Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[HoosierHoopster 7,564]

7 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Pretty much where I'm at

 

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I’m all in for offense— I feel offense-starved/dehydrated, like I’ve been walking for a year in a Woodson desert and an oasis of scoring just appeared —

Get the buckets going!

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11 minutes ago, Hoosier1984 said:

You have to think Woodson & company have told Payne if Ballo committed or will be. Hopefully they can convince him to come too by saying he might not start but will get starter minutes. 80 mins to distribute between him, Ballo and MR for the 4 & 5 position. MR getting 30 and the other two 25 a game.

I'm not sure how you can get Payne and Ballo on the floor at the same time, though.  Reneau can at least shoot from the perimeter some, but Payne and Ballo are interior threats only.  So if MR is playing 30 minutes and Ballo and Payne had 25 minutes each, that's 10 minutes with Ballo and Payne on the floor together.  And that doesn't even account for occasional time where MM switches to the 4 with 3 guards/wings in.

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10 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Pretty much where I'm at

 

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Final four bound baby!

[HoosierHoopster 7,564]

I don’t think it realistic to think there’s any real chance (or should be) of both Payne and Ballo — it’s one or the other, and both would be ugly bball

[Hoosier DaDa 3,414]

2 hours ago, Chris007 said:

Race and Carlyle IMO

Does this mean Conwell is is out of the mix?  

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21 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Woody not going to play he and Malik together, right?

 

 

Yes.  You don't bring in the #1 or 2 guy in the portal for the reason of having him and your returning leading scorer splitting 40 minutes.  

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Liam knew the portal haul IU would get so had to go elsewhere…….

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25 minutes ago, Hoosier1984 said:

You have to think Woodson & company have told Payne if Ballo committed or will be. Hopefully they can convince him to come too by saying he might not start but will get starter minutes. 80 mins to distribute between him, Ballo and MR for the 4 & 5 position. MR getting 30 and the other two 25 a game.

And that 30 MR's minutes is only if he stays out of foul trouble.

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19 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Final four bound baby!

Let's not get too carried away.  Getting the recruits is one thing.  Coaching them is something else.

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41 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Pretty much where I'm at

 

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I don't see a top 25 offense with that collection of talent. Rice, Carlyle, and Galloway are going to find driving lanes to the rim few and far between with Reneau and Ballo clogging the paint. And Mbgako is the only (semi) reliable 3 point shooter out of that bunch. Maybe top 40?

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30 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I don’t think it realistic to think there’s any real chance (or should be) of both Payne and Ballo — it’s one or the other, and both would be ugly bball

Maybe Payne is willing to be a backup for the right amount of money and the chance to be on a good team?

 

Im just spitballing but with the numbers we are throwing around I rule nothing out. 

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Look, you have to get your priority guys in first and either get them locked up or move on.  Having second priority kids coming in first just mucks things up.  If I am Payne, before the visit I'm on the phone saying WTF, is Ballo your man or me?  I am not betting on anything until the ink is dry and the players show up.  

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2 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Maybe Payne is willing to be a backup for the right amount of money and the chance to be on a good team?

 

Im just spitballing but with the numbers we are throwing around I rule nothing out. 

I mean anything’s possible but he’s a player and want to play good minutes, and othet teams have NIL too. I don’t think it’s realistic— definitely interested to see how this pans out

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4 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I mean anything’s possible but he’s a player and want to play good minutes, and othet teams have NIL too. I don’t think it’s realistic— definitely interested to see how this pans out

He'd make a great backup though. And honestly, where he probably fits best.

[Chris007 53,113]

39 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Does this mean Conwell is is out of the mix?  

No we’re still going to go after him but he will have to make a decision to either come here with less minutes to go around or go to another big time program and play 30-40 minutes.

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53 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Pretty much where I'm at

Screw defense ... data shows that most if not all NCAA Champions won because of a high Offensive ratings. Let's go to the Hurrin' Hoosier days of running and winning games 104-102. :)

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1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

No we’re still going to go after him but he will have to make a decision to either come here with less minutes to go around or go to another big time program and play 30-40 minutes.

Or prove he can play ahead of Rice and Carlyle.

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

No we’re still going to go after him but he will have to make a decision to either come here with less minutes to go around or go to another big time program and play 30-40 minutes.

He heard the pitch. If he really wanted to come, he shouldn’t have scheduled his first visit to NC State

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1 minute ago, IH8PU said:

 

I have more questions about the offense, not defense with that. Ballo is huge, he would help any team in the country. But pairing him next to Malik doesn’t seem like it would work. The paint is going to be suffocated especially with some guards on the perimeter who are not major threats of scoring from the outside. 
 

Defense would likely be fine, especially inside. Offense, I’m not buying it. Didn’t Woodson say he wanted to have a modern offense during his intro press conference? This seems like he’s going to go even further away from modern. 

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Just now, Jam said:

He heard the pitch. If he really wanted to come, he shouldn’t have scheduled his first visit to NC State

Or he doesn’t see getting enough shots in this offense. Same thing Hickman was saying, maybe money can change their minds.