We have a plethora of guards right now and some real bigs coming in this coming year followed by 2 other bigs. We have one more scholie to offer for the following year. What do we go after? EM and WE will be a junior so I say we go after the best 5 guy we can get or pure point guard. If Tyler Les can take up the slack at the 1 then (free ride without using a scholie) we should be going after the best 5 player there is that will listen to us and make that the number one priority. :mrgreen:
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Next year's recruit? We only have 1 left!
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Bradleyguy10
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Ricardo Johnson.
tornado
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I'll take Ricardo, but BU might also be focusing on another PG/combo guard for that class (if we see attrition) (such as Jarrod Oldham, Rayvonte Rice, Thornton's Reggie Smith)...as well as a scoring wing....(Ricardo Johnson, Josh Sewell...)
but who knows....maybe even wait and see what develops so we can land a transfer if someone like MR or Iman Shumpert get unhappy where they are...
but who knows....maybe even wait and see what develops so we can land a transfer if someone like MR or Iman Shumpert get unhappy where they are...
BradleyBrave
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Center, then shooter/swing man. We're set at point guard for a while.
Bradleyguy10
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The beautiful thing about Ricardo Johnson is that he is a relatively big guy with point guard like ball handling. He's TW except with the ability to dribble and, from what I read, a better shot. Can you imagine two bigger guys on our team with point guard like skills, JW and RJ, and the ability to shoot well? That'd be awesome.
I'd have him over MR any day, but Shumpert would be interesting.
I'd say a POB type center :lol: or Ricardo.
I'd have him over MR any day, but Shumpert would be interesting.
I'd say a POB type center :lol: or Ricardo.
lake Camelot
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I think you may be joking, but I am not sure. If Shumpert was homesick I would think he would declare for the NBA not transfer and sit out a year. Maybe Darius Smith will be unhappy after one year at UCONN. Really the kid from Kentucky looks great, but any center would also be nice. Aim high and see what we can come up with.
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georgethedog
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Having all these guards scares me a bit. I'm just afraid with all the guards we have Les will be tempted to use his 4 guard line-up that as of this moment has gotten BU as far as a 4th place finish in the MVC. I agree with SFP, we need another BIG if for no other reason than it forces Les to play more than one guy over 6'7" at a time. That will be a day I will celebrate. I know I am dreaming, but does anyone think there will ever come a day when BU will have 3 BIG guys on the floor at the same time? If that happens that will mark the time BU breaks through and finishes at the top of the league. I want to see a real frontline. (Anderson, Thirdkill, Reese) (Livingston, Carr, and sorry but I can't remember the big white guy's name with WSU-DaCoach probably remembers). BU would dominate the league with a team of BIGS "that play at the same time" to go along with a rotation of 2 guards at a time. Remember gentlemen, size does matter!
tornado
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so maybe we should have signed only half of them and been thin in the backcourt?
it's boogie time
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With the verbal commitments of Harris and Wilkins, Bradley will have six guys over 6'8" on the projected roster. There certainly looks to be many guards in the mix. By default, I think they would go after a 6'5" wing type of player to replace Roberts and Warren down the road.
It certainly is a better spot to be in compared to a couple of years ago when Bradley desperately needed to recruits some bigs.
It certainly is a better spot to be in compared to a couple of years ago when Bradley desperately needed to recruits some bigs.
TheHeemyMonster
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UMMM no half is a bit much but ONE less might have been a good idea. I have no idea if any of our big men are going to be any better or even as god as this year... not a good hing
Bringing in Prosser, Knezevic, Harris, Wilkins the next 2 years. Not sure where the "bigs" problem is here. This coming seson, the only way I'd worry is if AT, JP, and MK are all busts and WE's near break-out sophomore season proves to have been an illusion. A lot has to go wrong for BU to have no inside game from here on out. And I think we're due some luck from the basketball gods.
Knezevic isn't a big...at least in the sense that I don't think you'll see him contributing much as an inside player...especially as a freshman. I would assume that any success he will have as a frosh will be from the perimeter.
But I do agree with you...I think we will be OK as far as our bigs are concerned next year. I think some combination of Egolf, Prosser, Singh, and Thompson will find a way to provide production for us that will be better than what we got this year...
I think a lot of us are simply lumping BIG players into the same category as whoever will play our 5-spot. Because they've generally been the same... our biggest guys have played the 5 (obviously).
I think we're set on BIG players, we just need a capable center for the future. We have mostly PFs who can play center if needed. Would obviously love to see a 7 footer, but even a 6'9 true center will work great. With the size we have coming in, we'll be able to play some tall guys at the 3 and 4 (AW, MK, CR, JP, SH...)
Exactly! If AT does not step up we'll only have WE as a 5 and he's really a 4. We have a bunch of PF's which is great but I want a legitimate 5 and it never hurts to have a young backup for those needed minutes and learning to become the seasoned veteran down the road.
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georgethedog
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Maybe one third.