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He really is the Golden Child of the league. Even with what he said, it somehow turns into something cool for him. I highly doubt they give that same courtesy to a lot of other NBA players saying the same thing.

That's all part of the long-term goal of acquiring Anthony Davis. Bend over backwards for Rich Paul.

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Very true although Duke may not be quite the same without in my opinion their ace card in Jeff Capel who was an incredible recruiter that adjusted to the one and done in frankly outstanding ways.

I buy this but much worse I buy the idea that some, if not more than half of all current college coaches could take this current roster and add college prime Magic Johnson (of course the key being many coaches would alter their system to fit Magic's unique gifts) and immediately feel like they are a Top 10 team and real contender. I would not feel that confident with our current coach at all.

And if the Cowboys also begin to be dominant again, just watch how they show up for that bandwagon too. Normal Cowboy fans become swamped...

It's Anthony Davis. Maybe not next year but it's coming.

As much as it stings, I'd rather have taken the recruit we got from OU than lose the one we likely lose to them right now.

I'm more confident in Orlando for Georgia's scheme even though they have a talent advantage. I'm more worried about the offensive line against Georgia's DL than our defense. Of course I wonder why we have perhaps the best defensive strength for pro style offenses in theory given our strongest rivals in conference and how they play offense.

I don't have much to say about this program right now...just...yeah...sorry.

Granted it is not the same minutes as some players and it's early, but right now I believe Kleber is 5th in Defensive Rating and 3rd in Net Rating in the entire NBA. Not bad.

They have had a lot more road games (I think so anyway) though too. They should come together great long-term although I do think the new offensive rules have hurt them a little (they relied a lot on their physical defense more than some other elite teams) and Brown in particular seems to have not developed from last year. It may be tough to get the #1 seed at this point and that might matter a little at the end. Toronto is for real too, so I think the East is pretty tight this year, more than I thought before the season started. My main concerns with Boston are still can they be elite offensively and is Kyrie being your best superstar with the sum is greater than the parts type of roster enough paired against greater superstars on the other contenders?

I can buy that -- I'm not miserable this year to be frank. I just hope long-term our consistent performance metric is to always be right there with OU for the conference, a perennial 10 win team, and some years get a little lucky in a game or two or a little extra talent with a generational player (Young example) that can take a great team that can win 10+ games to an elite one that can win it all. I'm not optimistic enough to believe we can just dominate like Alabama or even Clemson's recent run at this program quite yet.

My long term goal is to win the conference title more often than Oklahoma with the realization that on occasion Oklahoma might win it as the programs in theory at their best should be pretty close in talent year after year. With those conference titles it usually means a CFP berth.

As long Ohio State doesn't get in, I think I can live with anyone else as I think they are the weakest of the teams being considered for the 4th slot. It would however be a travesty in some ways if Oklahoma doesn't get in this thing.

The online mode is definitely slow on the cash (microtransactions obviously in mind) but so far it's pretty fun but there is no passive mode (except your camp) so you can get serious grief out there. Wife tried for literally two hours to make a decent looking female character instead of playing. She then spent about 30 minutes on my guy at the barber shop getting him a look she liked, lol.

I really wonder what the odds would have been if at the start of the year you could have bet on Dallas having the best record of the three Texas teams this late in the season.

There is no one I would rather have as the face and ambassador of the NBA than Curry due to his combination of elite talent and brand friendliness/good optics and there is no other player I'd rather have sponsor my brand especially into markets like China and Asia in general. I think he might be the greatest organizational superstar I have seen in a long time, and Dirk is absolutely the right comparison in terms of that standard.

Totally fair.

People should just spam Grier's feed with Horns Up over and over, and I also personally am not offended by the Horns Down, but totally fair to go back at him.

It's hard to get official measurements for 100% accuracy before an NBA team looks at it sometimes, but I've seen reported wingspans of roughly 6 foot 4 to 6 foot 5 or so. When I look at him, he seems to have a wingspan slightly longer than his height but not much more. (but if he plays PG, he isn't small) But, it's a far cry from the alien Bamba with wingspan to height ratio. Having said that, I don't think his defense long-term (I think he will guard more 1s than say 3s of course) is a huge concern if effort and development is there. His offense is what will either keep him in the league or playing in another league overseas. I personally think he can hit 40% from 3 if he maintains good shot selection reasonably well. I'm sometimes not excited about an NBA prospect not leaving when they can leave but in his case he might benefit greatly from the extra year based on the development already seen from last year.

So far so good for Roach for his draft status moving up I think. He has already shown some better flashes early this season with a dominating performance against a very good team, and while it's still early, his assist to turnover ratio is much better so far, his FT shooting is over 70% versus 60s and his usage has gone up from last year while his turnover percentage has gone down in half from last year despite the heavier usage, which is a very big change. His three NBA "concern" areas are probably his shooting, skepticism about having true PG skills, and his wingspan if he has to defend longer guards/wings although I think many would consider him a potential plus defender if he develops well. If he can crack 40% from 3, maybe 75% from the charity stripe, and maintain a better turnover efficiency all year, his draft stock will absolutely go up.

The NCAA could create a new bylaw under this type of example regulation below (this is current stuff) to bar high school athletes from being eligible for NCAA play. That would shut it down quick although it would be a huge lift to get this passed perhaps. The Longhorn Network (not the same as ESPN to the NCAA I bet because Fox Sports and other televise high school games) itself would be argued to be too much of an extension of one institution and they might try and create a bylaw to address this type of network specifically versus ESPN which is more of a generalized sports network. c. Publicity  All Sports. (1) You are not eligible if, before you enrolled at your institution, your institution publicized any visit that you made to its campus. [Bylaw 13.10.5] (2) You are not eligible if, before you enrolled at your institution, you appeared on a radio or television program that involved a coach or another member of the staff of the athletics department at your institution. [Bylaw 13.10.3]

I think he's worth a look too -- he's a good shooter and will probably get the best looks of his career so far with Houston if he meshes well. I don't know how much he can help defensively. Even though Houston lost this past game, they should be ok for a bit, they are playing better now.

10-44 from 3 and 20-30 from the charity stripe if I remember.