Syracuse Basketball 2023-24

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Frustrating. If the money is about the same, I would think he would stay at Syracuse? 

My understanding is that it was a bidding war until the Syracuse group backed out when it got crazy.  I know the exact rumored figure, but I’m reluctant to say at this point.  Let’s see what happens.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

My understanding is that it was a bidding war until the Syracuse group backed out when it got crazy.  I know the exact rumored figure, but I’m reluctant to say at this point.  Let’s see what happens.

Thanks for the clarification. I like Jesse, but he isn’t good enough to be generating some insane bidding war, IMO.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

22 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Thanks for the clarification. I like Jesse, but he isn’t good enough to be generating some insane bidding war, IMO.

Again, this is information from a trusted source.  This person has been wrong before, but more often right than wrong.  But if it played out as this person said it did, I feel like I can’t help but to lose a little respect for Jesse (or at least the family member

negotiating on his behalf).

[Bray Wyatt]

Just saw we signed William Patterson as a recruit, 7’2” 230 lbs don’t know too much about him but that’s a big dude

[Buffalo716]

5 hours ago, Bray Wyatt said:

Just saw we signed William Patterson as a recruit, 7’2” 230 lbs don’t know too much about him but that’s a big dude

We have had Him signed for a while 

 

one of the top bigs out of NYC but under the radar recruit

[Johnny Hammersticks]

3 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

We have had Him signed for a while 

 

one of the top bigs out of NYC but under the radar recruit

He committed verbally a while back, but he and JJ Starling signed their NLI yesterday.

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

He committed verbally a while back, but he and JJ Starling signed their NLI yesterday.

Yea but he wasn’t going anywhere.. he’s SU pipeline to a tee  

 

And he’s still unranked by some services… which is incredible 

Edited April 14, 2023 by Buffalo716

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I know I shouldn’t gripe about other teams, but guys like Filipowski and now Donovan Clingan (who very well could have been an orangeman) are coming back to college, despite being likely first rounders. But we have to worry about Mintz going pro? 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Well, it appears that some other elite programs were able to outbid PayCal’s billionaires.  Good for Jesse.  Can’t knock the hustle.  He’ll be an interesting prospect to follow and root for. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Sounds like Hunter Dickinson (as expected) is pretty much out of the question.  Hoping Judah returns and we land Chance Westry and Moussa Cisse.  Then I’ll start to feel optimistic about next season.  

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

So WVU has more NIL money than Syracuse? 
 

 

[Bermuda Triangle]

22 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

So WVU has more NIL money than Syracuse? 
 

 

Edwards say that it wasn't about the NLI, and then proceeded to talk about NLI.  I thought that he was a bit overrated, but still would have preferred for him to have returned to SU for another season.

[DCOrange]

On 4/13/2023 at 10:42 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I know I shouldn’t gripe about other teams, but guys like Filipowski and now Donovan Clingan (who very well could have been an orangeman) are coming back to college, despite being likely first rounders. But we have to worry about Mintz going pro? 

More likely to want to come back to when you can play for a contender vs returning to play for a team that might not make the tournament. 

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

So WVU has more NIL money than Syracuse? 
 

 

I have no idea if WV has more to offer than we do, but if it is, it’s not by much. I know for sure we’re somewhere around the top 20 in the country in terms of NIL money. We simply didn’t want to pay Jesse what WV is offering to pay. I imagine nearly half our budget is earmarked for Judah right now and from what I’ve heard we offered Edwards, I think even paying what we offered would have been a mistake. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

Edwards say that it wasn't about the NLI, and then proceeded to talk about NLI.  I thought that he was a bit overrated, but still would have preferred for him to have returned to SU for another season.

 

1 hour ago, DCOrange said:

More likely to want to come back to when you can play for a contender vs returning to play for a team that might not make the tournament. 

I have no idea if WV has more to offer than we do, but if it is, it’s not by much. I know for sure we’re somewhere around the top 20 in the country in terms of NIL money. We simply didn’t want to pay Jesse what WV is offering to pay. I imagine nearly half our budget is earmarked for Judah right now and from what I’ve heard we offered Edwards, I think even paying what we offered would have been a mistake. 

Looks like WVU paid him $800, and Cuse offered $400.

 

 

[DCOrange]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

Looks like WVU paid him $800, and Cuse offered $400.

 

 

Yeah, I knew that they offered Jesse a lot more. I'm saying I think their budget is no bigger than ours; they just valued Jesse a lot more than we did.

[Buffalo716]

Chance Westry is now an orangemen

Edited April 17, 2023 by Buffalo716

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Chance Westry is now an orangemen

seems like a great get. Wonder how he slots in and also whose minutes he takes? I am still super high on Copeland, and really hope he gets a chance. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

37 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

seems like a great get. Wonder how he slots in and also whose minutes he takes? I am still super high on Copeland, and really hope he gets a chance. 

Westry is a Swiss Army knife.  Combo guard who can also play some SF due to his size/length.  Big get.

 

 

[Buffalo716]

4 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

seems like a great get. Wonder how he slots in and also whose minutes he takes? I am still super high on Copeland, and really hope he gets a chance. 

He’s a combo guard with good size at 6’6 so he should be fighting for minutes at the guard spots … a good passer … devolving shooter 

 

could play some 3

 

 

Edited April 18, 2023 by Buffalo716

[DCOrange]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Chance ends up being our starting SF next year (or starting SG if Judah leaves).

 

I also won’t say I expect it to happen but I think there’s a non-zero chance that someone like Copeland could potentially transfer out still. Not really scared that it’ll happen but if it did, I’d get it.