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[Gnet550]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Pretty interesting what’s happening at UL and I suppose just the reality we need to get accustomed to. They took a step forward this year and now instead of building on it they’re losing everything. They’ll have, presumably, Wooley back, London Johnson, the G League kid who didn’t play this year and is apparently the next PG, Khalifa who was the lesser half of their C pair with Fru, and then just some spare parts. And no ‘26 recruits. They’re basically starting over again. That is rough. 

Maybe Carr had a bigger impact than we know….probably not being an assistant, but maybe

[newcastle12]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Pretty interesting what’s happening at UL and I suppose just the reality we need to get accustomed to. They took a step forward this year and now instead of building on it they’re losing everything. They’ll have, presumably, Wooley back, London Johnson, the G League kid who didn’t play this year and is apparently the next PG, Khalifa who was the lesser half of their C pair with Fru, and then just some spare parts. And no ‘26 recruits. They’re basically starting over again. That is rough. 

NIL is a complete mess.  But it doesn't negate the need to build your program which takes more than two years.  

[Stuhoo]

All of the inflated price portaling is getting interesting as heck, and is going to be a case study in unrestricted free market economics.

When a market is truly flooded and with some unrealistic expectations by the sellers and there are budget limitations for almost all of the buyers, there are going to be players who end up with no real offers of consequence.

This seller’s market in early April could turn on a dime into a massive buyer’s market in May.

 

[Henryville Hoosier]

 

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, Demo said:

Pretty interesting what’s happening at UL and I suppose just the reality we need to get accustomed to. They took a step forward this year and now instead of building on it they’re losing everything. They’ll have, presumably, Wooley back, London Johnson, the G League kid who didn’t play this year and is apparently the next PG, Khalifa who was the lesser half of their C pair with Fru, and then just some spare parts. And no ‘26 recruits. They’re basically starting over again. That is rough. 

They had a great portal haul last year. (I could make the case the underachieved relative to talent). But they mostly got seniors.  That’s the problem with grabbing a bunch of one year guys. 
 

As far as Fru goes, I would probably not expect a ton of loyalty out of Euro pros. 

[BA47591]

It's heating up. Rooths and Fru are interesting pieces. I like that VT center too. The pg position will be interesting.  

[Demo]

14 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

It's heating up. Rooths and Fru are interesting pieces. I like that VT center too. The pg position will be interesting.  

Rooths is an interesting deal. When Woody offered him I watched some of his games, either as a Soph or a Jr, thought he was a good looking prospect, and was really down with that kid. And it just hasn’t come. At all. 

[BA47591]

The bigs that don't scare me are Bonke, Fru and Gurdak

At this moment the PGs that could be gettable,,,,I think are Hammond and the frosh from Colorado. 

Wings are a dime a dozen. 

 

[BA47591]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

Rooths is an interesting deal. When Woody offered him I watched some of his games, either as a Soph or a Jr, thought he was a good looking prospect, and was really down with that kid. And it just hasn’t come. At all. 

Funny how that works out. I was a huge fan of Malik Mack and Baye Ndongo 2 years ago and they've failed to improve as well. 

[HoosierCoop]

I would love to have PJ Haggerty but I would worry about distribution of shots.  He was KSU's 1,2,and 3 scoring option last year and they had a really down year.

If he could work in a Wilkerson type of replacement, let's do it.  I would prefer he would be 1 of 3 other scoring options we should have.

[RaceToTheTop]

Curtis Givens, Memphis.  6'3" guard.  9.4 pts, shot 43 / 37 / 66.  Two years of eligibility left.

[Demo]

40 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

Funny how that works out. I was a huge fan of Malik Mack and Baye Ndongo 2 years ago and they've failed to improve as well. 

I liked Ndongo, too and I still think he’s pretty good on just traits alone. The one awesome thing with Rooths was watching him play with Darius Acuff at IMG. He HATED that kid and didn’t even bother to hide it. He would just stand and glare at him as Acuff would pound the air out of the ball.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Curtis Givens, Memphis.  6'3" guard.  9.4 pts, shot 43 / 37 / 66.  Two years of eligibility left.

Another former Woody offer.  Played at Montverde Academy.  IU offer April '23; committed to LSU Oct. '23.

[Demo]

5 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Another former Woody offer.  Played at Montverde Academy.  IU offer April '23; committed to LSU Oct. '23.

The Zeppo Marx of the greatest high school team ever. You have to be a certain age to get that reference, but, believe me, he is.

[str8baller]

49 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

I would love to have PJ Haggerty but I would worry about distribution of shots.  He was KSU's 1,2,and 3 scoring option last year and they had a really down year.

If he could work in a Wilkerson type of replacement, let's do it.  I would prefer he would be 1 of 3 other scoring options we should have.

He’s the type of player—changes schools every year and loves to dominate the ball—that I’d have to be talked in to taking.  You better really trust your system and staff to be able to integrate a guy like that successfully. 
 

What separates him from a guy like AJ Storr?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[AH1971]

1 hour ago, BA47591 said:

The bigs that don't scare me are Bonke, Fru and Gurdak

At this moment the PGs that could be gettable,,,,I think are Hammond and the frosh from Colorado. 

Wings are a dime a dozen. 

 

Hammond as in the Santa Clara Christian Hammond? Would be huge

[RaceToTheTop]

17 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

Finally healthy, averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game this year at winthrop

[AH1971]

High level 3pt shooter from DC. Could fill Dorn’s role and can actually handle the ball. I wouldn’t hate a Freitage/Sabol package deal.

[Stuhoo]

22 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

Call me crazy. Call me a glutton for punishment……

Take!