Class of 2016 PG Tyus Battle (NJ) Signed LOI

[reedny]

I disagree.

Great passer.

No jump shot.

We'd have a limited perimeter game with a Battle/Joseph/Howard backcourt.

So, okay, Malachi plays the 2.

Then where are the minutes for Howard and Joseph?[/
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Next year, G's gone (and TC). MR/FH will be sophomores, and KJ a junior, when Battle arrives. It'll be another 4 guard rotation, with Battle probably working his way into a starting role (and maybe jumping after one year). So ... the established players will adjust, and JB won't have to run his starters ragged for 39.8 mpg. That's not a crisis; it's the kind of situation we've been hoping to have.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Im ecstatic, couldnt believe my eyes when I saw the headline. Where is Francis btw?

 

[Whitey23]

He gone
But he always insightful!

He really left? Where'd he go?

 

[RF2044]

I disagree.

Great passer.

No jump shot.

We'd have a limited perimeter game with a Battle/Joseph/Howard backcourt.

So, okay, Malachi plays the 2.

Then where are the minutes for Howard and Joseph?

That's short sighted. Battle will only be here for one year [assuming he comes here].

How did things work with Cook / Tyus Jones at Duke last year? There will be plenty of opportunities for that foursome over the next couple of years. And if Battle departs after one season, that trio would be a formidable backcourt rotation after he leaves.

 

[jordoo]

He really left? Where'd he go?

Just said it was the last we would hear from him for some time. He also hasn't updated his site since. It sucks for us but hopefully its a good thing going on in his life that has him too busy.

 

[Whitey23]

Just said it was the last we would hear from him for some time. He also hasn't updated his site since. It sucks for us but hopefully its a good thing going on in his life that has him too busy.

Still active on twitter, luckily.

 

[sutomcat]

Nothing like a productive afternoon at the office:

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Good article on Tyus and why he picked Michigan initially. Gives some insights into what makes him tick.

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[scottynguyen]

Reading some of these replies in Jerry Meyer and Zagoria's tweets.

Michigan fans. So much salt.

 

[reedny]

Good article on Tyus and why he picked Michigan initially. Gives some insights into what makes him tick.

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Nice article. But so much for defying destiny ... Tyus's probably in the Melo center as we speak. If he commits, he can focus on restoring SU to the FF.

 

[MCC]

We need CuseHulk now more than ever.

There's a rather odd fapping sound coming from behind the rubber curtain by baggage carousel 2A at Hancock right now...

 

[jekelish]

One thing I'm honestly curious about: how much of an injury risk is Battle, really? Feels like a potential chronically injured dude, based on the last year and a half or so. That's always been my biggest hesitation with him.

 

[KellySyracuse]

ha, Tyus Battle is trending on Twitter.

 

[jordoo]

Reading some of these replies in Jerry Meyer and Zagoria's tweets.

Michigan fans. So much salt.

where do I read them?

 

[reedny]

Just said it was the last we would hear from him for some time. He also hasn't updated his site since. It sucks for us but hopefully its a good thing going on in his life that has him too busy.

Hope he's ok. This is kind of situation he'd love to be a part of.

 

[reedny]

where do I read them?

I'm interested also, but not enough to follow Twitter. I'm content with a summary.

 

[Brooky03]

One thing I'm honestly curious about: how much of an injury risk is Battle, really? Feels like a potential chronically injured dude, based on the last year and a half or so. That's always been my biggest hesitation with him.

If he is injury prone, Howard and Joseph aren't bad plan B's.

 

[asj410]

There were some red flags in that article

Good article on Tyus and why he picked Michigan initially. Gives some insights into what makes him tick.

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For Michigan fans, there definitely seemed to be some red flags in that article.

 

[cuseguy]

That's short sighted. Battle will only be here for one year [assuming he comes here]. How did things work with Cook / Tyus Jones at Duke last year? There will be plenty of opportunities for that foursome over the next couple of years. And if Battle departs after one season, that trio would be a formidable backcourt rotation after he leaves.

How easily we forget.

JB is going to spread the minutes around?

Ok.

 

[reedny]

If he is injury prone, Howard and Joseph aren't bad plan B's.

Exactly, and they're all better off if JB doesn't have to run his starters ragged for 39.8 mpg.

 

[FLorange]

Thomas Bryant, you're next.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I would be shocked if we didn't hear something definite by Monday. I know we have had a few disappointments lately (including Battle 1.0) but the stars are aligned on this one.

 

[reedny]

How easily we forget.

JB is going to spread the minutes around?

Ok.

4 guards isn't an intractable log-jam.

 

[cuseguy]

Exactly, and they're all better off if JB doesn't have to run his starters ragged for 39.8 mpg.

When has JB ever played more than 7 players?

 

[jordoo]

There were some red flags in that article


For Michigan fans, there definitely seemed to be some red flags in that article.

No doubt in retrospect.

 

[cuseguy]

4 guards isn't an intractable log-jam.

But 3 are point guards.