Lapaz

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LSU lost the entire roster, what does the NCAA expect you to do to field a team with coaching changes.

Iowa St lost a coach and nearly the entire roster.

If they don't fix this, some teams are gonna start to sit out entire seasons to rebuild their teams which is in essence the death penalty

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I think Wade could've and probably should've retained some of the roster. Gambling on a roster of currently ineligible players was not in the best interest of the university and its fans. It may pay off, but it wasn't a necessary risk. We should've retained Reed, Miller, Thomas, Nwoko and Reece, and tried to keep a couple of the recruits, and then pursued a few portal and 3 or 4 international guys. I doubt any of the previous roster, except maybe Thomas, got paid over $2M, so we obviously had the money to retain them, even if we had to overpay a little. We could've had a roster of Reed, Miller, Thomas, Nwoko, Reece, Thomas, Ugo, Dioubate, Bashir and Nunez guaranteed, then adding 3 good international players would've been all we needed to put us near the top of the SEC. At least if we failed on the international guys, we wouldn't be a total loss, and would treat the season as a rebuild. Also, McNeil and Haggerty may have been more willing to join LSU if they were more sure we'd have a team. Without the international guys, it would allow Wade to show us his coaching chops with our previous players plus whoever he could attract from the portal. It's a huge and expensive gamble, which includes the risk that these guys won't gel.

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How many translators will be on the bench? Assuming some speak English, most / many don't?

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They only need to learn a few words like shoot, pass, block, zone, man, dribble, trap, bad, good, yes and no.

Wow, this is fantastic news! This is a great signing, and I think it is the best signing so far! We needed a top guard badly.

He is 2958th in Evanmiya. He has a negative offense and defensive BPM with an overall of -3.88. He’s been bad for 4 years, and he regressed last year. This signing doesn’t seem to help us.

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I find it hard to believe 5 mil on a player like this. Seems bullshite to me

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"Madar concluded the EuroLeague season with appearances in 16 games. He recorded averages of 3.1 points, 1.4 assists, and 1.1 rebounds per game."

I realize that those numbers are low since he didn't play that much, so I hope these averages are not a reflection of what we are getting. He did remind me of Dedan Thomas in the game against France, but I don't think Thomas is worth $5M. If we paid him $5M, I think he is stealing.

Yam's stats look good, and so do his highlights, but he didn't look nearly as good in that game vs France as he was billed. I watched about half the game where they said he looked like the 2nd best player on the court, but he didn't look like one of the best to me. France and a couple of Yam's teammates seemed better. I remember Zipper's highlights in the Israeli league also looking pretty good, as well as his stats. Yam seems more athletic, his highlights are more impressive, and he does have steals and blocks in his stats, so I think he's a better player, but I don't think that league is great. My assessment was mainly based on what I saw in that France game. France does have terrific players, and he seemed pretty pedestrian in that game.

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In my experience traveling outside the US, almost everyone other than fellow English first countries speak two or three or more languages and one of those is always English. It’s a bit humbling when you are in some small island and they speak 5 languages and you just speak one lol

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I’ve traveled to a bunch of countries in Europe, and I have had to use other languages to communicate. I speak a little French and am fluent in Spanish.

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The only guys he really wanted to bring from NC State were guys who were hoping to get a 5th year. Mcneil would have been a take for about 2/3 of what he was asking for, that's it. Also the only guy from last year's LSU team he wanted to retain was Nwoko but he did not want to pay 3 mil.

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If Wade didn't want to retain Miller and Reece, then why did it take them so long to enter the portal? I would think that was an indication that they had gotten an offer from LSU and were negotiating, but ultimately couldn't agree on terms. If Wade didn't want them, I think he would've told them, and they would've entered the portal quickly to improve their odds of getting other offers.

This looks like a good signing, because we needed some players that could score, and he's a proven scorer playing against good competition. He's 6'7", but only 160. No wonder his defense is poor, according to Evanmiya, which has his DBPR at -0.7, but the first couple of players we signed were known for their defense, so he won't be asked to guard the top scorers. Hopefully his offensive prowess (OBPR of 3.11) outweighs his defensive weakness.

Will these guys be expected to attend school and pass? Wha happens if they fail their courses?