For-DaLove

The idea that the staff didn't pursue him early on is flat wrong. We have been recruiting him for a while now, we just didn't offer as early as some teams

That's pretty hilarious if true

I see your point but it happens with every program because not every player is going to pan out

Who is in charge of the smart money?This isn't a normal situation. Open your eyes and you'll see we're the favorite, not a long shot

Why? Put a Tatum type talent on one of our teams the last few years and we would have been legitimate title contenders.

It looks like it. His PR team keeps a real tight grip on his social media

At the end of the day LeBron's rebuilding his legacy and Albert will never have that chance. And there's a big difference because Albert left solely for money...and everyone knows that

Siena? Siena?

My advice, stop posting in this thread if you know he's not coming here. Oh yeah, that's right, you have no idea but want to be the pessimist who says we have basically no shot

But you're clearly ready to annoint Miller, who hasn't gone to a Final Four. I don't get your reasoning at all. And I don't care what conference you're playing in, going undefeated in this day and age is damn impressive.

It's great to see Cory doing well. He was one of the better people to come through this program.

I find it hilarious when the people critical of our players/team get all butt hurt and stop posting because people call them out for it. They don't mind dishing out the heat but they run away when people give them for it. Talk about hypocritical And the new wiki recruiting stuff looks great. Thanks, Steve!

Hahaha. Murders are best for football. Hard hitting, vicious monsters. Rapists are best for basketball. Guys who know how to steal things.

So entertaining. I was at game 4 of the World Series last year and the most intense play of the game was a pick-off throw to first. Talk about exciting

Respond to my post about ratings, MB. I've defended you enough to deserve a response when I disagree with your absurd position. So give to us. Explain the ratings and how they can't compare to an average NFL game, because you'll lose the argument. And why you're at it tell us how your unders have been treating you the entire World Cup. You were so cocky about those.

How many NFL games are played during the day in the middle of the week?People like you love to pick through the facts. Did you happen to see the ratings for the Portugal game that was played at 5 on a Sunday? And speaking of the Germany game, ESPN3 had its most viewers ever for that game

So what you're saying is we're ranked 122

But he made it clear that the schools recruiting him all called. That's the point.

Reread it. He said every school that is recruiting him called him

Except for his bone-headed cross instead of taking the ball to the corner, but that was just inexperience. We have some good young talent to build around for the future

I agree with the majority of this, but it wouldn't take much bad luck at all for us not to advance. If Ghana wins by 1 and we lose by 2, they advance

+1The fact Ghana is facing a huge uphill battle to advance to the knockout stage is absolutely absurd

From what I've heard Stauskas impressed a lot of teams during workouts. 6'6 pure scorer who is a lot more athletic than he gets credit for

Lol. You don't get it. These "flaws" or "issues" come out in the months leading up to the draft every year. 90% of it is a play by teams who hope to see certain players fall to them in the draft. Every team leaks these supposed issues but in reality little to nothing has changed from a few months ago. Do you actually think NBA executives just in the last three months discovered that Wiggins is a "head case" or Parker may not be able to play defense? etc. etc. They've been following these guys for a few years now. Three months and a few workouts isn't going to do much to change their perceptions of the players. Can guys rise and fall due to the pre-draft workouts? Sure. But that is very rarely going to be the type of guys you're talking about.

Oden was a great prospect, but Embiid's skill set is much more diverse than Oden's ever was. Side note - Portland really got screwed on injuries. Oden and Brandon Roy