Let the madness begin:
https://x.com/wojespn/status/1776263398042267996?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
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Would be fun (sorta) if he went to Duquesne
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Dambrot retired.
But I think they hired Lebron’s buddy to replace him
Yeah. Dru Joyce. Played at St Vincent st Mary
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All this press for a kid who shot 37% from the field and 26% from three, while averaging fewer than 5 points and about 2 assists.
Essentially, Andrew Rohde, who was a little lower on FG% and a little higher on assists per game.
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Clearly Bronny is not an NBA caliber player…at least not right now.
But Dad has said he wants to play on the same team as his son. Lebron also has the player option in his contract with the Lakers, for next season.
If you’re an NBA GM, do you waste a 2nd round pick on Bronny, to secure Lebron? He’s not the player he was 10, or even 5 years ago, but he’s pretty damn good still. I’d do it.
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I want us to collectively as Virginia fans start a campaign asking if Andrew Rohde is better than Bronny. Just asking questions!
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If 24 is the worst draft ever, the warriors called about lebron at the deadline, and Draymond is full mast over bron, warriors should pick him and make lebron opt out of lakers option. Commit to get old, stay old nba style
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Obviously not what I’m saying. But Bronny is not a good basketball player.
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Just a casual observation to solicit comments: As of today, per VerbalCommits, 1,425 players have entered the transfer portal, and just under 10% of them have either committed to a new school or decided to stay where they are. My impression is that the overwhelming majority of the transfers, thus far, have been horizontal moves, or nearly horizontal. In recent years, I believe the total seeking to transfer was in the neighborhood of 1,800. So… after this weekend do we expect to see another 400 players enter the portal? If not, does this suggest that schools are getting a handle on how to use NIL, and that that is stabilizing things a mite? Or, did the significant number of those seeking transfer last year who did not find new homes temper expectations this year? Or, is this just the brave new world of college basketball, and everything is still in a state of flux?
Last Covid year has to have an impact.
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Last major Covid year, anyway.
Folks who took a redshirt along the way will still get a Covid year the year after, so it’ll be a lot smaller but I suspect still decently sized. And the poor souls who somehow had 2 redshirt seasons will get another year the season after that, but I suspect that’ll be a few dozen kids, tops, across all of D1. And the one super injury prone 26 year old who had 3 redshirt seasons will finally exhaust his eligibility around the time the next presidential election arrives.
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I considered that, but I reasoned that that would make even more players eligible to be grad transfers than there would be in normal years (if there is such a thing anymore), and that should keep the potential portal entries the same as in recent years, and that number remains in question. At lest, for the moment…
They’re gonna have a parade float for the last Covid 5th year
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Why pick him? No one else will. Just sign him after the draft.
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If Bronny goes undrafted, then after the draft he’ll elect to sign with the Lakers, which is exactly what the Lakers would love to have happen, because then they get to reunite father and son, keeping daddy LeBron happy and with the Lakers, without having to expend any Draft capital.
The thought exercise here is that if you’re one of the other 29 teams, do you draft Bronny, at which point you can either (a) tempt LeBron to opt out with the Lakers and come sign a one-year deal with your team to play with his son, or (b) hold Bronny’s rights hostage and force LA to trade you way more than the kid’s value so that LeBron can get his son back. Bonus if you’re a club whose G-League team is very local so you can 2-way Bronny with ease and make sure father-son have plenty of time together.
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This whole thing with Bronny is wild. It’s hard for me to believe that he’s better off going to the NBA (even if it’s the G-League) rather than staying in college. It feels like the basketball equivalent of the over-involved parent who yells at the teacher for giving their kid a bad grade. Except in this instance, the parent is also a Principal or something.
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Yep, this. You use the draft pick, you hold the draft rights and the cards.
Lol. 2nd time this portal season a kid is transferring AWAY from pops
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