Recent content by Excalibur

More than I did 5-10 years ago. My son watches a ton, so I watch with him a lot.

Khamenia's block % is lower than Karaban's but his other defensive stats compare very favorably, particularly vs. sophomore Karaban. He's also not that much lighter, with both being listed at 6'8". Karaban was listed at anywhere from 225-230 as a senior. Khamenia comes in at 215, which was...

For us it really only matters on the defensive side of the ball.

I see him as a Koroma+ type player, who can get a handful of minutes in most games but wont' be the primary backup.

Pretty solid list. I really only have minor issues. I think that 2025 is too high -- it wasn't a high level game even though it was close. Duke-Butler is also a bit high, probably based on the "oh so close" shot from Hayward. 2014 is a bit too low, as it was a one or two possession game for...

I love how some people want a roster full of lottery picks. It doesn't work that way . . .

It's not much of a stretch. Just projecting his minutes out to 26/gm gets you to 7.5. Add in a reasonable freshman/sophomore improvement, and 10 seems more than reachable.

I expect Khamenia to average about 10-11 per game. But we absolutely need another scorer for next season in addition to a second big.

Given that shooting is his primary skill, he's probably likely to be ineffective early on even once technically cleared to play. It's better for him and his career aspirations to play a full season fully healthy.

Again, Occam's razor. Your response is to come up with a theory with even more moving parts . . . And the minute the Ball announcement came out, I figured there would be a handful of imbeciles that would start speculating on this. You certainly didn't disappoint.

Occam's razor applies here. We know that Ball was hurt (somewhat seriously). We know that the offense generated plenty of open shots for both Ball and Mullins. And we know that Mullins was also battling minor injuries almost all season and was prone to taking some ill-advised deep 3s. So you...

To my eye Karaban is thicker, stronger, with longer arms. Khamenia is quicker and more athletic.

Seriously, I had to look at the date to make sure I wasn’t going crazy and it wasn’t April 1 again.

I get a bigger laugh out of someone who has no F^^%ing clue what they’re talking about trying to talk down to anyone. It’s amusing.

He'll always have an extremely talented team because (1) he's proven that he can win and (2) he's at the richest AD in the country (in terms of total resources).