Search results

I wrote this in the last thread, I'm not sure the number, but Luka or Jokic would score, get fouled or get wide open shots for a teammate at the rim or at the three point line every possession. Their points per possession would be off the charts.

That is one of the top five finishes in terms of mayhem that I've ever seen. Good lord!

There has never been a man in the history of the world that is 5'11". He's 6'0".

My hope would be a few items that if he even gets a little better at will make him a real asset and legit threat: >> Being able to come off a screen/curl and catch and shoot. He doesn't even need to be able to go both right to left AND left to right, just one. That would be devastating because...

I got ya:

How do people feel that Chris Bell is entrenched as the 3 in both scenarios as though he’s some all American? The larger issue is that exact point. There is no way there should be a world where we ended up in this choice. There are other avenues that could have been taken. But let’s go back...

Losing your MVP is always bad as a program. It happened, it's over. If he left for money, playing time, whatever, it's not good. Especially when he goes to Duke. That is awful. We decided that we couldn't offer him what Duke wanted (priority in $$$ or position or a combo), we made a choice. Our...

The Deuce contract is a legitimate steal at this point.

Luka. SGA. Steph. Ant. Booker. Brunson. Mitchell. IMO, first four are better, no question. It’s fun to crap on Booker, but I think he’s better. Brunson and Mitchell is an argument. You put Booker, etc with Jokic, they’ll look even better.

Congrats to Maliq. He’s earned it on the court. He’s going to be part of a potentially devastating defensive front line. This is just an absolutely terrible look for us. We have work to do.

I'd argue post-Leffew PG is much more down the ladder than Plan B.

This is definitely the vibe we need when we’re basically praying that *checks notes* Dakota Leffew commits to be our PG. Do I get to be upset when he’s playing on Duke and wrecking our stuff? Is that cool?

The rationalizing in this thread is *chef’s kiss* He can start for the #1 team pre season in the country but but but but but but…

It’s one of the best, for sure.

Since DC includes the one and only John Wallace! Heck, Otis Hill! Conrad McRae!

And the issue with this is that there are a lot of "analysts" (*cough cough, people at the mcdonalds game) that blow up almost everyone just to be in the good graces of guys to get access.

Yeah, I actually think Donnie could be a late first round / early second round based on what I've seen. But he still needs to put in work and produce. I'm just saying, everyone is one and done til they face real competition.

Cusefan0307 to be fair, number 10 was Castle.

I believe last year’s number 11 recruit on Rivals was Omaha Biliew

Kid hasn’t played one minute of college ball and he ain’t Melo. He may be a one and done, but it’s definitely not a lock. At least for the nba.

What do people think of his chances to make the HoF? I think he'll get in. But I think it's going to be close.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39882011/purdue-zach-edey-missing-profits-due-us-nil-law

Exactly. You can lose a Maliq (even tho it will always suck), but you can’t lose a Maliq and then have Bell and JJ be the guys you’re building around.

Correct.

Flagg et al will absolutely come off the floor. Only at Syracuse would we expect guys to go 40. The most mpg last year for anyone on Duke was 32.7 and it was Roach. They’ll play guys normal mpg. 27 - 32 or what not. Even for the best players. Maliq would be able to play the position he wants...

A zillion guys that are doing the same but just our guy is visiting Duke? What are the chances.

He absolutely did this. They literally talked about it during games while it happened.

There is more than one way to make defense work as a system. We aren’t elite. Lampkin won’t stop an Edey or Clingan either. The coaches landed someone they could get. Not their ideal get. And, again, if you think coming off the bench for the pre-season #1 is the same as coming off the...

If anyone follows Shea Serrano, he's a huge Aces fan. Fun follow. Now he's going to be rooting for Dyaisha with the rest of us. Grantland, Ringer, tons of NYT bestsellers, co-showrunner for Primo, etc. https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano

I know I don't post over here a lot, but this WNBA Draft is done really well. Very excited for Fair, obviously. All the events they've had these women at leading up to this and the press and now this has been fantastic. Just an A++++ job.

That wouldn't surprise me.

I know I'll have minimal support for this, but he played at the 5 a ton and he was still a very good defender. I don't know how else to say this because people just remember him against a few talented big guys, but not being able to not have help D (which every team can do except us) and the...

Just a guess, they have more money than us. Their budget ain't ours.

Yes.

Hey, can you tell me who our starting and backup PGs will be next year? The NBA will find you if you have talent. You do not need to start. Even in the best scenario, he's a long shot for the NBA, he needs to maximize his earnings now.

Good for Maliq. He should be coveted by the best programs. BTW, Flagg is going to play SF as well as PF. If anyone thinks coming off the bench for Syracuse is the same as coming off the bench for the pre-season #1 team, I don't know what to tell you. If he's good enough, the NBA will find him...

Slightly different comment, but basically same thrust:

Brunson has to be one of the most beloved Knicks of all time at this point, even in his short stint. I'm a Knicks fan and realize the hill it would be to win a title this year, but if he were to get a chip at any point in his career with the knicks, he would be lionized like Mark Messier was in...

Probably. When they are locked in and Murray's healthy, they seem unbeatable over seven games. I'd really like to see a Mavs/Nuggets WCF.

I know cherry picking cuts of stats isn't really great always for seeing how awesome someone is, but the list of guys with 20k points, 5.5k boards, 5.5k assists is at 11 (called out on r/nba and also here sourced), the names are obviously all HoFers. LeBron is on that list. But to call out, he...

Young team plus a potential rough road ahead of them with maybe the Lakers and then the Mavs/Clips winner. Figure Denver in Round 3 and then a Boston machine if they make the Finals. Start counting the hall of famers they have to go through and them being in the pole position for only the...

NCAA had decades to do something and didn’t. Now we get the den of mayhem we have bc they didn’t do anything. And the schools are the ncaa, they are all culpable in being avoidant on purpose.

If Jesse had to play with Judah again, he would have gone absolutely insane. He may have just walked off and gone to a non-extradition country.

Options. How many choices do you think they had at the 5? I could have asked Gisele to my prom, but she wasn't going to go with me, ya know? You take who you can get. Hopefully this helps Bell and Freeman. I don't think it will that much, but I'm not the coach. Lampkin's block % and steal %...

Seems like the right decision. Hope it works out.

If we're going to be a mediocre program, all good. But the excuses have to end at some point. If Leffew is great and blows up, awesome. But at some point Parcells' "you are what your record says you are" has to come into play. And the other issue is that these portal guys that are ok and maybe...

We don't always agree (sometimes we do, sometimes we don't), but I am 100% lock step with you on this. It's go time, now.