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100 percent. If he is coming to Cuse, he and the coaches want the news to drop on a separate day from the Carlos announcement. You want each of these players to have their own moment in the spotlight.

Yeah, it does feel like he’s more of a solid backup pure PG like Symir. But maybe with the rest of the pieces, he fits well.

That makes sense. If Westry is healthy and can avoid reinjury, he’s gonna play a hell of a lot including at PG. He has very good vision and passing skills. He’s the wildcard for this team next year.

I was just pointing out the contradiction, not questioning your interpretation of the numbers. But I’m also not a big believer in the usefulness of the BPM stat.

It would be great if we can still get Leffew as well. But we already have a very crowded backcourt next year between Carlos, Westry, Starling, Cuffe and Choppa Moore. Sure, Moore is only a freshman and will need time, and Westry can play some SF. But that’s a lot of players for only 80 minutes...

You were the first one on this! I see you with the great detective work!

He had mediocre defensive stats but was somehow an all conference defender?

I really like this kid.

Nice detective work! If Leffew goes elsewhere, it sounds like he’s our pivot.

If Red and the staff want him, I’m really hoping we land him.

Your timeline is all off. Jalen Carey was in the class after Quade Green (2017 vs 2018). He wasn’t Plan B for Quade. Geno Thorpe from USF came in as a transfer for 2017-18 when Quade was still a high school senior. He also was not PlanB. Btw, According to multiple posters and Dean Francis, JB...

Would he come here? Could we afford him?

He’s a top 100 transfer according to The Athletic.

I wonder why JB isn’t helping to lead the charge for basketball NIL fundraising. He knows everyone and has lots of pull .

Sad.

But don’t you think these numbers are being wildly inflated and the deals are hugely incentive laden (both individual and team) and most guys aren’t earning the top end of the NIL deals? Also agenda driven agents are inflating what clients are looking for and what they’re actually getting.

Plus all the Central New York locals who consider SU their pro team.

It’ll be a year too late though. Red has to make real progress in the next two years, and I think he can do it if he has some talent. But he needs a good NIL war chest.

This is going to turn off a lot of fans going forward, especially considering all the recruiting scores happening with Syracuse football. I hope JB is working the phones with all his former players (especially the former NBA and pro guys) and urging them to give to the collectives and pushing...

Thanks for the info.

Ugh. It feels like our profile really has taken a hit when you struggle to land a solid but not spectacular option like Leffew. I wonder what he’s thinking and why he’s not sold on Cuse yet. We’re offering to make him our starting PG, his coach is now our assistant, and Red has proven he wants...

Who are these two smug goofballs?

Jason Hart was seen as one of the top assistants in the country at USC before he went to become the head coach of the G League Ignite, which disbanded recently. Hart was a recruiting superstar at USC. Hopkins wanted to hire him at Washington, and if that had happened I think his tenure would...

Damn, this stinks. Jason Hart was the guy I was hoping Syracuse would pursue. But I just assumed he was gonna try to get a mid major head coaching job at like Pepperdine or maybe HC job in the G League or assistant job in the NBA.

Dasher, I respect you a ton. But this makes zero sense to me. Duke has way more talent than Syracuse overall. If he starts there, he starts here. I like all our expected newcomers (both freshman and transfers), but I think Maliq would or should start over Freeman, unless a starting spot was...

I don’t know much. But Maliq is not leaving over a starting position. He would easily start at Syracuse next season. If he’s starting at Duke, he’s a starter here.

You’ve been speaking pretty confidently about the going rates for NIL numbers. I’m curious…What is your source? I’d be awfully skeptical about the information on3.com and Trilly’s insider site are putting out there. Second, my understanding from last year is that these NIL deals are all hugely...

I think this is a fair read. A few weeks ago, we were hoping for Mack or Reynolds. But Leffew seemed like a good alternative as a top 100 transfer. Now some posters are hinting that Nova might overtake us for Leffew. So it’s reasonable that people would be disappointed, if this is actually true...

So true. All very lame.

Yeah, that’s a problem then. How is it not? I don’t care that Big East schools only have to fund basketball. We should have a bigger or close to the same NIL basketball budget as Nova, Gtown, SJU and the rest.

I get that we’ve known Cuse wasn’t getting Mack for a little bit, but this still sucks big time. I hate flipping Gtown. And Ed Cooley…don’t even get me started on his shady a$$.

A healthy Westry as the backup PG and able to play 1-3 next season would make us a really good team. He’s the wildcard, and I’m hopeful that he’ll be fully healed from his injury.

How is this gonna work with Nijel Pack and Bethea already in the backcourt?

I’m really hoping we are able to land Dakota. I like his game and think he has big upside in a P5 program with good talent around him. The Athletic lists him as one of the top 100 transfers available and has a lot of positive things to say about him...

It’s the fanbase’s fault for the downturn? That’s a ridiculous assertion.

Whatever you’re “hearing” about how much programs have in NIL is probably inaccurate.

How so?

How are we not Tier 2? Texas? That’s a laugher. Same with Tennesse. Even Arizona hasn’t made a Final Four in over 20 years. We’ve made 3 alone in that time period and more Sweet 16s. Sure Arizona has won conference titles but in a weak conference. How are any of the schools in tier 3 ahead of...

Vomit. The worst nightmare outcome. Only UConn or Gtown would be worse.

Nonsense.

I know reading comprehension is hard. But this isn’t correct. Autry was director of basketball operations for 2 years at Va Tech. Then he got promoted the next year to a full time assistant, which is not easy to do after only two years as a DOBO. For the next season, he had actually named the...

Too many random Twitter accounts are ruining these players’ experiences.

It’s 2:27…and Georgetown still sucks.

Hopefully Red has also developed a relationship with him, as he’s more involved with recruiting than JB was in the last decade or two.

This is perfect for Peter Carey. He’ll have a chance to develop there faster because he’ll get on the court probably right away. He’s got good athleticism so I think he could turn out to be pretty good over the next three years.

This high profile kid ends up at….Ole Miss? What.

Love to see this. Coach Fran and Coach Jack are dynamic personalities.

Can we get Maliq Brown to do the same for us?

Wow. That might save Woodson’s job if he can actually take advantage of it. I wonder why Ballo is leaving Arizona btw. What happened there?

That’s exactly how I viewed it. We needed an interior/post scoring threat. Lampkin is a big kid, so you figure he can only play like 25mpg and stay fresh (AO logged similar minutes). That’s why I thought Maliq would return to play 15 mpg at center and 15 mpg at PF (with Donnie at 25 mpg at PF).