AAC Transfers In/Out

[HungryHuskies]

This guy is a brick

 

[upstater]

Since Cobb, Carlton and Diarra are all of the bulky and/or strong type, UConn may need a rim protector. A 6'10+ type.

 

[King Husky]

Damn I thought Memphis could be a good team for this conference... now we can add them to the basement of Tulane/USF/ECU

 

[Stainmaster]

This guy is a brick

Any relation to Talib, formerly of Pitt?

 

[HungryHuskies]

Any relation to Talib, formerly of Pitt?

Yes, brothers.

 

[TopDogs]

 

[Drew]

Deng Riak Transferring Out of ECU

 

[King Husky]

Wow... this thread is way more active with the players "transferring out" than it should be

 

[Drew]

 

[upstater]

And it would suck

 

[CL82]

Deng Riak Transferring Out of ECU

2016 SEASON
PPG
3.2
2598th
RPG
5.2
556th
BPG
0.5
Linky

 

[TRest]

2016 SEASON
PPG
3.2
2598th
RPG
5.2
556th
BPG
0.5
Linky

He needs to find a coach that will showcase his talents.

 

[Milo65]

 

[awfuldan]

Wow, good for him. Hope he can get some solid playing time there.

Looking forward to UConn playing him and USF next season.

 

[scotty0330]

Gonna be weird to see him against uconn. Bibby is gonna play ahead of him next year. You would think he would drop down a level so he actually plays. Not convinced he gets a ton of burn even on a bad USF team.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Gonna be weird to see him against UConn. Bibby is gonna play ahead of him next year. You would think he would drop down a level so he actually plays. Not convinced he gets a ton of burn even on a bad USF team.

Gets to play UConn and get a free Master's in Tampa, FL. Could be worse

 

[Drew]

 

[UConnStats]

I know Memphis is in a much worse situation than we are given our remaining core, but regardless this makes me so glad AD Dave didn't make a statement on our transfers. That was sad to read.

It basically read like: "I swear tomorrow we will get some new players. Please keep being Memphis fans. Please."

 

[HooperScooper]

How Tubby Smith made a gigantic mess of Memphis' program in just one year

Makes me feel better about our situation. Slightly.

 

[UConnStats]

Don't be surprised if one of Memphis' additions is old JUCO friend Raynere Thornton.

 

[Drew]

How Tubby Smith made a gigantic mess of Memphis' program in just one year

Makes me feel better about our situation. Slightly.

For those unfamiliar, here's a refresher: Keelon Lawson is a former state-championship-winning high school coach and the father of four elite players -- namely Dedric, K.J., Chandler and Johnathan. Pastner hired him as a full-time assistant in July 2014. Unsurprisingly, Dedric and K.J. subsequently enrolled at Memphis. That was part of the deal. And when Pastner left last April for Georgia Tech, Keelon Lawson swears Bowen told him he would remain on staff as a full-time assistant no matter who Memphis hired. But that didn't happen. Because Memphis hired Smith, who demoted Lawson to a made-up position called director of player development.

Publicly, Keelon Lawson said the right things.

Privately, he felt wronged.

Which led to Dedric and K.J. -- who combined to average 31.5 points, 18 rebounds and 6.1 assists this season -- last week announcing a transfer. Early Monday, they committed to Kansas . And when I asked Keelon Lawson on Monday if Dedric and K.J. would still be Tigers if he were still a full-time assistant, he answered, "Yes. Of course." In other words, Smith's decision to demote Keelon Lawson cost Memphis two players Kansas can't wait to use to win another Big 12 title. And do you know how many top-100 recruits Smith's three full-time assistants have committed? Zero. Not one. But they are scheduled to soon host a prospect who is currently committed to a Division II school. And I'm not even making that up.

Bottom line, in less than a year on the job, Smith has lost four former top-100 prospects to the transfer market and added zero top-100 prospects to replace them. And he burned his most valuable bridge to the fertile Memphis recruiting base when he demoted Keelon Lawson -- who, in addition to being Dedric and K.J.'s dad, is also the father of a top-25 prospect in the Class of 2019, the father of a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2021 and the uncle of a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2021. If Keelon Lawson never did anything but secure commitments from prospects related to him, he would've eventually enrolled five top-55 national recruits, four of whom will likely go down as McDonald's All-Americans. Plus, because his younger sons play for Team Penny, a summer program based in Memphis, NCAA rules would not have forbidden Keelon Lawson from being in the gym for Team Penny practices and games during times when no other college assistant would've had access. This is what having Keelon Lawson on staff meant for Memphis. He would've enrolled his sons and could've enrolled his nephew all while providing an inroad to the rest of the local talent. Now, that's over. And Memphis will instead spend the next week trying to convince a player to pick the Tigers over Ouachita Baptist.

Wow.

 

[WrenchFan69]

For those unfamiliar, here's a refresher: Keelon Lawson is a former state-championship-winning high school coach and the father of four elite players -- namely Dedric, K.J., Chandler and Johnathan. Pastner hired him as a full-time assistant in July 2014. Unsurprisingly, Dedric and K.J. subsequently enrolled at Memphis. That was part of the deal. And when Pastner left last April for Georgia Tech, Keelon Lawson swears Bowen told him he would remain on staff as a full-time assistant no matter who Memphis hired. But that didn't happen. Because Memphis hired Smith, who demoted Lawson to a made-up position called director of player development.

Publicly, Keelon Lawson said the right things.

Privately, he felt wronged.

Which led to Dedric and K.J. -- who combined to average 31.5 points, 18 rebounds and 6.1 assists this season -- last week announcing a transfer. Early Monday, they committed to Kansas . And when I asked Keelon Lawson on Monday if Dedric and K.J. would still be Tigers if he were still a full-time assistant, he answered, "Yes. Of course." In other words, Smith's decision to demote Keelon Lawson cost Memphis two players Kansas can't wait to use to win another Big 12 title. And do you know how many top-100 recruits Smith's three full-time assistants have committed? Zero. Not one. But they are scheduled to soon host a prospect who is currently committed to a Division II school. And I'm not even making that up.

Bottom line, in less than a year on the job, Smith has lost four former top-100 prospects to the transfer market and added zero top-100 prospects to replace them. And he burned his most valuable bridge to the fertile Memphis recruiting base when he demoted Keelon Lawson -- who, in addition to being Dedric and K.J.'s dad, is also the father of a top-25 prospect in the Class of 2019, the father of a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2021 and the uncle of a top-10 prospect in the Class of 2021. If Keelon Lawson never did anything but secure commitments from prospects related to him, he would've eventually enrolled five top-55 national recruits, four of whom will likely go down as McDonald's All-Americans. Plus, because his younger sons play for Team Penny, a summer program based in Memphis, NCAA rules would not have forbidden Keelon Lawson from being in the gym for Team Penny practices and games during times when no other college assistant would've had access. This is what having Keelon Lawson on staff meant for Memphis. He would've enrolled his sons and could've enrolled his nephew all while providing an inroad to the rest of the local talent. Now, that's over. And Memphis will instead spend the next week trying to convince a player to pick the Tigers over Ouachita Baptist.

Wow.

That's wild. But at the same time you can't let a decent-at-best high school coach hold a historically good program hostage because his sons are good

 

[mauconnfan]

Well good for Tubby for realizing their dad wasn't an impact on is staff, and good for him for wanting to do it his way. Bad for him for next year while he tries to rebuild now.

 

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