re: 2024-25 Basketball Thread - not poortal szn

You'll figure it out later.

lol probably smarter than Purifoy. And you also forget Purifoy was more of a bust being Bruce's first pro like guy.

Purifoy knocked down 59 threes as a freshman and knocked down 87% of his FTs then.


His PER never got as low as Chaney's either.

And for those that think Chaney wasnt a liability he averaged 6.4 PF per 40.

Umm love Chaney but no.

With that I support all that wear the orange and blue. Not sure why some find it so hard to do.

Some good info from Bruce today. Sounds like we are going to take the best available guard regardless of position and we are in on a couple. If we land a 2/3 type guy Tahaad will probably get backup 1 minutes in addition to his off ball minutes. If we land a 1/2 type they will get the backup minutes at the 1 and all of Tahaad minutes will come at the 2.

And reading between the lines a bit, it does seem like Johni will get some real run at the 4.

LINK

"I think that's the last piece — one more impactful guard," Pearl said Monday before his annual Fore the Children golf fundraiser. "... We really need one more guy that has a chance to compete. It really doesn't matter for me which position it's going to be, whether it's a 1/2 or a 2/1, a 2/3, a 3/2 — it doesn't really matter. But it'll be one more guard. We've tried to be really patient to get the right fit. We're involved with a couple of really good ones. I can't believe we're in the middle of May, and we're not done recruiting. But that's what the combination of NIL and the transfer portal has done."

"The reason why Tahaad's not a point guard right now is because he's such a good scorer and a good shooter," Pearl said. I just don't think putting the responsibility of making him — not only make the adjustment of high school to college — but make the adjustment to having the ball in his hands full time. So that's something that would not be as good for him. At the same time, I definitely see him coming in and competing for minutes at the 1, if I wind up taking a guy that's a 2 or a 3. If we take a 2, then he'll be right where he is. But if we do take a wing, then I think he'll, by virtue of his size, be put in a position where he'll play both positions."

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JLee quietly put in a pick for Miles Kelley to AU. Hoke also hinting there could be momentum there. Basically implied missing on our main PF targets could allow us to go big for a G/W.

Miles would be a fantastic signing, believe he ran the point some for GaTech.

Good player. Would be a threat to get as many minutes as Denver overall. Big loser would be Pettiford but I'll take the riches

Interesting. Thanks for the info

I agree on Lee. I’m pretty sure Hoke is close to someone on the staff though.

Regardless, hopefully they’re right on this one.