Texas Basketball Recruiting Notes: Shaka Edition

[cafe society 2860]

Derka Chameleon... you come and go.

[hornfromdallas 334]

u can thank that fucc boi for this info i just received 

Spoiler

 

i called my cousin to ask a couple questions because goo punch was being  a fucc boi

joplin is committed that makes 2 silents he will make his official very soon 

btw my fam will be 100 percent full pads next week 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2020 by hornfromdallas

[texasstrong12 4668]

35 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:

the moment collins committed shaka started working on joplin & stopped his adams pitch 

shaka liked joplin better i dont know whats so hard about comprehending this 

joplin has a midrange shot & can shoot 3's adams can not 

 

Joplin has offers from Wisconsin, Ohio State, Marquette, Iowa, and Butler. All good programs. I can get why people would question the Itejere and Ellis takes based on the offer list but Joplin is far from a bad take. 

Joplin is going to end up a composite 100ish type very similar to Adams. Even if you think Adams was a take it's not like they're replacing a 5 star with a random 3 star that nobody has heard of before. Joplin has been one of the most talked about names on the summer circuit. 

 

Edited August 8, 2020 by texasstrong12

[shadow_operative 15932]

yeah nobody should feel like Joplin is a bad take, or a guy we only took because we didn't land Adams. Joplin will be a good player who is likely a 4-year guy, which should be a welcome sight to all UT basketball fans. 

[Revolution512 1487]

Goddamnit the recruiting thread used to be a place Derka didn’t dwell

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

2 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

Goddamnit the recruiting thread used to be a place Derka didn’t dwell

yeah, i'm what's bad about this thread, and not these weirdo "fucc bois" who keep angrily threatening everyone who disagrees with them and bragging about how their cousin is friends with some players. jesus. 

edit- oh and a great addition to the thread on your part. self awareness is clearly your strong suit. 

Edited August 8, 2020 by shadow_operative

[dilloncp98 79]

I have a friend who’s pretty tapped into Austin basketball. Last off-season he was saying Brock needed to play more for us. I had no clue because I only really look at rankings. My same friend doesn’t think KJ is very good.

[Revolution512 1487]

6 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

yeah, i'm what's bad about this thread, and not these weirdo "fucc bois" who keep angrily threatening everyone who disagrees with them and bragging about how their cousin is friends with some players. jesus. 

edit- oh and a great addition to the thread on your part. self awareness is clearly your strong suit. 

“Angrily threatening anyone that disagrees with them”.......goes on to lecture about self-awareness........that’s so you. It’s cute. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

"doesn't think KJ is very good", lmao. quick, someone tell Chris Beard or Bill Self to hire this guy's friend! i mean they, along with every other coach and recruiting service in the country thought that KJ >>> Brock, but hey, your friend is tapped into the Austin basketball scene!

 it's so funny how there wasn't a negative word said about KJ, nor a single thing about how Texas didn't want him, until after he chose to go to Kansas. the truth is that KJ's game and physical attributes have all clearly improved over the last year, only KJ isn't 6'9" or 6'10" like people projected him to be at this stage, so he's dropped in the rankings. thats it. his play for both his AAU and HS teams speaks for itself- he's the best player/alpha dog on Team Griffin, which has a ton of D-1 talent on it, including Damion Collins, who we all still like/want to come to Texas- that is, unless he commits to OU, in which case he sucks and we never wanted him anyway, right?

the tape, the stats, the W/L record, the work ethic, the physique, the fact that he led a team of short white kids who will never play ball after HS to a 33-2 record last year- anyone who thinks that he's "not very good" shouldn't be taken seriously, even if he's your friend. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

also, as for these hyper aggressive Dallas guys who keep bragging about their connections, let's run down what we have here:

you have a cousin, who is friends with some players on the team, and apparently you think that Shaka and staff keep all of their players totally tuned in to the program's recruiting comings and goings. those players then get in touch w your cousin, who then tells you what's what, so that you can come here and tell all of us what's what. yup, sounds super plausible and air tight.

meanwhile all i have is dozens of lifelong, first hand connections to the program, including countless current and former players, coaches, SID's, AD's, pxp guys, you name it, as well as a relationship with the player in question, PLUS, a metric shot ton of circumstantial evidence (you know, like KU, BU, TTU, Rick Pitino, etc all trying to sign KJ) which all points towards KJ spurning Texas, and not the other way around. hmm, tough call on what to believe here. could go either way.

[shadow_operative 15932]

and as for revolution512, seriously- take a step back, look at yourself, and reevaluate. everyone else here is talking recruiting; you are in here whining about my presence, and nothing more. nobody is derka'ing this thread but you. 

[realgreggym 835]

Guys, the all time assists per game leader playing at least 200 games for the Spurs would have been a 2 star if there were ratings back then. There are plenty of under the radar kids that once they get good coaching  and in a good strength program can blow up big time. Its not always about how many stars and what offers a young man has. 

Some kids mature faster than others and a good coach can spot those kids. Let see what some of these kids do once they get on campus.

[cafe society 2860]

20 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

Guys, the all time assists per game leader playing at least 200 games for the Spurs would have been a 2 star if there were ratings back then. There are plenty of under the radar kids that once they get good coaching  and in a good strength program can blow up big time. Its not always about how many stars and what offers a young man has. 

Some kids mature faster than others and a good coach can spot those kids. Let see what some of these kids do once they get on campus.

I hear ya, Doc, but let's not compare Shaka to Abe.

[shadow_operative 15932]

6 minutes ago, cafe society said:

I hear ya, Doc, but let's not compare Shaka to Abe.

during his time at Texas Shaka has won one zero more tourney games than a dead man.

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, cafe society said:

I hear ya, Doc, but let's not compare Shaka to Abe.

He wasn't recruited by Abe.

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

during his time at Texas Shaka has won one zero more tourney games than a dead man.

And he still knows more about hoops than you.

[Teryor 4450]

6 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

And he still knows more about hoops than you.

Hasn't proven to know more about hoops than most of his peers he's competing against though, which is kinda an issue

[cafe society 2860]

7 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

He wasn't recruited by Abe.

I know, Coach Black.  But he developed under Abe.  Developed being an understatement.

[shadow_operative 15932]

15 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

And he still knows more about hoops than you.

and that's our standard, as long as Shaka is here.

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

and that's our standard, as long as Shaka is here.

I was referring to the fact that as long as Abe has been gone, he still knows more than you. BTW, just because you know peolpe doesn't mean that you have a clue about hoops.

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, cafe society said:

I know, Coach Black.  But he developed under Abe.  Developed being an understatement.

How do you know that. Were you at practice every day? If I remember, Abe didn't start coaching Junior until his 3rd year.

[shadow_operative 15932]

32 minutes ago, realgreggym said:

I was referring to the fact that as long as Abe has been gone, he still knows more than you. BTW, just because you know peolpe doesn't mean that you have a clue about hoops.

which is why i don't go around crowing about how my cousin is super connected with the players on the team. in fact that was the exact point i was making after dallasguy played the "my cousin" card for the tenth time; i know people too, but constantly running my mouth about it won't make anything i say carry more weight, especially if all i'm ever doing is insulting and attacking every "fucc boi" (using this unironically is really something else) who has a different opinion.

state your opinion; back it up as best as you can with stats, facts, and empirical data; enjoy the discussion, and don't take it too seriously. we're literally talking about where a bunch of kids might go play school in the future. it's not that big of a deal. 

[hornfromdallas 334]

4 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

also, as for these hyper aggressive Dallas guys who keep bragging about their connections, let's run down what we have here:

you have a cousin, who is friends with some players on the team, and apparently you think that Shaka and staff keep all of their players totally tuned in to the program's recruiting comings and goings. those players then get in touch w your cousin, who then tells you what's what, so that you can come here and tell all of us what's what. yup, sounds super plausible and air tight.

meanwhile all i have is dozens of lifelong, first hand connections to the program, including countless current and former players, coaches, SID's, AD's, pxp guys, you name it, as well as a relationship with the player in question, PLUS, a metric shot ton of circumstantial evidence (you know, like KU, BU, TTU, Rick Pitino, etc all trying to sign KJ) which all points towards KJ spurning Texas, and not the other way around. hmm, tough call on what to believe here. could go either way.

my cousin is a fooking starter on the football team his best friend is on the fooking basketball team 

he has first hand knowledge of the recruiting so stop being a fooking opp

face the fact fucc boi the kid u pedaled for 3 fooking years texas stopped recruiting 

i asked my fam about you  you dont have connections your just a stan who people try to avoid 

[shadow_operative 15932]

50 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:

my cousin is a fooking starter on the football team his best friend is on the fooking basketball team 

 

ok now this is how i picture you:

 

 

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

which is why i don't go around crowing about how my cousin is super connected with the players on the team. in fact that was the exact point i was making after dallasguy played the "my cousin" card for the tenth time; i know people too, but constantly running my mouth about it won't make anything i say carry more weight, especially if all i'm ever doing is insulting and attacking every "fucc boi" (using this unironically is really something else) who has a different opinion.

state your opinion; back it up as best as you can with stats, facts, and empirical data; enjoy the discussion, and don't take it too seriously. we're literally talking about where a bunch of kids might go play school in the future. it's not that big of a deal. 

All that you have been doing since you started posting here is crowing about all the players you know, etc. You even did so earlier today. Big deal. That doesn't mean crap. I was friends with Dr Cooley but that doesn't mean I know heart surgery. I know more players than you do and you know what I call them? I call them fellow teammates. And as far as stating an opinion, you have yet to learn that your opinion isn't a fact and that a differing of an opinion from yours doesn't mean that the other poster is wrong. Maybe you'll figure that out one day. And btw, I am about 90% sure that I know who your Dad is and if I am right, your Dad had interviewed me when he was a member of the Austin sports media. 

[RGBIII 22838]

[realgreggym 835]

37 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I'm obviously the better looking one.

[cafe society 2860]

4 hours ago, realgreggym said:

How do you know that. Were you at practice every day? If I remember, Abe didn't start coaching Junior until his 3rd year.

I thought Johnny Moore was a freshman in 1976.  Abe showed up in Austin in 1976.  Moore's rookie year with the Spurs was 1980.  But sure, you're absolutely right, he was a finished product when he arrived.

[realgreggym 835]

1 hour ago, cafe society said:

I thought Johnny Moore was a freshman in 1976.  Abe showed up in Austin in 1976.  Moore's rookie year with the Spurs was 1980.  But sure, you're absolutely right, he was a finished product when he arrived.

I believe that Abe showed up after that season, Junior's soph season was over. I never said that he was a finished product when he arrived but to discount his first 2 years of development was inaccurate.

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

So shadow is derka? how many accounts do you need? depends on which personality he is that day?

[Ricky's one-hitter 9084]

This has been a fun weekend for this thread.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[Getafix 28567]

From 247 / Jerry Meyer.

 

 

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[texifornia 56868]

13 minutes ago, Getafix said:

From 247 / Jerry Meyer.

 

 

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[texifornia 56868]

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[jeevsie 3733]

 

[Bevo 13569]

On 8/8/2020 at 8:34 PM, realgreggym said:

All that you have been doing since you started posting here is crowing about all the players you know, etc. You even did so earlier today. Big deal. That doesn't mean crap. I was friends with Dr Cooley but that doesn't mean I know heart surgery. I know more players than you do and you know what I call them? I call them fellow teammates. And as far as stating an opinion, you have yet to learn that your opinion isn't a fact and that a differing of an opinion from yours doesn't mean that the other poster is wrong. Maybe you'll figure that out one day. And btw, I am about 90% sure that I know who your Dad is and if I am right, your Dad had interviewed me when he was a member of the Austin sports media. 

 

[realgreggym 835]

6 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

I am still the better looking one although I am not sure which one that is.

[texifornia 56868]

On 6/28/2020 at 2:59 PM, texifornia said:

Dual-sport guy

https://247sports.com/Player/Anthony-Black-46094020/

Carrington started following him, so guess he's playing football now: https://247sports.com/Player/Anthony-Black-46094020/

[Revolution512 1487]

On 7/31/2020 at 10:08 PM, hornfromdallas said:

its because 5* damion collins has been a silent for more than a month now

Sup

[texifornia 56868]

3 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

Sup

Did something happen? I mean, it's been pretty heavily hinted from every source for a while now.

[Revolution512 1487]

He called it on 6/20, just giving out some props

[Ricky's one-hitter 9084]

13 hours ago, texifornia said:

Carrington started following him, so guess he's playing football now: https://247sports.com/Player/Anthony-Black-46094020/

Or perhaps not

 

 

[texifornia 56868]

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[MexHorn 152]

David Joplin just Committed

 

 

 

 

 

[Radical Larry 28566]

[MexHorn 152]

 

[TexMexBuddha 987]

Joplin is going to be a really good player. These are the kind of players that Texas has had some success turning into workhorses at the next level.

I am an ATX-homer, but I agree that Joplin will be better than Adams.

[hornfromdallas 334]

thats 1 of the 2 silents collins should be dropping soon as well possibly next week