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And here I thought NIL was all about going forward - looks like the NCAA is about to put a settlement offer to a vote of its members which both pays past athletes appx $3B in payments for lost NIL - about half from NCAA reserves and half from withheld NCAA tournament disbursements. This would...

IMHO part of the equation - the other part is where does he have a better chance to develop and demonstrate the perimeter shooting skills I expect he is being told he has to develop. Will GT allow him to expand his game to show the perimeter skills - most likely by moving him to the 4 spot or...

Wow. Thought he was entrenched at Fox

5 assists. Most of anybody in the game including guards. That is his ability to make plays in the pick and roll game. Question will be can he play the five in the NBA against bigger people

I used Mutombo as he is the flavor of the month (hour). Whoever we put at the five instead of Ndongo has to be able to play the pick and roll game as well as he did and Ndongo has to be able to shoot from the perimeter or we have to play a totally different offense. Otherwise we have weakened...

FWIW we very rarely play a 5 as a post or back to the basket game. Doesn’t mean we can’t or won’t next year but the system we ran last year was a high ball screen from the 5 with a roll from the top of the key. The 5 has to be able to play in motion and handle the ball around the foul line and...

I am not so sure he is a 4 unless and until he extends his shooting range. Our 4 needs to be able to make a 3 from the corner - or at least be a threat to make a 3 from the corner - and at the moment that ain't Baye. He is elite at the 5 spot in our offense. I am not sure who is going to...

What? Baye is our weakest position? He put up 12 and 8 (second leading scorer and leading rebounder). Plus he played the roll in our system at a very high level - especially the short roll which is critical to the system CDS runs. Yea he gets overpowered on occasion but he also outran...

GP on the other site confirmed Ndongo got an invite to the G League camp

That wasn't my point. Get a solid big for matchups is great. Thinking we are going to play with a double 7' post approach ain't in the cards as I read them.

I don't think that approach is in CDS's playbook. He is much more of a perimeter approach - keep the lane open - and have a mobile big roll hard to the hole off of a high screen. I can't see him doing an old school UNC double post approach.

For what it’s worth I doubt CDS would have recruited Edy if he could have. I don’t think he wants to run a back to the basket offense and he wants to be a lot faster as a team than Edy would allow him to be. Just my opinion watching him

Players overall are more athletic and skilled (handle / shooting) than they were in the 80's. Agree that players who stay 4/5 or Covid 6 years are more physically developed than one and done guys but IMHO that isn't the biggest issue. The much more widespread ability to shoot from beyond the 3...

I buy one of your arguments but not the other. So I guess I’m batting 500 which puts me in the Hall of Fame😎 Lammers was very good at getting the ball at the high post and facilitating. But he was getting it with his back to the basket and turning and shooting or looking to pass after that. He...

I will put forward an alternative view. With this roster I think we need a 4 who can stretch the floor but also provide some defensive rebounding and defense. That is the hole we have in the roster right now. I know folks are thinking about rim defense but our offensive system makes the 5...