Well Clingan, Netwon, and Karaban returned. Clingan could have been great as a freshman, he just had a better player in his way. Not really the same situation at all IMO
Hey I hope you are right, I just think Clingan's impact cannot be overstated. Even with all the other great pieces we had, we were a different team when he was out/not on the floor
Karaban can return, Diarra can return, Stewart is the Clingan in this comparison, ball is back, and then you add another 5*, and 3 top 15 transfers? Why isn’t it the same?
I trust Hurley will adjust and have us rocking on all cylinders soon enough.
My take is we kept the coaching staff intact. That constant is really the salient consideration for potential.
You beat me!
lol i appreciate your optimism but this comment is ruined when you say that Stewart could/will explode to the level that Clingan did.
They called me crazy when I said Stewart would be in the rotation as well.
They obviously play different positions but I think Stewart can have a massive breakout season, especially on the offensive end. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he averages 15-16 points per game next season.
To three-peat, someone will likely have to because Clingan was the #1 most important player in the entire country this year.
This isn’t true. There is no one type of roster that can win a championship. If that were the case no one is winning next year because no one has Clingan. Terrible logic
You act like a player like clingan grow on trees and every other team in the country has a player like him.
Wrong because other teams are also returning star players and/or reloading. I think you are setting yourself up for disappointment if you assume we can just pick up where things left off despite losing 4 starters and not having a superstar waiting in the wings.
To be clear, I'm not saying you need Clinagn to win a championship. This comment was a response to Ant saying that Stewart in 2024-2025 is the Clingan from 2023-2024.
Is Karaban a star player? I’m not setting myself up for anything lol. A 3 peat would be ludicrous. I’m saying if we hypothetically added all these guys we’d be in the conversation. And rightfully so. Losing stars isn’t as detrimental in the transfer portal era. We’ll lose stars every off season to the league. And raise up new ones. Rinse. Repeat
In terms of a freshman making a sophomore leap. C’mon dude
The plan they never saw coming...
Fair enough. You are right that it's possible to reload and we have already proven that, I'm just not sure I see the high-end talent that we had the past two years. Which by the way is fine lol
How about the Hawkins from 2022-2023?
Same here, I didn’t think it was weird that he wanted to take another visit, but you’d think he knew immediately if he needed another visit or not and who it might be. The fact we haven’t heard anything and it’s clear no visit to another school this weekend yet… seems like good mojo for the good guys
I just think you are criminally sleeping on Karaban, McNeeley, Stewart, Nowell, Ball, and Mahaney by saying they aren’t high end talent. Especially at the collegiate level. And I didn’t even mention the best shooter in the country in Brea and a guy who was undefeated as a starter(WITHOUT CLINGAN) in Samson Johnson.
