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(2018) SG Romeo Langford - INDIANA HOOSIERS

By ccgeneral, in Indiana Men's Basketball

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MoyeNeeded    3,073

MoyeNeeded
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Richie Johnson aka “The Godfather”!  Pat is always interesting to listen to. 
We used to compare Richie to Magic lol. 6'8 and could bring the ball the court, shoot, length for miles. Funny though, the best player at New Albany wouldn't play for the school team. He was a year ahead of Richie. This kid would only play intramural and park ball. Had Alford range. No sh*t! Kids name was Paul Malone I believe. Smooth stroke, about 6'3 or so. Would have loved to see him on the court.

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HoosierHoops1    5,024

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11 hours ago, MoyeNeeded said:

We used to compare Richie to Magic lol. 6'8 and could bring the ball the court, shoot, length for miles. Funny though, the best player at New Albany wouldn't play for the school team. He was a year ahead of Richie. This kid would only play intramural and park ball. Had Alford range. No sh*t! Kids name was Paul Malone I believe. Smooth stroke, about 6'3 or so. Would have loved to see him on the court.

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1980? NA had 3 6'8ish guys didn't they?  

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Class of '66 Old Fart    87,215

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We need to enjoy this young man as long as we can. 

From Inside The Hall:  http://www.insidethehall.com/2018/05/14/langford-preparing-for-next-step-in-his-basketball-career/

“I just want to be the hardest worker when I get there,” he explained. “One of the hardest workers out there in practice. I don’t want to get out worked.”

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Hoosier812    38

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Dirty Rick Pitino can't help but run to the media now that he got exposed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/before-romeo-langford-chose-indiana-adidas-made-sure-he-stayed-under-its-tent/2018/05/16/2c77d384-539e-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cb291f884d84

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Hoosier812    38

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He basically says Adidas payed Tim Langford for Romeo's commitment to an Adidas school.

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ViaSwiss    264

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1 minute ago, Hoosier812 said:

He basically says Adidas payed Tim Langford for Romeo's commitment to an Adidas school.

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I disagree. It says that the Adidas execs had fear that they might lose Romeo to a Nike/UA AAU team. So they helped his dad create his own team, financially. This is not illegal. Romeo had a Nike school in his final 3 and a UA and a couple Nike schools in his final 7.

 

This is basically Pitino just being salty and trying to make others look bad with rumors, since he can't get any one else in trouble with him.

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Hoosier812    38

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I disagree. It says that the Adidas execs had fear that they might lose Romeo to a Nike/UA AAU team. So they helped his dad create his own team, financially. This is not illegal. Romeo had a Nike school in his final 3 and a UA and a couple Nike schools in his final 7.
 
This is basically Pitino just being salty and trying to make others look bad with rumors, since he can't get any one else in trouble with him.
I get that, it's similar to Marvin Bagley's dad and Nike. But, in Marvin's case, they were given way more than necessary to run a AAU team. With FBI probe on going, it's unwanted attention. Adidas could have done the same thing in this case. It seems very shady and if we expect changes coming to college basketball this would be something that could be addressed.

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Walking Boot of Doom    18,170

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Once again - I did not like anything surrounding Romeo Langford's recruitment. I hope this doesn't turn into anything serious, but Lousiville, UK, UCLA, and Vandy all being involved should give everyone reason for concern...

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WayneFleekHoosier    49,533

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Once again - I did not like anything surrounding Romeo Langford's recruitment. I hope this doesn't turn into anything serious, but Lousiville, UK, UCLA, and Vandy all being involved should give everyone reason for concern...

My opinions have been stated for months as well.

But if we ever want 5 stars..........

Virtually every single 5 star player has financial demand. It’s to be expected.

IU knew what they were doing here. I think we as a University are perfectly safe.

Romeo’s eligibility could be in question though if angry, bitter people push hard enough.


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schoosier    3,580

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Everyone wants Indiana to always be down; it’s just a good thing Brand isn’t running the show in Indy anymore and the clowns at IU are also long gone. This reaches every team landing five Stars period. Are they gonna punish this when academic fraud is blessed? NCAA is a joke.

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TheWatShot    14,728

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56 minutes ago, InArchWeTrust said:

I think anyone paying attention could've predicted SOMETHING like this would pop up, right?  I am definitely not surprised.

I'm surprised it took this long, honestly.

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