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  1. I will be curious to see where an upstart school like Texas Tech lands after a few years. Cody Campbell is throwing around huge money and they spent their way to the top football transfer portal class. They may not have the depth of NIL funds that some other schools have, but they have a motivated billionaire who is flexing more than any other single donor in the college landscape. To put it In "The Wire" terms, Texas is Stringer Bell. Ohio State is Avon Barksdale. Oregon is Fat Joe. Tech is trying to be Marlo Stanfield. But Tech might just be Bubbles. Aggy is Frank Sobotka, over-inflated sense of importance and never actually in the game.
  2. Hmmm. Looks like a decent shooter, but almost nothing in the way of other counting stats which isn't great given he was playing 27+ mpg. Basically a 3-point bomber (80%+ of his shots came from BTA). No fouls. No turnovers. Basically just 3s. Might be ok as a drive and kick option for Mark or Weaver. I would personally prefer to use the roster spot on someone better.
  3. It took Bill Self 5 years to win a title. BUST!!! Kelvin Sampson still hasn't won a title at Houston. BUST!!! Tom Izzo hasn't won a title in 26 years. BUST!!! πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„
  4. I have to assume Matas will get a lot more patient on defense as he matures and gets experience at this level of competition. He is currently averaging 8.8 fouls / 100 possessions. Disu improved from 9.9 -> 7.7. Shedrick 10.7 -> 6.1. Bishop 9.2 -> 6.6
  5. Without any additions, this is already probably a tournament team. If we can pick up Traore and an elite guard, it will really help our prospects. I don't know if Swain will be an NBA draft pick as Gerry says, but if so that is a good sign. Swain + Vokietaitas has more upside than Kaluma + Shedrick. Traore could move Swain to SF and give us a really big, physical lineup. Watching that clip of Traore, man he is a big body that is physical in the paint. He also has good hands and touch. Matching him up with Matas would be awesome. The two could play together or back each other up. Swain and Heidi give us some versatility as either can play the 3 or the 4 if we want to go small. Or play both together with Matas or Traore in the post. I like that we are getting some continuity with this team. All our guards get another year together, including Presley. Codie and Vinson stuck around and still have 3 years left to improve (and have played a year with the guards). Our portal additions all have 2-3 years of eligibility left. Then factor in the fact that Miller is an actual coach, with an actual game plan, and I'm starting to get optimistic.
  6. Man, if we could get Lassina Traore and Matas Vokietaitis that would be fantastic. That is the kind of big-man depth we need in the SEC. Matas Vokietaitis- 7'0, 245, Sophomore, AAC Rookie of the Year Season - 10.2 PTS, 5.4 TRB, 0.8 BLK, 63.6 FT%, 17.6 MPG Last 6 gm - 16.2 PTS, 7.2 TRB, 1.8 BLK, 61.8 FT%, 23.3 MPG Lassina Traore - 6'10, 245, Senior, 2x All Big West, Last 2 yrs - 12.4 PTS, 10.4 TRB, 0.6 BLK, 69.1 FT%, 29.2 MPG A lineup of 6'5 Mark + 6'3 Weaver + 6'8 Swain + 6'10 Traore + 7'0 Vokietaitis would be a lot of size, with a bench of Pope, Heidi, Codie, Presley. Not bad.
  7. Dang that is the type of player we really need
  8. You don’t consider Max Abmas a shooter? He shot 39.4% BTA his last 3 years at Oral Robert’s on 9.2 attempts per game. Dude is #3 in NCAA history in career made 3s. I fault RT for not getting more out of him last year.
  9. He shot 74% from the line last year and 75% this year after he returned from injury. I don’t think he was really β€œright” for most of the year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him shoot in the high 70s next year, or better.
  10. Weaver averaged 40% from 3 last year and his freshman at UTA (on low volume). I wouldn't say he is awful.
  11. Depends on what you mean by a shooter. Tre Johnson wasn't over 40%, but a lot of that is due to the level of difficulty of the shots he had to take. Some other guys were in the high 30s. Tre Johnson - 39.7% on 6.8 (difficult) attempts Javan Felix - 39.2% on 4.2 attempts (2015) Tevin Mack - 39.1% on 5.8 attempts Matt Coleman - 38.6% on 4.0 attempts (last 2 yrs) Sir'Jabari Rice - 37.1% on 4.5 attempts Marcus Carr - 36.8% on 5.9 attempts (last yr) Jordan Pope - 36.4% on 4.7 attempts Max Abmas - 36.2% on 7.5 attempts
  12. Updated... Starters: G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 F – Cam Heidi (Jr) - 6'7, 205 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 Bench: G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Likely Returns C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 Potential Transfers F - Lassina Traore (Sr) - 6'9, 215 - 2x All Big West, 11.9 PTS, 10.3 TRB, 70% FT% G - Jacari White (SR) - 6'3, 170 - All Summit, 17 PTS, 2.3 AST, 4.3 TRB, 40% 3P% Team is shaping up pretty well and we should have room to add some nice pieces. Obviously a big or two are the main needs at this point. Traore is a must get IMO. Would like to see Vinson go ahead and sign as I really liked what I saw from him last year in limited minutes. Swain vs. Kaluma is pretty much a wash. Swain outplayed him in our game vs. Xavier. Kaluma is a little better rebounder. Swain less of a ball stopper, more efficient, slightly better defender. I would expect additional improvement from him in year 3. I would also expect a big jump in his 3P% given he is a great FY shooter. Heidi vs. Pryor should be an upgrade. Hopefully we can get an elite guard and bring Cam off the bench.
  13. I don’t think this question is that dumb. Peak Kawhi was arguably the best perimeter defender in NBA history, while also being 2nd in MVP voting and having a 27.6 PER. Kobe was a great defender as well, but not nearly as good as Kawhi. His best PER was 28.0. Kobe had a 38% usage so of course his raw numbers looked better. Kobe’s best BPM was 7.6. Kawhi’s was 9.4. Kobe’s best WS/48 was 0.224. Kawhi’s was 0.277. People forget how unreal good Kawhi was at his peak. His general bitch-assedness, injuries and fake injuries have tainted what should have been an all time great career. Kobe had 100x more charisma though. I will give him that. Vs
  14. He played 20 mpg on a 4 seed Purdue team including 24 minutes against Houston in the Sweet 16. And last year played 15 minutes in the championship game. So he can be a contributor on a really good team. It is safe to assume he will get better with another year of work, and he has two years of eligibility left. At worst this is a great add for depth. At best he makes a step this year and another next year and is a major asset.
  15. This seems like a great pickup. Every good team needs a white guy who can come off the bench and hit back to back 3s and drive opposing fans insane. When he got minutes he seemed to put up decent stats and especially was rebounding better as the year went on. He averaged 7.3 pts and 5.3 rebounds in only 20 minutes during the conference and NCAA tourney. In those 5 games he only shot 3 FTs though, which is perhaps why he didn’t get minutes. He also didn’t have a single assist or steal while committing 14 fouls. So he is still a work in progress. Shooting plus athleticism are great building blocks though. It seems like we only ever have raw players with one or the other trait. Maybe he will blossom with a change of scenery. We offered him out of high school.
  16. https://x.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1777526756519354470
  17. Updated... Starters: G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Bench: G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 Likely Returns G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 Potential Transfers F - Lassina Traore (Sr) - 6'9, 215 - 2x All Big West, 11.9 PTS, 10.3 TRB, 70% FT% G - Jacari White (SR) - 6'3, 170 - All Summit, 17 PTS, 2.3 AST, 4.3 TRB, 40% 3P% If we could get Weaver, Traore and White, that would give us a solid foundation. Swain and Traore would be a decent set of bigs, especially if Codie and Vinson can give good minutes off the bench. And four senior guards in Mark, Traore, Pope and Weaver would give us a lot of versatility and depth. As an aside, a backcourt of Jacari White + Chendall Weaver would be the most unusual looking combo in NCAA history, especially if Weaver shaved his head.
  18. For those following along, here is our team as it currently stands: Current Signed G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Potential Returns G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 So we currently have 2 starters in Mark and Swain, and a couple of likely 10-15 mpg bench guys in Presley and Codie. Who knows with Clark.
  19. Tre Johnson isn't going in the 15-20 range. Give me a break. Anyone with half a brain who watches him knows that he isn't going to fall that far. Here is a sampling of where the major sites have him going: 5 - CBS Sports 6 - NBADraft.net 8 - Tankathon 8 - Bleacher Report 8 - Ringer 8 - Yahoo
  20. I wouldn't be too quick to judge Codie based on his first year. He was the National #66 recruit in last year's class. KJ Adams was also the #66 national recruit and had a progression like this: Codie will eventually make a leap. If not this year, then the year after.
  21. Porter Moser would be a bad hire for UT. First, he isn't a terrible coach. He is good enough to get aggy to the tourney most years. Not great, but not terrible. But more importantly, it gives OU the chance to go get an actual great coach, which they might very well do.
  22. Let's not be stupid. Beard would be a tremendous hire for aggy and there would be a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth if it happened. I can't imagine him leaving Ole Miss for aggy tho. If he leaves it will be to a blue blood IMO.
  23. As an example of a replacement, we could very well bring in somebody like this: Dailyn Swain - 6'8, 220 small forward - Big East All Freshman Team Devon Pryor - 6'7, 180 small forward
  24. Just to pressure test those expectations, here are the best coaches in the game and how often they have been a 4 seed or better in their last 20 years of coaching: Bill Self - 19/20 John Calipari - 14/20 ------------------------------------- Mark Few - 11/20 Rick Barnes - 10/20 Kelvin Sampson - 10/20 Matt Painter - 10/20 Scott Drew - 9/20 Rick Pitino - 9/20 Tom Izzo - 8/20 Sean Miller - 7/20 Bruce Pearl - 6/20 Nate Oats - 4/10 Chris Beard - 2.5/10 (partial credit for 2023) Mick Cronin - 3/20 Dan Hurley - 2/15 If Sean Miller gets a 4 seed 60% of the time, that will be absolutely incredible.
  25. Pryor has borderline NBA-level athleticism, but he has a long way to go to reach his potential. In my view, he won't be ready to contribute 25+ mpg on an elite team by next year regardless of how good Sean Miller might be. I wish we could keep him, but we will likely bring in someone better in the portal.
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