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I really have doubts about that-
ive been keeping my expectations reasonable for that reason. the freshman look legit and getting amari back is great. the shooting, playmaking, and length all seem there for a good run, and as was mentioned the added general size and bulk across the board is a good upgrade from last seasons team. that said, to me aden is supposed to be the guy who makes it all work. maybe one of the freshmen or even jemison makes up for it without him, but even with the expected jump from a sophomore amari im just not sure there will be enough high level playmaking when it comes to beating specifically the top teams, as of now.
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Overall Efficiency Numbers Per Torvik
Looks like he faced 7 top 50 teams last year and was good not great. Of course he’ll have more support at basically every position here
that rating is confusing to me. had to assume it included the usc game even though they didnt finish in the top 50. even with that the bpm shouldve been higher than what it had. i guess the fact torvik puts negatives on older games is what caused the change? either way the game that really hurt him was when they got blown out by utah st. in his defense he was limited by foul trouble and only played 15 minutes. in their other game his bpm was a 7.6. if you include the new mexico games (ranked 51) his bpm's of 11 and 10.7 in those games obviously rises it quite a bit. the best game he had and to me the most encouraging was against san diego st. where he dropped 33 and 9 boards with a bpm of 26. his other game against them he had 16 and 9 with a bpm of 1.4. sdst always has an elite defense and this past seasons was ranked 16th so will ofcourse have to wait and see but that along with his per minute in general in a very good but not quite power conference i do feel pretty confident in his ability to at the very least contribute at a competent level in the sec.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by rushball 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
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by rushball on 4/18/26 at 4:35 pm to mistaken4193
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I don’t understand letting Davion hit the portal if we weren’t getting Wilkins. Davion is a lot better than a lot of options left.
getting cloer and jemison staying probably sealed it for him. competing with them, a stacked freshman class, and if amari returns then his role wouldve most likely been pretty limited. jaxon in particular is another crazy athlete who people seem to think has good defensive upside with more expectations in general, so i can see why. all the best to hannah though. i do think hell become a solid player.
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That group is wildly undersized for what we need a 4 to do. Our most efficient teams had 4s that could guard 2-5 (Clowney, Nelson, Dioubate). I don't feel good about anyone in that lineup trying to guard a true big.
the way to deal with that is to have a team with enough savvy and length to double the few teams with a big who can cause that problem while being able to recover quickly enough on the scramble. the herb team did it and its a recipe that many teams have used over the years. that said i do agree that a legit 4 in the same vein as the ones you stated would be nice add.
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An Allen/Samuels/Cloer/Jemison/Garrison lineup is intriguing. Plenty of offense and a lot of size/switchability defensively.
and the hannah, richardson, and bouie lineups would be absurd levels of bounceyness.
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Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything because I've learned to trust Nate too, but that portal class had even national analysts putting us into that Final Four conversation preseason
who? that bama team was ranked 24th preseason. most thought that team would be solid but not final four good, and that certainly includes on this board. the usual undersized, not athletic enough, low major type stuff. the team the season after was the only one i remember having tons of national hype on.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by rushball on 4/8/26 at 2:28 pm to AuburnTider
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How did he do against Arizona, Purdue, Gonzaga, Florida, Michigan?
Near season averages, so solid: 11.2 pts/4.8reb/2.4blk(I forgot he had 8 blocks against Arizona!)/2.2ast
I was looking forward to the leap he'd take next year, but I think moving back to a more athletic, rim running 5 could help overall.
not to mention his bpm in those games
zona- 12.9 dbpm- 9.7
purdue- 16.7 dbpm- 4.9
zaga- 9.6 dbpm- 2.9
florida- 17.5 dbpm- 4.3
michigan- 10.3 dbpm- 3.7
will throw in illinois as they shouldve been included
illinois- 11.7 dbpm- 7.6
long story short he really was borderline priceless for what bama did on both ends and the ones on here who constantly shat on him are on such a level of stupidity i could swear they were auburn fans. i will pray a way is found for him to stay and if not he will be missed.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by rushball on 4/7/26 at 2:45 am to BamaBravesPackers
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Michigan is shooting 7% from 3
if they did that in the bama game they lose by 20 easily, and that was with bama having an off night from 3.
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People don’t want to listen, but there’s only been 1 team that I can remember that bombed their way from 3 to a NC…it was Villanova
as irrelevant as that point was it got me curious. you dont have to look that far back at all to see multiple other champion teams making 10+ threes in the final game, not that it would matter.
also its damn near impossible for top level athletes to be that torn down after a game in your 20s, esp when outside of the conference tourney youre not even playing back to backs, nevermind just the second half of an elite 8 game against good D. fatigue really has little to nothing to do with why some teams make threes and others do not.
as for the rest of your rant the point you should be making is how bamas D needs to be better, but putting the blame on shooting threes against one of the most dominant interior college teams in history is just silly. you simply lost the plot on this one sir. i would just suggest to try better at not losing faith and just dont forget, you really dont know more about basketball than oats, so heres to him not transitioning the style of play to the 90s knicks when we get back to the final four.
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/4/26 at 8:27 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
havent seen much of his actual game yet but i will say this was one of the best in game posterizes ive seen in a good while
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few, pitino, izzo, and hurley are not only goated but consistent with the modern era so i consider them the top. i would put oats at the top of the next tier with guys like sampson, painter, and bennett. i would then include lloyd, underwood, dusty, and sad to say but scheyer seems pretty damn legit as well in that tier. guys like barnes and beard are great but too one dimensional compared to the others, then self and cal to me are more products of being great recruiters in great programs but not at all what i would call actual great coaches. oh right then theres golden who can suck a dick.
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Hes still learning how to move his body correctly on a basketball court. That comes from with drills and playing. Defending off the correct foot, playing off 2 feet and not playing with your top half moving faster than your bottom half, timing rebounds, boxing out without over setting, using your shoulders to create proper space, learning to see a balls path and know ahead of time which way it will bounce...etc. Those are the types of the skills he struggles with. We need to have patience. He was playing hurt most of the year too. He absolutely has potential, and I want him on our team.
for me its the same as last off season. he needs to add something around 20lbs of muscle. if not then i dont see his potential ever being reached. not that he should be encouraged to leave but i dont see keeping him as a higher priority, so it just depends. for example one name ill personally be hoping enters the portal is jordan burks at ucf. hes on the higher end of efficiency for a stretch 4 and i believe is originally from decatur. ill take players of that caliber over hoping bowen can chad out.
a month ago i wouldve said no way amari comes back, but he really slid over the past few weeks so in a draft as deep as this one i think theres a good chance, unless he goes nuts in the combine.
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We’re getting ripped off. Seriously, nobody is offering Sherrell more money. The guy offers not much more than a 6’11” Euro guy that can hit a few 3s.
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priceless
re: Alabama 77 @ Michigan 90 Final - TBS
Posted by rushball on 3/27/26 at 10:22 pm to Allthatfades
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I think this would be a mistake. Your defensive metrics would be shite before you started. Holloway will definitely has a place but I wouldn’t want him as starting point guard
people were dumb for claiming this shite last off season and thankfully most realized how wrong they were early into this one. guess youre just a very special one to not even wait longer than hour into this one but sure lets just pretend adens defensive metrics are so bad that hes not actually a top 30 player analytically in college basketball and lets also ignore the massive impact that roster makeup as a whole has esp on such defensive metrics. who the frick could replace a player as impactful as him and just how many players like that do you think exist? thats ofcourse assuming we even get lucky enough for him to not be in prison or at another school instead?
re: Alabama 77 @ Michigan 90 Final - TBS
Posted by rushball on 3/27/26 at 9:36 pm to A-TOWNUAFAN
just one time it would be nice to see what a bama team at full strength looks like come tourney time. that said i suppose it just makes what oats has been able to do in his time here that much more magical, so all things considered congrats to bama on another successful and fun season. most morons didnt even think there was a chance in this one and yet despite a fantastic michigan team bringing their A+ game it was still interesting. hope they hold their heads up high because its well deserved. rtr
would just like to give a shoutout to the best shooter on the team, noah williamson. been damn cool to see him and all the seniors out there playing their last few college games with pride. rtr
re: Texas Tech 65 @ Alabama 90 Final - TBS
Posted by rushball on 3/22/26 at 11:58 pm to 11and18gggchamp
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Gotta love it when Bama is in the Sweet 16, Golden dickhead and flurda are out, and the aubs didn't even make it
amen to that
re: Time to release these evil spirits on the Athletic Department since last week
Posted by rushball on 3/18/26 at 7:31 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
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I’m saying from a legal standpoint not that I want either thing to happen.
Side note, who is his replacement?
We have no lead guards for 26-27 at this point, and supposedly retaining the other Aiden looks doubtful.
i agree its a favorable draw. theyre probably an 8 or 9 seed team without toppin. they had a top 10 SOS but the loss to zona st. did hurt them a good bit so yea a 2 was probably a stretch at that point, but i couldve seen a 3 depending on how their last few games played out, which would have been pretty winnable. i do think their coach is pretty legit. he seems a bit of a psycho but knows what hes doing.
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