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[QUOTE="jordville, post: 1803307, member: 3388"]
Bruins are selling this news as a good thing...
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Kobe Paras was a key recruit for Steve Alford to get the Compton Magic connection rolling. He was also the least of all the Compton Magic players and really it was hard to see Kobe playing any meaningful minutes the next few seasons. It is not just this year that he would be buried on the depth chart behind Bryce Alford, Lonzo Ball, Isaac Hamilton, Aaron Holiday and Prince Ali but next season as well. Next year, Jaylen Hands is coming in with Holiday and Ali likely still around and maybe even LiAngelo Ball playing in front of him. Really it was hard to see where Kobe gets on the court.

So in a strange way this works out for Steve Alford. Kobe helped open the Compton Magic pipeline but was arguably the least of the group that includes TJ Leaf, Jalen Hill, and Jaylen Hands. Alford and staff look good in that they fought all the way to the end for Kobe so the Compton Magic people should be happy. Kobe probably was not going to be a factor for the team.

However, I find it hard to believe this was intentional. Bottom-line is the Paras withdrawal can be viewed through whatever prisms you want to decide if it was ultimately good. I do think it safe to assume though that Alford and staff have still not figured out UCLA admission standards. IMHO, I find that troubling[/I].

Sounds like he would've been a numbers casualty there.
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