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2304579, I'm gonna assume you don't follow recruiting like that....
Posted by TheRealBillyOcean, Thu Mar-06-14 08:11 PM
We recruit the same guys for the most part. We recruit a lot of the same guys UNC does, Kansas does, Duke does, Florida does, Arizona does, and Ohio State does.

You went hard at John Wall. So did UK. UK got him.

Cal showed up at Julius Randle's house with his ring. Then Huck showed up with every ring in the state of North Carolina.

You're recruiting Harry Giles hard and so are we.

So we're all fishing for the same fish.

>>How would the Twins miraculously play better if they went
>to
>>another school? Especially UNC.
>
>More opportunity to be offensive focal points. Whole reason
>Marcus Paige is being talked about and IMO, Paige doesn't have
>tons of NBA potential. The Harrison boys do.

The Twins have total offensive freedom at Kentucky. They just have things they need to work on. So, no, they shouldn't have gone to Maryland to be the offensive focal points. They'd be the similar players. Except one thing, they wouldn't be practicing against other good players.

>>Name UNC's one and done's? Harrison? Nope. Kendall Marshall?
>>Nope. John Henson? Nope. Felton? Nope. McCants? Nope.
>Lawson?
>>Nope.
>
>UNC ain't never employed the 'stock up on one and done's and
>hope for the best' strategy. We typically want a guy to play
>2-3 seasons before they go pro. Barnes had a shitty freshman
>year but he WAS a focal point from the outset. He led the
>team in FGA, MPG, and was second on the team in scoring. He
>just didn't shoot particularly well. But he STILL woulda been
>a top 5 pick.
>
>He got reps.
>

Just stop. You're recruiting the same players we are. Your's just aren't panning out and staying longer.

Harrison was ranked higher than all of the guys we have stay.

He was ranked higher than Brandon Knight and he stayed.

And he wouldn't have been a Top 5 pick.

Just stop.

He had flaws. Everyone could see them.

>If you take 4 of those 'one and done' type players off of UK
>and put them at other programs, they possibly get the Barnes
>treatment. I'm sure if the Harrison boys can take shots out
>of Randle's hands on a stacked team, on a team less stacked
>team they'd get more opportunity.
>

>And LMAO at Randle being a top 6 pick but only getting 9 shots
>a game and we are having this discussion as if him getting 15
>shots wouldn't put him closer to 1 than 6 (where he's
>currently projected).
>

How many shots did Anthony Davis get?

I'll wait.

Look it up.





You're back now? Okay.

Yes, Julius Randle isn't slipping because of a lack of shots. He's slipping because he doesn't quite know how to use all of his gifts yet. He's too dependent on his spin move. He's not a good passer out of double teams. He can't find the gaps in the defense. He's taking too long with his offensive moves.

Those are the things he needs to work on.

Not more shots.

>>Where would he be allowed to that at? Some shitty team that
>>nobody cares about? Sure.
>
>A place where other one and done's aren't going for dolo and
>putting up more shots than him (One of the Harrison boys and
>Young are shooting much worse but both taking more shots than
>Randle). He couldn't have got more than 9 shots a game in the
>pac 12 at UCLA? I'm sure he makes them better than the 22-8
>they are now and he prolly gets 5-6 more shots a game.
>

At UCLA, like how Shabbazz balled out last year?

Or wait, Kyle Anderson who probably thought he was a one and done balled out?


>>But not a top team that's trying to win.
>>
>>Young is a lock for the first round right now. Lol. And he
>>hasn't played that well of late.
>>
>>He'd play better if he was Mich St and be a one and done
>>like....Gary Harris was?
>
>Look I ain't saying anything is guaranteed and it's all based
>on the players performance obviously but if you ain't getting
>the 'Barnes' treatment while being a potential one and done
>AND the team ain't winning...it'd make me weary as a top
>recruit. I mean:
>
>1 $4,436,900
>2 $3,969,800
>3 $3,565,000
>4 $3,214,200
>5 $2,910,600
>6 $2,643,600
>7 $2,413,300
>8 $2,210,900
>9 $2,032,300
>10 $1,930,600
>11 $1,834,100
>12 $1,742,400
>13 $1,655,300
>14 $1,572,600
>15 $1,493,800
>16 $1,419,200
>17 $1,348,200
>18 $1,280,800
>19 $1,223,200
>20 $1,174,200
>21 $1,127,200
>22 $1,082,200
>23 $1,038,900
>24 $997,300
>25 $957,500
>26 $925,700
>27 $899,000
>28 $893,500
>29 $887,000
>30 $880,600
>
>Nice drop off from lottery to late first.
>

That is all irrelevant. Some players aren't one and done players even if they're High School All-Americans. UNC's roster is full of them. I'm sure you know this.

Stop paying attention to buzz words. You're smarter than that.