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  1. I worded that badly. What I meant is that if Mitchell comes back it is going to be a battle between the two of them to see who starts. If we started Mitchell last year as a freshman, it is going to be very hard for Holland to unseat him as a freshman. Maybe he will, but then Mitchell is going to be pissed that he came back just to have a lesser role than last year. Either way, if both Mitchell and Holland end up on campus, they will each eat into the other one's minutes and touches.
  2. If I could only pick one (and in reality, that is probably all we have starters minutes for) from Tyrin Lawrence, Dillon Mitchell and Ron Holland, I take Lawrence. And he is still on the table. All of them are actually.
  3. If Dillon Mitchell comes back, he isn't a sure lock to start at Texas. And even if he was, his minutes would be trimmed significantly.
  4. It sucks to lose Holland, but in this day and age it is a VERY rare freshman wing that is better than what you can get from the top end of the portal. For our particular team next year, I would rather have Tyrin Lawrence out of Virginia (who has 2 years left) than Ron Holland, who is almost guaranteed to be a one-and-done. A 3-guard lineup of Hunter, Abmas and Lawrence with Weaver off the bench is the type of team that can win a title. If Holland comes here you HAVE to start him. Just like we had to start Mitchell last year even though we were a better team when we went small with Rice. You may all disagree, but I would actually rather give minutes at the 3 to Brock Cunningham. He was a vastly better on-court player than Dillon Mitchell last year... and he will be a better player than Ron Holland this year, despite the fact that Mitchell and Holland may both turn into decent NBA players some day. Now if Dillon Mitchell returns to Texas with another year of seasoning, he could be very impactful. I'm going to reserve any fretting about this loss until I see how we fill the open spot that it leaves. We need GUARDS and this opens up a lot of playing time to get one.
  5. Weaver would be a great get. There is no guarantee Hunter returns. We need some quality guards - and he is another efficient one averaging >40% from 3. Plus at 6'3 he gives us a little more size - and he seems to be a good rebounder. Hopefully we are on the phone with Tyrin Lawrence as well. I doubt he would come off the bench, but he would be an A+ backup plan if Tyrese Hunter bolts.
  6. As you know there are a lot of recruiting sites and they have different opinions. I'm don't think many expect Shedrick to be a star, but he is a fantastic add to start at center alongside Disu (or Holland / Mitchell / Cunningham if we go small). Here are the rankings from some of the other sites: 247 - #14 overall, #4 Center USAToday - #20 overall On3 - #40 overall, #7 Center Fansided - #41 overall Tarheel Times- #7 overall (based mainly on adjusted efficiency) Rivals - #48 overall, #7 Center
  7. When Chris Beard got here, if we had the the chance to bring in either Bob Donewald or Frank Haith, I'm curious what the consensus opinion would have been. I personally would go with Haith, but both are great options. The last team that Donewald has stayed with for more than 3 years is.... <checks notes> ??? <double checks notes> Turns out he has never stayed with a team for more than 3 years in his 28 year career and has 18 stops.
  8. Updated: Returning players: Brock Cunningham, Alex Anamekwe, Dylan Disu (Apr 23) Incoming Transfers: Kaden Shedrick (Apr 23), Max Abmas (Apr 28) Incoming freshmen: Ron Holland (#5 National) Potential commits: Chendall Weaver (G, UTA), Tyrin Lawrence (G, Vanderbilt), Ze'Rik Onyema (F, UTEP) Outgoing Transfers: Arterio Morris, Rowan Brumbaugh NBA Early Entries: *Dillon Mitchell (potential top-25 pick), *Tyrese Hunter (probably back) Decommits: AJ Johnson (#20 National)
  9. Max Abmas is a better scorer than anyone we had on the roster last year. You have to go back a ways to find any guards at UT who score as well as he does AND as efficiently as he does. Abrams (funny the spelling is so close) is about as close as we have, but he wasn't nearly as versatile of a player. And yes, I realize that he was doing this in the Summit League. But he also did in in the NCAA Tourney. And he was doing it with very little help, so the other defense could completely key on him. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he averages ~20 points and also gets close to 6 assists per game next year. Best UT guard scoring seasons: Max Abmas ('21) - 24.5 PTS, 3.8 AST, 3.4 TRB, 42.1 3P%, 63.1 TS% - NCAA All-Region Team (Oral Roberts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcus Carr ('21) - 19.4 PTS, 4.9 AST, 4.0 TRB, 37.1 3P%, 51.7 TS% - Big 10 3rd Team (Wisconsin) Tyrese Hunter ('22) - 11.0 PTS, 4.9 AST, 3.5 TRB, 27.4 3P%, 47.5 TS% - Big 12 RoY (Iowa State) Sir'Jabari Rice ('23) - 13.0 PTS, 2.0 AST, 3.5 TRB, 37.1 3P%, 61.0 TS% - Big 12 6MoY (Texas) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Coleman ('21) - 13.2 PTS, 4.0 AST, 3.5 TRB, 37.7 3P%, 60.2 TS% - Big 12 3rd Team Isaiah Taylor ('16) - 15.0 PTS, 5.0 AST, 2.8 TRB, 31.1 3P%, 52.5 TS% - Big 12 1st Team Myck Kabongo ('13) - 14.6 PTS, 5.5 AST, 5.0 TRB, 29.6 3P%, 54.9 TS% J'Covan Brown ('12) - 20.1 PTS, 3.8 AST, 3.4 TRB, 36.9 3P%, 55.0 TS% - Big 12 1st Team AJ Abrams ('09) - 16.6 PTS, 1.3 AST, 2.2 TRB, 39.6 3P%, 55.7 TS% - Big 12 2nd Team DJ Augustin ('08) - 19.2 PTS, 5.8 AST, 2.9 TRB, 38.1 3P%, 55.7 TS% - 1st Team All-American
  10. This is a pretty uninformed take. What kind of NIL deal do you think he would get here?
  11. A lot of us were saying to be patient. The portal is dynamic and players get added continually. And that patience has been rewarded. No need to bicker. Let’s enjoy the fact that we have all the big pieces now. Everything else is just finding the right complementary pieces.
  12. This thread is dead. How bout some good news up in here.
  13. I’m not sure we need a β€œpoint guard”. It would be fine having both Abmas and Hunter and just use the two interchangeably. Plus whenever one is taking a break 10 min a game, the other will be the main ball handler. Carr and Hunter both played a lot of lead guard minutes last year.
  14. Obviously I want Abmas to come here. But having both him and Tyrese Hunter is going to be pretty small at guard. It won't be the end of the world if we wind up with: Tyrese Hunter, 6-0, G – 10.3 PTS, 3.0 REB, 2.5 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.2 BLK, 80.0% FT, 44.6% 2P%, 33.7% 3P%, 30.3 MP, 73 GS, 1.8 TO – 2 yrs left Tyrin Lawrence, 6-4, G – Vanderbilt – 13.1 PTS, 4.4 REB, 1.7 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.1 BLK, 74.3% FT, 56.3% 2P%, 36.0% 3P%, 29 MP, 52 GS, 1.8 TO – 2 yrs left Chendall Weaver, 6-3, G – UTA – 9.5 PTS, 4.6 REB, 2.0 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.4 BLK, 70.3% FT, 46.5% 2P%, 40.2% 3P%, 29 MP, 25 GS, 1.2 TO – 3 yrs left Plus Perryman and some minutes from Brock at SG.
  15. Switch coaches and those games are all Suns blowouts. Ty Lue was able to get every last bit of productivity out of Westbrook. They were hanging tough by playing crazy hard. If you add Kawhi and/or Paul George it would have changed the dynamic a lot. It probably goes seven games, but I still think Suns win. Curious if the Clippers keep Westbrook.
  16. Boston went from gentleman's sweep to being in real danger of losing this series in one shot. Atlanta has a good chance of winning the next one at home. Then anything can happen in game 7.
  17. That is in the running for the worst take I have ever seen on this site, and that is saying something.
  18. Wat. KD was incredible at Texas. Had one of the best seasons by any player at the college level. The team was just waaaay too young to capitalize on it. Interesting question. Decided to go back and do a little research. This would be my order of liking the one-and-dones: Kevin Durant – 25.8 PTS, 11.1 TRB, 1.3 AST, 1.9 BLK – National PoY Sir’Jabari Rice – 13.0 PTS, 3.5 TRB, 2.0 AST, 86.3 FT% – Big 12 6MoY (Made Elite Eight) Mo Bamba – 12.9 PTS, 10.5 TRB, 3.7 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, UT Blocks Record, Hit rap song (Lost 1st Round) Tristan Thompson – 13.1 PTS, 7.8 TRB, 2.4 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Lost 2nd Round to Arizona) Myles Turner – 10.1 PTS, 6.5 TRB, 2.6 BLK – All-Big 12 3rd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Lost 1st Round) Jarrett Allen – 13.4 PTS, 8.4 TRB, 1.5 BLK – Big-12 All-Freshman (No NCAA Tourney) Jaxson Hayes – 10.0 PTS, 5.0 TRB, 2.2 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Won NIT) Corey Joseph – 10.4 PTS, 3.0 AST, 1.0 STL – Big-12 All-Freshman (Lost 2nd Round to Arizona) Ioannis Papapetrou – 8.3 PTS, 4.4 TRB, 1.2 AST – (Lost 1st Round of CBI) Greg Brown – 9.3 PTS, 6.2 TRB, 1.2 3PT – Big-12 All-Freshman (Lost 1st Round to ACU)
  19. I like that he has 3 years left. Get some player continuity up in here. Right now we basically have zero guards. We need 3 of Tyrese Hunter, Max Abmas, Tyrin Lawrence, Chendall Weaver. Any three out of that four would be fantastic.
  20. In my opinion, the only way that Ron Holland isn't in our starting lineup is if Dillon Mitchell is back. And even then, it will be a very interesting decision who starts at the 3. I could see a lot of minutes with a lineup like: Hunter + Abmas + Holland + Mitchell + Disu. That is a mobile, athletic, fast AF team that would be a nightmare to match up against on both ends of the court.
  21. Dude played pretty well as a freshman and won WAC RoY. Decent size. Shot >40% from 3. Low turnovers. Seems like a good add. That said, UTA was 11-21 last year. I would prefer to get players from winning programs if possible. Wonder if Chris Ogden started his recruitment to UTA when he was there.
  22. Abmas only has a year left so it doesn't really matter that much to K-State whether he plays for Texas or Baylor.
  23. What good is it having the most money if you don't use that money to win? Just to brag about?
  24. Looking at how the minutes might shake out if Mitchell and Hunter come back and we add Abmas. I'm not seeing how we have room for Onyema or any other 3/4/5 in that scenario. We really need to add another capable guard. I could see it looking something like this, with the orange highlighting the starters. (Note that we generally average ~220 minutes when you account for missed games due to injury and such). If Mitchell doesn't come back and we fail to add another guard, then we will need Onyema. We would also need Hunter and Abmas to log pretty big minutes (about what Carr did last year). Brock would also have to pick up the load at SG. I don't think this team would be bad, but it really only goes 7 deep.
  25. We should be looking at this guy Arterio Morris who is in the portal.
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