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Abdul Malik-Abu to NC State

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larryredbull said:
So funny coming from a team who's disgraced ex coach was blatantly cheating
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But could you throw a dart against the NCAA rulebook and find a violation he had committed?

I believe that describes another former Big East program.
 
larryredbull said:
Not an nc state fan so I could care less
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oops sorry.....that makes it even more screwed up.....why do you care? And please do your homework about coaches and their history before you come here making an a** of yourself again okay Lar!!!
 
larryredbull said:
I think it really shows how classy a fan base is when you see 4 pages panning a recruit for picking another school hoping he fails. Implying that the other school was cheating, etc
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No one is panning the recruit. People are mostly panning the choice because it doesn't appear to make sense from a basketball, academic or regional perspective. Apparently none of those things were given priority in his decision-making process.

I really don't care because I didn't put much stock in the kid--or any kid for that matter until he puts on our jersey. The only thing I didn't like was the sense that he was playing us just to increase the suspense surrounding his little event. I believe that we knew for some time--hence the offer to Colson; but I don't understand why we didn't just pull the offer ourselves rather than letting him use the cachet of our school to draw interest in the spectacle he so clearly wanted to make of himself.
 
This bites... He was my guy! :(

I wish him luck, but still don't get the NC State decision. He could have been the an important piece on a team with National Championship potential. Now he's going to be on a borderline NCAA tournament team, year in & out.
 
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I don't understand this. Gottfried took CJ Leslie, a cemented 1st round pick in 2012, and ruined his career and draft status to the point of not being drafted. He took Richard Howell, who had a decent shot at getting drafted, and had the best career statistically of any NCST big-man in over 15 years and he doesn't get drafted.

Both of them signed training camp deals for peanuts, but both of those players weren't expecting that when they signed that letter of intent to NCST. Luckily, Purvis saw the writing on the wall and jumped ship.
 
Tough to slam a kid, but this makes no sense at all. Its like getting busted for a DUI at a well publicized checkpoint. I think the NCAA should host a 3 day symposium for AAU coaches and "handlers", teach them the risk/reward ratio for short term gains vs. long-term tenure. I do feel bad for so many of these misguided young men but thats on Abu now, not us. To any boneyarder, I will bet a beer at any UConn home game that Facey gets drafted higher.
 
djct1999 said:
Tough to slam a kid, but this makes no sense at all. Its like getting busted for a DUI at a well publicized checkpoint. I think the NCAA should host a 3 day symposium for AAU coaches and "handlers", teach them the risk/reward ratio for short term gains vs. long-term tenure. I do feel bad for so many of these misguided young men but thats on Abu now, not us. To any boneyarder, I will bet a beer at any UConn home game that Facey gets drafted higher.
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Facey needs to get eligible first...
 
seanmc94 said:
Nothing against Facey; but ill take that action.
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I think he's referring to height. You can't teach height. Facey though needs tolearn during his years at UConn. He could be a young Emeka... or not. As for Abu, unless he develops some small forward skills, he will go the way of Kevin Freeman. It's a matter of height. Not too many 6'6" power forwards in the NBA.
 
upstater said:
I think he's referring to height. You can't teach height. Facey though needs tolearn during his years at UConn. He could be a young Emeka... or not. As for Abu, unless he develops some small forward skills, he will go the way of Kevin Freeman. It's a matter of height. Not too many 6'6" power forwards in the NBA.
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Jeff Adrien <3
 
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upstater said:
I think he's referring to height. You can't teach height. Facey though needs tolearn during his years at UConn. He could be a young Emeka... or not. As for Abu, unless he develops some small forward skills, he will go the way of Kevin Freeman. It's a matter of height. Not too many 6'6" power forwards in the NBA.
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Maybe he means it literally? Higher = taller
 
upstater said:
Two points. One, Adrien's draft experience would lose you the best. Two, Adrien has some bulk, Abu doesn't. One is a freight train, the other a gazelle.
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Contrary to popular belief, Jeff Adrien is actually Iron Man. Except he needs no suit of armor, just his fists and vicious knack for rebounding.
 
Its pretty clear TO ME, that his AAU guy steered him to NCState b/c he had a vested ($$) interest in doing so. Absolutely no other loical or legitimate explanation.

UCONN, FLA, and PC (pains me to say it) would have been better choices and would all be understandable.

This foolish kid actually chose the 4th best solution out of the 4 available to him. It just boggles the mind that after all this time and supposed careful consideration, he actually chose the worst option available to him. Therefore, its CLEAR TO ME, that $$ had everything to do with his decision.
 
It will be interesting to see what becomes of Boswell. There are some interesting rumors floating around out there.

I won't say NCSt was a horrid choice, but it was an interesting one.
 
caw said:
It will be interesting to see what becomes of Boswell. There are some interesting rumors floating around out there.

I won't say NCSt was a horrid choice, but it was an interesting one.
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Don't tell me they hired the guy.

That never ends well for the player.
 
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aceboon said:
seems like even the writers notice something isn't quite right, Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal before the commit:

Then again, Providence is the local school (not UConn) that may win out in the end but this recruiting story smells a bit funny as it enters its final chapter.

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...ars-hoping-for-good-recruit-news-saturday.ece
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Yeah, he tweeted this earlier:
Kevin McNamara ‏@KevinMcNamara33
@GoodmanESPN Lots of Mass kids grow up wanting to play for Cowboys + Wolfpack. What a joke.
 
Who really wants to play basketball for Oklahoma State?
 
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For people who cant handle a kid deciding to go to a different school than what you think is best for him, you should not follow recruiting or have kids who go to college.

Best of luck in the future Abu. NEXT.
 
good luck to the kid

we'll win with whoever we get
 
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