^ I think those are the ones Telep thinks they are.

Randle, to my knowledge, hasn't proclaimed his top 3.

3/3/2013 12:57:05 PM

^ that is correct. randle hasn't narrowed his list down officially.

3/3/2013 8:35:22 PM

You guys are fools. Randle ain't coming to state. He's going to go to a team that has a proven track record of winning (i.e. Kansas).

3/3/2013 8:54:37 PM

Say Randle goes elsewhere are there any other big men we are still recruiting? Or will we be left with 2 freshmen and Vandy down low?

3/3/2013 11:00:50 PM

I believe Djitte

3/3/2013 11:08:19 PM

and that Lennard Freeman cat who COULD be in play in the 2013 class.

3/4/2013 7:56:47 AM

Quote :

"Say Randle goes elsewhere are there any other big men we are still recruiting? Or will we be left with 2 freshmen and Vandy down low? "

There's this other guy. TJ Warren...you may have heard of him. He can play the 4 at least.

3/4/2013 9:03:19 AM

He can play the 4 but he's a natural 3 and that's where he's played the best for us. He even seems to rebound better from there.

3/4/2013 9:07:17 AM

Warren will be playing A LOT of 4 next year if we don't get Randle.

I see the lineup as

Lewis
Purvis
Turner
Warren
Washington/Anya/Vandy

Pretty smile lineup compared to this year's lineup of Brown/Wood/Warren/CJL/Howell.

We can go big by using Anya/Vandy at the 5, sliding Washington to the 4, and Warren to the three...but I don't think Anya is ready to get bit minutes...and I can't imagine Vandy FINALLY improving in year fucking 5. I think Washington will be ready to play the most minutes in the post "skill" wise.

If we could get Randle...a lineup of Lewis/Purvis/Warren/Randle/Washington would be pretty sick.

3/4/2013 10:21:19 AM

^ Barber?

3/4/2013 10:33:47 AM

Barber will have to wait his turn, since Lewis has shown that he can guide our offense and play solid basketball against ACC opponents. I don't see Barber starting, but he'll probably be the first guy off the bench.

3/4/2013 10:51:53 AM

^ This.

Barber won't start over Lewis and Purvis...and if he does, it will be because he's a fucking bad ass.

3/4/2013 10:59:52 AM

We desperately need to hope an Oriakhi-like transfer comes available at the 4/5.

Vandy having to play big minutes or God forbid start is basically a white flag.

3/4/2013 11:17:10 AM

Lack of post players means that we'll have to play small ball with our guards crashing the boards hard on offense.

Unfortunately, as of now we don't have the outside shooters to play effective small-ball like Duke (and this year, UNC) runs.

3/4/2013 11:25:00 AM

ralston turner, rodney purvis and tj warren can all drain the 3. None of them are scott wood but they have to be guarded on the parameter

3/4/2013 11:50:38 AM

I just hope the fans are patient next year. The vast majority of our lineup will be freshmen and sophomores. There should be no expectations next year. Experience and building for 2014 is what I expect. Anything beyond that is gravy to me.

As far as the lineup goes, I believe it will come down to what the coaches think will be the best lineup we have after seeing the guys in practice. Whether that is starting Lewis, Purvis and Barber, or Lewis Purvis and Turner or even starting Anya/Washington with Warren at the 3. There are a ton of options with what we will have next year. I think it will depend on which freshmen are ready to contribute and which aren't. I see Anya being like a Joel James has been for UNC this year, except he will get more minutes because he has to. Also, I think Anya is better than James, but I'm giving a slight comparison.

3/4/2013 12:27:02 PM

Quote :

"I believe it will come down to what the coaches think will be the best lineup we have after seeing the guys in practice"

seems risky

3/4/2013 1:33:24 PM

Quote :

"Lewis Purvis Turner Warren Jevoni/Washington/Anya/Vandy"

3/4/2013 3:26:58 PM

Quote :

"guarded on the parameter"

3/4/2013 6:43:07 PM

LOL, well done, amac884.

Call it a hunch, but I've got Jevoni at 2nd or 3rd team All-ACC by his junior year.

3/4/2013 7:06:50 PM

thats next year..

3/4/2013 7:13:21 PM

Quote :

"Julius Randle ?@J30_RANDLE Announcing on March 20th at 12 .. Yessir can't wait ! Haa"

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 7:16 PM. Reason : .]

3/4/2013 7:16:02 PM

^beat me to it

Quote :

"Jason Jordan ?@JayJayUSATODAY Julius Randle (@J30_RANDLE) will announce his college decision on March 20 at noon on ESPNU. Told me again he "has no clue" where he'll go."

3/4/2013 7:21:14 PM

How do you set a date and time if you don't know yet? What if you still aren't sure? Just pick one anyway?

3/4/2013 7:22:16 PM

he knows, he's just screwing with everyone

3/4/2013 7:24:19 PM

Im just glad randle wont be going to an ACC team if not us

3/4/2013 8:32:26 PM

Gonna suck if we miss on Randle and Duke gets Jabari and UNC* gets Wiggins.

3/4/2013 9:35:49 PM

What happened to Graham that had to go to prep school?

3/4/2013 9:36:57 PM

graham was in bad shape with grades and classes cause he jumped around a lot of high schools

He had to JuCo. Somewhere in Florida

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 9:40 PM. Reason : I]

3/4/2013 9:39:39 PM

he was always a liability in the passing game, anyway, always dropping balls that hit him in the chest

3/4/2013 10:47:01 PM

[Edited on March 5, 2013 at 10:59 AM. Reason : .]

3/5/2013 10:59:06 AM

When did Justin Jackson commit to UNC??

Their 2014 class may be sick..

3/5/2013 7:20:28 PM

Yesterday or the day before

3/5/2013 7:37:44 PM

I hope that nobody here is gonna actually expect big things from Anya/washington their frosh year. Pretty much all big men are projects, except for the Hickson/Sullinger types.

3/5/2013 7:43:59 PM

Gott needs to hop on a plane and holler at this dude

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/zhou-qi

3/5/2013 8:29:31 PM

Dude will get drafted like all asian big men.

3/5/2013 8:37:43 PM

i think only 2 asian big men have ever played in the NBA, so

3/5/2013 8:42:00 PM

well they sure as hell don't play in college, so..

3/5/2013 8:48:18 PM

not yet

3/5/2013 8:48:49 PM

^ plus you are forgetting Robert Swift, he is half asian. So that makes three.

[Edited on March 5, 2013 at 8:52 PM. Reason : technically]

3/5/2013 8:52:22 PM

Quote :

"Jason Jordan ?@JayJayUSATODAY ***Big news coming tomorrow... #GoodnightTweeps"

Probably not about Randle since he's set to announce on the 20th. Maybe Wiggins?

3/5/2013 11:51:45 PM

FML

3/6/2013 12:00:30 AM

foreign big men play in college all the time.

also, this is pretty funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkmQ9XHSuEo&t=10s

[Edited on March 6, 2013 at 12:07 AM. Reason : .]

3/6/2013 12:04:59 AM

Quote :

"Gott needs to hop on a plane and holler at this dude http://www.nbadraft.net/players/zhou-qi"

Is he part of the Wu kingdom or Wei? This is important, we only have a chance if he's on Wu.

3/6/2013 1:15:57 AM

Anya looks a lot like Ced did in his highlight videos. And Ced looks a lot more athletic than anya so

3/6/2013 1:20:26 AM

yeah if i'm being honest i don't have super lofty expectations for anya.

3/6/2013 1:41:47 AM

Evrytime Anya is mentioned I think of

3/6/2013 2:57:22 AM

Quote :

"When did Justin Jackson commit to UNC?? Their 2014 class may be sick.."

I respect that that guy has skills, but he's Tayshaun Prince skinny...with less inches and less game.

He'll have an impact, but not exactly someone I'm worried about.

3/6/2013 7:00:25 AM

Tayshuan Prince, you mean the guy who did this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QJ4iwqnLKc

3/6/2013 7:19:30 AM

"less inches and less game"

Prince had a great outside shot...apparrently this kid's "go-to" move is a fucking floater.

And Prince's length allowed him to play in the post a lot despite the fact that he weight 33 lbs in college.

I don't see the length in this kid to play in the post in college and he definitely doesn't have the athletic ability to get by people on the perimeter. He can improve his shot and shoot over people all day...but he's got some work to do.

3/6/2013 7:30:49 AM