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A Gard nodding gif. Do we finally have Tonje?

Kerb Hohl wrote:A Gard nodding gif. Do we finally have Tonje?

Sure sounds like it

What am I missing on Tonje? The guy in his 5th year at Missouri did nothing in the games he did play. Someone enlighten me.

LUKE23 wrote:What am I missing on Tonje? The guy in his 5th year at Missouri did nothing in the games he did play. Someone enlighten me.

He was injured. Missed the majority of the year, therefore got a 6th.

Was good at Colorado State.

College b-ball is so weird now. I thought they were cooked with losing storr and chucky, but then they sign some 5th year guys like a month after the season and they are back! never heard of any of these guys but lets go!

neiLz wrote:College b-ball is so weird now. I thought they were cooked with losing storr and chucky, but then they sign some 5th year guys like a month after the season and they are back! never heard of any of these guys but lets go!

My take has morphed so much in the past 3 years.

The dawn of me watching college basketball to ~2021: Yeah, we'll never get the 5-star guys, but we will keep continuity and development to beat all of the teams that also don't but chase the star ratings.

2021-2024: With the transfer portal, we're not using it enough. Teams are fortifying their roster with mid-majors stars more than we are and nullifying our continuity advantage

This past week: Other teams are going to chase the transfer high too much now that the portal has gone bonkers. Just keeping some continuity and adding the next tier of transfers is probably good enough again.

I think Hunter, Amos, & Tonje are all solid additions. But I think collectively they are worse than the trio of Chucky, Storr, & Wahl who they are replacing. The Badgers are probably a tournament team next year but I don't see them being more than a 7 or 8 seed

MVP2110 wrote:I think Hunter, Amos, & Tonje are all solid additions. But I think collectively they are worse than the trio of Chucky, Storr, & Wahl who they are replacing. The Badgers are probably a tournament team next year but I don't see them being more than a 7 or 8 seed

It's hard to say at this point. Blackwell and Winter could come back much improved. Freitag could be a monster from the start. They could all fall on their faces.

jute2003 wrote:

MVP2110 wrote:I think Hunter, Amos, & Tonje are all solid additions. But I think collectively they are worse than the trio of Chucky, Storr, & Wahl who they are replacing. The Badgers are probably a tournament team next year but I don't see them being more than a 7 or 8 seed

It's hard to say at this point. Blackwell and Winter could come back much improved. Freitag could be a monster from the start. They could all fall on their faces.

I agree with both here in some ways. I like the depth of shooters now, but guys like Crowl's efficiency may fall off without Storr.

But again, back to my initial point. In the first 3 years of the portal, you had most key players staying put...but Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama, Iowa State, and some others were smart and used this to fortify the hell out of their roster. Take high impact freshmen or boom/bust and tell everyone else that isn't contributing by year 2 to leave.

This year, the portal has gone insane. And the power programs + a few others that are desperate (like Louisville) have realized the power of it and are all-in.

Instead of most non-bluebloods getting somewhat better or a lot better from the portal, I think a lot of middling teams got absolutely nuked by this. The power is again consolidating to the top.

We may be back to where we started as long as this system stays in place. Let the AJ Storr-type transfers go to Kansas...unfortunately, we will probably never be them. But let the Minnesotas, Iowa States, and Nebraskas of the world chase the dream of transfers. Inevitably, a bunch of them will strike out or get their roster nuked...obviously Wisconsin has to use the portal, but having some continuity is once again good enough to stay in front of them.

The three new guys are really interesting. As a group, they are a lot better at shooting the three than the guys they are replacing. Hopefully they can play D.

Hard to say what these guys will bring, but Im glad we have them. Two things are for sure. Max Klesmit is going to need to be the alpha next year. Daniel Frietag and Robison are both vital to the success of the team next year. This team can't afford to be playing Gilmore/McGee too often.

I didn't know where to put this but....I do keep track of Sam Dekker...And last night in the british league championship with the game tied and clock running to single digits he nailed a game winning 3ptr.

Gets the 2nd title and second time MVP finals trophy.

Happy to see him killin it somewhere.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cvwzki/highlight_remember_sam_dekker_he_just_hit_the/

British League is abysmal. Like, at best the 12th, best domestic league in Europe, and most likely the 15th or so. One team is pouring money (the one Dekker plays) hoping for an Euroleague spot at some point, and the rest are semi-pro.

Diggr14 wrote:Hard to say what these guys will bring, but Im glad we have them. Two things are for sure. Max Klesmit is going to need to be the alpha next year. Daniel Frietag and Robison are both vital to the success of the team next year. This team can't afford to be playing Gilmore/McGee too often.

Robison does not seem like a guy that's going to play much. Also, while I get it, if Klesmit ends up being the alpha...I dunno. They have a lot of candidates for a guy that randomly ascends to stardom, and Klesmit is a nice player...but he does not really have the interior game to do a whole lot more unless his game develops substantially.

Beorn wrote:British League is abysmal. Like, at best the 12th, best domestic league in Europe, and most likely the 15th or so. One team is pouring money (the one Dekker plays) hoping for an Euroleague spot at some point, and the rest are semi-pro.

At least he's found a level where he can ball out.

And he's made enough NBA money where he doesn't need the british money which I think is not much of anything.

He can definitely have a role in a EL team, this is purely a money/lifestyle choice, not an "i am too washed to find a better lvl" choice

HKPackFan wrote:

Beorn wrote:British League is abysmal. Like, at best the 12th, best domestic league in Europe, and most likely the 15th or so. One team is pouring money (the one Dekker plays) hoping for an Euroleague spot at some point, and the rest are semi-pro.

At least he's found a level where he can ball out.

And he's made enough NBA money where he doesn't need the british money which I think is not much of anything.

Not to mention his wife/in-laws are pretty wealthy/set for life.

jschligs wrote:

HKPackFan wrote:

Beorn wrote:British League is abysmal. Like, at best the 12th, best domestic league in Europe, and most likely the 15th or so. One team is pouring money (the one Dekker plays) hoping for an Euroleague spot at some point, and the rest are semi-pro.

At least he's found a level where he can ball out.

And he's made enough NBA money where he doesn't need the british money which I think is not much of anything.

Not to mention his wife/in-laws are pretty wealthy/set for life.

SAM DEKKER SECURING LIFETIME FINANCIAL STABILITY AT A TENDER AGE A MOST IMPROBABLE TURN FOR THE NATIVE SHEBOYGANITE, REG.

Did. You. See. That.

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AND NOW A WORD FROM DRAFT KINGS

Bill Walton, man.