal back (I remain very doubtful), I would consider that a strange and unnecessary move. We don’t need a traditional big and that would not fit with the roster and system DeVries is putting together, but we could certainly use another forward to add to rebounding, shot blocking, depth

Seems pretty conservative to me, which is fine. I think we’ll do a little better than 18, but it’s all conjecture and all subject to health etc. What I’m 100% sure of is that we’ll watch a well-coached team, and thus much more enjoyable basketball. That alone has me a happy camper

Like you I can’t read back through all these pages but I’m pretty sure it’s just people having fun on the board, like hey how many senior speeches can a guy give lol. He doesn’t fit DeVries roster and he’s had his IU career, which ended well (for him)