Golden harbor or kofusion hopefully
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Why not? He started on a Final 4 team. Who doesn't need a 6'6" guy who can knock down around 40% of his threes, rarely miss a defensive assignment, never turn it over, and rebound above his weight class?
I doubt anyone is guaranteeing him a starting spot, but there are certainly teams where he wouldn't have to fight so hard for starter minutes. If we retain all the guys we hope we will, and bring in someone like Blackwell, he's going to have his hands full keeping his minutes. Coleman and Morillo may not be Wagler type freshmen, but they will likely be more ready to contribute than Lee was.
I hope he stays. He's a heck of a college basketball player, and a true EDG.
Yup. Improving his NBA stock in in all likelihood not an issue. Getting some $ while he can, very well might the deal. He might even be happy to go from starting to coming off the bench.
Not really being talked about in here but I personally feel like there's a decent chance Jake leaves. May be wrong but he was pretty much unplayable against top teams with great athletes. He can't get himself open as well as other top shooters so it's hard for him to even get his shot off. I feel like Brad will be honest with him in the player meeting and there's a decent chance we recruit over him.
And Ty is the new Austin Hutcherson. Love the kid, love his attitude and how he grinds, but he hasn’t played in 2 years and I think there is a bit of romancing happening by some on here about the skill level.Skyy Clark is the new Adam Miller.
Are we just pretending that all the benefit of that relationship flowed to Blackwell, and none to Wisconsin?
They identified a good player, and he stuck around for three years contributing a lot of basketball success. From what I understand, he could have made more by entering the transfer portal last offseason, but chose to return to Wisconsin. I think it worked out well for both parties. I don't know, maybe it is terrible for the sport. But I don't think the old paradigm, where players had as close to zero leverage as possible, while coaches, athletic directors, and others reaped the benefits of a billion-dollar industry, was good for the sport either.
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Why does that 5 man not work? I agree about Davis.
Which is why I want to think at the end of the day he'd be more valuable to us than to anyone else out in the wild.
But that kind of rationality doesn't always win the day. Sometimes other programs overbid thinking the winning juju will come along with the guy.
And then there's the question of whether our increased budget will keep up with the inflation of success some of our guys compensation will demand. One of the insiders had talked about the roster budget rising from $10 million to $15 million. I think a lot of people were pumped about that, but I was honestly a little concerned, because it wasn't not clear if that includes the revenue sharing, from which most power conference teams are devoting about $5 million towards men's basketball. If that includes that revenue share, then isn't almost everyone's basketball roster budget going up about $5 million? That's an increase in absolute terms, but is it just treading water in relative terms?
He didn’t come here to sit …
No backup for Mirk and lose 3 point threat with Andrej and passing
Hopefully he shows out then so he won’t have to
Assuming the STL in your name means St. Louis, have you seen Coleman play? He’s pretty, pretty good!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It was morally unjustifiable and practically unsustainable, but it built a monster of fan interest. The dollars todays players are getting derive 100% to the very last penny to how much we the fans cared about their predecessors.
The players having the connection to our school that we have to our school was always an illusion, but that illusion was very powerful, and they're breaking it.
Neither did Stojakovic, but he was a "bench player"
Coleman is a factor next year, that's loud and clear. And justifiably so, very exciting film.
Maybe he can go back to Mercer and play 35 minutes a game. I assume if he leaves he will go down a level and play full time.
Andrej didn't come here to sit either, but that is the way it played out. Just sayin'
Let’s get it over with already, RESTOCK!
Id reckon Nil only made it easier to give guys things there always existed all sorts of other ways and I imagine someone will try to come out with a different way soon...
63 Split
- Mesa, AZ
Nice balance of stats for Vaaks. Height 6’7”, 16 pts, 35% on 3s, 1.5 A-TO ratio. Lot to like here.
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Staff really likes him. Would also add a more defensive style guard if they go this route, but just another option.
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