re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

If Shack has any hope of making it to the NBA, the number 1 thing he needs to work on is driving the lane in among the trees and doing something productive with the ball. And throwing it up in desperation and barely hitting the backboard is not productive. If he could learn some finishing moves against taller guys or how to find the open man, his value would take a quantum leap. Right now, Shack driving into the lane is pretty much just a turnover.

I have mixed emotions about Shack returning. Did he burn bridges by entering the portal? Is he going to be trying to improve his own draft stock over helping the team? Lots of questions and I don't know the answers but any of them could be a net negative. Or he could come back and slide right back into his old role and thrive. Who knows?

Frentchie needs to think about an NBA career, not some bullshite YMCA game. We need him healthy and 100% and he needs to heal and stay healthy for his future.

Saw we picked up Colorado State in B'Ham. That's a pretty good team and a good pick up. Damn, Oats doesn't shy away from competition. Never thought getting to SEC play would be the easy part of the schedule. We could easily be a more talented team and end up in 4th place in the league this year and a 6 seed in The Dance. The intangibles and leadership that left will be much harder to replace than the basketball skills. We need a big year to show Oats can sustain this thing and get things rolling on new facilities. I can't wait till tipoff.

Obanor at Alabama would be incredible

Clearly our system fits Obaner like a glove. The question would be, like Shack, did he go to NBA workouts and get told he needed to prove he can do "X, Y and Z" and pick a school where he can showcase whatever that is. If so, he may be looking for something different than fast pace, spread and shoot, and that would count us out.

Who knows. I'd certainly be thrilled to add him, though. You can never have too many 40%+ 3 point shooters in our system.

Being 6’8 his future in the NBA isnt at the 5. He needs to show he can play the 3 or at least the 4.

Rivals ranked him as the 36th pllayer in the class, 247 ranked him 32nd, ESPN ranked him 33rd.

He is obviously a good player with a ton of upside. Don't let the haters drag you down Joka.

JD just quote tweeted Kevin Obanor’s tweet with his top 10 with the eye balling emoji…. Oh dear Lord don’t do this to me. Im getting cautiously optimistic.

We need Mark Gotfired to use his bagman skills, esp. on a player from his alma mater.

I like Shack a lot, and think he was very underappreciated by a lot of Bama fans, but Burnett's upside is light-years higher than Shack's.

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Jesus, Shack is so disrespected here.

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frick you. Just frick you. You can’t say shite about disrespecting anyone. You called Herb everything except a basketball player. You’re a scumbag who shouldn’t be able to post

I love Shack, he actually has basketball skill. Herb didn’t. He’s a long-rangy defender, that’s it. He couldn’t do anything else, including making lay-ups.