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Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:16 pm to mistaken4193
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:16 pm to mistaken4193
Samuels can flat out score
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:28 pm to mistaken4193
Help me out, which Samuels?
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:30 pm to VaBamaMan
HS signee. Top 20ish player in the nation.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:33 pm to Diego Ricardo
Oh, duh. I was stuck thinking about the portal. Couldn't figure out who it could be.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:53 pm to crimsoncoded94
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Samuels can flat out score
yea i would call him a natural scorer. hes not the quickest but uses his body well to create space and only needs a glimpse of the rim to drain it. his game reminds me some of marks but if mark was 6'6 and a little more athletic. skies the limit
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:38 pm to Bamadog75
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Bama shot 39 % Michigan shot 50% Bama was 9 -24 on threes and was 8-15 Michigan was +5 on the boards Looks like bama was playing one of their worst games of the post season. First half of their game with Connecticut they shot 37% and was 0-8 on three's
Did you watch the games? UConn was pressuring them and bodying them, and didn’t have to double the post the way we had to. We left their best shooters wide open. UConn’s ranked 7th in defense, we were 61st. You can’t just look at stats and assume you have the full picture. Michigan had 6 turnovers in the 1H against us, some completely unforced (they only had 2 in the 1H against UConn).
They also struggled defensively as Bama played extremely well offensively in the 1H, especially Philon. It was essentially a statistical outlier for Michigan’s defense, but the 2nd half played out more similar to the metrics’ expectations based on the 2 rosters. Michigan had a materially better front court than we did, and it essentially won them the game. Not sure why people are getting angry about it as we discuss the need to have a better front court if we want to compete for championships.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:43 pm to Cover1Key
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The Final 4 team was widely regarded as a rebuilding season
It was a rebuilding season except for an amazing 2 week run at the end. Wasn’t our defense close to triple digit rank and think we were pretty disappointed heading into the NCAAT until we saw our draw. The team had floundered a bit towards the end of the season and exited early from the SECT. That’s what made the final four run so much sweeter…completely unexpected
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:53 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Richardson strikes me as a type of player I've been begging for us to find for 3 seasons now: a wing forward who can play "above the rim" and projects to be a good defender if he commits to it.
I’d say Derrion Reid was meant to be that and was a bit for about half a season. His dunk at the dunk contest was something to see.
Think he would have been really good for us if we could have kept him around and let him develop.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:06 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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I’d say Derrion Reid was meant to be that and was a bit for about half a season. His dunk at the dunk contest was something to see.
Think he would have been really good for us if we could have kept him around and let him develop.
Still think Reid is a bit of a charlatan. He looks the part and against air he can be pretty impressive, but something is just missing with his game. In the middle of SEC play the year that Reid was here, I was trying to figure out what his game actually was. I said it then and I stick by it, he is a poor man's Gerald Wallace. There were countless times in Reid's freshman year where he would have a pretty clear alley to the basket and I was expecting fireworks and would end up seeing some weird contortionist act that just made no sense.
Athletically, Reid is probably a pretty good combine guy, but against competition he is underwhelming. He is 1/10 the athlete that Wallace was in live action. Wallace had big holes in his game offensively as a freshman and Reid did as well. But Wallace was ridiculously athletic and had above average handles for a guy who was probably always the best athlete in the gym since he was toddler. Reid on the other hand just never looked like a guy who was comfortable trying to blow by anyone. If he sticks around for 4 years of college he will probably be a really nice veteran piece somewhere, but he just isn't a dog.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:09 pm to BamaBravesPackers
Yea I watched the game, I watched us miss wide open looks too. I also watched their bigs gassed out of their minds. We hit shots against Michigan like did against tech we could have won. We didn't and lost by double digits, but we didn't play that great and they shot very well. I watched the uconn game and they missed open shots that they didn't against us . Uconn was more physical but Michigan also shot almost 30 free throws , with only 2-15 on three's. Got out rebounded by uconn by 7 . We weren't the better team but we could have beat them.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:12 pm to GoodTalkRuss
He was the 4th leading scorer on the 18th best offense in the country as a sophomore, averaging 11.7 pts a game.
He scored 16 on us, got 5 Offensive rebounds, and had 3 assists in a road game we barely escaped by winning 83-81.
Think you may be underselling him a bit, but of course he isn’t Gerald Wallace.
ETA: his 3pt% went up 10% to 36% and his assist:TO ratio went from 0.88 to 1.1, all while his playing time went from 14 min a game to over 27 min a game. Seems like a decent improvement for a sophomore season.
He scored 16 on us, got 5 Offensive rebounds, and had 3 assists in a road game we barely escaped by winning 83-81.
Think you may be underselling him a bit, but of course he isn’t Gerald Wallace.
ETA: his 3pt% went up 10% to 36% and his assist:TO ratio went from 0.88 to 1.1, all while his playing time went from 14 min a game to over 27 min a game. Seems like a decent improvement for a sophomore season.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:16 pm to Bamadog75
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Uconn was more physical
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Got out rebounded by uconn by 7
Think you highlighted the important points. We had no ability to do either of these, even if we played them 10 more times. We need to change that.
P.S. The final 4 is played in a football stadium, where as the regionals were all at basketball arenas. It can cause depth perception issues for some shooters.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:26 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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Think you may be underselling him a bit, but of course he isn’t Gerald Wallace.
I don't think im underselling him at all. He is the 2nd highest commit Alabama has ever had in the "composite" index era and he is still a project. I was told this guy was a lottery pick super athlete and he's just not. The closest comp I can think for him is Gerald Wallace, but Gerald was just a lot better athlete and a more competent dribble drive guy. He doesn't really have a certain skill set that separates him from the crowd. Is he a serviceable player who can become an all conference guy, sure... Has his value kind of plummeted since high school, yes.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:32 pm to GoodTalkRuss
He definitely underperformed expectations as a high 5 star, but I’m not sure Gerald Wallace ever shot 36% from 3 for a season (at least 40 attempts).
He had one season he went 6 for 11, but Reid just shot 36% on 95 attempts at OU.
He had one season he went 6 for 11, but Reid just shot 36% on 95 attempts at OU.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:38 pm to GoodTalkRuss
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Still think Reid is a bit of a charlatan. He looks the part and against air he can be pretty impressive, but something is just missing with his game. In the middle of SEC play the year that Reid was here, I was trying to figure out what his game actually was.
I still see a taller RJ Barrett when I look at Reid(I like both players).
Overrated prep prospects who matured physically before their peers, but have robotic/stiff athleticism which mostly leads to bully ball.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:44 pm to AuburnTider
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Overrated prep prospects who matured physically before their peers, but have robotic/stiff athleticism which mostly leads to bully ball.
That's pretty spot on really. I think Reid will probably be a nice savvy vet in the college ranks if he sticks around. But he just isn't what I thought he was being sold to be.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:18 pm to GoodTalkRuss
Man I miss basketball season
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:21 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
Same
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:52 pm to Diego Ricardo
Really need some recruiting news to get me through the offseason.
Posted on 4/19/26 at 7:10 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
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Man I miss basketball season
The offseasons take soooo long when you have a good coach. Oats has been a huge shot of excitement for our program. It’s been fun and I hope we have a lot of years left.
ETA: Kentucky probably does not feel the same right now.
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 7:11 pm
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