Looks like the big chaulk Kessler committed to auburn. Wow. No idea what to expect with this roster
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Ok, just watched some highlights and I’m on board with super chAUlkie.
heh...this sh!t is getting dumb. Ole Bruce ready to take back the state. C'mon home JT, gonna be a helluva ride next year.
yeah. kid can play for sure
I'm assuming these transfers (Wendell and Walker) are both gonna be eligible next season?
agree it could be the end, how many spots do we have left? assume we'll hold one for Scootah.
everyone is waiting on the NCAA to make their decision if this will be a free year, but folks seem to think all transfers will be free to play next season.
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UPDATE: https://247sports.com/college/aubur...lity-all-athletes-transfer-portal--164163440/
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he's another guy set to take a big step next year, hope he hangs on. I could see babatunde pondering a move too.
Bruce is on a mission to revamp that starting 5 from this year
sure it’s been discussed here, but kid has serious upside potential. when given the opportunity he produces. He was in quarantine to start year and got stuck behind 3 pretty good bigs.
Only took 4 shots from deep all year due to their archaic offense. Got 20+ mins only twice. Went for 20, 8 and 4 and 16, 12 and 8 in those 2 games.
I love this pickup.
Boog board insiders acting confident in another big time pickup over the next week or 2.
it’s gotta be Tyty or scoot.
it’s gotta be Tyty or scoot.
Here to eat poo. I finally watched his highlights, he’s really good. I love him. Even if he is not very handsome.
welp... ready to be proven to be a colossal dumbass since I’ve never been especially high on the youngster
BRUCE has been busting his ass to get this kid for years, so I’m sure I’m missing something
now go get TyTy and/or Scoot and let’s roll
BRUCE has been busting his ass to get this kid for years, so I’m sure I’m missing something
now go get TyTy and/or Scoot and let’s roll
If we can get Ty Ty/Scoot that would be an all time great lineup from a pure talent standpoint.
side note: I’m loving our outlook from behind the arc. I caught the end of the high school dunk and 3pt contest and I believe they said Jabari got 2nd place in the 3pt contest. With Kessler now onboard we will be a true threat from behind the line from 1 -5. Not sleeping on Trey Alexander either. Watched his mix tape and he is another guy (like Green) who has that J. Harper logo range. Add a guy like Sils, Locke, or McClung and we would have the mother load of 3pt assassins. Bruce has to be all warm and fuzzy looking at what he will have to work with from range. Just think about it...our top 3 point options (Jaylin, Cambridge and Flanny) from last year are now probably our 6, 7 and 8th best options. Ridiculous depth!
Yeah I’m thinking Alexander finished third in that three point contest as well. Ready to get to Boogin here in mid April.
It seems more and more that Scoot is going to bolt for G-League.
My guess is TyTy or someone like Mac McClung.
Former Bunker intern Nate King works for 247 sure and he said Sills is announcing Wednesday. But he doesn't think we take Sills (or least he hasn't heard much talk on him)
Good catch. Did not realize that. Jeez I can’t sleep now thinking about next years squad.
starting to see new rumblings that there could be names in the mix that haven’t been discussed... obviously Scoot has a spot regardless, and I would imagine TyTy does as well, but there may be another guard or two none of us are thinking about
Sills announces later this week, and would appear to be a backup plan, so assuming no other Boog commitments before his announcement, if Sills commits somewhere else that’s a good sign - or at least a sign that we’re still working on higher priority guys
the phrase “we can afford to be greedy” or something similar was mentioned
I guess if we get a PG like Scoot, then Zep will play the 2? But if we get a 2, then Zep would play point?
Agree we can be greedy at this point. Not sure if any of the “names not discussed” can be found on this list, but it’s the best composite I could find of top guards in the portal.
The top players Michigan could pursue in the transfer portal
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It’s no coincidence this alleged G- League is trying to poach another HYG from BRUCE. Let’s just be clear the G League is another Nike operation, co-opted by antisemites and the REC mafia, that exists for the sole purpose of undermining BRUCE.
No, just saying we need 2 PGs, and I’m assuming whatever type of guard we sign will dictate where Zep ends up playing. I think Wendell is the more polished player, while Zep is more athletic and the better defender. I think Zep would be a good 2, but everyone was saying we signed him to play point. Of course, that was before we signed Green
I don't think Thor is coming back. He's not going to class.
well that would suck. Can't blame a kid for chasing the bag. But all you gotta do is look at Chuma and realize one extra year can make all the difference for that first contract.
Whoever is giving Thor advice, if anyone, is not doing a great job. Or he’s just not listening to it
I presume most of the HYGs don’t go to class and why should they? Any self respecting boog student/ professor give them notes and test answers anyway. No time to grind out a few hours of undergrad nonsense we ballin y’all.
my little brother is in school right now. And he ahs the option to do it via zoom or attend in person. It may very be that that's the case for Thor and he's just "not there" or something. But who knows. I feel like we've heard the "not showing up to class" bit before and it didn' tmatter
Our boy, JFerg, has been spitting out some great advanced stat numbers on Kessler that make it sound like he could've or should've been a lot more productive at UNC with more minutes.
Just tells me Bruce knows how to spot and recruit the best talent! G League can fvck off taking our HYGs though.
I’ll admit I severely underestimated how quickly he can get up and down the court... he’s not near the lumbering oaf I remembered... now I’m wondering how good his conditioning is, and how long he can play with that effort and speed
it’s easy to haul ass up and down the court when you’re playing 4 minutes a game... hopefully he can do it for 24
I also didn’t fully appreciate just how effing long he is... watching it in high school and AAU showcases, you’re watching him against 15-16 year olds so I didn’t put much stock in it - but he still looked huge facing ACC competition, which is nice to see
I’m not ready to declare him the missing piece or anything of the sort, but I’m ready to be proven wrong about him
There's a couple highlight videos going around, and he has a play against FSU where he comes off a high ball screen and gets the pass on the pop from the PG. He rips it to his left side and takes his defender off the dribble and dunks in about two strides. I found it fascinating because it reminded me of Thor when he'd take his defender off the bounce in the same situation. Now, I'm not comparing Kessler's ball handling and dribble-drive skills to Thor, but for a guy his size to be that agile and comfortable to put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket was impressive to me. Then, he had another play where he tipped a ball away at the top of the key, stole it, and took it all the way to the other end for a dunk. Just great plays from a big, especially one of his size.
His length probably had a lot to do with that steal rate those tweets were discussing. Horace Spencer type steal numbers. That gets me excited.
How do we end the G League
In case you were wondering, "Have Malik Dunbar and Zep Jasper ever played a pickup game together?", I have your answer here:
