re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

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Sword and McDaniel definitely should have been offered. No question.

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That's like saying every high-major school should have offered Stephen Curry, Damien Lillard, Elfrid Payton, etc... Some players way out-perform expectations. There will always be players that fly under the radar and end up being impressive. On top of their low high-major interest, McDaniels was a part of a 2011 class that included Randolph, Cooper and Lacey (all top 50 quality players) and Obasohan (who turned out to be a stud), while Sword was a 2012 guard where we were set for the foreseeable future (Releford, Lacey, Randolph, Cooper, Obasohan). Of those two, only McDaniels proved to be better than any of those players listed (and Cooper is the only that wouldn't have an argument in that debate). As for Sword, he benefited from getting touches playing for very bad teams (in his 4 years State went 51-77).