I agree that his draft stock needs to continue to improve for him to see the big money that he is looking for. That is exactly what will happen if he continues to play as well as he has been playing recently. The qualifiers that I used were continuing to be a real threat from 3 and play with the intangibles (great defense, great facilitator, etc) that he has been demonstrating. Coleman has been vastly undervalued by many fans and those who are judging based on statistics alone. People who know, know his value. I don't think that there is much of a chance at all that he doesn't opt for the draft this year and stay in. From what I have seen, the NBA seems to prefer younger guys with more upside over older guys whose abilities are known. So, I think it may be a worse long term financial decision for him to come back for another year in college if he really wants to be in the NBA. If he isn't projected to be drafted at all in either round, it may make sense to play another year in college and cash in on NIL before going overseas to play, but I don't think anybody is predicting that.
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I think he's a second round talent but I haven't seen him on any draft boards so far despite being on some last year. Still early though.
BU going to have to change defensive system again if he is playing Fears and DGL. Sencire and Butler probably big enough to play the switching defense. Offense will have to change without Domask and Hawk. Interested to see if he try’s to replace them with transfers or changes his system. Almost see DGL similar to Dain in terms of system fit.
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he's pretty good:
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he's pretty good:
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yeah, he's pretty good
on a tangential note, I love how we're getting to the point where the only hunting we're doing is big game hunting. nothing is in the bag (yet), but I LOVE the kids at the top of our board. and I think we're gonna get damn serious consideration from virtually all of them
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Maybe we'll finally get our Bryce?
Looks like he's filling out a bit.
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2025 4️ Shon Abaev has locked in the following official visits for this winter/spring, per source:
Tennessee: January 20th-21st
Illinois: March 3rd-5th
Oregon: March 7th-8th
Abaev was also recently selected to participate in the Basketball Without Borders Global camp
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Shon Abev has scheduled a visit to Illinois for March 3-5
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HS soph, sheesh:
Yes, as I copied and pasted. Odd that it was deleted, I wonder if it was requested to be taken down or had bad info.
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
Great stuff from Henricksen, music to my ears!
Hopefully will have a Pied Piper effect with like-minded and talented players (portal and otherwise) looking to win...
>>The Illinois recruit is the rare star player who understands and realizes every component of basketball as a team, including setting an example and embracing common goals. There’s no diva in Johnson, just a non-stop running motor.
Then there’s his leadership. He’s not the star player other teammates resent because he cares only about himself. It’s the opposite; teammates seem to treasure him.
“He’s the ultimate team leader,” Thornton coach Tai Streets said. “He’s demanding of his teammates in the right way. He gets on teammates, but he’s real with them. The kids respect it and they know it comes from a genuine place.”>>
Fingers crossed!
Our Domask replacement
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another kid who has game:
we've been on him forever (offered when he was a frosh)
we've been on him forever (offered when he was a frosh)
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