GoodTalkRuss

14 straight division titles is incredible. Only to be matched by his unlikely to ever be broken "most times to be thrown out of game" record. I remember multiple times where he was thrown out of the game without him ever leaving the dugout... Those were the good times!

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A home and home vs UCLA would be cool because I could stay with my friend in LA. Kansas would be fun.

But if we’re playing in Vegas I’m probably going to that as my big road trip.

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Why can't we go to Storrs and have them come here? He and Nate are buddies and I would love to have Hurley in Coleman.

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Then maybe they should be sold on the importance of other sports

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Pretty hard to sell if they are losing buckets of money with every passing hour.

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Watching some Fielder highlights, he is definitely a 4 and we are in trouble if hes having to play the 5. He doesn't really play above the rim, and is going to struggle with more athletic bigs. Several of his "highlights" from this past season were him having to take tough 2s in traffic where he couldnt create space, as well as dunks where he had to regather under the rim to get up after a pass or rebound. I still think hes a great get and perfect for the system, but hes definitely a 4 or maybe even a big 3 in certain situations. Certainly better than getting Freeman who loves shooting long contested 2s while shooting 33% and also seems like a headcase. edit: Just calling what I see. I have seen a lot of comments comparing him to Grant. But he's a completely different player. Less athletic, doesnt have that kind of handle, but has a significantly better shooting stroke imo. He can shoot it from several feet behind the 3 point line too. I do think he has potential as a defender, hes willing, and moves laterally fairly well. Question will be if his lack of ups hurts his rebounding.

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You aren't wrong no matter how unpopular it is. We need Garrison or Fleming to step up big at the 5 and let Fielder hold down the 4. It's plausible. Grant was a lot more special player than I think a lot of people are willing to concede or possibly understand.

He's hard to figure out. He definitely has some firm believers in the scouting field that have him in the 1st round and then he has some that think he could be late 2nd round. I think he should stay around considering he can make a million or 2 just by sticking around and I assume Nate will give him a lot of point forward roles.

Personally, when I watch Allen I see a more physical, but less skilled Kennedy Winston... But athletically very similar.

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Overrated prep prospects who matured physically before their peers, but have robotic/stiff athleticism which mostly leads to bully ball.

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That's pretty spot on really. I think Reid will probably be a nice savvy vet in the college ranks if he sticks around. But he just isn't what I thought he was being sold to be.

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I’d say Derrion Reid was meant to be that and was a bit for about half a season. His dunk at the dunk contest was something to see.

Think he would have been really good for us if we could have kept him around and let him develop.

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Still think Reid is a bit of a charlatan. He looks the part and against air he can be pretty impressive, but something is just missing with his game. In the middle of SEC play the year that Reid was here, I was trying to figure out what his game actually was. I said it then and I stick by it, he is a poor man's Gerald Wallace. There were countless times in Reid's freshman year where he would have a pretty clear alley to the basket and I was expecting fireworks and would end up seeing some weird contortionist act that just made no sense.

Athletically, Reid is probably a pretty good combine guy, but against competition he is underwhelming. He is 1/10 the athlete that Wallace was in live action. Wallace had big holes in his game offensively as a freshman and Reid did as well. But Wallace was ridiculously athletic and had above average handles for a guy who was probably always the best athlete in the gym since he was toddler. Reid on the other hand just never looked like a guy who was comfortable trying to blow by anyone. If he sticks around for 4 years of college he will probably be a really nice veteran piece somewhere, but he just isn't a dog.

I have reached that point where I saw Alabama make a final four and I think im good. I always wanted to see it just once and it was a pretty bad arse ride.. Im not yelling at the clouds now, but im probably close to the end of my fandom. With football it died a long time ago for me, for some reason basketball was always the sport I wanted to see take off if only for a little while. Im pretty content to be honest... Think these next few years will be pretty gross though.

Not really from a win loss perspective, just year in and year out losing respect for 2/3's of the team you root for because they are off to the highest bidder. I would do it to if I had the opportunity, so im not mad at them, just not really what I want to get to invested in.

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So help me if we try to cheap out ima lose it. The money can go so much farther in basketball than football.

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Im with you, it's going to suck... But I still go back to the fact that if these rosters are going to cost 12-15 mill, you have to have honest conversations with dead weight at the end of the year and tell them to move on. It's not popular to talk about, but you can't be in the business of developing projects anymore that come with a hefty price tag. Im all for buying a developed project, but paying for the development of a project player over the course of a few years and then to have them turn around and sell themselves to the highest bidder... no way.

Any possibility we make a move on Jaland Lowe who just entered the portal? We need a pg and he looked great against us in one of the few games he played in for UK