Class of 2017 SF Michael Porter Jr (MO) to Missouri

[W'boro'Cuse315]

# off...My [point was we had no serious interest in PORTER... Greg davis...haha

All in good fun. I would've gone with Etan Thomas myself.

 

[syrcuse]

All in good fun. I would've gone with Etan Thomas myself.

booker T Washington HS....Threw Davis out there as the joke......

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

booker T Washington HS...Threw Davis out there as the joke...

Etan went to Booker T. HS as well

 

[Day2]

Great day for the state of Missouri if you like tigers and donkeys.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Great day for the state of Missouri if you like tigers and donkeys.

Great day for the kid.

 

[Day2]

Enjoy getting your ace kicked at Mizzou.

Or you could come somewhere, receive a valuable coaching/life experience, play the best competition in the land and be a top 5 pick.

I'd rather play Kansas AND Duke/UNC/Ville

I personally hate the fact that this kid is going to what I think will be a terrible team even with him next year.

Having said that, I find it kind of funny that in college basketball, we give a kid crap for choosing a school where he'll have to work harder to win, and on the flipside, if an NBA player signs somewhere to win, we give them for taking the easy way out.

I think Porter's situation is different because he's not really going somewhere that's harder to win IMO; he's going somewhere with no chance of winning regardless of how hard he works.

But everyone has different priorities. I can't hate on the kid for wanting to stay close to his family/return home to Missouri for one more year before he begins his NBA career. I personally could never imagine having my choice of any school in the country and choosing one where I'll almost certainly lose a ton, but to each their own.

Yeah, like I said, I can't hate on him for wanting to spend one more year with his family back home. I get it. Just wouldn't be the decision I would personally make and it's kind of depressing for me as a college/NBA fan that I probably won't see Porter play much because his school will never be on TV/won't make the NCAA tournament.

I disagree. They were literally one of the worst teams in the country this year and none of their players played particularly well. Their three best players are:
- a former 4 star transfer from Texas that was great finishing inside but can't shoot to save his life and insists on jacking up 3's anyways
- a borderline top 350 recruit who also struggles to shoot but also couples that with being a terrible finisher inside
- a 3 star PG that shot 45% at the rim, which is basically unheard of, but might be a decent shooter

Obviously it depends on who follows Porter to Missouri, but I don't think this team is even close to what Simmons had in LSU for example, and that team missed the tournament. I think Missouri will struggle to be .500 even with the Porter brothers.

Obviously recruiting rankings aren't everything, but LSU had like 5 top 100 recruits on it along with Simmons. Missouri currently has 1 if you count the Texas transfer.

This thread aged well.