HardcoreHokie

It’s not.

Kyler Murray has been jacked his whole life. He was also a power lifter growing up.

Actually Bacot is the poster-child for my original point and this discussion about players entering the draft at 19/20 and busting in the NBA. Bacot and NIL Bacot probably could’ve been drafted at 20/21 years old and would be out of the league by now. But NIL kept him in school for two extra years. He’ll never get an NBA contract and that’s fine - it’s better for the league, it’s better for the schools, and it’s better for the player (he’s worth $5mil and has multiple businesses). This is the upside of NIL.

Nevermind height, it’s about the FRAME of each. Kyler’s a pretty big dude and a workout warrior. Bryce is short but also very slight. He needs to be hitting the weightroom hard this off-season.

Chicken fights and piggy back rides?

You think the Bears would give us a do-over and trade #1 and #9 for Bryce and Burns? Lol. We got fleeced by a program almost as bad as ours.

I dunno, I saw this week where Silver stated publicly that they’re reconsidering the entire idea of the G League now because of NIL. If they could come to some sort of solution where the NBA and NIL could keep kids in college for 2 or 3+ years and they still get paid (at least what the G League was paying)... Seems like a win-win might be possible. If you’re 19-20 and projected borderline or late 1st round, everyone’s going to want you back in college for another year. And the NBA teams will start shying away from those “developmental” 20 year olds in favor of an Armando Bacot, for example. JMO

George Shinn is 82, he also needs to walk

All we gotta do is hit home runs on all 9 of our 6 picks and we’re good to go.

And the G League wins, lol. I hope Mac makes an NBA roster eventually.

Man, they really made these Rising Stars rosters even lol. Wemby B Mill Vasquez Jabari Smith Jr vs a bunch of G League guys. Mac McClung vs Wemby, should be exciting lol.

It’s looking more and more like the Hornets got some promising steals for vets we mostly wanted gone anyways. Tre Mann Grant Williams Micic Seth Curry Bertans Two firsts We were borderline rock-bottom, now there’s some promising upside and I love it… Just win.

I couldn’t watch tonight’s game but apparently Tre Mann tore it up in a win. If you haven’t watched this highlight clip I posted of him last week, I *highly* recommend it. Dude has ridiculous handles, and makes insane moves, especially towards the end of the video. Super high ceiling.

Wilks seems destined to be the defensive version of Eric Bienemy. Something about their personalities just seem to clash with the players and/or coaches. The guy coaches a Top-3 defense to the Super Bowl, shut down the juggernaut Mahomes much of the game, and gets fired? Shanahan’s comments about it reference “not a great fit” and things of that nature (similar to reports about Bienemy). When you’ve been the boss, sometimes it’s hard to have a boss. My take at least.

Panthers #1

Agreed but those 3 must have had some sort of shared disagreement with those that remained (Tabor, Campen, Brown). Now they’re all gone, complete reset.

Tepper fired the Head Coach, RB/Assistant HC, and QB Coach…the same day. …11 games into their first season. There was something going on besides Bryce’s performance. Why not the OC at that point?

Still wanna know why Josh McCown was let go. Pretty sure I know the answer, but still wanna hear it made public.

Might as well just let Siri, Alexa, and Google run our draft room this year. “Hey Google…who ya like at pick 33?”

Most teams draft based on workouts, measurables, and game film. Panthers draft based on dinner etiquette, test scores, and heat maps. #KeepPounding

Fixed it for ya.

I actually still really like Monk as a player, but yeah. Another miss.

Used to see him ALL THE TIME hanging out at Southpark Mall by himself. Always had a backpack on, just chilling.

Wait you don’t think MJ drafted well? All 1st rounders in the TOP-15 picks: Noah Vonleh Frank Kaminsky Adam Morrison Cody Zeller Bismack Biyombo MKG James Bouknight (I’ll throw Kwame Brown in there too at WAS) I know the NBA draft is tough, but that’s a really high bust rate for picks that high.

To me, it’s more important that we upgrade our backup QB with a higher-end vet. Bring in Minshew, Tyrod, or Brissett to both mentor Bryce and also win us some games if we need them. Bryce should not be deemed “unbenchable” this year if we have a chance to win a game and he’s struggling or hurt.