^pretty sure its costner

I believe he will graduate this year and has told Lowe he is gone.



[Edited on October 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM. Reason : 4]

10/19/2008 10:23:29 PM

right, if he doesn't get drafted this year he probably won't next year either. he grew up in europe and i'm sure has no qualms playing in europe. once he's graduated (which he is reportedly on schedule to do), might as well go make money while he's young. at least that's the speculation.

Quote :

"Even though they were probably just playing to the crowd, when John and CJ stood up and did the Wolfpack sign, the place went nuts."

john wall was playing to the crowd, but cj leslie is a state commit as i'm sure you're aware.

10/19/2008 10:41:03 PM

Yeah, sorry. I meant to split them up in their Wolfpack sign givage. I noticed Favors left a lot earlier than the other guys. Anything to read into this, or just happened that way?

10/19/2008 11:30:58 PM

Larry Harris walked Favors out after the practice. I guess this was because he was on an official visit.

10/19/2008 11:34:11 PM

and because Harris is our best recruiter.

10/19/2008 11:35:52 PM

Quote :

"seriously?? they are on the damn team, dude"

yeah I'm a retard. completely forgot they started class in the fall just like everyone else.

10/20/2008 12:14:33 AM

< 1000 people showed. ncsu athletics = fail

10/20/2008 12:21:23 AM

Geez, lack of sleep ftl.

In my other post, I meant to say that I was more impressed with CJ Williams than Julius Mays. Not that anyone cares, just had to clear that up.

^more people were there than I expected. When I pulled up by the parking garage, I saw tons of cars and people walking everywhere around Reynolds and got really excited about the turnout. Then I realized it was also open house weekend.

10/20/2008 5:42:47 AM

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"cj leslie is a state commit"

isnt CJ Leslie a verbal commit meaning he could change his mind? i dont think that would happen though with all the love we have been giving him.

10/20/2008 9:16:24 AM

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"< 1000 people showed. ncsu athletics = fail"

there were more than 1000 people. considering what it was, how last second it was thrown together and how there was basically ZERO done to advertise it, I thought the turnout was good. I would guess 2000 or so.

10/20/2008 10:20:13 AM

the pics I saw looked more like 2000-2500

10/20/2008 10:25:20 AM

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10/20/2008 10:25:20 AM

form what i posted in the other thread

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from what i read this morning, Wall was at NCSU thursday night, friday, saturday and was playing hoops with CJ Leslie on campus on Sunday.

Wall said that he had a great visit and really enjoyed how much love all the fans were giving them with the chants and cheers.

so great job fans that were there cheering them on.

Favors also had a nice visit but should know more in the next day or so.

I know that he and Wall go to hang out a lot and both of them chatted it up about how fun it would be to play together.

unfortunately, MemPISS is recruiting them both also

10/20/2008 10:32:58 AM

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"isnt CJ Leslie a verbal commit meaning he could change his mind?"

carlface.

10/20/2008 10:52:29 AM

and why the carl face?

he is a verbal, right?

Verbal commitments are just that - a word of promise made between the player and the coach. No letter of intent unless i've missed something. care to add something / anything to this thread simon instead of usual utterly useless garbage?

10/20/2008 11:17:55 AM

wall may push his decision off till the spring in order to take all of his OVs.

i'm thinking our season (and, mainly, our offensive style this year) determines if we get him or not, esp. if he's going to wait till the spring. we don't have to be world-beaters but we've got to show some signs of life. you can tell he definitely wants to see how we implement this fast-break, run out offense lowe wants to use this year.

10/20/2008 11:24:08 AM

Quote :

"wall may push his decision off till the spring in order to take all of his OVs. "

he is. he said he would take all of his visits.

10/20/2008 11:25:01 AM

Quote :

"Make no mistake, this is Ben's team now. I thought he played great yesterday. Granted, this was just practice."

If that's the case, then he needs to quit acting like a little bitch when he doesn't get his way. I never did see anything on here about how he went Steve Smith on one of his teammates like 2 months ago.

10/20/2008 12:40:33 PM

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"I never did see anything on here about how he went Steve Smith on one of his teammates like 2 months ago."

wat

10/20/2008 12:50:16 PM

It wasn't released to my knowledge what BM actually did.....

10/20/2008 1:15:34 PM

Quote :

"and why the carl face? he is a verbal, right? Verbal commitments are just that - a word of promise made between the player and the coach. No letter of intent unless i've missed something. care to add something / anything to this thread simon instead of usual utterly useless garbage?"

he's a junior, of course he's a verbal.

10/20/2008 1:44:49 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=6459474

The local ABC station was able to get an interview with both Favors and Wall.

10/20/2008 7:52:21 PM

god I hope we get at least wall

10/20/2008 8:02:03 PM

The NBA will take Wall all over the country every night. Hopefully he'll spend one more year at home.

10/20/2008 8:26:49 PM

So if we can offer John Wall the comfort of being close to home, what can we offer Favors to get him to come here. And don't say a bag full of money.

10/20/2008 8:28:29 PM

^ john wall.

10/20/2008 8:31:25 PM

^^a committed fanbase, john wall, strippers... whichever one he wants.

10/20/2008 8:35:31 PM

^^^A guarantee that if you're a highly-rated big man, you're going to be the focal point of the offense ... for better or worse

10/20/2008 8:36:22 PM

Nothing bad to take from that interview but nothing groundbreaking either. Nothing we don't already know, except Favors is hard to understand. I have no idea what the first part of his response was in reply to "Why would you want to go to a school like State?" But he did say that seeing JJ come here and get to the NBA had an impression on him. Let that be heard by all the people that claim one and done players are bad for a program.

10/20/2008 8:37:23 PM

I liked what wall had to say. He didn't give anything away, but it sounded like he was having a good time, and he was impressed by the fans.

10/20/2008 8:44:42 PM

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10/20/2008 8:44:42 PM

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 8:44 PM. Reason : wtf]

10/20/2008 8:44:42 PM

he said he's interested because NC State gets players to the next level

10/20/2008 8:48:25 PM

I really like John Wall's response to our fan base. I think he just about gets it - gets that by staying in Raleigh and going to NC State, he can really do something special for our fanbase and community - essentially his community.

Stay Home Wall!

No other fan base would have the same appriciation level for him as we would if he stays in Raleigh.

as for Favors, I give us a 15-20% chance of him committing here, but add another 20-30% if Wall commits here 1st

10/20/2008 9:01:22 PM

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"he said he's interested because NC State gets players to the next level"

lol

10/20/2008 9:03:16 PM

I think he also said something about how he likes the way we use our big men and they get a lot of touches.

10/20/2008 9:07:51 PM

Sidney lowe has only recruited 2 big men, one of them was a first round draft pick, the other is a sophmore and a little undersized for the 4 spot but plays hard....we'll see about him.

10/20/2008 10:22:46 PM

Just getting these two kids to come visit, much less together, is a huge step in the right direction. I thought Lowe pulled a decent class just with Wood, Howell and Brown. Now he's proving he can recruit with the big boys. Let's hope they finish out the best class to come to State in a long time.

10/20/2008 10:35:04 PM

I'd say a class of Howell, Brown, and Wood is much better than "decent." Most recruiting sites have it in the top 5-10 in the nation.

Adding Wall, Favors, or both to that class would be insane.

10/21/2008 12:28:57 PM

It's probably been addressed before, but if you could only have one, who would it be?

I'm going with Wall.

10/21/2008 12:30:33 PM

We'll have Degand, Mays, and Javi at point, in addition to Lorenzo. I think we'd be better off with Favors if we could only take 1, although you don't pass on Wall if it comes to that.

10/21/2008 12:47:15 PM

so did we get the #1 dude?

10/21/2008 12:55:49 PM

^Yep. His name is Martin Turuex Jr.

10/21/2008 12:58:34 PM

Chris Webber - Favors
Jalen Rose - Wall
Juwan Howard - Howell
Jimmy King - Brown
Ray Jackson - Wood

Just sayin.......one can dream.

10/21/2008 2:21:05 PM

Derrick&
John&
Richard&
Lorenzo&
Scott

shirts incoming.

10/21/2008 4:06:18 PM

goddamn I hope that we have cause to buy one

10/21/2008 4:14:07 PM

How about a shirt that says "NC State Shit Happens" or just plain "HYPE". The shirt would probably get more use. But that is just me trying to be funny.

10/21/2008 4:36:49 PM

emphasis on trying

10/21/2008 4:47:15 PM

i felt like wall has us in front based on his interview.

10/21/2008 6:36:03 PM

N&O surprisingly had a photographer there.
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/ncsu/photos/story/1260099.html

10/21/2008 6:43:27 PM