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By big games I assume you mean conference games? There is no way Samet and Sherrell both average 32-33 mpg in the B10. None. Sherrell averaged 24 a game at Bama last year and Samet 28. A foul prone Samet going from the ACC to the B10 is going to average closer to 25 a game than 32-33. You can pencil Sisley in for 15, that's fine. He has to earn that. Nothing of what he showed last year is worth guaranteeing him that.

Plenty of frontcourt minutes to sell. Samet and Sherrell aren't playing all 40 minutes. I wouldn't pencil Sisley in for any guaranteed playing time just based on last years play. Sisley will obviously play, but you have potentially 14-18 mpg to sell for the 4 and 5 spot off the bench.

Not sure what he’s looking for in his 4th school in 4 years, but he would be a decent get for a 13-15 mpg big off the bench which has pretty much been his career role to date. Believe Woodson and staff may have pursued him at one point or another but could be misremembering. Think he was teammates with Mgbako somewhere along the way.

Not really basketball related, but if Cig needs an H-Back/blocker type à la Nowakowski, might be worth the squeeze. His rep Buddy Baker is a big IU guy.

Prices are only going to go up once the portal closes tomorrow.

He’s a really good volume 3 pt shooter. He doesn’t give you anything else however. Suppose you can hide him in certain lineups where you have a ton of size and athleticism around him. I think at this juncture he would be a very good take given how the rest of the roster has come together.

Watched Parker against Temple this year. Dominated the glass. Looked way more physically imposing than 225. Wouldn’t call him a guard at all. Broadcast mentioned he was FAU’s highest rated recruit ever and that his older brother was an assistant on staff.

You just can’t help yourself. No, that isn’t the optics here. Having a full staff in place when the portal opened (along with an increased NIL budget) has certainly helped. No clue how much of a role the new GM has played, but several of our incoming players have ties to the staff.

Dorn as the shooter off the bench yes, the two Euros no. Would mean next years roster lacked an experienced and experienced ball handler off the bench.

Ball handler and shooter. He’s more versatile than Harris or Mustaf offensively. Could very well be a 6th man. Agree it would be a tough sell, he’s got decent suitors.

They’d have to be impact guys who could contribute right away. We still need to add 2 reliable players to the rotation. You can probably stash/redshirt Karvala and Manhertz next year, but I don’t want to see a Ristic and/or an Acimovic added to that bunch.

If the staff could somehow pull Gavin Sykes that would be insane. Price tag would have to be huge as he’d be passing up a star role at other places.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/zion-sensley-1.html You’ve described Zion Sensley to a T. Not much chatter about him anywhere which surprises me. Really good athlete that shoots it well. Insane rebounding numbers for his position.

Call me crazy but I think these next 2-3 spots are going to be the hardest to fill and honestly these next 2-3 spots probably define IU’s ceiling next year. 1. starting lineup/6th man is pretty much set to the point of formality. There’s not major minutes or definitive roles left to sell. 2. Lack of current culture/identity. This isn’t Duke or UConn where you can sell your program as a perennial winner with the chance to be a part of a title contending team. How well can this staff sell the 7th or 8th man roles for a virtually unknown team? 3. $$$. I think most of us are realizing that IU’s budget was a lot larger than it was expected to be. But it’s still finite to a degree. Is there enough left in the tank to convince the right guys for points 1-2? Time will tell, eager to see what the staff has in store.

Lindsay going to be hard to keep out of the starting lineup. He’s a secondary ball-handler and a much more proven shooter than either Harris or Mustaf.

I think Lindsay is a serviceable back up PG. I don’t see Burton coming off the floor much. Sykes is another combo guard as well. We definitely need an athletic forward with some size and a shooter.

I think you’re going to start seeing a trend of teams going with double big lineups. He would have been fine guarding Morez, TKR, Mirkovic, Kohler, etc last year…basically every good team in conference last year had a big 4 man. He might struggle against 4 guard line up, but remember, they have to guard him too.

Christian Reeves College of Charleston. Was CAA 1st team all-conference and all-defense, actually started ahead of Chol Machot who is going to get some pretty big offers this season. He's big, 7'1 255. Averaged 11 and 8 in 20 minutes this year, previously played at Duke and Clemson where he couldn't get off the bench. No clue what he's going to command but he's a backup at the P5 level.

Samet and Sherrell are going to play together. Still need a backup big, Samet fouls a ton. There will be rotations where Sherrell is the 5.

Double big lineup was never the issue under Woodson. Lack of guard play however, woof.

Yes. Both Samet and Sherrell played in demonstrably faster paced offenses last year than we did. They can play in tempo if DeVries decides he wants to push the pace.

Assuming Sherrell is the next add, the moves by DeVries and staff to upgrade the roster positionally in terms of talent and size deserves an A+. Not only impressed but thoroughly shocked. Do think we need to pivot to some shooters. I’m not sold on Mustaf and Harris ability to shoot consistently from the perimeter, and if the plan is to play Sherrell and Samet together, we’re going to need some snipers. Jake Hall would immediately become my #1 priority.

I know they are but if they didn’t want to pay for Sherrell not sure they’re getting Thiam either. Read they were trying to get a visit from this kid and the kid from Charlotte.

Michigan State was pivoting to this kid. Do they get Sherrell now? What in the world is going on lol.

I think it's exactly that, he's waiting for another program to make an offer. Hopefully our offer is to good for another team to even entertain. Sherrell not even visiting MSU tells me we offered a ton.