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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...

Odukale's going to play waaaay more than 15 mins a game. Fox should play more than 13 mins. Edmonds is probably too high at 22 mins a game. Unlikely Williams gets 6 mins a game, unless there are serious injury issues.

It's far more than that.

Your points are valid. Even if we get Patterson, I'm not very optimistic about our roster. It looks like we'd need a miracle to be as good as we were last season. That said, here we are. Hope's all I've got.

After the season. He entered the portal, didn't find any interest, came back to meet with CBJ about returning, and was told "No, thanks". Someone gave Carrington very bad advice, and he's still looking for a new team.

- I stand corrected, it wasn't 500k. I believe that's what Payne's getting at A & M? I'll own that mistake. - JoJ is still getting what is believed to be six figures this season from Cal, and Cal absolutely has lot's of NIL money. I'm lifting a quote from Ryan James here.: "Although...

Following Announcement of Move to ACC, Cal's NIL Program Raises $1.2M in 4 days

Ryan James says it's around 500k. He says Cal has lot's of money & overpaid, but that's what JoJ got. Kind of a separate issue from JoJ's rumored pay day, but many fans on this board are under the false assumption that JoJ didn't play more down the stretch because he wasn't playing well. It...

Ryan James says JoJ got somewhere around 500k from Cal. No way could we match that. * Edit: Leaving this post up, but acknowledging I made a mistake. JoJ is getting six figures this season at Cal, but not 500k.

Is the 2024-2025 roster our version of 'Moneyball'? i.e. We can't afford to replace players like Christie, Payne, Hawkins & JoJ, but we can try to replace their production in the aggregate with multiple, lower priced players?

I'd say 2% is optimistic.

I see your point, but maybe BGA1 is onto to something here? It's a whole new, uncharted landscape in college basketball now. Last year CBJ couldn't go deeper into his bench because half the underclassmen were throwing tantrums, walking away from the team, and threatening to transfer if they...