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Nowell in the transfer portal

businesslawyer said:
Because some players need to be not playing on your bench in case you have a bunch of injuries?
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We did have a bunch of injuries. Diarra could barely move for a few weeks and Mahaney was pretty much riding the bench. Nowell still didn’t get minutes. Same for McNeeley and Karaban. Both missed several games and Abraham didn’t sniff the court. Depth is overrated to an extent anyway. With the exception of very few, the best teams play no more than 7-8 guys.
 
RuffRuff said:
Yeah this one will be interesting to watch - Abraham has an NBA body profile. He has a really solid base, and muscular upper body. He can play vertically, and has a gorgeous shooting stroke. He is smooth in his movements. My guess is he lacks something on the metal side of the game, overall work ethic. When he wasn’t getting time it made me look into his HS profile to understand why, and the biggest knock I saw was that he lacked balance in his shot taking, which seems correctable. I’m going to be really curious to where his career goes from here because he looks the part. I hope the best for the kid.
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How did you find that many descriptions of Abraham? Are you a cousin or something? He never played!
 
I think Abraham and Nowell fell under the backup QB syndrome. Fans haven't seen them in live games. Maybe they excelled in scimages against backups so fans think they are better that the people ahead of them. When they finally get their chance the fans learn why they were riding the pine.
 
Devland said:
I think Abraham and Nowell fell under the backup QB syndrome. Fans haven't seen them in live games. Maybe they excelled in scimages against backups so fans think they are better that the people ahead of them. When they finally get their chance the fans learn why they were riding the pine.
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We’re going into next year with no sophomores man lol
 
I was pushing for Nowell to get PT as we were in trouble with a hobbled Hass. Seeing him get the ball get knocked away by taller defenders at will convinced me we need to have just taller guards in the future. To get to the sweet 16 , teams with 6 foot guards are going to be few and far between.
 
He’s going to be very good somewhere. He just wasn’t ready for the Big East right off the bat. Frankly, he wasn’t developed early enough either. The staff invested in Mahainey and when they realized he wasn’t a BE level PG, they tried Nowell and it was too late.

When looking at Hurley’s misses, it is heartening to see that all the kids that don’t work out and move on are still nice, solid kids. Gone are the days of controversial characters or borderline guys. He brings in quality people. Good luck to Ahmad.
 
RuffRuff said:
How many sophomores does the team favored to win it all have?
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This is just dumb , LMAO

The team favored to win has 6 freshman and a sophomore and Florida the team most people were picking prior to the tournament starting is loaded with sophomores.
 
Hoophound said:
He’s going to be very good somewhere. He just wasn’t ready for the Big East right off the bat. Frankly, he wasn’t developed early enough either. The staff invested in Mahainey and when they realized he wasn’t a BE level PG, they tried Nowell and it was too late.

When looking at Hurley’s misses, it is heartening to see that all the kids that don’t work out and move on are still nice, solid kids. Gone are the days of controversial characters or borderline guys. He brings in quality people. Good luck to Ahmad.
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Ahmad also had a few injuries which prevented him from practicing and playing. When he did get in, I was expecting more contribution, but he was not ready. It will be interesting to see if he stays healthy and he is able to elevate his skills. Good luck to him.
 
boog204 said:
Who cares? Doesn’t matter anymore. A guy who’s already scored 1000 pts somewhere else will be better than a developmental soph at this juncture.
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Yeah to hell with them
wow
Lets waste the 1st year of college for all the recruits not going into the draft.
Coaches can throw the developmental part of their job out the window - it's plug in and play time.
Can't afford to make a mistake on an incoming frosh but let's painfully twist and turn a west coast player into a NBE player.
 
gtcam said:
Yeah to hell with them
wow
Lets waste the 1st year of college for all the recruits not going into the draft.
Coaches can throw the developmental part of their job out the window - it's plug in and play time.
Can't afford to make a mistake on an incoming frosh but let's painfully twist and turn a west coast player into a NBE player.
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Have you ever heard of the sunk cost fallacy?
 
Stinger92860 said:
Ahmad also had a few injuries which prevented him from practicing and playing. When he did get in, I was expecting more contribution, but he was not ready. It will be interesting to see if he stays healthy and he is able to elevate his skills. Good luck to him.
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My opinion is Nowell should go to a good program in a big conference, but one that is down. Without the pressure to win, he can shine and then portal again after next season to a winning program. He needs a gap year to drive up his value.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
This is college sports and people. Not business lol
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If you think college basketball in the year 2025 is not a business….

For any player to stick around, a coach needs to provide two finite resources in minutes and NIL. Those minutes and NIL dollars you give to the player are minutes and NIL dollars you can’t give to someone else. So each year a coaching staff needs to reassess what is in the best interest of the program as far as promises of those two resources and then the players have to determine what’s in their best interest based on those offers. Offering more minutes and NIL than is warranted just because they recruited the player out of HS and have already invested in them is a good way to get left behind in the modern landscape. Ideally the staff hits 100% on everyone they recruit and you have to make less of these tough decisions but that’s not realistic.
 
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