2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

The two that stuck out:

"These guys are like, "Hey I wanna be a pro". I'm like, why don't we be all conference in college first? Why don't we try that out? So you'll get guys that average 4, 6, 9 or 10 pts and say, "Coach I want you to develop me into a pro." Well, why don't you work like a pro?"

And.

"I try to take a step back and look at it from their perspective.  How did you better yourself?  Are you going to play against better competition in the league that you went to?  No. 

Essentially he's saying that guys get NBA dreams but they're not good enough to earn the minutes at their own position. And that they think they'll suddenly become NBA draftable because they get more minutes against lower competition. More minutes doesn't help you if you're not good enough, and if you're good enough you'll earn the minutes at the highest NCAA conference level. 


If Nojel wants to play professional sports, I recommend he try to pick up the tight end position. I honestly think he'd fit there very well. 

[MaximumSam]

He's not wrong, but he's also not looking at it from the standpoint of the players.  Haarms is going to have a career in some Euroleague. He's a decent enough player who got passed over - why would he stick around to be a backup center when he can start somewhere else?  Eastern has NBA caliber athleticism and defense and a YMCA offensive game. He's got one more shot to show something and it doesn't seem like Purdue was going to let him show it.  I get the point that it's unlikely for him to show it, but the stakes are pretty high to simply give up.

It definitely sucks for coaches. Roster building was already difficult in basketball and now seems hard to have any confidence in what you have year to year.  

[betarhoalphadelta]

I haven't listened to the entire interview yet. It can be found here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-dan-dakich-show-podcas-31136070/

From what I've read in the comments on H&R, most of these statements are the more "extreme" excerpts from a ~30 minute interview where Painter talked much more kindly of both Haarms and Eastern.

I'm hoping to get a chance to listen later today.

[MaximumSam]

Georgetown leading scorer Mac McClung transferring. Mentioning because he's another who talked to NBA and agent, then transferred. Explicitly, the NBA wants to see him as a point guard, while he played more of an off guard at Georgetown

[MaximumSam]

Eastern going to Michigan?

[MichiFan87]

Eastern going to Michigan?

Apparently. I don't get this at all, even if he's immediately eligible.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1260972201102229504?s=20

[847badgerfan]

Tampering? Is that a thing in the NCAA?

[betarhoalphadelta]

WTFF?

[MaximumSam]

Is Michigan playing at Purdue next season? I'm watching

[MichiFan87]

Is Michigan playing at Purdue next season? I'm watching

If Michigan has the same double-plays as 2018-2019 but the single-plays are reversed on location then Michigan will be at Purdue next year (and they'd be a double-play again the following season if he has to sit out).

[MichiFan87]

Michigan just added Chaundee Brown from Wake Forest as well, who is also not a grad-transfer so the future of the sit-out rule looms large.

That said, now there's some supposedly informed speculation that Nojel Eastern may not actually have been offered a spot. He hasn't officially joined the team yet, so we'll see what happens there.

[MaximumSam]

Michigan just added Chaundee Brown from Wake Forest as well, who is also not a grad-transfer so the future of the sit-out rule looms large.

That said, now there's some supposedly informed speculation that Nojel Eastern may not actually have been offered a spot. He hasn't officially joined the team yet, so we'll see what happens there.

Well that would be pretty weird

[MichiFan87]

Well that would be pretty weird

To clarify, now I understand that Eastern would probably just go pro if he weren't immediately eligible, which makes more sense.