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I love the move of picking up two young guys off of Michigans loaded roster. Both would have been unattainable to us out of HS or as in Kordel's case- out of Europe. Consider that Michigan played 9 deep through to Tschetter and Gayle was their 7th or 8th guy.

Whatever the case- I am glad to hear that we are in the market for one more portal guy.

My understanding is that it has been a playable but not optimal injury. It sounded like he wanted to take corrective action on it this summer- whatever that is. Maybe it just needs some cleanup and he is ready by fall. I would have to believe that the U's doctors think so.

My hope is that he gets to the tournament this year and the success begins to rally more financial backing. Use it to get and retain really good HS recruits -which is key to his system and then to grab the right portal fits to bring us to the next level. I'd like to see him follow something...

Yeah, I think it is okay to take a few of the understudies from that group.

I would not be surprised if he gets a fair amount of non-conference playing time so that the other players are shown the system. Once things really get going, I am with you and will be surprised if Groves and Grady don't dominate the time he would have gotten. The challenge is on for him this...

No doubt. A guy on a two way NBA salary who plays the year in the D League gets 578k. Obviously Tyson would make more than a million in the college market if he had another year come his way.

It's also good to hear that the Star Tribune still exists.

Those ratings are screwy. If we had gotten Kordel, Groves and Grady out of HS- that would be a pretty well regarded class. Then Evans would have been a lot higher ranked last year until NC did a Tyson on him. I just saw an update and we are now #52- but Kordel still has no ranking. Wisky is #51.

Likely. With 12 guys that all think they can be in the rotation, there is no reason to add anyone unless they are a real impact player. I doubt they have the cash for that. If they have a few hundred grand extra- move it to next year's pot.

More insurance against injuries and another guy that knows and trusts the system!! 6 guys who understand the coach's system are back and that helps with the new guys a lot.

The way that the Big Ten is loading up on bigs, I am pretty happy that we have a couple for next year!

I don't think they would have taken him if they thought it was a problem. He got to sit a year out to work through the issue.

Ya gotta assume he's ours.

This might have to be the way for a while. Let the blue bloods/money teams recruit great prospects and then when they portal guys over the top of them, take the prospects. In years past it would have been hard for us to recruit guys like Grady and Kordel who had big offer lists to sign as frosh...

I wonder if Niko wanted Evans more because of the shooting ability and thought Evans wouldn't come if Willis were here. I would still like to get an athletic guard as well.

I think there is a star somewhere on this roster- we just don't know who he is yet...just as it was with Tyson.

I see Durkin starting at the beginning of the year, but I could also see him getting a sixth man sharpshooter role as the season goes along. Either way, I'd say 20-25 minutes is in the cards and he would be great in the slot. Defense is a challenge for him- he works at it but he is a little slow...

I would guess that the start of the season will be a veteran lineup that knows the Niko system. I would not even be surprised if Grove started at center or JCJ, early on. Then as the season goes along, the young guys will rise as they get into the groove of the system. Kordel, Mpoyi, Anderson...

Back to Evans- I really like that a Niko coached guy wants to come back and play for him again. Great sign. Evans is a really good shooter. I want to see one more guy 6-3 to 6-6 who can fly. We lack that one big time athlete for match up purposes. Overall, this definitely feels like an upgraded...