Johnny Hammersticks Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I would love to land this kid. Perfect PG depth for 2020. 2 1 Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 So Patrick Tape decommits from Duke and then this....? 1 1 Quote
DCOrange Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) On 3/31/2020 at 6:50 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: I would love to land this kid. Perfect PG depth for 2020. Not to be a downer, but it sounds like the interest in this case is not mutual (and really, not sure if he's super interested in Syracuse or if he just wants to make his list look better by throwing us in the ring...it sounds like he's an Oregon-lean). 20 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: So Patrick Tape decommits from Duke and then this....? Would be a nice get. I have concerns about him, but at worst he's a solid backup to Sidibe. Edit: Sounds like it will be very shocking if he commits anywhere else but Syracuse. This one is pretty much a lock. Edited April 3, 2020 by DCOrange Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Hearing whispers about Illinois transfer, Alan Griffin ?????? Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Posted April 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Hearing whispers about Illinois transfer, Alan Griffin ?????? Thought you didn't like him Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Thought you didn't like him I like the talent, but I don’t like what I’ve heard about his character. I’d take him though. He would likely play SF for us. Maybe JB, Red and Gerry could whoop him into shape? Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Hearing whispers about Illinois transfer, Alan Griffin ?????? looks like it is official now. I don’t know anything about him, but seems like he will fit right in and make up for losing some of Hughes scoring. edit: didn’t realize he was a sophomore transfer, as opposed to a grad transfer. So odds are he sits out a year? Edited April 5, 2020 by JR in Pittsburgh Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Posted April 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: looks like it is official now. I don’t know anything about him, but seems like he will fit right in and make up for losing some of Hughes scoring. edit: didn’t realize he was a sophomore transfer, as opposed to a grad transfer. So odds are he sits out a year? Yea he has almost no chance to play immediately Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: looks like it is official now. I don’t know anything about him, but seems like he will fit right in and make up for losing some of Hughes scoring. edit: didn’t realize he was a sophomore transfer, as opposed to a grad transfer. So odds are he sits out a year? Looks to be that way. I guess he is applying for some kind of transfer waiver from the NCAA. That is less likely to be approved. What is more likely, however, is the NCAA is meeting later in April to vote on a proposal to grant immediate eligibility to all transfers. Edit: Just did some digging, and it appears the coaching staff expects him to be eligible for the 20-21 season. Apparently, it is widely anticipated that the NCAA is going to change the transfer rule at the end of April making all transfers immediately eligible. Edited April 5, 2020 by Johnny Hammersticks Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Bermuda Triangle said: Tape recommitted to Duke very strange. Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: very strange. TBH, I never bought in to the report that Syracuse "flipped' Tape after he committed to Duke. Boeheim is close to Krzyzewski, and I don't think he'd try to flip a Duke commit. ' IIRC, Boeheim asked for Krzyzewski's blessing when Gbinije transferred to SU. 1 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Bermuda Triangle said: TBH, I never bought in to the report that Syracuse "flipped' Tape after he committed to Duke. Boeheim is close to Krzyzewski, and I don't think he'd try to flip a Duke commit. ' IIRC, Boeheim asked for Krzyzewski's blessing when Gbinije transferred to SU. yeah, the whole thing seemed very odd. I assumed the “flip” related to Duke signing someone else or one of their bigs deciding to stay in school, cutting into Tape’s PT. But I will say— very odd that Tape publicly decommitted if it was just a situation of some cold feet. I guess we will never know the whole scoop because no one cares enough at this point! Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 1 minute ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: yeah, the whole thing seemed very odd. I assumed the “flip” related to Duke signing someone else or one of their bigs deciding to stay in school, cutting into Tape’s PT. But I will say— very odd that Tape publicly decommitted if it was just a situation of some cold feet. I guess we will never know the whole scoop because no one cares enough at this point! ? ? ? 2 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Posted April 12, 2020 7' big man Ballard commits to FSU Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 12, 2020 Posted April 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: 7' big man Ballard commits to FSU Was reading a little about him. Strange that he had no Major offers until a few months ago. Seems like a rawish prospect maybe? Quote
Buffalo716 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Posted April 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: Was reading a little about him. Strange that he had no Major offers until a few months ago. Seems like a rawish prospect maybe? He is fairly new to oraganzied basketball. Just started a few years ago. He was playing in CNY but transferred to a post graduate academy down south for a year He grew a few inches and packed on weight. He went from a low-mid major guy to getting power 5 offers the last few months Great rebounder and surprisingly good touch around the basket 1 Quote
DCOrange Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: Was reading a little about him. Strange that he had no Major offers until a few months ago. Seems like a rawish prospect maybe? In the free games of his that I watched, he looked like he still didn’t really know what he should be doing on a basketball court. Kind of just floated around on offense while the other guys played and just stood in the middle on defense and waited to see if anyone would attempt to drive at him. Very very long ways away right now but you can’t teach his size. He would have been a redshirt for sure at SU though. Edited April 13, 2020 by DCOrange Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 Eli is staying in the draft. Kill it, kid. Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said: Eli is staying in the draft. Kill it, kid. I wish him good luck, but I wonder what the point is. There’s no chance he gets drafted. Even his best mocks have him maybe at the very bottom of the second round, and the mocks usually overshoot on bubble guys like Hughes. So he’ll probably bounce around the G-league for a few years and hopefully the stars align and he gets into the perfect spot. But odds are, whether he stays or goes, he has a solid overseas career. so, if that’s the case, why not play another year of fun D-1 college hoops? Quote
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