No real difference than bringing in a bunch of one and dones like Duke. It doesn’t always work, but nothing always works.
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I bet Trimble stays and Cadeau leaves
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We know we are not keeping everyone.
Even if only RJ, Claude, and Withers were to leave, we have the freshmen and 2 open portal spots.
It will be a different dynamic with a rim protecting center and a different distribution of playing time.
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Yea, I guess. If we can bring in a 7'2" 5 star center, the top player in the class, and another freshman that shoots 40% from three, and have another 5 star freshman on the bench, then we would probably be ok. But it's not in the cards for next year.
Either way, we simply need players. I don't really like the direction the portal is taking basketball anyway, having 8-9 new players each year will cause traditional fans to lose interest over time.
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Other than for money, where's Cadeau going to go? He needs to improve personally, not learn a new system at the same time. But maybe. Maybe he feels that UNC isn't maximizing his abilities, who knows?
Losing interest as a fan is a separate issue from effectiveness. Don't confuse the two.
A 5 star freshman = 4 star senior transfer. You can either bring in top 1 and done talent or you can bring in top portal talent. It is basically the same chemistry challenge either way.
Right now, Hubert is 2 for 4 with portal classes. Maybe 1.5 for 4. He needs to hit an absolute homerun this season -- a bunch of Bradys and Harrisons and Cormacs, and not so many Cades and Nances and Dawsons.
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Do you believe it is harder to assimilate one or two players into the team or start with 8-9 players that have never played together before?
Ultimately it comes down to talent, so I guess if you can get 8-9 really talented players in the portal each year, then it might work, I just don't see that as a sustainable long term plan.
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Three guys are out of eligibility and now they can have 15 guys on scholarship. There’s plenty of room to bring in needed pieces without running players off.
And I don’t think anyone’s presence was a negative. We just need to add the right pieces. And we really need a player or two who can be a leader on the floor.
It is pretty rare you have 9 portal players. Even if we have massive turnover, we probably are still going to have at least some of the contributors from last year return.
That said, if you have a good GM and a good coach (both TBD) you could very easily have a much better team next year with 9 totally new players.
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That would only be a national championship season around here.
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Don’t be tedious.
Bigs23
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Undefeated, national championship season, with the winning margins above 40…..no shrinkage on the winning margin…..
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To answer your questions honestly IMHO, both Powell and Jackson declare for the pros, at least test the waters. Perhaps both go, or one goes and one returns. I doubt both return.
I think JWash and Cadeau both return. If one goes portal I think it would be Wash.
Confounding yes, but maybe not confusing? It’ll prolly be cut and dried.
Hubert gets one more year at least, we’ll see how that goes. But no matter what, those who don’t like him as coach have to live with him one more year minimum. But that’s easy, one more year. I gotta live with Trump for 4 more years. Hubert haters got it easy.
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But you are delaying the big money which comes in year 4, then delaying the really big money that comes with a third contract. You might make more in college for a year or two while costing yourself millions on the back end by not getting the clock started on that first NBA contract.
You stay in college for the money because you’re certain you WON’T make big NBA money…..you realize you’re an NBA journeyman at best.
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I stayed in college for 4 years because I knew once I got out, my parents would stop supporting me financially and I’d have to get a full time job. And if I stayed for a 5th year, I knew they’d stop supporting me financially, and I’d have to pay for that 5th year.