Mid 2nd round is probably being generous. I don’t see him getting drafted.
A couple of weeks ago, Mitchell started softening his language around Texas. Someone definitely got a hold of him and hit him with the reality that he might need to come back.
It’s pretty shocking the kid didn’t just enter the portal when he declared for the draft to keep his options open.
There isn’t any reason to doubt the reports at the moment, given how Spencer’s recruitment never went further than a zoom call.
And NIL and being a primary ball handler aren’t mutually exclusive, he can try to get both somewhere.
If the staff thinks he’s still a possibility, I’m sure they will still try to go after him, they aren’t stupid. But if they don’t, that probably gives you your answer on where they think they stand.
Positions don’t matter anymore, but spacing does. Kaluma, Disu, and Shedrick are a tough sell from that standpoint. And Kaluma ain’t going anywhere to come off the bench.
I like Spencer the most because I want shooting. He’s been pretty transparent about simply looking to get paid, so you know what that recruitment will be about.
I wouldn’t be apoplectic about landing Caleb Love, but I’d be skeptical. UNC clearly did not want him back. They paid big to get Armando Bacot and RJ Davis to come back, that effort and money was not there for Love.
He clearly just wants to go to the league, but I think he’s trying to keep things cordial with Texas in case he has to come back.
I agree about the drills thing. Ben Simmons can hit jumpers in drills too.
God, I hate Kim Mulkey, but this team Is now significantly better than the one that just won the national championship.
Morrow averaged 25 and 12 at DePaul.
Arkansas will happily yeet the entirety of their remaining roster from the previous year for the next new thing. I’m sure they agreed to whatever the Hollands said they wanted.
Holland is the only gut punch that still hurts imo. I don’t think there’s any realistic scenario where Johnson would’ve ended up on campus, he opted out on the idea of school entirely, and fuck Morris and his camp.
But the Holland thing hurts, and some people are going to have a hard time getting over that, which I get.
We seem to be getting what we want from the portal though and that’s good. It’s going to take some getting used to, but the portal is the most important thing now.