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SIAP https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/06/27/ihsaa-basketball-westfield-player-excels-despite-small-stature-charlie-hughes-shootout/1545990001/ Looks like he was 5'9 his freshman year and is 5'10 now according to more recent reports.

Living in Westfield, I'm going to try and check out more games the next two years. If he pops for IU early, then even moreso.

Watched his 1st half against Frankfort a week or so ago and he's definitely athletic enough IMO. He led his team in rebounds last year as a freshman PG and is only about 5'10. I wouldn't be surprised if he can dunk already (or soon will) even at his height.

Time to add Lander. 2021 for now, but likely 2020. Go Hoosiers!

I live in Westfield so I'm going to try to make it to the home finale tomorrow night.

KAT wants to/thinks he will be the greatest of all time. Laughable. He's overrated b/c he's a stat stuffer, but you're right he's the problem/not a winning player. Minnesota didn't get better/may have gotten worse with this trade, which says a lot b/c Wiggins isn't living up to his hype (other than for a short time at the beginning of this year). DR and KAT's pick and roll will be tough to stop, but neither of them have had any issues with scoring prior to this, so it's not an improvement.

Thanks. Any info is great and you provided a great amount! I too would like to know what his thoughts are about IU and his favorite team(s)

Since I saw there was another 2023 recruit page, I was wondering if anyone had any info on Jalen Hooks. Reminds me of young Giannis in the video:

Anyone else see some D-Wade in his game (after watching this video)?

I think part of the Pacers problem is all of the new faces (minus Brogdon) are either young/inexperienced or if they have experience it was in a losing environment (Lamb, Warren). Have yet to learn how to win at the NBA level.

Quote from this article (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27763420/nba-30-teams-rated-top-contenders-bottom-tier) I thought you'd enjoy: George is overtaxed as a No. 1 option, perfect as second banana.

Agreed. He was a strange guy. Saw him coming out of a beauty salon on Mass. Ave (downtown Indy) carrying a small dog like a housewife once.

I think they were excellent additions regardless of the timing. Gordon's team was final four caliber prior to his injury and Sampson's exit. Romeo's team was at a minimum going to the tournament prior his (and other's) injuries. They missed the tourney by one game after losing 12 of 13 (or whatever it was). I don't think they lose all those game or miss the tourney if Romeo was 100%. I do see the point your trying to make, but I think too many people are diminishing Romeo's contributions to the team in his lone season at IU (and maybe Gordon's to a lesser extent).

I definitely get a Victor/OG vibe from this kid. Glad he's a Hoosier!

With the way the scoring works (more points for longer correct picks), I don't see why anyone would pick "?", just make a guess or don't log a pick, but what do I know?

Agreed on the differences in athleticism regarding the players you mentioned. Of course, Haas was never going to be as athletic as Bryant. Swanigan may be a really good comp with Bryant. IIRC they're both McD's All-Americans and came back for a sophomore year with a focus on extending their range to make themselves more attractive to the NBA. I'm sure both fanbases had moments where they wished the players would go inside instead of jacking up 3's. Both Painter/Crean seem to have allowed the players the freedom to try to develop a skill required in today's NBA. In regards to Haas, it is unlikely he could have been developed into an NBA player by anyone. It does make me wonder about someone like Frank Kaminski though. I doubt many had him as a 1st round pick coming into college (could be wrong), but in Wisconsin's system he became one. So I guess if Haas went somewhere like there he might have had a better chance (to avoid STD's).

He could if he had developed his bigs to have an outside shot, no? However, it doesn't fit his system, and he's trying to win games instead of develop bigs for today's NBA. So I don't think it's a knock on Painter to say he doesn't develop bigs for the NBA, b/c it isn't his priority, winning is, and I would think Turdue fans would be happy with that.

Watching the video of his sophomore highlights on TDH's article, I think he would be a good fit at Iowa. Looks like some of their players over the past few seasons. I trust in Archie, but I'm not excited about this offer (yet having only seen one video) with Kaufman and Furst still available.

Cool you didn't publish address but saw another article that did. Don't want to speculate too much, but it is across the street from an Alzheimer's Center.

Your next post strengthens my argument. Thanks for that. He wasn't a FA so they didn't have to move him, Westbrook or Durant or pay them less. They jumped the gun. Of course Harden's numbers wouldn't match what they ended up in HOU if they kept him, but in OKC he could have been more of SG and left PG to Westbrook. Winning cures (almost) everything, if they brought back a Finals team intact, there is a good chance they would have reached/won the Finals in 2013 compensating the owners well enough to consider going into the luxury tax to keep everyone (which they ended up going into the luxury tax anyway in subsequent years without Harden anyway I'm guessing). With Bird rights, no hard cap, limitations on max salary, etc it certainly was possible for them to keep them all. The unknown/upcoming spike that allowed GS to sign Durant would have helped them out as well. Obviously a ton of what ifs, but even without hind sight, many (maybe even most) thought it was a mistake to trade Harden, especially coming off a Final appearance. I remember being shocked by it and trying unsuccessfully to trade for him in my dynasty fantasy basketball league at the time. I can't remember one person saying that they thought OKC did the right thing at the time.

You conveniently are leaving out that they just played in the Finals. Making the Finals is too hard to justify breaking the team up by trading a 6th man of the year, age 22, player averaging 16.8/4.1/3.7 in 31.4mpg. It clearly was a mistake then, in hindsight it became a disaster. Those 3 guys loved playing together and would have likely won multiple championships if they were kept intact.

To take it to another level, I saw on Friday that the Clippers were out and it was down to Lakers/Raptors. After the fact, there were reports that it was really the Raptors who felt they were out and Kawhi was heading to the Lakers unless the Clippers or Raptors traded for George (which obviously the Clips did).

They absolutely are taxed out of state. Google Jock Tax. There are plenty of articles about it. States only go after people who make enough money in a public fashion that it is easy to track and go after. They don't how many days people like you and me work in their state/city, so they don't bother. As you illustrate, all states are different. I had to pay taxes/file in NY after only working there for 3 weeks max (usually 2 wks). I probably wouldn't have filed if EY didn't w/h on me and I wasn't a Tax Professional since it cost me more to file 4 separate returns than it was worth (Fed, IN, NYS, NYC). I wasn't aware of reciprocal agreements between states, so I learned something new today. It makes sense since plenty of people who live on state lines will tend to live in one state and work in another across the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_tax https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2017/04/18/income-taxes-for-pro-athletes-are-reminder-of-how-complicated-u-s-tax-code/#18d9a651411e