How about Voshon Lenard? He was certainly well thought of out of high school in Detroit. But I think he outdid expectations. And he helped us beat the Fab Five! All he did was score more points than any other player in Minnesota history.
Vincent Grier was a major, happy, surprise. Bill Duffy was a major disappointment, but huge success after he transferred from the Gophers. He came here lauded as one of the top recruits from California. But Jim Dutcher wasn’t able to get much more than a point a game from him. He transferred to...
That Will Wade is a sparkling paragon of virtue, I tell you. “Will Wade of LSU had lamented the difficulties of unsuccessfully trying to recruit future Milwaukee Bucks point guard Javonte Smart. “I’ll be honest with you,” Wade had told Dawkins on the recording. “I’m fucking tired of dealing...
We should replace him with Brendan Rigsbee of Georgia College. In 2023-24 hit 32 of 70 from 3 point range. 17 points per game. I think he may have been injured this past season as he appears to have played just one game, scoring 15.