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Mark Zanetto talking about uconn in the running for a top European center

auror said:
Think he may have been contacted by us, but either after Machowski agreed or the staff decided they wanted a bigger 4 we pivoted. Not an option for us currently.
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How do you know this? Who is an option for us currently?
 
husky99 said:
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If this kid is perceived to have anywhere close to the talents of Wemby, what are the chances he pulls out of the draft? Many NBA franchises select players based on potential. Now with that said him being the Italian Wemby might be a lot of hyperbole and he needs a lot of time to develop.

Is there any video on this kid?

Not sure what to make of this.
 
DogMania said:
If this kid is perceived to have anywhere close to the talents of Wemby, what are the chances he pulls out of the draft? Many NBA franchises select players based on potential. Now with that said him being the Italian Wemby might be a lot of hyperbole and he needs a lot of time to develop.

Is there any video on this kid?

Not sure what to make of this.
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Yes, of course there's video of him and no he's not anywhere close to Wemby.
 
DogMania said:
If this kid is perceived to have anywhere close to the talents of Wemby, what are the chances he pulls out of the draft? Many NBA franchises select players based on potential. Now with that said him being the Italian Wemby might be a lot of hyperbole and he needs a lot of time to develop.

Is there any video on this kid?

Not sure what to make of this.
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He's the Italian Wemby, not the real one. Sort of like being the tallest building in Des Moines.
 
superjohn said:
How do you know this? Who is an option for us currently?
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Tea leaves + talking to people + Trilly. As for current options, it seems like they're still trying to find the best fit for the backup 4 based on Storrs Central update from yesterday.
 
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Might this be the player in question?
 

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OceanDoggie said:
Probably not because according to the interwebs he was only considering Duke and UNC. Looks to be a stud though.
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Kid signed with Duke. 2027 reclass 2026 - would have apparently been the top rated kid in 2027 and top center in 2026.

Rich get richer here. Scheyer's haul is unreal.
 
OceanDoggie said:
Probably not because according to the interwebs he was only considering Duke and UNC. Looks to be a stud though.
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You're probably right.

I'm spending FAR too much time trying to figure out who Mark's mystery player is. 😄
 
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superjohn said:
Different kid. I knew about this kid and that he was probably going to Duke. Luigi Suigo is who he's talking about.
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Thought so initially as well, but if you go to the video on YouTube and look at the comments underneath, someone asks about Suigo and he says it's not him.
 
The Euro route these days is incredible - saw where Will Wade has one player on his roster and expects to fill it out mainly with Europeans. CBB is going to have a really fascinating look as all this changes. We have two, Pitino may start three, Illinois.
 
RuffRuff said:
The Euro route these days is incredible - saw where Will Wade has one player on his roster and expects to fill it out mainly with Europeans. CBB is going to have a really fascinating look as all this changes. We have two, Pitino may start three, Illinois.
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It's like the major Soccer leagues in Europe and Baseball in America. Certain countries just find their niche and lean into it.
 
Zannetto saying player isn’t Euro or Israeli…I’m think this is for clicks cuz we know St Johns and Nova after Luigi….also he is using this to promote his new portal website
 
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Mooch82 said:
Thought so initially as well, but if you go to the video on YouTube and look at the comments underneath, someone asks about Suigo and he says it's not him.
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Then he's probably making this up. I just looked at the comments and his replies. This looks like pure engagement farming.
 
3rdbass said:


He is still pushing this BS.
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Jongkuch "JK" Mach ? Australia-Listed on different sources between 7'4"-7'6" . 18 yrs old. Plays for BA Centre of Excellence in NBL1 East
 
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auror said:
The Big 12 thing was a big part of it for a lot of people, but in general Zanetto is aware that he is in the eyeball business, especially as a startup (when he started the UConn locked on and now his new network). He's ambitious. He knows in the internet age it's often better to be first and be loudest or most controversial than necessarily be right or 100% trustworthy. He can go back and praise himself in an episode after getting something right that people doubted him (dumb people in the comments), but he was right! And his fans will nod and say yeah that's right! Ignoring the 2 or 3 things he said in the same episode that turned out were wrong.

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He has people he talks to, but they're generally not close enough to actually get good/timely intel on UConn recruiting/transfers/roster (because UConn is super tight on that stuff). Sometimes he gets something from UConn people, and sometimes he gets stuff from outside of the UConn family that relates to UConn. It's very hit or miss. It's not enough to sustain an "insider" news source, and his basketball analysis isn't rigorous or interesting enough to sustain a basketball show. So he ends up as an entertainment and news aggregation show masquerading as the others. It would be fine if he were more transparent about this, but his presentation is often structured with news breaking language and tone.

Some people don't like the way he teases things and hypes things up (this mystery big an example of that). Some people hate that his twitter is full of typos and weird formatting. Some people just don't like his personality and his lack of editing on his show. I appreciate his hustle, but sometimes the hustle gets him over his skis.
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I think its mostly because if anyone has a differing opinions from him on Twitter he gets all internet tough guy like he's going to fight you for disagreeing with him. He's pretty pathetic in numerous ways but the internet tough guy thing is the worst.
 
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Umami Zen said:
Jongkuch "JK" Mach ? Australia-Listed on different sources between 7'4"-7'6" . 18 yrs old. Plays for BA Centre of Excellence in NBL1 East
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I posted a video of him around two weeks ago and it was nearly immediately deleted by someone. No idea why.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
I think its mostly because if anyone has a differing opinions from him on Twitter he gets all internet tough guy like he's going to fight you for disagreeing with him. He's pretty pathetic in numerous ways but the internet tough guy thing is the worst.
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Yeah I saw that in some of his responses calling people names. He really is a bottom feeder of the internet.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
In 2014 a coworker (who was from somewhere near Albany & a Syracuse fan) told me that title really shouldn't count as much as others because the team wasn't really a championship team and everything fell our way or we wouldn't have won.

My response was "What are supposed to do, give it back?".

Either you won it all or you didn't. If you won it all it counts as much as any prior or future title.
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I love hearing "the best team didn't win". You know who says that? Not winners.
 
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