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But you're not, tho...

Osterman said Anderson was spotted at Uptown, so put this one on commitment watch, I'd guess.

XJ was a sixth year senior. Kanaan was a freshman adjusting to the college level, and there's some evidence playing point for Stanford wasn't his best role. His scouting report describes an aggressive three level scorer, not a facilitator. He's also quite good in catch and shoot situations, per numbers posted by Assembly Call. Playing next to a true point in Myles Rice seems like it will fit him well. Freshmen take time, especially at the point. We think fondly of JHS because he had some big games for us, but his efficiency numbers weren't much better than Carlyle's. Kanaan had those games when he popped, too, before falling off over the last month. I can only imagine how the game would have slowed down for JHS in year two. Kanaan seems to have all the tools and the mindset needed to make a big leap.

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Off the board, to the good guys!

Official!

Don't know about that specifically. Though they're both rising sophomores, Rice was two classes ahead of Carlyle, so I'm not sure how much they would have played together. But they're both from the Atlanta area and I've heard it said they're buds.

Myles Rice is back in town, per his Instagram. Good for Rice, because it's Little 500, but good for Kanaan Carlyle who visits this weekend as well. I know Carlyle's been assumed for a while now, but I'll take any good vibes I can get until it's official.

Given what I know of players past and present, and the degenerates on this board, if the rapture happened I don't think the college basketball world would notice. 😄

How is it compared to Futuro?

Chucky Hepburn joining AJ Storr in leaving Wisconsin for the portal. Badgers getting thin.

Having two excellent post players wasn't our problem last year, and won't be this year. The issue was we offered next to nothing in the backcourt to balance them out. Adding Rice and Carlyle, with Mgbako, Galloway and Tucker on the wing, has real potential to change that dynamic.

Appears to be Elijah Malone doing the dunking. Currently on campus for a visit.

I once tried to get into Axis underage, no fake ID or anything. Not to drink, I just really wanted to see Victor Wooten. Obviously the bouncer up front wasn't having it, but I got real close to talking my way in through a side door. Two folks were out there smoking, might have been with the band. The woman was all for letting us in, said her kids sneak into shows all the time, but the guy waited for her to go back in, then apologized and said he couldn't do it and shut the door on us.

It's like the conversation around McKinley Wright. He was a three star recruit, ranked in the 200s on the 247 Composite. Had he come to IU he would have been the lowest rated recruit of the entire Archie era. But he blows up at Colorado, so we get people who still to this day are convinced Wright would have changed the entire arc of Archie's tenure, and it's the IU administration that tied his hands.

The fan reaction to Connor Essegian intrigues me. As a freshman he was a 36% shooter from three, on over 5 shots per game. The label of knockdown shooter was born. But last year he was only 30%. His minutes fell way off, but his 3P attempt rate actually went up, as though he knew he was in there to do one thing. So if he commits here, will we think we're getting the starter with good shooting percentage? Or are we getting the bench player who couldn't find that rhythm? Always fascinates me who gets called a Shooter and who doesn't.

The guard we picked up shoots 81.1% from the free throw line. The center we picked up shoots over 65% from the field. Even with his strugles at the line, Ballo's True Shooting percentage (includes 2s, 3s, and FTs) of 62.5% would have been tops on our team last year.

Came across these numbers while researching a different post. I'm excited for what Mackenzie Mgbako can do as a shooter with a full season under his belt. Turns out he and Carlyle share a crazy similar profile. Across three point percentage, attempts per game, attempts per 40 minutes, and percentage of field goal attempts that are taken from three, the two players are damn near identical. I haven't seen Carlyle play, but adding another Mgbako, plus that scouting report above, plus whatever he becomes as a sophomore, has me excited for what Carlyle can do for our spacing.

That's the thing. We actually shot it pretty well in TJD's last year, over 36% as a team, 48th in the country. In conference play we were even better: 38% and 3rd in the Big Ten. The problem is we were dead last in the conference in attempts, and 352nd overall in 3PA per game. Volume is going to be as important as percentage.

Yesterday we had one big on the roster. Today we improved that position by adding the best center available. I don't understand the complaint. Ballo only plays ~25 minutes. Reneau can pile on fouls in a hurry. We're going to need both these guys, even if we fill out the rest of the roster with four Steph Currys. Indiana got better today, even if the job's not done.

Exactly. Offensive efficiency is about more than just 3P%. It's about being able to attack a defense in multiple ways. Kanaan Carlyle is a three level scorer. Myles Rice is a scorer and distributor. Keisei Tominaga, everyone's favorite shooter, right? Shot just 33% from 3 his first year at Nebraska, on 3.6 attempts per game. Ryan Conwell, the shooter everyone wants from the portal, shot just 30% as a freshman at South Florida in the AAC. Even Connor Hickman, over 40% as a junior, had a sophomore year at Bradley wherein he shot 33.6%. We have to stop looking at 3P% as the sole indicator of a player's worth.

lol, alright Eeyore, based on what? All those crystal balls to UNC? Insider buzz you've been reading? Cause I haven't seen it.

Awesome videos from inside the Fieldhouse for the draft party tonight. Wish I'd gone! Can't wait to see what Clark and her celebrity do for the city. Feels massive.

Guards still entering the portal every day. Tyrese Hunter from Texas and Jaden Schutt from Duke, just since I got off work.

Under 35% from 3 in his college career. He was only 32.7% in his time at Florida, it's a wonder Gonzaga even took a chance on him. /s