Recent content by GopherPlaya

Not skilled imo. His game is predicated on being a physical freak athlete that can get to the rim because of his first step. Now he’s going against people who athleticism isn’t far off from his

He isn't a shooter. Most his points come from finishing at the rim due to his strength and footwork. He can shoot but definitely not a Sharpshooter

How does Grove have more upside?

That is correct. A change of address is necessary and it must be out of the current school district for a kid to be eligible

I think Ben not starting Payne is part of the reason he is gone. He never seem happy last year and that could have played a factor. Christie being 1 & done has nothing to do with portal but Hawkins leaving is a direct result of the portal. Also Hawkins being here is because of the portal. We...

It’s def a crazy idea on the surface, but we shouldn’t just think it doesn’t have a chance. With this being NIL era, selling NBA connections and opportunities to play early for a coach who can have his guys stop by may be beneficial. He has experience even tho it wasn’t the greatest, but if he...

I don’t see it working out that great. He’s probably not a Big Ten player tbh

If we get 3 years out of a player compared to a 1 year rental, we will have a better chance at building culture. The football team isn't losing their premier kids on a regular basis. Outside of Bucky Irving what other guys are we losing there that have been impactful. A roster full of transfers...

We lost a transfer who we got from the portal, and two of the three MN players we didn't retain left for reasons they would have before NIL or the portal existed. You dont think JOJ or Carrington falling out of the rotation played a part in those two leaving. Christie going to the NBA should be...

That means we will be getting low-tier transfers, which is why we are continuously at the bottom of the Big Ten. We have a better chance at getting and developing freshmen than getting transfers who can get us over the top. We can agree to disagree, but a Jr transfer will cost more NIL money...

If we are a feeder program then trying to build our squad via the portal will not be a sustainable model

Great question. It doesn't make much sense to me.

We don't need a savior local class but we damn sure need shooters and Christian is easily one of the better shooters in the state. Also how was Carrington, Payne, & JOJ the savior class when none of them were top 5 rank players locally in that class. We whiffed on the guys ranked above.

How has it become irrelevant? If anything it would be more advantageous for us to go after high school players and develop then trying to go all portal kids. We have lived in the portal during the Johnson era and it hasn't solved much.

Exactly that's why I don't get the gripes and complaints about going after high school kids. Either way there will be kids who move on, but in my opinion, we are more likely to get multiple years from a freshman compared to a transfer