Wasnt it reported he wouldnt be here until late July? So Tu’s claim of ‘delayed’ is already wrong. Plus he follows all the right UVA stuff and UVA mbb follows him back, always a sign. That said, I did find it odd Odom didn’t mention him in the presser the other day. Though I guess no one asked about him so that’s probably nothing. Not worried at the moment.
Edit. He also posted his official goodbye to his club team 7/5, so he’s def playing college ball.
Has De Ridder as 2nd team All American, UVa as #7 on offense:
Shooting + speed + more shooting + offensive rebounding + a little more shooting = Top 10 offense.
I have no idea what the new rules are. I would assume until he actually enrolls that nothing is really that binding. We almost need a player registration process like soccer leagues have (another point for the college sports are the closest thing we have to European soccer argument).
I have a hard time parsing Tu’s writing, and even more so since he discovered generative AI, but I think he was implying an SEC school was offering more money and telling him he could do 2 years, and Nolan and his team were listening. My assumption was it was Will Wade and LSU, but that’s pure conjecture on my part.
I recall reading somewhere we were expecting two years for him too.
Odom is preseason injury King?
Niiiice.
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https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/2081536557610066051?s=46
Trilly on the Chance hype train
I wonder if he’s heard anything or if he just knows how good the advanced stats are and projecting the second year jump. Hoping he’s right, I am expecting big things from him this year, and I think he can do them!
Edit: https://x.com/ryanhammer09/status/2081507220194279424?s=46
Hammer (I’m not a huge fan of his but w/e) has chance as one of his 4 too.
I think chance is benefiting a lot from being the best or one of the best freshman left from a class where all or most of the other top guys were in that lottery range.
Yep, and hopefully we’re also benefiting from that because it’s totally reasonable to assume continued improvement.
It can’t be said enough how lucky we are to have such a great athlete born in our back yard who happens to be a couple inches too short to move on to the next level and is a dramatically lower transfer threat. And in theory we can get him for 5 years now?? And he gets to be the cornerstone of a new head coaches first team with a million transfers?
Gods really smiled on us here.
Fun with filters incoming.
Here’s a list of high major freshmen who played major minutes and were in Chance’s ballpark for efficiency and usage: https://barttorvik.com/playerstat.php?link=y&minusage=15&minGP=15&minORtg=120&mingbpm=5&yvalue=Fr&cvalue=High%20Major&year=all&minmin=50&start=20251101&end=20260501&minppg=2
Christian Anderson is an exciting comp as someone who blossomed into an elite go-to scorer as his role expanded in his 2nd year.
If you limit that first list to people who also had 3+ defensive BPM, list gets real small: https://barttorvik.com/playerstat.php?link=y&minusage=15&minGP=15&minORtg=120&mingbpm=0&mindgbpm=3&yvalue=Fr&cvalue=High%20Major&year=all&minmin=50&start=20251101&end=20260501
Also, hi Johann, you’re on these lists too!
Hoop Explorer has a find similar players function, here’s Chance’s list along with their next year stats when available: https://hoop-explorer.com/PlayerCareer?gender=Men&ncaaId=5150404&playerShotChartsShowFreqAsNumber=false&playerShotChartsViewMode=zones&showInfoSubHeader=true&similarityParams.playerShotChartsShowFreqAsNumber=false&similarityParams.playerShotChartsViewMode=zones&similarityParams.showNextYear=true&
Thanks Dr AQ. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me a VIP in the post-HGN era! And for you non VIPs, there is more of this in the VIP threads.
Should we be projecting a bigger leap for Johann than we’ve been discussing??
Johann comps if you go through Hoop Explorer’s projection tool, which limits the comps to freshmen:
And Chance’s:
Anyone else have issues getting Torvik on their mobile phones? Might be a VPN issue for me…
Edit - Yup, VPN. Works now
We should be playing VCU home and home every few years or so, just like Tony used to. Forget the contract. We played them home and home in 14/15 and again in 18/19. 4 times in 6 years.
I can imagine that Odom might want a cooling off period, but he could do the JPJ one in year 3 and the Siegel center one in year 4.
Not too late Ugonna
I know I’m late to this party, but this recipe is fantastic:
I actually usually use steelhead instead of salmon - very similar fish, but I prefer:
We’re 13-2 against them, but they think we’re rivals.
Matthew Winick’s portal rankings:
https://x.com/matthewwinick/status/2080299905730424872?s=20
TLDR: ranks us mid overall. Higher on Dixon/Harmon (A-/B+). Lower on Vide/Anya (B-/C+).