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mydosburns

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Malcom Hill and Mike Finke made a wordpress blog site. This article is from Hill getting his first 10 day contract. Kind of a neat read.

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10 Day Contract With The Atlanta Hawks: How I Did It

I’m not the type to say cheesy things that have been repeated throughout the course of people’s lives that sounds “whatever”-ish. But I must say, that anything is possible t…
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TheFameProtector

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sacraig said:
I'd argue that, while it's still early, Plummer is better than Rice. That's not meant to be a knock on Rice, either.

Also, what I said was "surrounded by a roster that was... not great." The rosters underachieved but were mostly still bottom of the Big Ten caliber, middle at best.
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Hard to put Plummer that highly, despite how impressive and critical his scoring has been, given that I think a lot of our slip in defense can be attributed to him. He's an elite shooter, but at the end of the day also pretty one-dimensional. It's easy to forget how good Rice was given the teams he was on. Take a look at his advanced stats (on both ends) in the two years he was here (win shares, BPM, O/D rating) -- they're Ayo/Kofi-esque (not saying he's either of those guys of course).
 
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illinitiger

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champaignchris said:
That team was completely dysfunctional. That was the year Rice punched Cosby and they were both out for several games.

Another person you can blame for Hill never getting to the tourney is Nunn. If he keeps his hands to himself, they both probably go their senior year. They made the NIT without Nunn.
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Start Malcom and Nunn 5 games earlier as Freshmen...
that team would have danced their Freshman year.

Groce great guy, ...his coaching OTH was less than great, unfortunately.
 
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rtbritt

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TheFameProtector said:
Hard to put Plummer that highly, despite how impressive and critical his scoring has been, given that I think a lot of our slip in defense can be attributed to him. He's an elite shooter, but at the end of the day also pretty one-dimensional. It's easy to forget how good Rice was given the teams he was on. Take a look at his advanced stats (on both ends) in the two years he was here (win shares, BPM, O/D rating) -- they're Ayo/Kofi-esque (not saying he's either of those guys of course).
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Yes, he is a shooter, but he can get to the rack and finish pretty well against tough defense. That impresses me. He also hits the mid-range shot.
 
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JFGsCoffeeMug

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UltimateInsider said:
Seriously. If he keeps on this trajectory, he’s going to be an unrestricted free agent at 23. I don’t know if Bird Rights come into effect but will the Bulls be able to afford him if he’s looking at 10-15mil a year?
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bye bye birdie GIF
 
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SescIllini

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Like Vuc but he can't hit from deep today, please pass to the open Ayo. Ayo feeds him consistently for easy shots but he rarely returns the favor.

Ayo going to get paid...depending on the Bulls roster Ayo will have to find team who have plans to utilize him like a starter.
 
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