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Message: [QUOTE="BigErnMcCracken, post: 5238893, member: 70"] I don't see how we're in a materially worse position as a result of this or how keeping either one of those guys would be "ideal." Abraham was a back half of the top 100 kid. It's not 15 years ago where Hilton Armstrong will bide his time for 3 years and then get picked in the lottery. If he doesn't want to stick around for a few years with a shot at being a role player that's the nature of college basketball right now. There's going to be competition at his spot every year. Nowell and Abraham might very well end up being good college basketball players but in an era where a lot of teams are going to trot out new starting 5s every year I don't see how this is much of an event. I assume we're going to focus on 5 star or 5 star adjacent high school kids that look like they can contribute from day 1 going forward and then supplement the rest with the portal, until the rules inevitably change again. [/QUOTE]