Chriscin33
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That’s fair but I guess he saw another big put in the equation and figured those will eat into total minutes available between all.
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Chriscin33
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Have to assume if Maker knew Vince was going to transfer, he would have stayed. Think he could have filled the role we will need this upcoming year from our back up center.
Chriscin33
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I like Vince. He needed a lot of work. Was hoping with another year working with Rick he’d improve.
Here’s the thing. If he left because he was challenged to earn his minutes then he’s not the guy. Zuby is clearly #1 option. After that? Hard to see just Mitchell taking his minutes. Seems to me like any good Coach RP said the opportunity is there take it or leave it. Kid saw a place elsewhere and he left. Okay but if that’s the scenario I don’t think US or Rick should be upset. He’s not the guy.
Here’s the thing. If he left because he was challenged to earn his minutes then he’s not the guy. Zuby is clearly #1 option. After that? Hard to see just Mitchell taking his minutes. Seems to me like any good Coach RP said the opportunity is there take it or leave it. Kid saw a place elsewhere and he left. Okay but if that’s the scenario I don’t think US or Rick should be upset. He’s not the guy.
I suspect what he saw was the combination of Zuby, Bryce, Prey and Mitchell taking the overwhelming majority of minutes at the 4/5 which is not an unreasonable assumption.
Chriscin33
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Agreed. But that is assuming everyone is healthy for the year. As we know, Bryce had a serious knee injury and hasn’t played much ball for a long time so all the insurance we can gather, the better in my eyes.
L J S A
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He was going to get 30 seconds a game if we stay healthy. Would have been limited to guarding an inbounds play at the end of the first half or trying to catch a lob with time dwindling before halftime.
The idea of Vince is much better than the reality of Vince.
But I do wish him all the luck in the world other than if he's in position for a hook shot over Ejiofor.
Sure but can’t blame Vince for not banking on injuries to get PT.
Chriscin33
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I like Prey a lot and think he will be a very important part of our success in the upcoming years.
We don’t need a big time backup center. Zuby is going to play 30 minutes a night and we have Prey as a sophomore. Find a big body that can give us 5-10 minutes if necessary down the depth chart. An underclassman that can develop seems like the right choice.
Rocket
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He and Imran were not teammates.
Imran played on one of Reggiana's junior teams but may have been called up briefly.
Momo Faye is a member of the senior team that competes in the A Division and is a legit young center in Italy.
I doubt that the senior team "loans" him out as they need him in order to be competitive in their league play.
I'm not sure he would even play, or want to play, on a college level.
Chriscin33
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Thanks for the clarification
He was definitely teammates with him. The Imran articles have him talking about his teammates Cassius Winston's impression on him about going to college/doing it with Rick, and Dave's pod also mentioned Kenneth Faried. I don't know enough intricacies with Euro basketball, but I'd presume he's practicing with them more than plenty for Imran and Mo to have a relationship.
On ESPN's big board, Faye was #61. For context, that was six ahead of RJ. I have no idea what his interest is in college or his eligibility. Do think he'd want more guaranteed minutes, but who knows. We did get Prey last year.
Rocket
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I get Italian basketball from Italy on my "embellished" Firestick. I've seen all the Italian first division teams. Imran was not a player who got minutes in those games while Momo is a rising star.
The youth and senior teams have scrimmages but they play at a lower level.
Imran was called up to the senior squad ONCE this season but never got in the game against my NAPOLI team.
That's like saying the players on the Westchester Knicks are teammates with guys like Brunson, etc. If they called up due to an injury....they are short term teammates.
I never said he didn't know the senior players.......but he is just not talented enough to play (or get minutes) with Momo.
I didn’t mean to imply that Imran is on his level as a basketball player, especially since I don’t watch any European basketball.
I mentioned it moreso because there’s a preexisting relationship that maybe st johns would try to leverage. They were also teammates in a summer competition where he did play alongside plenty.
Rocket
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Faye declared for the NBA draft last year also and decided to return to Italy.
I think that he will do the same this year and leverage it to get more euros in his contract.
Don't get me wrong......I would be elated to get a player like him but he is worthy of more than just a few minutes a game if it happened. Easily a 15+ minute player but I am not sure of his academic/English proficiency.
I know he is fluent in French and Italian but have never heard him speak fluent English (a soon to be second language in America)
