Recent content by tzznandrew

Ayton and LeBron would just be gold. LeBron's passive aggressive media and Twitter statements would be pure theatre. Also, Ayton is talented and LeBron is a genius, so, who knows? If LeBron were 10 years younger, this would genuinely frighten me as a Celtics fan. But...yeah, he ain't and that...

This has the Rockets giving up Şengün, Jalen Green, and Thompson, along with picks? Doesn't feel worth it if I'm the Rockets, as good as Giannis is. Green has got to go, and Şengün doesn't work with Giannis. Amen's defense was unreal in that series, and he was very good on offense. Seems to me...

St. John's was an overachieving 4-5 seed that cosplayed being a 2-seed because (a) they have an exceptional coach, and (b) the Big East was pretty bad last year and the only competitor (UConn) had key injuries (to PG and SF) and had no back-up ball handlers due to a transfer miss. It's a little...

He was also hurt all year, in various ways, but not the type of player to call attention to that.

If you entertain the idea that Karaban is going pro—I'm not predicting or speculating, it's just up in the air!—and then you imagine Stewart slides to the 4...there might be space in the wing for another portal player. And that might be different calculus for Smith.

They shouldn't. They're assuming we don't have a plan. And they do.

If you told me after the Florida game that we'd retain Reed, Stewart, and Ross, I'd have been very pleasantly surprised.

I'm on the "Bill Self is a bit overrated" train. He's a very good coach who I think maximizes their regular season results and then has just okay results in the tournament. Sampson just gets a lot more out of his kids, but after witnessing whatever that offense was last night, I'm not sure...

I'm moving Sampson down a Tier. Clearly an exceptional program builder, defensive coach, and overall floor raiser. But that offense was an absolute affront to basketball—all by Cryer were barely catching rim on shots!—and he seemed to wilt under the pressure. I don't know that he's got the top...

I mean, none of these are either of those definitionally. No school can match UConn's championship performance. You have to start college basketball during the 1969-1970 season before you have a team that also has 6 championships (UCLA). 1957 for UNC. 1951 for Kentucky. Those aren't Helms, and...

It's a bit deceptive in the still. Roberts has thrown his left arm into Flagg in a perfectly legal way and Flagg is trying to maneuver around him. You can see Flagg's hands are open, not holding him. All of this is just natural contact that happens when contesting a rebound. Again, it doesn't...

Compared to every other program except Indiana, it's absurd. 6 Titles in 7 Final Fours is a statistical anomaly. Indiana and UCLA the only other programs with 4+ Final Fours with an above 50% ratio. Indiana was 5/6 after 1987, and are now 5/8; UCLA was 10/12 after 1975, and now are 11/19...

The overwhelming talent he gets makes me think he's going to get a title one of these days. It's like 2010-2015 Caliparti in some sense. The difference is that Calipari actually demonstrated exceptional coaching at UMass and even Memphis before the UK job.

1. I think it was a bad call. 2. It doesn't matter, they shouldn't have been in this position, as you said. 3. The foul call in a weird way may have actually been better for them, because Houston had the ball anyway. Houston had to hit both ends of a 1-and-1, and Duke had the ball back with 20...

The Houston kid was actually using his off-hand to hold Flagg's shorts is part of the reason. You can see it if you're looking and see the effect in the replay from a different angle.