AU64 10,122 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 1 hour ago, ellitor said: No cuz a lot of those teams get theirs late because they are a NBA Draft revolving door. Mostly I think because those top dozen or two kids are also playing the recruiting game with the big guys and won't commit until later in the game. Just sayin' ....it's a long way to 2017 signing day......and not too bad an idea to keep things in perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattletiger 0 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 15 hours ago, ellitor said: No cuz a lot of those teams get theirs late because they are a NBA Draft revolving door. So do you think our three recruits are more likely to stick around for, say, three years or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Seattletiger said: So do you think our three recruits are more likely to stick around for, say, three years or so? My guess on Davion & Wiley would be no. I would be happy to get 2 years from them. I was just saying though those other teams already have an NBA Draft revolving door and some will likely take 5 to 6 top players in this class. Barring attrition we are taking 4. Edited July 26, 2016 by ellitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattletiger 0 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 7 minutes ago, ellitor said: My guess on Davion & Wiley would be no. I would be happy to get 2 years from them. I was just saying though those other teams already have an NBA Draft revolving door and some will likely take 5 to 6 top players in this class. Barring attrition we are taking 4. Understood where you were coming from re: rankings and also that's it only a guess--who can know what a player will do? But I'm torn. On one hand I'm very excited that we are getting players who may be good enough to jump to the NBA after a couple of years as I know that's the way the very successful programs are being built these days. On the other hand, I long for the old days where even very good players stayed in school for three or four years and could get to know them before they go off to the NBA (which I do not follow at all, especially since the Sonics left town). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 5 minutes ago, Seattletiger said: who can know what a player will do? Nobody right now. I doubt these kids who have not gotten to AU yet even really know what they will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,084 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 7/25/2016 at 5:35 PM, AU64 said: Nice to get the recognition but anyone find it strange that Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, Kansas and the usual powerhouses are not on the list? Seems like many schools are not announcing their commitments yet. Hoping we can hang on to these guys...they should at least give us one of the top 2 or 3 classes in the SEC when the dust settles. As far as duke and Kentucky, no because I know who they are going after instead. Other schools yes I thought about it too. But he's not top 5 at his position so I guess I could see EVERYBODY not after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 4 hours ago, cole256 said: As far as duke and Kentucky, no because I know who they are going after instead. Other schools yes I thought about it too. But he's not top 5 at his position so I guess I could see EVERYBODY not after him. True....I notice only 4 of the top 25 have committed yet so lots of higher ranked guys are out there for the big programs to pick from. That top 10 list will look a lot different by the end of the year. Still, AU has done a good job getting a head start with some of the ESPN Top 100; http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,084 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Yes we have. I'm more excited about this guys defensive potential than anything. He's pretty much built to shut down small forwards and shooting guards. There are nba players who wish they had his frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Brunch retweeting this kid saying he was committed to AU. Is that not like talking about kids who haven't signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 1 hour ago, jared52 said: Brunch retweeting this kid saying he was committed to AU. Is that not like talking about kids who haven't signed? Huh? Are you saying coaches RTed that? I don't know about basketball but for football the NCAA passed a new rule that let coaches RT recruits as of 2 days ago, just can't add a comment in the RT. My guess is that rule passed for basketball too. If so a coach RTing Okeke saying he committed to AU is within the new rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 1 hour ago, ellitor said: Huh? Are you saying coaches RTed that? I don't know about basketball but for football the NCAA passed a new rule that let coaches RT recruits as of 2 days ago, just can't add a comment in the RT. My guess is that rule passed for basketball too. If so a coach RTing Okeke saying he committed to AU is within the new rules. Yep, it was Bruce. Not Brunch. Autocorrect must have got me. I didn't know about the rule change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Chuma Okeke is the ultimate utility knife. 2017 Auburn signee goes for a 21-23 game. Mid range game conissaure. — Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) December 22, 2016 And that 23 is rebounds. Edited December 23, 2016 by ellitor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,819 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 we're gonna be pretty beastly in terms of dominating the boards and rim in 2018 if Wiley stays 2 more years and this guy + the Montgomery kid stay committed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said: we're gonna be pretty beastly in terms of dominating the boards and rim in 2018 if Wiley stays 2 more years and this guy + the Montgomery kid stay committed Wiley will likely be gone after next year but we will get 1 year of Wiley and Chuma together. Edited December 23, 2016 by ellitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,819 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 8 hours ago, ellitor said: Wiley will likely be gone after next year but we will get 1 year of Wiley and Chuma together. Just me being hopeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,084 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 People should be super excited about this signing, for defense.....he will impact our team and our ability to play better on defense more than anything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombigbeetiger 223 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 i think wiley stays more than 2 seasons...look, i know the kid is 17,no practice time,not in the best shape,etc...i get all of that, and this team is light years better when he is in the game, but come on, he is a long,long way from NBA ready.....his mama and daddy ain't going to push him to leave until he is ready.....my guess is that we get 3 out of him....he'll get better every day, but lets not crown him the next bill russel just yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,107 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I wish the league would put a 21 years and older minimum. It would benefit the kids to have more maturity. At least they can't join straight out of high school anymore, but I wish the one and done would be 3 and done. Personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgarrett7 957 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 1 hour ago, AUBwins said: I wish the league would put a 21 years and older minimum. It would benefit the kids to have more maturity. At least they can't join straight out of high school anymore, but I wish the one and done would be 3 and done. Personal preference. Would make the college game have a wider range of competitive teams. The Kentucky's and North Carolina's couldn't sign 5 or 6 of the top 20 kids like they do now. So more of those kids would fall down for teams that aren't perennial powers to pick up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 On 12/23/2016 at 6:06 AM, ellitor said: Wiley will likely be gone after next year but we will get 1 year of Wiley and Chuma together. Not to mention a back court of (possibly) Heron, Harper and Davion Mitchell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 On 12/24/2016 at 8:16 AM, tombigbeetiger said: i think wiley stays more than 2 seasons...look, i know the kid is 17,no practice time,not in the best shape,etc...i get all of that, and this team is light years better when he is in the game, but come on, he is a long,long way from NBA ready.....his mama and daddy ain't going to push him to leave until he is ready.....my guess is that we get 3 out of him....he'll get better every day, but lets not crown him the next bill russel just yet You could be right. I'm just pointing out that the current info is he plans on 2 years at AU then moving on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Better get used to the fact that Wiley may leave after one and a half seasons. In that sense, we should be thankful right now we got him for the last half of this current season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsboroAuburnFan 462 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Just can't wait to see Davion, Okeke and Wiley on court together. Harper will surely have someone to distribute the ball too. Will okeke play SF or will he be forced into PF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,114 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ScottsboroAuburnFan said: Just can't wait to see Davion, Okeke and Wiley on court together. Harper will surely have someone to distribute the ball too. Will okeke play SF or will he be forced into PF? He's got a PF game so that's where I see him playing. And bold prediction. Davion will have more dimes next year than Harper IMO. Edited December 27, 2016 by ellitor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsboroAuburnFan 462 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 U think Harper will still be point? I thought Okeke would play PF but knew he was listed as SF so wasn't sure. I knew he had a strong rebound game so figured PF. Sure be nice to have Him at PF and Wiley at C. U think Heron is still here next season? If so will he play SF ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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