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Some top athletes do care about the education. This has been a plus for Duke. It is a minority, but it happens.

This thread is now BYers bashing each other over bashing KY? Let's have the moral integrity start here.
 
fleudslipcon said:
He made a measured statement on a point that you happen to be annoyed about. He's made inflammatory statements in the past but has turned a leaf. Why not lighten up on him.
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Because I own him and it hurts his fragile ego. Why else would he have to make up a strawman to create another pissing contest? You are the only rational person on this board. While I live among the irrational, I am one of the few that see that.
 
David 76 said:
Some top athletes do care about the education. This has been a plus for Duke. It is a minority, but it happens.

This thread is now BYers bashing each other over bashing KY? Let's have the moral integrity start here.
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Integrity. . .integrity. . . We're talking about integrity. In my best Allen Iverson impersonation.
 
fleudslipcon said:
He made a measured statement on a point that you happen to be annoyed about. He's made inflammatory statements in the past but has turned a leaf. Why not lighten up on him.
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Paesano said:
Because I own him and it hurts his fragile ego. Why else would he have to make up a strawman to create another pissing contest? You are the only rational person on this board. While I live among the irrational, I am one of the few that see that.
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This is awesome

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He committed to UK? He must suck. Good thing we didn't get him anyway. No future in the NBA.
Mamadou Diarra, on the other hand, is the next Kevin Garnett.
 
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That sucks. I was really hoping Wen Yen would be our first Chinese 5 Star recruit. I'll do some scouting for KO the next time I'm in Shanghai.
 
Peacefrog said:
Happiness is not needing to care one way or the other about this one. We're in very good shape at his position(s). If ever we had a "nice to have" versus "need to have" recruiting situation this may have been it. Life is good.
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Peacefrog is hoppy with the turn of events and he's right on all accounts. Once Durham committed, WG was no longer a "need", but simply a "nice to have".

The biggest "need" still left on the 2016 recruiting front is to bring in a SG or swingman. Diallo and Vance Jackson are the top targets here.
 
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crap posters rarely change their tune, most of them are grown men, @fleudslipcon . paesano is stll outchea claiming Cal is funneling money to recruits to get them. fact is he no longer needs to be dirty, he's built a brand at uk that speaks for itself and attracts top 15 recruits every year. it has nothing to do with a briefcase of benjamins tossed at an overpass.

and no academics mean squat to kids who most likely wont be finishing their degrees til deep in their respective nba careers, when theyll have already aggregated millions of dollars.

All that said, the jig is up with cal and player development. He thrives on generational talents @ UK, which he is fantastic at getting. from the horses mouth, he is interested in producing lottery picks more than winning chips. Winning and player development are entirely correlated. Hes not a bad coach at all, a very good one @ d1 level, but definitely not the master of x&os. he isn't a basketball junkie, he is an egocentric brand building maniac ( things were a little different at memphis as he developed some nice players, but times have changed, and so has the game).
 
Rocktheworld said:
Look at the order of the pictures. Working off the obvious fact that Providence is in last, we now know that UConn is in fourth and UK is in first. What makes it damning is the question mark. There's only one. It isn't accompanied by an exclamation mark. It isn't bolded or italicized. Severe lack of emojis. We now know that he is not in deep contemplation over this; that there is no real internal struggle going on here. UK is clearly running away with him.

DAMN YOU CALIPARI
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*gasp*

Just like the gyspy woman said...!

Sorry guys

Does this make me an insider now?
 
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James said:
crap posters rarely change their tune, most of them are grown men, @fleudslipcon . paesano is stll outchea claiming Cal is funneling money to recruits to get them. fact is he no longer needs to be dirty, he's built a brand at uk that speaks for itself and attracts top 15 recruits every year. it has nothing to do with a briefcase of benjamins tossed at an overpass.

and no academics mean squat to kids who most likely wont be finishing their degrees til deep in their respective nba careers, when theyll have already aggregated millions of dollars.

All that said, the jig is up with cal and player development. He thrives on generational talents @ UK, which he is fantastic at getting. from the horses mouth, he is interested in producing lottery picks more than winning chips. Winning and player development are entirely correlated. Hes not a bad coach at all, a very good one @ d1 level, but definitely not the master of x&os. he isn't a basketball junkie, he is an egocentric brand building maniac ( things were a little different at memphis as he developed some nice players, but times have changed, and so has the game).
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Can you define what constitutes a crap poster? I am assuming you know and that your not an eogocentric message board maniac.

Thanks in advance for educating me. I am truly honored. ;)

Have a wonderful evening to all the basketball geniuses that I am so blessed to share this wonderful and thoughtful board with. ;)
 
BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
Can you define what constitutes a crap poster? I am assuming you know and that your not an eogocentric message board maniac.

Thanks in advance for educating me. I am truly honored. ;)

Have a wonderful evening to all the basketball geniuses that I am so blessed to share this wonderful and thoughtful board with. ;)
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I'm not trying to mistake your surliness for genuine interest, but if its the later its not hard to see the asinine comments spewed by many posters, repeatedly... one could call that a pattern. There are a lot of basketball junkies on this forum who love hoops and speak on it in a productive manner, others heave off the wall generalizations and minimal engaging input. No i'm not a basketball genius, i'm a hoops junkie... its a sport thats been part of my life forever at many levels including coaching.
 
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James said:
I'm not trying to mistake your surliness for genuine interest, but if its the later its not hard to see the asinine comments spewed by many posters, repeatedly... one could call that a pattern. There are a lot of basketball junkies on this forum who love hoops and speak on it in a productive manner, others heave off the wall generalizations and minimal engaging input. No i'm not a basketball genius, i'm a hoops junkie... its a sport thats been part of my life forever at many levels including coaching.
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Go to the Hartford Courant Page C4 and look at the picture of Kevin Ollie with Donalyn Wall. Maybe that story can give you some perspective and many others here on what UConn Family is about. I usually enjoy your posts. The personal attacks get old (by not just you).

Have a good1 James.
 
BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
Go to the Hartford Courant Page C4 and look at the picture of Kevin Ollie with Donalyn Wall. Maybe that story can give you some perspective and many others here on what UConn Family is about. I usually enjoy your posts. The personal attacks get old (by not just you).

Have a good1 James.
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I dont read the newspaper and I couldn't give two f$$$$ what the hell is on c4 . I also don't care how much you and your condescending tone appreciate my 'posts'; there are dimwitted posters on here and thats a fact. I dont go out my way to accost them, but its open season when the rambling doesn't stop. They aren't part of this 'uconn family' you speak, and neither am I...currently.
 
James said:
I dont read the newspaper and I couldn't give two f$$$$ what the hell is on c4 . I also don't care how much you and your condescending tone appreciate my 'posts'; there are dimwitted posters on here and thats a fact. I dont go out my way to accost them, but its open season when the rambling doesn't stop. They aren't part of this 'uconn family' you speak, and neither am I...currently.
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Well....I thought with the KO quote accompanying your moniker you might have some interest in the type of human being he is (above). I guess not. My bad...
 
We have a quality recruiting class that just needs icing on the cake. I coveted Powell & Jackson for their 3 pt shooting and Gabriel as an elite versatile talent in spite of our quality depth at his position. Kegler I have always viewed as a long shot. I hope we don't get skunked. We need a 4th guard and x-Bruce Brown there are only 7 guards left in the top 150 and 3 of them are 5'10 +/- and most are geographically where we have little history. There also doesn't seem to be much alternative uncommitted 3 pt talent at SF. Alpha Diallo would be a great warrior to get involved with but it doesn't seem like we will be adding to this class from many other 2016 prospects. It looks like any additions will have to be reclassifications from 2017, 5th year transfers in the spring, juco, overseas, or much less coveted seniors. Fingers crossed for Jackson.
 
BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
Go to the Hartford Courant Page C4 and look at the picture of Kevin Ollie with Donalyn Wall. Maybe that story can give you some perspective and many others here on what UConn Family is about. I usually enjoy your posts. The personal attacks get old (by not just you).

Have a good1 James.
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Mrs. Dribbles?
 
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Ricker said:
We have a quality recruiting class that just needs icing on the cake. I coveted Powell & Jackson for their 3 pt shooting and Gabriel as an elite versatile talent in spite of our quality depth at his position. Kegler I have always viewed as a long shot. I hope we don't get skunked. We need a 4th guard and x-Bruce Brown there are only 7 guards left in the top 150 and 3 of them are 5'10 +/- and most are geographically where we have little history. There also doesn't seem to be much alternative uncommitted 3 pt talent at SF. Alpha Diallo would be a great warrior to get involved with but it doesn't seem like we will be adding to this class from many other 2016 prospects. It looks like any additions will have to be reclassifications from 2017, 5th year transfers in the spring, juco, overseas, or much less coveted seniors. Fingers crossed for Jackson.
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alpha diallo... we need him like a hole in the head or a third tit. basically a worst version of larrier. The biggest concern for KO is having another guard/ball handler off the bench , not just sam cassell jr. that spells disaster. A hamidou diallo reclassification would be ground breaking and nearly on par with dre's reclassifying back in 2011. He has every reason to reclassify and straight up start at the 2 in 2016, it'll hurt if he stays put and dips to UK or kansas cuse some ish.
 
James said:
alpha diallo... we need him like a hole in the head or a third tit. basically a worst version of larrier.
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Say Hamilton declares for the draft this year. Larrier will be eligible and Omar will have graduated, Rodney may be going pro after this year as well. Who else on the roster will be able to play the 3 besides maybe Durham (whom I see tending more towards the 4)?
 
Stairmaster said:
Say Hamilton declares for the draft this year. Larrier will be eligible and Omar will have graduated, Rodney may be going pro after this year as well. Who else on the roster will be able to play the 3 besides maybe Durham (whom I see tending more towards the 4)?
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i'll go on record hamilton isn't going to be in the 2016 draft, but your point is valid. we need wing depth too, i just think backcourt/ballhandling playmakers is a much higher need. either playmaking/skilled shooting wing ( not raw), or a guard who can pass to aid cassell. Alpha comes off as a scoring sg interested in buckets and thats it. but i mean if thats whats left on the table, by all means suit him up in husky blue.
 
James said:
i'll go on record hamilton isn't going to be in the 2016 draft, but your point is valid. we need wing depth too, i just think backcourt/ballhandling playmakers is a much higher need. either playmaking/skilled shooting wing ( not raw), or a guard who can pass to aid cassell. Alpha comes off as a scoring sg interested in buckets and thats it. but i mean if thats whats left on the table, by all means suit him up in husky blue.
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I would be pleasantly shocked if Hamilton came back for his junior year.
 
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