Diamond Deshields transferring from UNC

[intlzncster]

Ok, I'll say it if it hasn't been yet. I'd take DD to UConn in a heartbeat. A nanosecond. In some other infinitesimally small period of time. She's talented as all get out and would have two years of eligibility after Stewie graduates. Geno doesn't tolerate drama, but he'd break her down and build her back up once she had nothing left.

Maybe she doesn't need to be broken down. Perhaps she needs a better leader?

 

[TDiNozzo]

Ha! But what better name for a baseball player to give his daughter?

I've always been fond of blooper.....

 

[Sonny44]

Maybe she's going into politics.

 

[LadyVols9]

I am hearing TN. Debbie A said the same thing. She is really close friends with the lady vols and probably would have chosen TN if Davis had not chosen them first.

I think if she chooses TN that UCONN and TN fans will have some very special games in the future. She, along with the other newbies, are very talented. It would be fun to see the two teams playing brutal games again. I think WCBB would EAT IT UP!

 

[Icebear]

i'd love for it to be ND or Tennessee.
When we whopped them in the elite 8.
It would really mean something.

For ND she would have to sit out two years since it is, also, an ACC school.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Word on the street in Columbia is that she is transferring to Tennessee or South Carolina.

 

[Tonyc]

I am hearing TN. Debbie A said the same thing. She is really close friends with the lady vols and probably would have chosen TN if Davis had not chosen them first.

I think if she chooses TN that UCONN and TN fans will have some very special games in the future. She, along with the other newbies, are very talented. It would be fun to see the two teams playing brutal games again. I think WCBB would EAT IT UP!

With all due respect LV9 Tenn has 6'6 6'3 6'2 6'2 and Massingale and didnt win the conference. You dont need more good players to win. You need team players to win.

 

[triaddukefan]

Word on the street in Columbia is that she is transferring to Tennessee or South Carolina.

Hopefully not TN. What about UGA ?

 

[sarals24]

With all due respect LV9 Tenn has 6'6 6'3 6'2 6'2 and Massingale and didnt win the conference. You dont need more good players to win. You need team players to win.

And coaching.

 

[intlzncster]

With all due respect LV9 Tenn has 6'6 6'3 6'2 6'2 and Massingale and didnt win the conference. You dont need more good players to win. You need team players to win.

Or a better system/coach to 'allow' them to win.

 

[RadyLady]

Interesting thought. If her injuries require surgery and recover time maybe this is made her decide it was a good time to make this change. Maybe she knew she would need to sit anyway.

Give up a year vs medical redshirt and get to play the year ( eventually)...mmmmm....I wouldn't think so in this case...

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Hopefully not TN. What about UGA ?

I don't think so. Andy's best days are behind him.

 

[VAMike23]

Error?

Replay...?

 

[doggydaddy]

Nice. What are their cumulative rankings?

The issue that UCONN is going to have is that only one of these players is listed at 6-0. UCONN really needs to land a big. Maybe Higgins can transfer there.

You're on a roll. We are certainly doomed.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I agree but it does still remain leverage that has been used. I believe Rene Portland used it at PSU back in the day.

That name is like waving a red flag in front of my face. Grrrrr.

 

[pinotbear]

Hoo, Wat, Ida-know ?

Third Base!

 

[doggydaddy]

Clearly she is very talented. I don't know why she decided too leave UNC. I will just wait and see what happens.

Does that mean you won't post about this again?

 

[Blueballer]

I am hearing TN. Debbie A said the same thing. She is really close friends with the lady vols and probably would have chosen TN if Davis had not chosen them first.

I think if she chooses TN that UCONN and TN fans will have some very special games in the future. She, along with the other newbies, are very talented. It would be fun to see the two teams playing brutal games again. I think WCBB would EAT IT UP!

Unless there's an apology the most you'd see is ONE game a year in the NCAA's

 

[Geno-ista]

I wonder if she is has tweaked her knee is worse than we thought at the end of the season. I think it was the game before her final game she looked like she was in real pain twisting her knee and then rolling an ankle of the same leg. She really looked like she was struggling out there. Maybe it was a good time to give her knee a rest in addition to whatever else we may find out. If Mavunga wants to head north, I wouldn't be upset- she would be ready by then to walk in and be our ne

Diamond has tough decisions to make unless she's already made them. If the decision is already made, predict she goes to South Carolina to join A'ja. If not then who knows. She might be like EDD and just needs a year away from basketball.

Sitting out a year for Diamond will be the toughest for her unless she decides to go overseas to play which I'm sure she'll get a contract. Not the same big dollars she would have gotten three years from now, but still lucrative for an 18 year old. Don't see her going to a D2 or D3 school where she wouldn't have to sit out. She might be like EDD and just needs a year away from basketball. She's been playing injured since her Senior year in High School and a year off might be the best for her.

she really looked like she was in rough shape physically at the end of this season . I think if she was healthy, Stanford game would have been nip & tuck.

 

[stwainfan]

Does that mean you won't post about this again?

It means I'm just waiting on news. That is something confirmed.

 

[meyers7]

Hoo, Wat, Ida-know ?

Beat me to it. Good thing I read through before posting. Delino was a What, I believe.

 

[doggydaddy]

Tennessee would have lost Massengale, Graves, Harrison and Burdick by the time DeShields would be eligible.

Roster would be Carter, Reynolds, Moore, Tucker, Russell, Jones, Nared, Middleton, Dunbar along with DeShields.

Is this any better than the teams they've have recently?

 

[CTyankee]

Maryland??? Lady Vols??? Those are my favorites for her phone calls...

 

[John Glass]

Maryland??? Lady Vols??? Those are my favorites for her phone calls...

When does MD become a member of the Big 10 ?

 

[Deadrody]

Hmmm...Did A'ja know this was going down before she made her decision for SC over NC et al.?

Good lord, I hope so. Can you imagine if she committed to UNC without knowing this ?