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4 hours ago, Derka said:

i also hope the us loses the world cup because of donald trump. i’ll gladly take the hit today to make things better in the long term. 

I hesitate to ask, but…

…how does the U.S. losing in the World Cup make things better in the long term vis-à-vis Donald Trump?

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11 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

I hesitate to ask, but…

…how does the U.S. losing in the World Cup make things better in the long term vis-à-vis Donald Trump?

i hope that the usa’s golden generation loses their home soil world cup because our cruel and demented president has scared the rest of the world off from trying to travel to our country, as a lesson for what happens when you elect an actual fascist as your president. i hope that trump has to watch canada and mexico take the world cup from him. we’ve created an unsafe environment for the world to come here, and we deserve to be punished.

Texas Basketball has been giving the middle finger to its season ticket holders while raising prices and building a new arena, and they deserve to have an empty arena for consistently giving their dedicated fans one garbage home schedule after another for more than a decade.

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our fans are the exact opposite of what pancho said they are. we give our donors and season ticket holders this:

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and our entire online fanbase (so, the hardcores) are unanimously saying, “what are you even complaining about???”. and y’all have been saying that through shaka, beard, terry, and now miller. y’all have been beating the “we’re gaming the NET system bro!” drum for years, making excuses for the super rich university while villainizing the fans who want a better home schedule. “cater to me” he says. yeah right.

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9 hours ago, MotownHorn said:

I hesitate to ask, but…

…how does the U.S. losing in the World Cup make things better in the long term vis-à-vis Donald Trump?

If Derka's response wasn't clear, he is advocating for the World Cup to be pulled from being hosted by the U.S. for political reasons, not for Team USA to lose in the competition.  

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23 hours ago, Blotto said:

yeah.... that didn't happen

My bad. Misread the chart.  Still, it was our best 3 year stretch with a Final Four and two sweet 16s.  And we played almost no good OOC teams at home over that period.

Here are our OOC home opponents since 2000 that finished with a top-100 computer ranking.  Top 10 is orange.  Top-25 is blue

Rick Barnes = 12 top-25 and 27 top-100 teams in 16 years

  • 2000 - Arizona (13), San Diego (70)
  • 2001 - Illinois (4), Cal (35), Utah (67)
  • 2002 - Arizona (10), Providence (86)
  • 2003 - 
  • 2004 - Wake Forest (16)
  • 2005 - Memphis (51), UNLV (79)
  • 2006 - Villanova (4), Tennessee (16)
  • 2007 - Arkansas (41)
  • 2008 - Wisconsin (6), Oral Roberts (76), St. Mary's (51)
  • 2009 - UCLA (14)
  • 2010 - Michigan St (19), USC (63), 
  • 2011 - UConn (5), Arkansas (87)
  • 2012 - Temple (40)
  • 2013 - North Carolina (21)
  • 2014 - Michigan St (6), SF Austin (76), Vanderbilt (90)
  • 2015 - Stanford (38)

Shaka Smart = 5 top-25 / 12 top-100 teams in 6 years

  • 2016 - North Carolina (3), UConn (31), Vanderbilt (36)
  • 2017 - Alabama (58), UT Arlington (77)
  • 2018 - Michigan (6), Ole Miss (90)
  • 2019 - Purdue (11), VCU (57), Providence (66)
  • 2020 - LSU (35)
  • 2021 - Villanova (15)

Chris Beard = 3 top-25 / 4 top-100 teams in 2 years

  • 2022 - Tennessee (8)
  • 2023 - Gonzaga (2), Creighton (19), Louisiana (99)

Rodney Terry = 1 top-25 / 1 top-100 team in 2 years

  • 2024 - 
  • 2025 - UConn (18)

Sean Miller (projected) = 0 top-25 / 1 top-100 team in 1 year

  • 2026 - Virginia (~90)

Barnes, Shaka and Beard all played about the same number of elite and top-100 teams on average. The only tenure that really stands out was Rodney Terry.  Not only were there almost no elite or even average opponents, the dregs of the schedule were truly bottom feeders.  It looks like more of the same for Sean Miller's first year.

Time will tell if this is a result of the new NIL / SEC environment or if it will adjust back to the type of scheduling we had from 2000-2023.

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15 hours ago, Derka said:

our fans are the exact opposite of what pancho said they are. we give our donors and season ticket holders this:

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and our entire online fanbase (so, the hardcores) are unanimously saying, “what are you even complaining about???”. and y’all have been saying that through shaka, beard, terry, and now miller. y’all have been beating the “we’re gaming the NET system bro!” drum for years, making excuses for the super rich university while villainizing the fans who want a better home schedule. “cater to me” he says. yeah right.

Most of ‘the hardcores’ don’t spend a dime going to games and never did during the FEC days…

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9 hours ago, idigTexas said:

If Derka's response wasn't clear, he is advocating for the World Cup to be pulled from being hosted by the U.S. for political reasons, not for Team USA to lose in the competition.  

Ah got it. Thanks. I'm not a soccer guy

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the ad raised ticket prices; then they made you make a separate, basketball specific donation; then they fill the home schedule with quad 4 teams, including many teams at the bottom of quad four, teams ranked in the mid-low 300’s, and anyone who isn’t happy with that is a bad fan? were spoiled and selfish for that? lol ok.

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2 hours ago, Derka said:

the ad raised ticket prices; then they made you make a separate, basketball specific donation; then they fill the home schedule with quad 4 teams, including many teams at the bottom of quad four, teams ranked in the mid-low 300’s, and anyone who isn’t happy with that is a bad fan? were spoiled and selfish for that? lol ok.

No, that doesn't make you a bad fan, not at all.  It's a perfectly defensible opinion.

"i hope that moody is empty this fall. embarrassingly so" is not defensible, not by a long shot.

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13 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Lmao if anyone conservative brings up politics in any thread it’s the bam hammer and neg parade. I guess the “don’t cr the thread” only goes one way. Shocker.

Have you tried not being a little bitch?

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15 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Lmao if anyone conservative brings up politics in any thread it’s the bam hammer and neg parade. I guess the “don’t cr the thread” only goes one way. Shocker.

Have you considered drug rehab?

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13 hours ago, Derka said:

the ad raised ticket prices; then they made you make a separate, basketball specific donation; then they fill the home schedule with quad 4 teams, including many teams at the bottom of quad four, teams ranked in the mid-low 300’s, and anyone who isn’t happy with that is a bad fan? were spoiled and selfish for that? lol ok.

I agree with this. $4,000 a seat plus LF donation should get me at least a couple of non conference home games against teams with a pulse.  No one really wants to see us beat up on , or in last years case, struggle with the likes of:

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I’m not saying you don’t have an argument as a season ticket holder for better home games. 

I’m saying it’s Miller’s first season and we don’t know the details of why we didn’t get a better home slate. Wishing Moody to be empty is just immature thinking. You never want our home arena to be empty regardless of who we are playing. And then wishing for it to be empty because you didn’t personally get your wish of better home opponents? 

 

it’s a bit much.

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Regarding schedules, we typically have 9 home OOC games, plus 0-2 away games, plus a tournament or two.

Not sure how realistic it is, but this is how I would design the OOC schedule from a fan perspective:

  1. An elite tournament - Ideally Maui invitational or Battle 4 Atlantis.  That likely gives us: a top-50 game + a top-25 game + a top-10 depending on how many we win 
  2. One elite home and home against:  Kansas, Duke, UNC, UConn, Michigan St, Gonzaga, UCLA, Michigan
  3. One ACC challenge home and home against a team in the top-half of that conference:  Duke, UNC, Virginia, Louisville, Syracuse, FSU, Miami, or NC State
  4. One 2 for 1 against a strong Texas historic rival: Baylor, Tech, Houston
  5. One 2 for 1 against a solid small conference team:  Creighton, Seton Hall, Wichita State, VCU, UNLV, George Mason, Marquette, Belmont, Davidson, etc. 
  6. 4 home games against other UT-system schools (most in the 100-200 range):  UTSA, UT Arlington, UTEP, Stephen F Austin, UTRGV
  7. 3 home teams against bottom feeders with preference for Texas schools (all in the 300+ range):  Houston Christian, New Orleans, whatever. 

I would try to arrange it such that when we are away for the ACC challenge, we get an elite home game from #2 above.  And I would stagger the H&H against the solid Texas schools with the solid small conference team so we always get at least of them at home, and sometimes two. 

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I've never understood - do the individual schools get to pick or even have a say in who they play in the conference challenges?  Or is it some schedule making dork in the back office of Birmingham, on the phone with some nerd in Charlotte, deciding who plays who

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I thought with the Big 12/Big East thing they did it based on the previous year’s conference standings. 

I don’t think individual universities get to pick their opponent. It’s all based on the conference head offices, I believe.

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1 hour ago, Pancho said:

I’m not saying you don’t have an argument as a season ticket holder for better home games. 

I’m saying it’s Miller’s first season and we don’t know the details of why we didn’t get a better home slate. Wishing Moody to be empty is just immature thinking. You never want our home arena to be empty regardless of who we are playing. And then wishing for it to be empty because you didn’t personally get your wish of better home opponents? 

 

it’s a bit much.

Agreed. But, last year the OOC schedule caused just that.  I suspect the same this year. 

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23 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I thought with the Big 12/Big East thing they did it based on the previous year’s conference standings. 

I don’t think individual universities get to pick their opponent. It’s all based on the conference head offices, I believe.

That's what i assumed.  So you can't really say "Acc challenge opponent only from top half of the ACC league" because you don't get a say

You want one of those opponents, guaranteed, you better schedule them yourself.

 

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28 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Agreed. But, last year the OOC schedule caused just that.  I suspect the same this year. 

exactly this. it was embarrassing last year watching an empty moody center on tv, if seeing gaby again vs this year’s pathetic schedule is what it takes to get some better home games then im all for it. 

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24 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That's what i assumed.  So you can't really say "Acc challenge opponent only from top half of the ACC league" because you don't get a say

You want one of those opponents, guaranteed, you better schedule them yourself.

 

Yeah. I assume this year we will finish in the 6-10 range in the SEC.  Any better would be a big accomplishment in year 1 given the strength of the league.  That means we will wind up with a team like Notre Dame, NC State, Virginia, Syracuse or Pitt.  We are going to have to improve a lot to get matched up with Duke or UNC.

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8 hours ago, Derka said:

exactly this. it was embarrassing last year watching an empty moody center on tv, if seeing gaby again vs this year’s pathetic schedule is what it takes to get some better home games then im all for it. 

Moody being (consistently) empty wouldn’t be a problem if the team was really good. I’d wager Terry was a large part of the lack of enthusiasm. Beard had that place rocking. Hopefully we get the typical first-year coach excitement boost. An offensive-minded coach like Miller should help the cause, as well. Either way, it’ll be much less embarrassing as compared to when FEC was barren during Shaka’s worst seasons. 

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for the record, my beef is 0% with miller. in fact this schedule wouldn’t bother me if we hadn’t been scheduling like this for years now, with last years schedule *literally* being the worse non-con schedule we’ve ever had/the worst non-con schedule in the country. it just feels disrespectful to ask the donors to pay more and then give them middle of the mall teams every year.

i’m sure it’ll change next year, but for now, im still peeved, because our season ticket holders deserve better. i can’t even afford season tickets anymore, but that doesn’t make me any less irked about this situation. i’m actually going to “benefit” from this by being able to easily afford tickets now, for every single non con home game. i’d still 100% rather that i not be able to get into the arena when unc, ku, or villanova comes to town than to be able to see every single non-con game from row five because nobody else wants to be there. 

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16 hours ago, Derka said:

exactly this. it was embarrassing last year watching an empty moody center on tv, if seeing gaby again vs this year’s pathetic schedule is what it takes to get some better home games then im all for it. 

The nice thing is that no one other than Texas fans were watching us play Who-Gives-a-Shit Directional on TV, so it's not that embarrassing to the world at large.

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10 minutes ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

Motown drawing away fire that otherwise would have been aimed at Derka. Dogs and cats living together. Gozer must be near. 

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Shit got quiet in here fast. Don't worry, I bring the good stuff:

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Sean Miller shares his thoughts, injury updates and more his on his first Texas team

 

Jeff Howe

By Jeff Howe

  • 3 hours ago
 

I was invited to attend a basketball beat writer’s roundtable with Texas men’s coach Sean Miller on Wednesday.

The on-the-record lasted roughly an hour and covered several topics. In the name of keeping this entry as concise as possible, I’m focusing on the 2025-26 roster, including Miller’s thoughts on transfer portal additions who are new to the Longhorns.

Tramon Mark and center Lassina Traore have been cleared for non-contact activities, but the staff is taking things slow with the two veterans.

Mark is recovering from labrum surgery. Miller said the issue bothered Mark late last season, which required a spring surgery.

“To be able to welcome him back in his last year is exciting,” Miller said of Mark, who averaged 10.6 and 3.7 rebounds per game for Texas last season. Mark has played in 136 games and scored 1,507 points in his collegiate career. Miller cited Mark’s experience as part of a Final Four team (with Houston in the 2020-21 season) and his two seasons competing in the SEC (one with Arkansas and one with the Longhorns) as one of the best parts of his first Texas team.

Traore continues to work his way back from tearing the ACL in his right knee before the 2024-25 season. The 6-foot-10-inch Traore transferred to Xavier after two seasons at Long Beach State, where he averaged 12.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game in 68 games (67 starts).

“I think he brings a warrior mentality to what we do,” Miller said of Traore.

— The program’s two international signees — Lewis Obiorah from Great Britain and Declan Duru Jr. from Germany — should be on the Forty Acres soon. Miller expects the 7-foot-1-inch Obiorah to be on campus within the next week, while the 6-foot-9-inch Duru is expected to arrive within the next two weeks.

Based on how Miller described both prospects, Obiorah is a developmental player potentially headed for a redshirt year, while Duru has a chance to contribute as a freshman.

Dailyn Swain was a 178-pound, 17-year-old undervalued recruit when he joined the Xavier program in 2023. Two years later, he’s a 6-foot-8-inch, 220-pound versatile forward who averaged 11 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 34 games for the Musketeers last season.

The most exciting development in Swain’s game, Miller indicated, is his ability to shoot the ball from 3-point range. Even though Swain only took 0.8 3-pointers per game last season, going 3-for-5 in a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Illinois, “is a sign of things to come,” Miller said.

— It was hard for Miller to hide his excitement regarding what the Longhorns could get from Chendall Weaver and Simeon Wilcher.

Miller believes Weaver (who was 9-for-38 beyond the arc last season) “can settle into being a consistent shooter," which would amply what Weaver brings to the table on defense and in transition. Miller said the current regime is “very, very thrilled to have him as part of what we do.”

Playing 36 games (25 starts) as a sophomore for a St. John’s team that won 31 games, claimed the Big East regular-season and tournament titles and was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament shows how valuable Wilcher can be to a winning team, Miller said.

The 6-foot-4-inch guard shot under 30 percent from 3-point range last season (33-for-111). Still, the combination of him playing a significant role on a team coached by Rick Pitino and coming to Texas with “a beautiful-looking shot,” Miller said, will allow Wilcher to build on and grow from the flashes he showed at St. John’s.

“We expect him to shoot more threes,” Miller said, adding that he and the staff believe Wilcher will make “a better percentage” of his long-distance attempts.

— Who are the Longhorns’ best shooters? Right now, Miller said Jordan Pope and Purdue transfer Camden Heide (a 41.2-percent career 3-point shooter for the Boilermakers who played 39 games for a team that reached the national championship game in 2024) are ahead of the pack.

— Regarding Matas Vokietaitis, Miller isn’t concerned about what he did as a freshman at Florida Atlantic (10.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocked shots per game) translating to the SEC.

The Longhorns expect the 7-foot Vokietaitis and Traore to form a 1-2 punch at center (sophomore Nic Codie and freshman John Clark, who Miller said has dramatically transformed his body in his first few months on campus, can also log minutes at center). While Miller described Vokietaitis’ shooting as a work in progress, he said the reigning AAC Freshman of the Year has good hands, loves the physicality that comes with playing down low and loves the game enough to keep developing, growing and improving.

“I’ve seen great improvement in the few months that we’ve gotten to work with him,” Miller said.

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1 minute ago, MuellerHorn said:

Miller believes Weaver (who was 9-for-38 beyond the arc last season) “can settle into being a consistent shooter,"

How long have we been waiting for that

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1 hour ago, MuellerHorn said:

Shit got quiet in here fast. Don't worry, I bring the good stuff:

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Sean Miller shares his thoughts, injury updates and more his on his first Texas team

 

Jeff Howe

By Jeff Howe

  • 3 hours ago
 

I was invited to attend a basketball beat writer’s roundtable with Texas men’s coach Sean Miller on Wednesday.

The on-the-record lasted roughly an hour and covered several topics. In the name of keeping this entry as concise as possible, I’m focusing on the 2025-26 roster, including Miller’s thoughts on transfer portal additions who are new to the Longhorns.

Tramon Mark and center Lassina Traore have been cleared for non-contact activities, but the staff is taking things slow with the two veterans.

Mark is recovering from labrum surgery. Miller said the issue bothered Mark late last season, which required a spring surgery.

“To be able to welcome him back in his last year is exciting,” Miller said of Mark, who averaged 10.6 and 3.7 rebounds per game for Texas last season. Mark has played in 136 games and scored 1,507 points in his collegiate career. Miller cited Mark’s experience as part of a Final Four team (with Houston in the 2020-21 season) and his two seasons competing in the SEC (one with Arkansas and one with the Longhorns) as one of the best parts of his first Texas team.

Traore continues to work his way back from tearing the ACL in his right knee before the 2024-25 season. The 6-foot-10-inch Traore transferred to Xavier after two seasons at Long Beach State, where he averaged 12.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game in 68 games (67 starts).

“I think he brings a warrior mentality to what we do,” Miller said of Traore.

— The program’s two international signees — Lewis Obiorah from Great Britain and Declan Duru Jr. from Germany — should be on the Forty Acres soon. Miller expects the 7-foot-1-inch Obiorah to be on campus within the next week, while the 6-foot-9-inch Duru is expected to arrive within the next two weeks.

Based on how Miller described both prospects, Obiorah is a developmental player potentially headed for a redshirt year, while Duru has a chance to contribute as a freshman.

Dailyn Swain was a 178-pound, 17-year-old undervalued recruit when he joined the Xavier program in 2023. Two years later, he’s a 6-foot-8-inch, 220-pound versatile forward who averaged 11 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 34 games for the Musketeers last season.

The most exciting development in Swain’s game, Miller indicated, is his ability to shoot the ball from 3-point range. Even though Swain only took 0.8 3-pointers per game last season, going 3-for-5 in a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Illinois, “is a sign of things to come,” Miller said.

— It was hard for Miller to hide his excitement regarding what the Longhorns could get from Chendall Weaver and Simeon Wilcher.

Miller believes Weaver (who was 9-for-38 beyond the arc last season) “can settle into being a consistent shooter," which would amply what Weaver brings to the table on defense and in transition. Miller said the current regime is “very, very thrilled to have him as part of what we do.”

Playing 36 games (25 starts) as a sophomore for a St. John’s team that won 31 games, claimed the Big East regular-season and tournament titles and was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament shows how valuable Wilcher can be to a winning team, Miller said.

The 6-foot-4-inch guard shot under 30 percent from 3-point range last season (33-for-111). Still, the combination of him playing a significant role on a team coached by Rick Pitino and coming to Texas with “a beautiful-looking shot,” Miller said, will allow Wilcher to build on and grow from the flashes he showed at St. John’s.

“We expect him to shoot more threes,” Miller said, adding that he and the staff believe Wilcher will make “a better percentage” of his long-distance attempts.

— Who are the Longhorns’ best shooters? Right now, Miller said Jordan Pope and Purdue transfer Camden Heide (a 41.2-percent career 3-point shooter for the Boilermakers who played 39 games for a team that reached the national championship game in 2024) are ahead of the pack.

— Regarding Matas Vokietaitis, Miller isn’t concerned about what he did as a freshman at Florida Atlantic (10.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocked shots per game) translating to the SEC.

The Longhorns expect the 7-foot Vokietaitis and Traore to form a 1-2 punch at center (sophomore Nic Codie and freshman John Clark, who Miller said has dramatically transformed his body in his first few months on campus, can also log minutes at center). While Miller described Vokietaitis’ shooting as a work in progress, he said the reigning AAC Freshman of the Year has good hands, loves the physicality that comes with playing down low and loves the game enough to keep developing, growing and improving.

“I’ve seen great improvement in the few months that we’ve gotten to work with him,” Miller said.

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based on what gerry said there heide sounds kind of like jordan barnett. the mizzou version, not the one who shaka decided he had no use for.

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21 minutes ago, Derka said:

based on what gerry said there heide sounds kind of like jordan barnett. the mizzou version, not the one who shaka decided he had no use for.

Well, I’m glad we decided we had no use for Shaka Smart haha. 

Anyways, I agree with you. 

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based on what gerry said there heide sounds kind of like jordan barnett. the mizzou version, not the one who shaka decided he had no use for.

Wait just a second here. You aren’t allowed to compare a white player with a historic black player. Or vice versa. We have rules!!!

Jordan Barnett is a decent comp. Can’t think of too many more. I think Heide is a better rebounder than Barnett. Last year, Heide averaged 11.1 rebounds per 100 possessions, which is pretty solid.
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