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The value of prep players has really fallen off in the era of unlimited portal transfers & Covid years. What value is there to bringing in a Freshman other than the handful of immediate impact Freshmen that exist? If they don't play right away, they leave. If they play well right away, they...

I appreciate your optimism, in regards to us becoming a grinding, defensive team. The one thing I'd take issue with here is that Mike Mitchell is no bulldog. He was arguably our worst defender last season (It may have been Christie). He got marginally better toward the end of the season going...

- Williams also scored 5 pts against St Mary's of Mpls, and 6 pts against St Olaf. The real Caleb Williams lies somewhere between those crappy performances, against crappy opponents, and his out-of-his-mind performance against the Gophers. I don't believe he was brought in to be part of the...

Williams is a deep bench piece who's unlikely to play much, less still at crunch time.

Good addition considering our budget. We needed a big who could play some minutes off the bench, and Edmonds fills that role.

Odukale is a good pick up. He's fills the top need we had going into the off season of a hard nosed, defensive wing, and also is an experienced starter at the wing if Christie leaves (which is almost a certainty).

Corporations are already throwing far more money at things that have nothing to do with the bottom line like BLM, National Parks, etc. etc.

You nailed it. Williams will be at the end of the bench. He can shoot a bit, and will be a good practice player. We need a few guys content to not play much, who don't need NIL money. Williams is that. He gets to stay close to Mac, and continue his education for free. Everyone wins.

Comparing us to Michigan is apples to oranges. As much as I'm frustrated with CBJ losing so many players, I think your last sentence is the most important part of your post & don't see anyone succeeding here until that part is fixed.

I think we'll add Patterson, Odukale, Edmonds, & Caleb Williams of the guys we know about, lose Christie & add one more we haven't heard about yet. Starters: C- F. MItchell PF- Garcia SF- Odukale SG- M. Mitchell PG- Patterson Bench: G- Asuma G- Rigsby G- Caleb Williams F- Betts F- Fox F-...

The knock on him coming out of high school was that he's very slow footed, and couldn't defend, or penetrate at the high major level. Others have said that he's worked very hard to change his body, and improve his quickness. So apparently he's quicker than he was, but he's no Hawkins. If you...

I'm just saying, don't expect Patterson to play at the level Hawkins did. He's probably a step up from Mike Mitchell, but we'll definitely miss Hawkins. A lot! Between Patterson, Mitchell, Asuma & hopefully Christie, we should be able to compete, but Hawkins really screwed us bad by waiting...

A poster on 247 reported last week that his neighbor told him something to the effect of "Hey, you're a Gopher fan, right? My nephew is going to be the next PG for you guys", and that nephew is Patterson. Pretty sure that's where the Patterson smoke began.

100%. People claiming that JoJ wasn't playing because his defense wasn't up to snuff, clearly never watched Christie play defense. Or Mike Mitchell for that matter.

Hell yeah this is a no-brainer if we can land him! I'm just saying, he's no Elijah Hawkins. He's more like a Ta'Lon Cooper.

No one's arguing it wouldn't be nice to a have a 7 footer who can play. That point is self-evident. It's also no secret the staff is looking for a back-up Center, who can be this year's Jack Wilson, or Charlie Daniels. I have no doubt we will land one. I just don't expect that guy to be a...

This would be a really nice addition. https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1785323228354724237

Sure, it'd be better if Mitchell was 6'11", but there really aren't any starting quality Center's that size that we could get. Our old Center Pharrell Payne's only an inch taller than Mitchell at 6'9". With no Zach Edey, the league got a lot smaller this season as well.

I'd MUCH rather have Hawkins, and it isn't even close, but I'd much rather have Patterson than go into the season with Asuma/Mike Mitchell running the show. Patterson makes a lot of sense for all involved.

Frank Mitchell is almost certainly our starting Center.