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Orangutan said:
She had to be pretty naive if she thought Georgia Tech was suddenly going to become a recruiting power after she signed.
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MaChelle Joseph thought that making the tournament and then signing Davis would get them in contention with some other top recruits and she was wrong, but KD believed her. She said she wanted to be a part of building GT when she got there. It simply didn't work out like she thought it would.
 
dtbtbtb said:
I hope Davis goes to TN as it was her dream school. If it happens, it will be fascinating to watch the dynamics between her and DD during games.
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If Davis goes to TN, it should make for an interesting team with 2 big guards who are high volume, low percentage shooters.
 
The biggest piece to this puzzle will be KD's mother.

Anyone at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase knows what I'm talking about.

I would NOT wanna coach with her sitting in the stands. People were getting up and moving in the early session games.

It was embarrassing.
 
VolFan said:
I doubt she goes to any SEC School but Tenn or Georgia. Could end up at ND, but my gut tells me she's coming to Tennessee.
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GT and ND is in the same conference so she won't be going go to ND.
 
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VolFan said:
MaChelle Joseph thought that making the tournament and then signing Davis would get them in contention with some other top recruits and she was wrong, but KD believed her. She said she wanted to be a part of building GT when she got there. It simply didn't work out like she thought it would.
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Its alot harder for GaTech to recruit WCBB than 90% of Division I schools..... probably 95%
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
The biggest piece to this puzzle will be KD's mother.

Anyone at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase knows what I'm talking about.

I would NOT wanna coach with her sitting in the stands. People were getting up and moving in the early session games.

It was embarrassing.
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Can you elaborate? Inquiring minds want to know.
 
So I keep hearing about Davis's Mother in Florida....anybody care to share exactly what it was she was doing?
 
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HuskyFan1125 said:
The biggest piece to this puzzle will be KD's mother.

Anyone at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase knows what I'm talking about.

I would NOT wanna coach with her sitting in the stands. People were getting up and moving in the early session games.

It was embarrassing.
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Kaela always wanted to be at Tennessee, and never wanted to decommit. Her mother, as you pointed out above, is the ONLY reason she isn't at Tennessee. If Kaela doesn't have to have parental consent on scholarship papers, her list of schools will be very smalShe didn't want any competition for Kaela, which is why she ended up at Georgia Tech. Her father, Antonio, wanted her at Tennessee.

It was NEVER about building something new at Georgia Tech. Machelle Joseph is the only coach that would play the game, and it helped she stayed in Atlanta under Kendra's thumb.

If Kaela can pick what school she wants to go to, she will be much better off.

I don't think Tennessee will even be in contact with the Davis'.
 
Good ole Kendra Davis. She was the woman who kicked Kim Zolciak from Real Housewives of Atlanta out of the house she was renting to them (I'm ashamed I know that).

But seriously, the lady is difficult to deal with and was a huge reason Kaela opted for a school that allowed her to be the star. She wanted to be at Tennessee and her dad, Antonio Davis, did as well. Her Godmother is Candace Parker after all. It really was a sad situation because she seemed to have no control over her own decision. Kendra has a long history of terrible deeds regarding her twins.

I hope she ends up at an SEC school but I don't think it will be Tennessee. Her twin brother transferred out of Tennessee to UCF. I'm thinking she may go closer to him.
 
I don't expect Diamond to stay at Tennessee for 3 years. Though I don't know her, she doesn't seem to put the team first--she bailed on UNC and the kids she brought is as part of the Cinco de Mayo coup. As athletic as she is, she could play in the WNBA now.
triaddukefan said:
Talk about culture shock..... :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: From downtown Atlanta to the backwoods of Mississippi
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Oxford is a charming smaller town.
 
MilfordHusky said:
I don't expect Diamond to stay at Tennessee for 3 years. Though I don't know her, she doesn't seem to put the team first--she bailed on UNC and the kids she brought is as part of the Cinco de Mayo coup. As athletic as she is, she could play in the WNBA now.

Oxford is a charming smaller town.
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Diamond isn't going anywhere. She has said she is using her eligibility. She is where she wants to be.
 
Justavisitor said:
And Stewie has enough talent around her that she does not need to carry the team on a nightly basis. Dayton was a game where I can recall that she needed to take the game over because most of her teammates were not coming through. Stewart and KML both took 26% of the shots. That's 52% of the shots taken by just 2 players that were coincidentally the best 2 players on the team. Tuck took 22% of the shots. That's 3 players accounting for 78% of the offensive shots.
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Well of course. It was the Elite Eight game, on that night the most important game of the season. The 5 starters took all but 1 of UConn's 69 shots. I would hope Stewart, KML and Tuck accounted for most of the shots taken. They all shot greater than 50% for the season.

Up to this point Davis has shown she takes a lot of shots, misses most of them and turns the ball over twice as often as she makes an assist. Maybe she'll become a lot more efficient player with different teammates. Or maybe that's just the type of player she is.
 
UConnCat said:
Well, the issue at GT can not be lack of scoring opportunities. She took about 30% of her team's shots (a full 290 more than her nearest teammate) and 36% of her team's 3-pointers despite making only 29% of them. Davis took more 3s per game than Kaleena. Maybe it's her coaches' and teammates' fault that she missed more than 6 of 10 shots and 7 of 10 three-pointers.

Somehow I doubt sharing the ball and spotlight with Diamond Deshields is what Kaela and her family have in mind. South Carolina?
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For a second or two there I thought you were referring to Maya Moore's stats from 2011. Maya, obviously, was a much better shooter and a far better ballplayer.
 
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VAUConnFan said:
For a second or two there I thought you were referring to Maya Moore's stats from 2011. Maya, obviously, was a much better shooter and a far better ballplayer.
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Not even close to the same...Maya made 52.4% of her shots that year. She also made 84.3% of her free throws. Care to guess who led the team in assists...? Hint - Maya with 151... and only 85 turnovers.. :cool:
And she led in rebounds with 313...:p

One last thing, UConn was 36-2 w/ Maya leading the team that year... ;)

P.S.- And Maya's mom is a sweetheart...:)
 
DavidinNaples said:
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Not even close to the same...Maya made 52.4% of her shots that year. She also made 84.3% of her free throws. Care to guess who led the team in assists...? Hint - Maya with 151... and only 85 turnovers.. :cool:
And she led in rebounds with 313...:p

One last thing, UConn was 36-2 w/ Maya leading the team that year... ;)

P.S.- And Maya's mom is a sweetheart...:)
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All-American, AP POY, Wade trophy winner. As a senior and the best player in the country, Maya, surrounded by freshmen and sophomores, did indeed take (by far) the most shots on her team and the most shots of any of her 4 years at UConn. She made more shots than she missed and made 38% of her 3s.
 
DavidinNaples said:
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Not even close to the same...Maya made 52.4% of her shots that year. She also made 84.3% of her free throws. Care to guess who led the team in assists...? Hint - Maya with 151... and only 85 turnovers.. :cool:
And she led in rebounds with 313...:p

One last thing, UConn was 36-2 w/ Maya leading the team that year... ;)

P.S.- And Maya's mom is a sweetheart...:)
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Oh, it was close until you got to individual shooting percentages. And when it comes to Maya Moore, it is rarely necessary for me to do as Spock did in Star Trek IV.

Throughout Maya's senior season, I had concerns about the team's chances of three peating because she represented what, IMO, was too much of UConn's offense; A far higher individual percentage than any of UConn's other teams. As it turned out, my concerns were misdirected.
 
mtsuraider06 said:
Diamond isn't going anywhere. She has said she is using her eligibility. She is where she wants to be.
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And I remember when she committed to Tenn.

And I remember when she was going to build something great at UNC

I'll wager with you that barring injury she will turn pro after the 16/17 season with her class, with a year of eligibility left, just like Parker.
 
triaddukefan said:
Good thing no GaTech fans post on this board.... otherwise they would have you roasting on a spit... then afterwards... they would dump you on a yellow jackets nest.
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LOL I have already edited my gross violation. Thanks

But exactly what is a Ramblin Wreck?
 
She's been with Dawn at the tryouts all week. And, Baylor has thinned their roster recently.
 
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Justavisitor said:
Can you elaborate? Inquiring minds want to know.
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I can a little.....
Something things I just wont get into.

For starters she was yelling constantly. She was referring to her daughter as "baby girl" the ENTIRE time which isn't necessarily wrong but after the 50th time in one half....its too much!

Its interesting that someone mentioned the amount of shots that she was taking. Why? One of mothers favorite things to yell was "Any shot you don't take is a missed shot baby girl" and "shoot it baby girl. just shoot it".

That was followed by "those girls cant guard you baby girl"...."their too slow baby girl, just shoot it over them".....

Constant...yelling.

One game she was benched by MJ for some early foul trouble and "Put #3 in or your gonna lose this game". That one I think she yelled about 5 times. Keep in mind she was sitting about 6 rows behind the bench.

There were many others....those were just a few i can think of that the moderators would allow.

I probably am not even painting the right picture. It was far worse than anything i can type.

IMO she has no respect for GT or MJ as she displayed in Florida.
 
CaliHuskyFan said:
Is this the same Kaela Davis that battles Meniere's disease? If so, I recall reading that she had lost 90% hearing in her left ear and that her father was very concerned about her other ear. Meniere's can also cause migraines and vertigo, which would definitely make playing at an elite level a huge challenge.
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I hope not, for her sake. It takes basically 7 years to get it out of your system, and yes kills hearing in that ear. That's the good part. The bad part is the vertigo and constant vomiting during the earlier stages of it. Hopefully she had a shunt placed in her ear, which helped me tremendously. Took 7 years before I could eat pizza again.
 
One thing great HS and AAU players fail to recognize. As good as you are in HS your just another player in College. You need to be coached at the next level. Diana Maya Tina have all become better because of great coaching and discipline. To those HS and AAU players that think theyre all it. Your not. You need to be taken to the next level. As more and more girls graduate HS and go to college there will be more and more great players. Only those who are coached at the College level will make it to the next level. Some will make it on their talent most wont. Just look at the WNBA and those girls playing over seas????? How many non starters are making big money over seas???? Yeah UConn non staters. So if you think starting is so important, instead of thinking how many minutes will I get then go play for somebody other then Geno. There are a lot of girls starting on other teams that cant make the WNBA let alone over seas. Think about it.
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
I can a little.....
Something things I just wont get into.

For starters she was yelling constantly. She was referring to her daughter as "baby girl" the ENTIRE time which isn't necessarily wrong but after the 50th time in one half....its too much!

Its interesting that someone mentioned the amount of shots that she was taking. Why? One of mothers favorite things to yell was "Any shot you don't take is a missed shot baby girl" and "shoot it baby girl. just shoot it".

That was followed by "those girls cant guard you baby girl"...."their too slow baby girl, just shoot it over them".....

Constant...yelling.

One game she was benched by MJ for some early foul trouble and "Put #3 in or your gonna lose this game". That one I think she yelled about 5 times. Keep in mind she was sitting about 6 rows behind the bench.

There were many others....those were just a few i can think of that the moderators would allow.

I probably am not even painting the right picture. It was far worse than anything i can type.

IMO she has no respect for GT or MJ as she displayed in Florida.
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I now think Knoxville is the perfect place for Kaela and Kendra. I hope it happens. _/\_
 
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