PM plz

4/14/2009 7:16:59 PM

I thought to be eligible you had to be 19 years old AND 1 year removed from high school?

He is not 1 year removed from high school so I don't understand how they could get away with making an exception for him, unless the rule is changed.

4/14/2009 7:17:17 PM

APRIL FOOLS, BITCH!

4/14/2009 7:20:15 PM

if one of the things i've heard might happen actually happens, wall will be in red and white next year. as to whether or not we would go for it, that's another story.

there's also a transfer story that doesn't have an ending yet.

^^If he didn't graduate from high school this year, he could enter the draft. If he does, there's still a chance that he could exploit a loophole in the rules, but I don't think he'll go that route. That idea has everything to do with him being a 5th year senior.

4/14/2009 7:24:03 PM

^Dwon coming in to be our new DBO?

4/14/2009 7:30:26 PM

^^ Larry Drew transferring possibly?

Come on just give us a WINK or a SMILEY, BigBigEgo.

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 7:32 PM. Reason : []

4/14/2009 7:30:27 PM

Sid's hiring everyone who has ever known JW to work as assistant coaches. I'm actually ok with this.

4/14/2009 7:32:44 PM

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"Sid's hiring everyone who has ever known JW to work as assistant coaches. I'm actually ok with this."

that's extremely short sighted

4/14/2009 7:34:00 PM

Larry Drew isn't the transfer story I'm talking about. A month or two ago there was a transfer rumor that still hasn't been resolved, and gravis at packpride doesn't want anything posted about it yet (seeing as the player hasn't asked for his release yet, don't want any tampering violations). i'm not a premium member there, but i respect gravis.

4/14/2009 7:34:29 PM

Yeah. For the NBA thing, it's like he'd have to drop out, and then he could say his original class graduated last year, and he was eligible.

It sounds to me like that's a big stretch, since he's already reclassified, and he's been going to school like he was gonna graduate this year for a while now. I mean, to convince a judge and all that.

4/14/2009 7:34:35 PM

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"Sid's hiring everyone who has ever known JW to work as assistant coaches. I'm actually ok with this."

I don't really like Ratface, but he's a good coach. I'm sure he'll make a hell of an assistant if he can keep his ego in check

4/14/2009 7:35:29 PM

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"A month or two ago there was a transfer rumor that still hasn't been resolved"

mays

4/14/2009 7:38:06 PM

so the potential transfer would be a player from NC State?

4/14/2009 7:38:09 PM

^^,^ no

4/14/2009 7:41:30 PM

Only person I would think of leaving would be Degand, but I can't imagine he would transfer again.

4/14/2009 7:43:14 PM

I can only hope with all my heart that Degand transfers.

4/14/2009 7:44:07 PM

There's slim to 0 chance that happens.

4/14/2009 7:46:06 PM

oh sorry, I completely missed the "transfer player is not from State" comment.

4/14/2009 7:50:23 PM

I heard a kid from Charlotte Latin that was previously committed to Wash. St. got his release today. Any way we go after him, since he's a "big"?

4/14/2009 7:52:32 PM

^he's going to follow bennett to UVA

4/14/2009 7:54:20 PM

Pretty sure it's Larry Drew leaving UNC as the rumor. I think I remember hearing something about his parents saying that if Roy is gonna go out recruiting another PG he was gonna leave or something.

4/14/2009 7:54:39 PM

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"if one of the things i've heard might happen actually happens, wall will be in red and white next year."

Is one of the things you've heard could happen be that we Hire someone close to Wall? Or is that close to what you're getting at, speaking at a high level?

4/14/2009 7:59:28 PM

It's got to be something to that effect considering we have an open spot on the staff now.

4/14/2009 8:00:53 PM

The rumblings of a potential transfer that I heard were of Henry Sims of Georgetown. He was a freshman this year.

http://ncstate.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=42392
http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=1970123

Ht: 6-10
Wt: 225
PPG: 16.5

Schools that recruited him in 2008 (offers in italics)
Georgetown
Maryland
Virginia
George Mason
Clemson
Florida
Syracuse
Louisville
Boston College
Arkansas
North Carolina State

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 8:05 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2009 8:04:34 PM

I don't know why all the cloak and dagger stuff with the potential transfer, its been openly discussed on his school's message board, but I'll play along. The mystery transfer plays for Georgia, averaged 12.6 ppg and 7.4 rebounds, and is a rising sophomore. And his name is Trey Thompkins. Ooops!

4/14/2009 8:17:10 PM

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"Pretty sure it's Larry Drew leaving UNC as the rumor. I think I remember hearing something about his parents saying that if Roy is gonna go out recruiting another PG he was gonna leave or something."

I doubt Drew transfers. I wouldn't be surprised if Will Graves isn't around next year though.

4/14/2009 8:20:54 PM

the player was actually supposed to be from the SEC

i figured it was thompkins given it surfaced around the time of the GA coach firing but it sounded like the whole deal fizzled out fast (or never really materialized depending on how you interpret it)

4/14/2009 8:23:01 PM

John Wall gave us the wolfpack hand signs at the red/white game. He's never cut us off his list. I'd be ecstatic to have him on the team.

There are some rumors that Roy called him to entice him to Kansas and also to not sign with Duke. Seems to make sense, but alas, just rumors.

4/14/2009 8:24:46 PM

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"Pretty sure it's Larry Drew leaving UNC as the rumor. I think I remember hearing something about his parents saying that if Roy is gonna go out recruiting another PG he was gonna leave or something."

false. btw, there's a 0 percent chance Wall ends up wearing that sissy ass blue and white next year

4/14/2009 8:29:21 PM

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"Only person I would think of leaving would be Degand, but I can't imagine he would transfer again."

Well, he:

1 Redshirted at Iowa State
2 Sat out here
3 Got hurt here
4 played here

So next year is year #5. He's not going anywhere.

4/14/2009 8:34:51 PM

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"false. btw, there's a 0 percent chance Wall ends up wearing that sissy ass blue and white next year"

you don't know that for sure.. all the "experts" out there can speculate all they want, but in the end it's gonna be up to him. none of them really know where he's gonna go. If I had to guess, I would say UK, UNC or Duke had the best chance, but who knows

4/14/2009 8:42:28 PM

and that's not even to mention that BigEgo has little to no credibility on the issue.

4/14/2009 8:47:48 PM

the credibility word has been thrown around way too much on this site.

4/14/2009 8:50:15 PM

OhBoyee is the one with the credibility watch thread. Call me out but if he ends up at UNC i'll ask gunzz to ban me for a month.

4/14/2009 9:01:29 PM

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"and that's not even to mention that BigEgo has little to no credibility on the issue."

He says he has some good sources and I have no reason not to believe that, though I am skeptical of anyone who thinks they are a source (not him, but the people supposedly giving the information).

At the very least he adds more to the recruiting threads than 90% of the people on here just be giving us guys who we are looking at and information about them...

4/14/2009 9:02:50 PM

^ that's true. i do appreciate the rumors just b/c they're fun if nothing else. what i don't appreciate are the 'uh ohh... no nevermind not gonna say' posts.

4/14/2009 9:05:49 PM

i'm gonna let you know there is probably good news on the way on the wall front. I can't say what, yet, but i might be able to let you know before it breaks

4/14/2009 9:34:51 PM

goddammit, if theres one thing I need, its more soul crushing hope in regards to John Wall.

I've gotten over the fact he isn't coming here like ten times already, only to do the cycle again.

4/14/2009 9:45:36 PM

^^ let's hope you know more than gunzz, then.

4/14/2009 9:53:11 PM

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"probably good news on the way"

ah, yes. the 'probably' qualifier. a mainstay in recruiting conjecture.

4/14/2009 9:58:48 PM

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"i'm gonna let you know there is probably good news on the way on the wall front. I can't say what, yet, but i might be able to let you know before it breaks"

how would anything other than him coming here be good news. sounds like you already let us know.

4/14/2009 9:59:03 PM

Not going to UNC and Duke would be good news to me imo...

I have already gotten over the him coming to State feel...

4/14/2009 10:04:01 PM

^ how would you feel if Wall actually came to State then?

4/14/2009 10:18:25 PM

euphoric may be the correct word....

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM. Reason : ...]

4/14/2009 10:21:51 PM

^^jizz... in... my pants, to say the very least. other orifices would probably see similar eruptions. i'll be sure to update you all with the play-by-play and pics if it happens.

4/14/2009 10:25:22 PM

it's all speculation until he signs on the dotted line

4/14/2009 10:25:51 PM

fool me once shame on you. fool me twice shame on me.

i'm done believing!

4/14/2009 10:26:10 PM

i'd say based on recent news to me, our odds have gone from around 3% to around 25-30%

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"Not going to UNC and Duke would be good news to me imo..."

UNC will not land wall.

4/14/2009 10:30:59 PM

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"The nation’s No. 1 prospect wasn’t eligible for the McDonald’s game due to a bum provision that bars fifth-year seniors for playing. He threw down thunder on The World at this weekend’s Nike Hoop Summit. He even managed to indirectly cause NC State’s athletic department to violate the First Amendment (more on this later). Oh, and he now might be going to the NBA in a couple months."

wha?

4/14/2009 10:35:24 PM

^What is that from?

4/14/2009 10:48:40 PM