Tre’Dez Green and Basketball

He’s been focused on Baylor

I have no insight but personally, I'd be shocked if he ever played meaningful minutes for the basketball team. Judging from his HS football and basketball tape he's a much better football player.

Also who's minutes is he taking mid season? He's a poor man's Cory Chest

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I don’t think he’ll be taking anyone’s minutes. But he could provide some much needed depth. With Reed out, we are thin down low. Dont think many players will be able to push him around. At the very least, he can provide 5 fouls.

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Not really. There's Collins, Chest, Robert Miller, Fountain, and Noah Boyde in the front court. Plus he's not some towering 7 foot big. I just don't see how he comes in a picks up a basketball for the first time in 8 months and is a factor in the best conference in CBB. Not even mentioning the time it would take to get into basketball shape after an entire 13 game football season

It’s a pipe dream that he can come in, after not having touched a basketball for months, to play a factor on the Tigers’ BB team. Delusional!

The only people I can recall that have done it with any success would be Curry from NC and Charlie Ward from FSU

It's very difficult to be a high level contributor at both football and basketball at the D1 level

Curry may regret not focusing on just football. He had enormous upside.

Julius Peppers

UNC

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Julius Peppers

UNC

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Good one

I think he played around the same time as Curry but that's too distant of a memory for me and I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment

For example...i played football with michael clayton in hs and he could have most definitely, without a doubt, 100% played both football and basketball at lsu and started at both as a freshman. He was that talented. He was highly recruited as a sg in basketball as well (duke, unc, syracuse, etc offered him a basketball scholarship). It came down to what sport he saw could make him the most money and a longer future in said sport based on his skillset and size and saban convinced him it was football and he was right, as mike was drafted by the bucs with the 15th selection in the first round of the draft. He became a multi millionaire overnight. His size, strength, speed, and physicality (he loved to absolutely knock the shite out of you) translated more, was more rare, and was more sought after for a wr than a 6'4" 210 lb shooting guard would be in basketball as every team has one. He could have gone pro at either honestly, but football suited him better as he was an integral piece in our 2003 natty and was very close to winning offensive rookie of the year for the bucs, led the nfl rookie wrs in many catagories, and made the nfl all rookie team. He unfortunately hurt his knee badly in his second season in tampa (tore ligament) and was never quite the same but played for about a decade and ended up winning a superbowl with the ny giants.

Half of those guys are not talented. You’re out of your mind if you think he doesn’t go to the rec and play pick up games.

Not saying he will play or anything, but his athleticism alone would be welcomed for this team. And we jeer physicality underneath

calm down with the Shaq comparisons....holy hell.