re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

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I want a commitment, crystal ball, prediction towards alabama for a transfer, just SOMETHING for a basketball player. Or the non conference schedule, Sec schedule. Just SOMETHING.


This offseason feels so so so damn slow. I want Alabama basketball tonight.

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Me too. We did get a couple of predictions for Jaden Bradley a couple of weeks ago, but a commitment from someone would be nice. We seem to be in good shape for some good 22' players.

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I don't understand why this guy doesn't get that these U19 games are a SHITTY way to evaluate a player. Over and over again, kids who are extremely good basketball players go to these all-star type games and there's no cohesiveness, no team chemistry, very little strategy and organization, etc

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well that and the fact hes only really basing it on stat lines. a poster earlier noted bediakos performance against spain being good, which it was, esp since bediako pretty much won that game for canada. in the second half spain was killing edey with their spacing and 3s. their pg had 3 reverse layups on edey in that time from switches. when bediako came in midway through the 4th the game was tied. he stopped that pg's drives from working, and had several successful contests against spains other guard, dominguez who was spains best player. within that span of 3 minutes or so canada managed to go +7. technically bediako didnt get a single stat in that time outside of a rebound, but his presence caused canada to build a solid lead to end up barely winning. the game is so much more than just muh stats.

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It's pretty much a given that Quinerly goes pro after this year if he has a good season right? He will be 23 in November, hard for me to see him coming back as a Sr. if he has a really good season this year. He is older than John Petty is.

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With NIL, everything is different now. He might make a decent living being that he's our most popular student athlete on social media. So, who the hell knows. Seems like schools can offer a degree and all that branding assistance.

If Nate is still leaving the door open then that is good enough for me. Perhaps Nate would like for Shack and his father to be the one that makes the call to go elsewhere.

If I'm being asked who would I take out of the portal right now I would take Obanor over Shack. It would be really interesting to see how Oats uses him and Gurley in the lineup.

The Bediako discussion seems to have gone around the same circle a few times. I think we can almost all agree that you can't put too much stock into these U19 games but Bediako should provide some solid minutes, even if that's just bringing rim protection and rebounding. He's a project offensively but that's fine, he doesn't need to be All-SEC for us on day 1.

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I would take Obanor over Shack.

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10 times out of 10.

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Cockburn is big but he seems to move well and looks pretty athletic for his size to me. Not saying he's the perfect fit for our system, but sometimes you take talent even if they don't fit perfectly. An NBA team may run a space and pace offense to perfection, but if prime Shaq wants to come play with them, they'll find a way to make it work. I think adding Obanor or Cockburn would cause a seismic shift in our expectations next year.

Having said that, Cockburn mentioned specifically that he wants to showcase his midrange shot this year. We would be an oddly curious choice if that was the case.

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I've been out of the loop a bit, but Cockburn is an absolute "you take him and figure it out later" type of player in my opinion.

He's an elite college player, borderline elite at worst.

Obanor would be a monster on the offensive end for us, and a better schematic fit, but he's at best an average defensive player. He's so good offensively that he's an obvious take too though.

Is it also possible that some of the guards out there just aren't perfect fits for us?

Keith Williams: Seems like a 3 and D guy that unfortunately can't really shoot 3s. Nice to have long wings, but maybe not a perfect fit.

Tyrece Radford: I'm sure I have seen him play, but I can't remember anything about him. However, the advanced stats love him: LINK Doesn't shoot 3s at all, but is incredibly efficient from the field for a 6'2 guy, an elite rebounder, and seemingly a pretty good defender.

Also has some legal problems, and it's sort of hard to just wave that away completely.

Both are just not shooters at all. That doesn't mean we can't take them or they wouldn't be useful, but it does seem like we need another shooter. I would have liked Coburn from Hofstra, but he's already off the market.

Obanor is clearly the best shooter of any of those guys.

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Is it also possible that some of the guards out there just aren't perfect fits for us?

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I think that's very much part of it. Radford seems like the best basketball fit but the off court stuff matters and, as importantly, it doesn't seem to be concluded. Open ended legal stuff is not something I'd think we'd be looking to add.

Obanor would be a home run, IMHO. Getting Shack back would be solid, and getting Kofi would be interesting and strange but I know that Oats would have a specific plan for us if he was here, and that in and of itself is kind of exciting.

So, if we end up with any of the 3 I'll feel pretty good about things.

And I think it actually happened and is in court in Maryland, which is even worse than SW VA in terms of distance.