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Oh, come on. You can't honestly believe that?

This isn't the kind of deal where's Cam's desperate for money, or acting impulsively. His parents do just fine financially, so there's no hardship motivation. His brother knows the process from being in the league, and traveling the same path. His agent has undoubtedly spoken with the NBA...

Sounds about right to me? Other teams could surely have offered more, but it's enough so he didn't HAVE to leave over money.

It's telling that even in those rare instances where Hawkins was outmatched physically, CBJ didn't slide Mitchell over to play PG, or even to defend the opposing PG. Ryan James said during the season that the staff wished they had a stronger PG who they could have gone to in those situations...

Hawkins was a very good defender. One of our best. Ive never heard of anyone who thought he was a bad defender. I find your take absolutely bizarre. Yes, there a few specific guards he did not match up with physically, but even in those situations he was a net neutral thanks to his ball...

You agree Odukale is a quality player, you'd just like to have another wing, correct?

My point is Minnesota was looking for a big, defensive wing, who could give us the thing we lacked most last season, or who could step in, and be the starter if Christie left. We got that in Odukale. The need for another wing dropped way down the priority list at that point. I get that you love...

JoJ was also playing the Wing last season, and again to your point, should Christie have sat? Make no mistake, JoJ is a good player. The posters here who claim he didn't play because he stinks, or didn't play defense, don't understand basketball. It was a numbers game. When Garcia & Payne...

It is interesting that no one's scooped up Evans yet. He doesn't appear to have any character, or academic issues. Makes me wonder if his price tag isn't realistic for a guy coming from a mediocre, mid-major, in a bad conference? I'd like to believe there's a secret plan to bring Evans in, Ryan...

I asked Ryan James where we stand with Evans, and his reply was "Gophers are done with transfers", so it appears our roster is set.

Carrington landed at Tulsa, huh? Hadn't heard. He got really bad advice. Hopefully he learns from this, and makes the best of it.

He wasn't really playing here. That's why he transferred.

Last year CBJ intended to go 8, maybe 9 deep. It just didn't work out. JoJ would have made us 8 deep, but he refused to accept a bench role. They thought Ihnen could give them some minutes, and it turned out he couldn't.

64 games of high-major experience under his belt, can handle & plays tough defense. If he had a nice jumper we couldn't afford him.

Keep the dream alive. Ryan James said CBJ was keeping his portal stuff quiet so other teams wouldn't know what he was up to. Maybe Evans is already in the fold, waiting for Christie to get drafted, and we're going to pay him with money we had set aside for Christie? Hard to imagine Evans would...

No. Most young players are going to transfer down a level to get minutes, if they're not playing. The ones who do get immediate minutes, will look for a payday elsewhere after the season. We'll have the opportunity to match it, but it's always going to be an uphill battle. If we can offer $X...

A lot of coaches are asking themselves the same thing these days, and the consensus is "No", it doesn't pay to recruit high school kids anymore. Certainly not like it once did. You spend years building relationships with AAU coaches, courting the families, hosting the kids, you get a commitment...

Should be interesting as it appears Patterson. Mitchell, Odukale, Asuma & Rigsby will all handle the ball by committee. I was surprised to find out Odukale was the #2 ball handler for New Mexico St last season, and played extensive minutes as the lead guard. Sounds like Patterson & Mitchell, are...

The big problem last year, was Christie couldn't guard a 6'7" wing to save his life. Our #1 weakness was perimeter defense, where opposing wings destroyed us all season. Odukale will be a huge upgrade defensively from Christie, and Rigsby/Betts will probably be about a wash defensively. What...

In a perfect world, yes, you'd have another bigger wing. Specifically one who can shoot, but here we are. Odukale's going to be better than people realize, imo, and should get the lion's share of the minutes regardless of who we bring in. Rigsby can give us some minutes on the wing, as can Betts...