Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Hovadipo 55,976]

8 minutes ago, btownqb said:

No.  But I am pretty sure he is heavily LH, as in.. missed a shot at the rim because he refused to use his right hand... that has cause for concern. 

He's pretty left handed, but he isn't Trayce either. Saw him dribble, pass, finish with the off hand plenty this season. Last night just wasn't his night. The battle of Indy kids went to Dre Davis for sure.

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2 minutes ago, OldBuddy67 said:

I get it, but I'm all in on him. Indiana kid. He might not be a star at IU but no doubt a solid player!

I think I'd take Carlyle and Rice over him.  Do we know if Conwell is interested in IU? 

6 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I heard his name mentioned on the Hysterics podcast with Rabby the other day, but sign me up for Isaiah Swope. He is from Newburgh (righty next to Evansville). Played at USI and transferred to ISU. Basically played on one leg for most of the season. He easily could have opted out of the NIT. He's an outstanding player and sounds like a hard worker. I'm sure he is a big reason the culture changed at Indiana State. 

I loved Swope in HS and should have trusted my eyes then.  

[IndyHoops 461]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Multiple national guys quite often are just using information that one national guy posts and use it as gospel.  I'll bet a donut that Sleepers Media has zero first hand knowledge of it.  Putting 'national' in front of your name just means you can make stuff up on a larger scale.  True 'national' insiders don't have just 6000 twitter followers.

So how much do you think he is getting paid?

[IndyHoops 461]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

How many games have you seen him play?

How many for you? 

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36 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Heard Rabby talking and it was also related to time with staff.  During an official they get like 3 days but an unofficial visit is just a day.  I am sure he has seen campus but being able to see get a better feel for who the other coaches are, support staff, food, drop ceilings, weight room etc 

+ team mates.  Get him acquainted with MM, Galloway, Reneau, etc.

[IndyHoops 461]

1 hour ago, Feathery said:

Do you talk about nba and mlb player contracts too? When I talk sports I don’t think I’ve ever said don’t get a player bc they cost too much money. Or this player is only coming bc of the money. Kudos to any player getting paid. This is America, let capitalism reign as far as I’m concerned. 

I’m a White Sox fan, MLB contracts are always talked about. How do you follow a pro sports team and not have a general idea of who is making what? Sox could never afford Ohtani…

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4 minutes ago, IndyHoops said:

How many for you? 

Ah, the old not answering a question by asking a question.  I wasn't the one taking a stand on whether Tucker is 'overrated'.

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5 minutes ago, IndyHoops said:

So how much do you think he is getting paid?

It doesn't matter what I think he is getting paid (and I don't know anyways, just as you don't know)....has no bearing on the actual amount.  But I'm not the one making a declarative statement saying he made X dollars.

[IndyHoops 461]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Ah, the old not answering a question by asking a question.  I wasn't the one taking a stand on whether Tucker is 'overrated'.

I watched him in the works out with the other All Americans and also the game, along with YouTube and evaluations done by others. He’s a nice player and I am happy to stand by my opinion that he should not start next year and if he is one of the top 3 scorers, IU won’t have a successful season. Now do you….

[IndyHoops 461]

3 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

It doesn't matter what I think he is getting paid (and I don't know anyways, just as you don't know)....has no bearing on the actual amount.  But I'm not the one making a declarative statement saying he made X dollars.

lol…. Of course I don’t the exact amount. The point was he came to IU because he got a LOT of money. Whatever the amount was, IU out bid other schools. If he didn’t get that money, he wasn’t coming to IU. Why do you care if people are saying $750000 or $500000 or $1 million? IU paid him to come. 

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[RaceToTheTop 25,622]

1 minute ago, IndyHoops said:

I watched him in the works out with the other All Americans and also the game, along with YouTube and evaluations done by others. He’s a nice player and I am happy to stand by my opinion that he should not start next year and if he is one of the top 3 scorers, IU won’t have a successful season. Now do you….

So you used evaluations done by others to say he's overrated?  The evaluations done by others has him ranked 20th in the class.  Seems pretty contradictory.

I saw him in the McD scrimmage and saw about half of the McD game as well as watched him on youtube.....and I can tell you that seeing a player that little in no way qualifies me to say he is 'over rated'.  Sounds like you've seen him in exactly one half game more than I did and that amounted to about 6 minutes of court time in a game where guys are trying to get their own.  

I also have not said a thing about where he will be in terms of scoring for this team.  I have no idea why you are even talking about that when it wasn't even the discussion.

 

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10 minutes ago, IndyHoops said:

lol…. Of course I don’t the exact amount. The point was he came to IU because he got a LOT of money. Whatever the amount was, IU out bid other schools. If he didn’t get that money, he wasn’t coming to IU. Why do you care if people are saying $750000 or $500000 or $1 million? IU paid him to come. 

Quoting you:  "IU paid him $750000….going to guess there weren’t many places willing do to that… "

So you said IU paid him $750,000, @Class of '66 Old Fart and I said you were throwing around a message board number and that you don't know the actual number.......You were challenged on the number you quoted as fact.  Not sure why you are upset about that when you are admitting it isn't fact.

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I believe NGW is back!

Seems like a different agenda altogether. I’d say not.


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38 minutes ago, IndyHoops said:

I’m a White Sox fan, MLB contracts are always talked about. How do you follow a pro sports team and not have a general idea of who is making what? Sox could never afford Ohtani…

Growing up in the SF Bay Area pre salary cap in the NFL, I knew the owner of the 49ers lost money every time they won a Super Bowl bc of the bonuses paid to the team. Ultimately it’s not my money. So I really don’t care. The Pacers are a mediocre franchise bc the owners won’t spend to win it all. My Warriors drafted Steph when other teams saw better value before him, lol. Then the owners spent a lot of money and are always over the cap and pay a tax to the owners who don’t spend. The results are championships. My SF GIANTS soent over the cap but we’re smart about it and invested heavily in pitching over a decade ago and won several World Series bc of it. So no salary caps mean very little to me and how much a player makes means nothing to me. I just want my teams to win. Michigan is the football program I’ve followed since I was 3 years old. NIL allowed them to pay 30 players above the scholarship limit to cover tuition to have more players than what scholarship limits allow (per Sam Webb 24/7 and WTKA radio host)

Also growing up in the Bay Area exposed me to Billy Bean and the Oakland A’s doing the money ball thing. But again they didn’t win it all and it’s not my money so what do I care. Teams are allowed to spend what they want. The more you spend the more I think an ownership group wants to win. The White Sox could pay for Ohtani if ownership wanted to spend it. But they didn’t. MLB isn’t a hard cap. See the Dodgers and Yankees etc pending well over the “cap”. 

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So, some here thought we'd get two commitments today?

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7 hours ago, ap2345 said:

Wrong. He’ll be given the opportunity to earn it, get plenty of minutes, and get paid. 

Opportunity and guarantee ARE two different things so maybe he won’t be a starter. Or maybe he will. Also, the G Leauge Unite or whatever could be considered the far end of the NBA bench so maybe he IS ok with not starting right away.

[RaceToTheTop 25,622]

3 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

So, some here thought we'd get two commitments today?

Not really -- there was a poster on HSN apparently that thinks we have two 'in the bag'.  If they are the players we think he is referring to, to our knowledge they haven't visited IU yet that we know of.

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4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

If Woodrow was  special assistant in charge of centers and keeping players happy with NIL money that would be totally cool.

HC...not so much

 

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4 hours ago, Feathery said:

Simply not true. You don’t think Mgbako developed over the year? TJD didn’t develop? Reneau from year 1 to 2? If you said they didn’t develop then you should check your motives for why you believe what you do. I’m saying this as someone who would have been 100% behind a change for someone like Bruce Pearl. 

Woodrow seems well equipped to coach the 4 and 5. MM went from awful to, by the end of the year, about what was expected from the jump from a 5* recruit. That doesn't make him HC material that makes him a great special assistant.