Bear Down Wildcats

He probably didn't deserve it but hopefully he comes in hungry and ready to prove something - hopefully not shoot many 3s.

Love it!

Can he still de-commit? With the FBI/NCAA punishment looming I'm concerned we lose both O'neal and Williams.

Captain Obvious wrote:Can he still de-commit? With the FBI/NCAA punishment looming I'm concerned we lose both O'neal and Williams.

Why? He has repeatedly said he's a Wildcat.

Here's the whole thing

Captain Obvious wrote:Can he still de-commit? With the FBI/NCAA punishment looming I'm concerned we lose both O'neal and Williams.

If he wanted to yes. At the moment there's no need to worry.

He will likely be a starter next year on a relatively strong team next year at a major program — no reason why he would decommit at this point.

NYCat wrote:

Nice! Heck of a stat line too - 24/10/3

I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.

ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.

What, you don't think he a OKG?

ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.

Why don't you see him as a Miller guy? I feel the exact opposite. He has a solid foundation and is all-character for sure. I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay 3 years and graduate. Shaq is a lot of things but one thing he is above all else is a hell of a father to his kids. Shareef is exactly the kind of guy Miller wants her IMO.

Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.

PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter

That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?

I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.

Beachcat97 wrote:Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.

PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter

That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?

I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.

Brandon Williams may be the toughest dude on that team and that concerns me.

splitsecond wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:I'm very curious to see how he and Miller mesh. I don't see him as a Miller guy at all, but Miller recruits many guys who you wouldn't think are his type of guy.

Why don't you see him as a Miller guy? I feel the exact opposite. He has a solid foundation and is all-character for sure. I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay 3 years and graduate. Shaq is a lot of things but one thing he is above all else is a hell of a father to his kids. Shareef is exactly the kind of guy Miller wants her IMO.

How coachable he is will certainly impact how his stay at Arizona goes. I'm not saying he's not a good kid and doesn't have a good father, but he's gotta do and play the way Miller wants him to and I'm far from certain he's going to do just that.

Beachcat97 wrote:Reef is joining what could potentially be a solid (but quite young) team.

PG - Williams/Barcello
SG - Randolph/Smith/Akot
SF - Reef/Akot
PF - Lee/Reef
C - Jeter

That's just a rough guess. Who knows how the lineup actually shakes out?

I mean let's face it: Oregon should be the preseason Pac favorite next year with that recruiting class. No idea what's going to happen with UCLA, but is a mass exodus and coaching change so far-fetched? USC losing key guys. ASU losing key guys. Looks like another down year for the Pac. Maybe a young, hungry AZ team can surprise people.

If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.

It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.

It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.

Fair enough, so we're looking at

Williams
Randolph
Akot
Reef
Jeter

Bench: Lee, Smith, Barcello

Will Reef start over Lee? Is he that good? Or maybe we start Lee and Reef together? Way, way too early for this forecast, but maybe not too early to say whether Reef and Williams are good enough to start from day one.

Beachcat97 wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
If we're starting Shareef at the 3, we're screwed pretty deeply. He's a stretch 4 all the way and we lack post depth.

It's Randolph, Akot and Smith on the wing, maybe some Barcello if he's ready. That would be a nice place to add some depth too with a freshman.

Fair enough, so we're looking at

Williams
Randolph
Akot
Reef
Jeter

Bench: Lee, Smith, Barcello

Will Reef start over Lee? Is he that good? Or maybe we start Lee and Reef together? Way, way too early for this forecast, but maybe not too early to say whether Reef and Williams are good enough to start from day one.

I think it will end up Shareef vs Ira for the starting spot, but we need both to be ready to play because we lack any other options at the 4/5. If they aren't both ready, we have no big man off the bench. Who starts is waaay less important than both contributing.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:I think it will end up Shareef vs Ira for the starting spot, but we need both to be ready to play because we lack any other options at the 4/5. If they aren't both ready, we have no big man off the bench. Who starts is waaay less important than both contributing.

That makes sense. Hopefully the competition for minutes brings out the best in both of them.

Don't know about you guys, but I'm curious about Jeter. I liked his HS/AAU vids, but didn't get a feeling one way or another about his Duke play. Was "soft"(my Dukie buddies) a bad rap or not? Was it more of a "didn't meet expectations", the Duke fan malady?

What I liked was Jeter's play in the RED/Blue. Looked poised and mature, moved well, played fairly aggressively. Three for 6 in 12 mins and two blocks, no boards. He managed to pick up 5 fouls which wouldn't suggest soft play, and could also explain why he didn't get more minutes.

Any word, any thoughts?

(I see Reef's thread has turned into an 18/19 lineup talker.)

What a strange way to come into the game.

Didn't start playing until his freshman year, didn't really take note of the HOF players around him until high school.

Really hope he'll be okay with Miller's hard coaching.

Yeah he'll either swim finally playing for a good coach who pushes him, has to lift, sort of like Ayton, or he'll sink.

He's pretty good for only have played for 4 years.

All of this sucks so fucking much.

At this rate next year we'll only have like 8 scholarship players and no 4 or 5 star recruits.

If nothing comes from this I hope we sue the shit out of the worldwide leader for slander and libel.

Chicat wrote:

All of this sucks so fucking much.

Unless he knew about this before ESPN caught hold from the "source," the timestamp on that tweet was at like 5pm AZ time, and that ESPN article didn't come out until after 8pm. Not sure it's related??

phxcat23 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

All of this sucks so fucking much.

Unless he knew about this before ESPN caught hold from the "source," the timestamp on that tweet was at like 5pm AZ time, and that ESPN article didn't come out until after 8pm. Not sure it's related??

Maybe he got a heads up from the staff/school. Think espn asked for a comment in the Friday morning. Of course that's if this is even related.

He's gone. That sucks. I was looking forward to Shaq in the stands and Shareef on the court.

yeah whatever.. he isn't an impact player anyway.

No big deal.

Bordercat wrote:yeah whatever.. he isn't an impact player anyway.

No big deal.

We’re about to be left with 6-7 non-impact players, but yeah ..... whatever .....

CalStateTempe wrote:If nothing comes from this I hope we sue the shit out of the worldwide leader for slander and libel.

^^^ This, Without any doubt...

Brandon Williams probably next. I think we'll have 4-6 scholarship players next year. Of course that's if Akot/Randolph/others don't bounce, could be less.

Romar will be cruising the rec center next year looking for walk ons. Maybe build a good relationship with Sumlin and get the some dual sport players to walk on.

Yeah we're barely going to able to field a team next season. Looking at a probably sub .500 last place in the conference kinda year.

Brandon Williams, you're next!

Well if he hasn't said anything yet, and this whole thing is a big smear campaign..... here's holding out hope. If I had to choose one of the two I'd rather have bw, could be up pg creek next year without him.

Maybe move this to arch rivals?

Guess he doesn't like playing in front of passionate fans

God damn damn I can’t wait for the adidas shoe to drop hard on with UCLA! The ball bro, THj leaf and all the other Compton magic kids.

Sorry, Now a Bruin... Forever a punk.

3goggles wrote:God damn damn I can’t wait for the adidas shoe to drop hard on with UCLA! The ball bro, THj leaf and all the other Compton magic kids.

Honestly, those are probably the least likely kids to get popped.

I thought that Shaq was smarter than that. Big Dumbass it is.

splitsecond wrote:I thought that Shaq was smarter than that. Big Dumbass it is.

Mom's call

Wanted to like him, always thought he was soft and overhyped, now I don't have to try.

This kid is not a "basketball player" he's just a dude born next to a basketball.

Yup. The only part that sucks is we don't have frontcourt depth. He would've wanted to play in the wing anyway.

Time to move the thread to arch rivals

i'm moving this thread to arch rivals

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thread has been moved.

I would love to see Lee put Oneal on a poster next year