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Charles Coleman to Wake Forest, Maybe?

His coach just tweeted that we offered. Again I am skeptical, but we will see if they get him to campus.
 
auror said:
If the staff thinks it has >50% chance of landing a top 100 C in 2020, I would rather Ntambwe and let the dice roll as they may for 2019 backup C position.

If the staff is less optimistic, I'm fine with any of these 7'0" rank 200-300 bigs.
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Everyone seems to be throwing Ntambwe's name out there like hes just waiting for us to tell him to come on board. Is that the case?
 
Jbirdp5 said:
Everyone seems to be throwing Ntambwe's name out there like hes just waiting for us to tell him to come on board. Is that the case?
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It's been a while so things could certainly have changed but there were some whispers along those lines after his visit. I'm not holding my breath for that to actually happen
 
navery12 said:
It's been a while so things could certainly have changed but there were some whispers along those lines after his visit. I'm not holding my breath for that to actually happen
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Thanks, I hadnt seen his name brought up in awhile until this week so i kind of assumed things moved in another direction.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
Thanks, I hadnt seen his name brought up in awhile until this week so i kind of assumed things moved in another direction.
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I'm assuming the same thing as we haven't been mentioned with him in a while. Though I don't think anyone else has either other than his Nebraska visit soon after ours
 
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CallMeBruce said:
FWIW, I've had my eye on him for a bit. I don't really understand what the deal is - he's a 7-footer with what would appear to be above-average athleticism and footwork, great shooting range, and a decent frame. It's weird to me that he's been sitting outside the top 300 this whole time. He got offers from a handful of P5 schools. I don't know, though. It might be worth a shot just to get a real backup center on the roster (though where is that scholarship going to come from?).
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It’s hard to get the exposure necessary to get ranked when you don't play in any of the 3 major AAU circuits like Coleman. You simply don't get seen by the people who form rankings, and you don't get to see how you hold up against the best players in the class.

A couple of drawbacks are that he isn't really 7' and athletically he's actually slow and earthbound. That being said, he's stronger than a lot of bigs his age, according to his school he has a 7'4 wingspan so he's long, and he has a nice shot/touch for his position.
 
Exit 4 said:
So does this change everything for those not so excited three hours ago about Coleman?
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I would imagine there is less reason to get excited when you net out the fact that he's much more likely to go to Duke than UConn (if either offer is true).
 
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The dude is literally tweeting out the same list of schools that reached out yesterday and now today they are all offering. Allegedly.
 
The people trying to promote this kid are super shady and it makes me question a lot of things(his height, his Uconn offer, why he wasn’t playing against better competition). No way does he have a Duke offer. If we’re going to “concede” the 5 spot because we have trouble recruiting them I would rather land a kid who can defend, block shots. With that said I wouldn’t be surprised if he over achieves in college he has an NBA body and some skills around the basket.
 
UcannUconn said:
The people trying to promote this kid are super shady and it makes me question a lot of things(his height, his Uconn offer, why he wasn’t playing against better competition). No way does he have a Duke offer. If we’re going to “concede” the 5 spot because we have trouble recruiting them I would rather land a kid who can defend, block shots. With that said I wouldn’t be surprised if he over achieves in college he has an NBA body and some skills around the basket.
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His height???? Are his legs fake? Wearing 5 inch heels?
 
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I wouldn't be stunned if the Duke offer is real. They have had 4 kids outside the top 200 commit over the past 4 years. I am not exactly sure why K does this but they are probably high character, good academic kids who add value in practice and understand they won't be getting PT.
 
Walker11 said:
I wouldn't be stunned if the Duke offer is real. They have had 4 kids outside the top 200 commit over the past 4 years. I am not exactly sure why K does this but they are probably high character, good academic kids who add value in practice and understand they won't be getting PT.
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Yeah. It’s a smart move if you have a lot of talent already. It’s impossible to coach and play with a rhythm with a team of 12 guys who all think they should be playing. It’s good to have a couple guys who work hard, are good teammates, but just happy to be there.
 
superjohn said:
His height???? Are his legs fake? Wearing 5 inch heels?
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They’ve marketed him as a 7 footer but he’s clearly closer to 6’10.
 
Kenny11 said:
Yeah. It’s a smart move if you have a lot of talent already. It’s impossible to coach and play with a rhythm with a team of 12 guys who all think they should be playing. It’s good to have a couple guys who work hard, are good teammates, but just happy to be there.
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I think this is a lot of it. It's probably hard to sell a top 100 kid on being the 12th man on a program that regularly starts 4 freshman every year. And harder to manage him when he is not getting minutes.
 
Walker11 said:
I think this is a lot of it. It's probably hard to sell a top 100 kid on being the 12th man on a program that regularly starts 4 freshman every year. And harder to manage him when he is not getting minutes.
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Ideal practice body for Coach K.
 
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HawkHusky said:
Ideal practice body for Coach K.
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Amazing if he picks Duke, they can’t be that stupid? They need people to play in practice as you say not to see the court during a game.
 
If Coleman goes to Duke, it’ll be a similar situation to when they recruited and signed Vrankovic who was a 200+ recruit.
 
A couple of years ago I thought he was highly coveted. I just reread an article from 2016 including Delaire, Coleman, and Akok as players in New England that were going to have impact at the highest levels of D1. If we searched our old threads about him, I vaguely recollect comments to the effect he was going to be Juco bound, and had some issues off the court at least with the people around him. Seems like the academic part is cleaned up if there ever was truth to it, and I don't know the truth about the people he is associated with. I really wanted him then and from time to time have asked in threads why he wasn't being pursued. I've had him in mind as a plan A or plan B after Kofi & Wahab as the A choices, although I always thought he was as good as Wahab.

FYI my fav Zane Meeks committed to Nevada May 7th. I don't know if the lack of interest was his, ours, or both, but I predict he'll hit 6-7 3's in a game for Nevada with some frequency. 6'9 unranked sharpshooter with some bulk. I wish we had pursued him.
 
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