I get kind of annoyed when guys have 10 schools on their trimmed list. Is it that hard to trim it to 5? It's like watching The Bachelor.
Potential portal players
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Don’t sleep on Arkansas . They got wal -mart money .
Don’t count on Keels back . As effective as Duke has been in the portal. Don’t see a good guard coming if there is a thought Keels returns .
A top 10 list for a transfer? Portal has gotten out of control.
Jon should hopefully be able to lock up Young from Northwestern when he visits this weekend. He could start at a place like BC (which he is also planning to visit, Notre Dame too) , so it will put the "good transfers don't want to come off the bench" theory to the test.
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He's coming tomorrow and don't be shocked if we lock him up pretty quickly. The staff love him and I think the feeling is mutual.
Signing him would make me feel a lot better about our frontcourt. As good as Banchero and Williams were, do we even make the final four without Theo?
Me too, and no, I don't think we do man.
He’s came off the bench his entire college career. He wasn’t set to start until this season and he averaged nine points I think on a couple games. I wouldn’t say good but I’d say he’s a serviceable big for practice and to back up the front court . I don’t know if he’s start anywhere except maybe the two schools he’s still set to visit .
Young would be perfect and frankly, he could get a lot more minutes than Theo did. I see a 4 man front court between Flip, MItchell, Lively and Young. I don't think Lively is ready for more than 22-25 minutes a game banging with the 22 year olds he'll see in the ACC, and Mitchell will definitely play some 3. Not counting my chickens yet though, even as magical as Scheyer has been.
He started his entire red shirt freshman season. Has come off the bench since then and been more than serviceable. This kid can get going and has put up good numbers against competition in the Big Ten. He knows his place will be off the bench at Duke. We'd be lucky to get him.
Not saying he won’t be good just not a starter. Also agreeing with what you just said he’ll come off the bench and push the guys in practice . I saw where he started his freshman season and went back to the bench after. Hey I like the kid think he’ll be an awesome addition to both playing and most importantly leadership. I just think anyone who thinks he’s taking minutes from lively or Flip for that matter should lower expectations. Shoot, I’ll be glad if he can keep lively at 25-30 minutes. Means he won’t get burnt out quick and leaves Flip and Mitchell to man the four giving Duke some much needed rotation .
Trust on this one, Young is good. He started as a freshman, came off the bench but played around 18 minutes per game and was projected to start this next year. I've watched footage and gameplay of him. He's that classic Big 10 bruiser. Averaged 9 and 4. He could start for us if one of our bigs got hurt or sick. He has two more years of eligibility left and he won't go pro. (He's not NBA material) He could probably give us more than Theo did, or at least as much. he is a widebody with broad shoulders. He'd be perfect in that 15 mpg role and he doesn't have injury concerns like Theo did. He has a nice jump hook and can score down low and is a decent rebounder. He's a bit slow so not sure he can play the 4. He is the perfect complement to our young stars up front. And while his numbers are modest, he's done it in the Big 10.
Virginia added a good transfer (Vander Plas from Miami in the MAC) despite having their top 7 guys back.
Virginia added a good transfer (Vander Plas from Miami in the MAC) despite having their top 7 guys back.
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I like it. Just saw where Reeves is listed at 6’11” and 210 pounds . If he doesn’t red shirt Duke will have some very interesting line ups next year. Could easily see a line up of Roach , Whitehead, Mitchell, Flip and lively still at some point . That’s just to versatile of a defensive unit that can switch outside of Flip but you could easily replace him with Mitchel and possibly Baker or Catchings at the three.
Reeves is skinny. But he has some skill. Definitely a guy who could help down the line.
Just read a good Northwestern article on Young. Was an end of the year evaluation going over his strengths and weaknesses. (I've already talked about his strengths) Seems his playing time lessened a bit down the stretch of last season, which may have led to his transfer. Picks up too many fouls, not a great shot blocker and "not the physical force on defense one would expect a 6-10, 240 pound player to be." Also his foul shooting could be better. Still would be a very good backup center for us. Described as Chris Collin's "favorite big man off the bench" and a likely starter next year. Better on offense than Theo but Theo was a better defender.
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I'd take him for sure. He won't be a huge contributor, but would be great to have him give a few minutes and help Lively and Flip every day in practice.
He’s also in the draft don’t look for him to return to college .
I’d never admit to watching the Bachelor
Players transferring because they don't make enough NIL. That's...not good. Miami has landed several transfers, the player is probably upset that the new guys make more NIL than him. Hopefully we get some good news this weekend on the center Young and a shooting guard. This board could use some good news.
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The NIL deals like this, where players are asking for more money because a new guy just came in and got more, is going to truly be like Free Agency. It seems like each year in the pros, the next contract sets the market for the new free agents.
Think about the Miami situation then the Baylor guy from South Dakota State. It's going to be a strange world when some guy like Baylor blows up and gets some big NIL deal, while the current players say that will transfer unless their NIL gets bigger. It's hard to wrap your head around how this will play out.
Prob just as pissed that the twin girls for the women's team got 500k each.
I really think this NIL thing is a slippery slope. It's only going to get worse IMHO.
NIL is a reflection of our society. Everyone feels shafted by “the man” or “the system.”
News Flash: you are in college. Do your one year, or however long you “have” to be in school, then go make your millions.
Everybody is a victim. Cry me a river.
News Flash: you are in college. Do your one year, or however long you “have” to be in school, then go make your millions.
Everybody is a victim. Cry me a river.
Used to be playing time was the key, now its money...so no different than the NBA at this point. How sad that CBB has fallen into this trap so quickly.
At least we don’t have to worry about it. All of our roster bolts to the League
jai Lucas hired to replace Nolan Smith. I like the hire. He is a Kentucky assistant.
Well, that was unexpected. I thought it was not going to happen. Hopefully everyone will quit complaining about us always hiring in the brotherhood.
End CBB. It's too late to fix it.
In fact, end BB altogether.
The world has enough basketball players.
Wait until these college players get hit for major taxes. Then you have the while state taxes thing...
I think he just told on the college too. I thought NIL was done by sponsors (big business) . I’m lost on the entire thing now because unless your in non stop commercials for the school how is the school responsible for what you make ?
