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He's shooting red hot right now.
Thanks!
I am sure there were other games, but I remember the Gonzaga game in his sophomre year looked a lot like that.
We had this unguardable 7’2 300lb dude in the middle who ate up a lot of space. BU went to sleep every night knowing that dude was gonna give us 20 and 10, so the offense went through him.
Goillinikobd
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All the more reason to say thank you TF for staying here 5 years and providing much needed stability. Maybe he sacrificed more than we realized.
InDaAZ
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Goillinikobd
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I know he doesn’t meet the quantitative requirements for a jersey in the rafters, but given the circumstances and the contributions at a pivotal time that represents a turning point in our stature as a basketball pale blue blood…
Or am I letting emotion cloud my thinking ?
Maybe a jersey in one of the hallways?
A while back in another thread, I think, this came up and someone wrote the criteria for hanging a jersey. There were several items and it seemed as if the last one (can't remember how many there were) seemed to be a catch all kind of thing, something along the line of "making significant contributions" or something like that, something a little more vague than the other criteria. Seemed like a kind of loophole that could get his jersey in the rafters. But I don't remember exactly. Maybe the author of that post could repeat it or at least tell me I am full of it, or at least that I am misremembering. Also, if they did do it for Trent they should probably also do it Da'Monte.
"6) Individual whose pioneering efforts made a significant impact on Illinois and international basketball"
Grandison shoulder injury was a bigger deal than what it his stats would have made you believe. He was a great player for us last year and probably will be a major contributor for Duke
I think I saw he had something like 2 pts 3 rbs in Duke's exhibition game.
We should probably fire up a new thread to monitor and discuss former players. There are obviously a few that we'll be following this year.
Edit: Grandison led the team in scoring in their most recent exhibition. I may have been thinking of a scrimmage from a couple weeks ago.
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Joel Goodson
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Mayberry with a major feature on Ayo (The Athletic, $): https://theathletic.com/3746298/2022/11/04/ayo-dosunmu-bulls-rim/
teaser quote:
“I love this kid,” Bulls guard Goran Dragić said. “He works hard. He’s playing hard. He plays the right way. I told him, if you let me play a little bit more on the ball I’m going to give you those pitch-aheads. Especially when you pitch ahead to him and he gets in the open floor, it’s tough to stop him. …
“We need that from him, for him to be aggressive and attack the paint.”
teaser quote:
“I love this kid,” Bulls guard Goran Dragić said. “He works hard. He’s playing hard. He plays the right way. I told him, if you let me play a little bit more on the ball I’m going to give you those pitch-aheads. Especially when you pitch ahead to him and he gets in the open floor, it’s tough to stop him. …
“We need that from him, for him to be aggressive and attack the paint.”
Heels add 2 inches.... Kofi may be wear his going out pumps
Otherwise known as the 'Tal Brody' criteria.
I don't know how he could see anything out of that left eye.
Seriously, 100% warrior
If you thought he only played 2 decent games all year, you must not have watched very many games. On the other hand if you watched most of the games, I feel sorry for you!
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