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So, I saw someone repost the latest ESPN mock (allegedly, I lack a subscription to check) that had Koloko at 36. As before, that's solidly in the range a team will almost surely give him 2-3 guaranteed years. And again, thinking of how far he's come since those first games where he was a raw freshma...

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It isn't Pack as I had never heard of him before. Would C-Lo come back for $2M? My guess is yes. Not saying we can't but there are many schools that can beat us if they want. What about an NIL deal with Nike over 10 years? Discussing Tshibwe sort of fails for me without a few factors being consider...

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Yeah, I strongly consider the source of who is reporting these alleged figures. Are they actually verifying it's $2M or is that the "going rate" for the flavor of the month (hey, maybe eegees wants to throw around some cash). As someone who works in a regulated industry, I'm extremely skeptical of ...

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Word is that Tshiebwe got 2 million to stay at UK. Whose word? If this is one of the "Texas A&M spent 30 mil on their incoming recruiting class" rumors, count me out. The legit NIL deals, no one has trouble reporting them. YDF is correct and it's the NCAA's fault. I know I beat this horse, but the ...

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Word is that Tshiebwe got 2 million to stay at UK. Whose word? If this is one of the "Texas A&M spent 30 mil on their incoming recruiting class" rumors, count me out. The legit NIL deals, no one has trouble reporting them. YDF is correct and it's the NCAA's fault. I know I beat this horse, but the ...

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Any conjecture on what they might want him to work on past a more consistent J? He defends well, see’s the floor well. Boards well and he gets in the lane. Curious on what kind of feed back he might hear He boards ok, only put up 4.8rpg, by contrast Benn averaged a board more per. Provide a bigger ...

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Are people who have this theory that we won’t be able to compete for recruits in the new landscape of the NIL basing it on UA not having local businesses who want to be aligned with our athletic programs (companies like Hughes Federal Credit Union, Nextiva, Carondelet Medical)? Or wealthy alums (li...

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Also, the highest I've seen DT projected in any mock draft is mid-second round. There's a reason why he explicitly reserved the ability to return. Either he hits a GameStop type stock jump or he's gonna return. Get input from the pros on what they want to see, talk with Lloyd to discuss a plan to w...

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Beachcat97 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:15 am Also, the highest I've seen DT projected in any mock draft is mid-second round.

There's a reason why he explicitly reserved the ability to return. Either he hits a GameStop type stock jump or he's gonna return.

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Its going to be very difficult for the UA to compete with this kind of NIL $$$ being thrown around https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1517955991001833473 We can compete, see Boswell and Lewis...but I wouldn't want to compete for Nijel Pack. One reason this is what it is has to do with the fact Mi...

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UNC will return their entire team, minus Manek. Caleb Love wasn't projected as a lotto pick, but probably 1st round. Announced he's coming back today. I don't for a second believe that Caleb Love would have gotten drafted in the first round. Low efficiency, high volume, limited BBIQ. Good athlete, ...

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A1RZONA wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:18 pm so he just declared with option to return...

Not a bad decision. Test the waters, get experience and a grade.

He's probably returning absent blowing up at the combine, I'd assume.

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Moral of the tweet: if you want to be high in ESPN's recruit rankings, you better not commit to Arizona. He was this low before he committed, ESPN's rankings are just garbage all around. Eh. If Lloyd's recruiting approach is what it's supposed to be, we'll be seeing a lot of this. To base a develop...

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But he was too loyal to Book which brought a lot of unnecessary noise and turmoil to the program. I love CSM and will never forget what he did for our program and how he represented our tradition and legacy. But he will always have to own up for that. I'm a little more forgiving. First, you see pla...

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Miller also silently took the heat from fans and the press for what seemed like him booting BWill from the program for being injured when in reality he knew that he’d be jeopardizing BWill’s future pro prospects if he had kept him on the team and he re-injured that knee. Miller needed Williams but ...

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To me, it really shows that Miller really had his players' backs. Did right by them. Keeping BWill from playing more CBB has let him do better in the NBA. This one of those things I hated most about Robbins' firing of Miller. That he did it in part because he didn't like that Miller yelled at playe...

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Jefe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 3:51 pm

That's just really cool all the way around.

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Didn't you mean "He's 6'3, Boum!" I just wonder because we're almost assuredly selling a transfer on being a backup with Kerr, Terry and Larsson pretty entrenched. I don't know if you leave 19 ppg for your last college year to be a backup. I doubt he says yes, but he got 19ppg playing for UTEP - a ...

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Considering how big our team is besides Kerr, I'd take a guy who's 5'10 and can slash and score to backup Kerr. Boum? He's 6'3" Didn't you mean "He's 6'3, Boum!" I just wonder because we're almost assuredly selling a transfer on being a backup with Kerr, Terry and Larsson pretty entrenched. I don't...

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This season we're getting back a first team all conference player for the first time in more than ten years (shoutout Solomon Hill). During that period we'd only returned Trier and TJ as all conference players (2nd team to 1st team). I know the loss of CLo and Benn are tough, and Zu limped to the e...

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Considering how big our team is besides Kerr, I'd take a guy who's 5'10 and can slash and score to backup Kerr. Boum? He's 6'3" Didn't you mean "He's 6'3, Boum!" I just wonder because we're almost assuredly selling a transfer on being a backup with Kerr, Terry and Larsson pretty entrenched. I don't...

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My fav game :lol: Jackson - non-draft pick (projected 75th, didn't make an ACC team) Jones - lotto Walker - non-draft pick (possibly a late second round, 3rd Team Big East) Singler - first round, non-lotto Hansbrough - first round, non-lotto Rush - non-draft pick (torn ACL) So, three of these guys ...

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Gonna throw a few more names out. Not sure these guys would've been lotto picks if they'd come out a year earlier, but they at least would've had a shot at it: Justin Jackson (UNC) Terrence Jones (UK) Kemba Walker (UConn) Kyle Singler (Duke) Tyler Hansbrough (UNC) Brandon Rush (Kansas) Feel free to...

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Tyger's issue is his size. He actually was a much better player as a sophomore because he was a consistent shooter. Could lay off of him as a freshman. But not last year. But at a listed 5' 11", Tyger will always have an issue guarding larger guards. Zuzang is a fine college player. But his ceiling...

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Tyger's issue is his size. He actually was a much better player as a sophomore because he was a consistent shooter. Could lay off of him as a freshman. But not last year. But at a listed 5' 11", Tyger will always have an issue guarding larger guards. Zuzang is a fine college player. But his ceiling...

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Tyger's issue is his size. He actually was a much better player as a sophomore because he was a consistent shooter. Could lay off of him as a freshman. But not last year. But at a listed 5' 11", Tyger will always have an issue guarding larger guards. Zuzang is a fine college player. But his ceiling...

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These are all good points, Spiff. I don't disagree. Here's another one. He's been overrated since last year's tournament, and now he's going to be undrafted. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33773530/johnny-juzang-enter-nba-draft-leading-ucla-scoring Juzang's stock reminds me of the Jay-Z diss l...

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These are all good points, Spiff. I don't disagree. Here's another one. He's been overrated since last year's tournament, and now he's going to be undrafted. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33773530/johnny-juzang-enter-nba-draft-leading-ucla-scoring Juzang's stock reminds me of the Jay-Z diss l...

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Dunno, I feel like Tshibwe proves a few things I (and my unofficial partner, YoDeFoe) have said. One blessing of nbadraft.net being super slow to update is you can see where a guy was rated for a bit before they update to remove him. Tshibwe was projected as the 45th pick. This echoes what I said a...

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https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1516855520518356999 Not a shock and another reason I say we get the same sort of results on players staying or leaving other programs do. The meek end to Tubelis's year meant he didn't have much draft stock. Time to become a 3 point threat with more moves to ...

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But have we EVER had it happened where one or two guys returned to school for us, bypassing the pros for a year and putting us in a position to build on a previous season's success? It's even happened at Duke and Kentucky over the last decade. Kansas too. It's possible I'm forgetting seasons where ...

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Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:33 am I appreciate you going all Zapruder film on this but I remain unconvinced.

There was no second shooter.

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Love me some big guards that can shoot TBH, I don't see him as a guard at all. He looks to me like a 3 and stretch 4 and like we'd be doing him a disservice trying to shoehorn his game into a guard role. His level of athleticism...I don't see it working as a guard on the NCAA level. That isn't a ne...

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I don’t remember Iggy ripping off too many truly great in-game dunks. He was more of a guy who did his work in the layup line before the game (when he wasn’t on the phone with his agent of course). DWill AG Hassan Benn NJ Take a look at the Iggy highlight package I linked upthread. The 2nd play all...

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Love me some big guards that can shoot TBH, I don't see him as a guard at all. He looks to me like a 3 and stretch 4 and like we'd be doing him a disservice trying to shoehorn his game into a guard role. His level of athleticism...I don't see it working as a guard on the NCAA level. That isn't a ne...

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I don’t remember Iggy ripping off too many truly great in-game dunks. He was more of a guy who did his work in the layup line before the game (when he wasn’t on the phone with his agent of course). DWill AG Hassan Benn NJ Take a look at the Iggy highlight package I linked upthread. The 2nd play all...

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I agree with the other 4, AG, DWill, Iggy, RJ, then it is NJ or Benn. Sorry, should have made that more clear, just disputing rawle, he had some good stuff but he's down the list a bit. Or I could have been less of an internet jerk. I'd go NJ at 5, but even pushing for top 5 at Arizona is a big deal.

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Bacot returning for his senior year as well Koloko is a rare combo of size and rim protection. And an especially rare amount of lateral quickness and agility on the perimeter. His combination of rim protection and ability to move his feet after switches or against a skilled big is what makes him a ...

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For me, NJ, Bennedict, Stan, and RHJ are above rawle. NJ and Benn are hard to pick between for the #5 spot. Could you imagine Benn next year?? Holy Wah!! That would be some amazing stuff. AG is easily number 1 for me. But then again, it was very difficult to see very many Arizona games before the M...

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https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1516452041060585472 Boom. Tommy's at it again. Little concerned about his DraftExpress profile: HEIGHT: 6'8" (203 cm) WEIGHT: 0 lbs (- kg) POSITION: PG/SG - Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Filip-Borovicanin-126152/ ©DraftExpress Looking at YouTube ...

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Bacot returning for his senior year as well Bacot vs Koloko is the classic reason I always pump how the NBA doesn't care about college production, they care how you fit at the next level. Bacot is probably more productive than Koloko, a better rebounder and scorer. Koloko is a rare combo of size an...

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While it didn't end the way we all wanted, there was just something about this team that makes me really want them to do well at the next level. Even more so that previous players. Koloko's was a joy to watch this year! I hear you. I’ll be rooting really hard for both Mathurin and Koloko. Not only ...

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I’m with Spiff on speed and athleticism concerns. But… he’s big! He’s 6’8” and he has legit guard skills with his ball handling, passing, and three level scoring. Our wings are legit huge across the board… but I’m not sure this solves the desire for our roster to get downhill more and attack the ri...

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I’m with Spiff on speed and athleticism concerns. But… he’s big! He’s 6’8” and he has legit guard skills with his ball handling, passing, and three level scoring. Our wings are legit huge across the board… but I’m not sure this solves the desire for our roster to get downhill more and attack the ri...

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https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1516452041060585472 Boom. Tommy's at it again. Little concerned about his DraftExpress profile: HEIGHT: 6'8" (203 cm) WEIGHT: 0 lbs (- kg) POSITION: PG/SG - Source: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Filip-Borovicanin-126152/ ©DraftExpress Looking at YouTube ...

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Lots of good ones in the replies https://twitter.com/coachuazhoops/status/1516274152793161731 It says a lot about the athletes at Arizona that my list of top 5 dunkers here wouldn't include Hassan Adams, Sean Elliott and Benn Mathurin. Top 5: Derrick Williams, Iguodala, RJ, Rawle, and AG. Honorable...

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UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:00 am Lots of good ones in the replies

It says a lot about the athletes at Arizona that my list of top 5 dunkers here wouldn't include Hassan Adams, Sean Elliott and Benn Mathurin.

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Better at what? Still being alive? I’d have to concede that one… As a musician. I mean, being alive does help with that. Feels like Grohl had the opportunity to evolve. A lot of early Foo is kind of silly songwriting, and by his own admission when he was with Nirvana he was just copying other drumm...

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Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:42 pm Better at what? Still being alive? I’d have to concede that one…

As a musician. I mean, being alive does help with that.

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In '2014-15, Calipari had the Harrison twins return, also Willie Cauley-Stein. Team got to the FF. Also in 2014-15, Coach K had Quinn Cook back (senior starting PG), along with Amile Jefferson. Team won it all. In 2017-18, Self had Devonte Graham back (senior), Azubuike (sophomore), and Mykhailiuk ...

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