Mitchell commits to UK

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kyjeff1

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Remember when everyone wanted Donnie Freeman? Good times.
Yeah and his name is constantly brought up amongst those that Pope "whiffed on". Freeman gets injured the second he rolls out of bed. He’s never played a full season and the same guys yelling "WHIFF" are the same ones that accused Pope of overpaying for players last year. In o5der to get Freeman, Pope would have had to pay more than he's worth. Now look at him, he’s out for the season.
 

RunninRichie

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Yeah and his name is constantly brought up amongst those that Pope "whiffed on". Freeman gets injured the second he rolls out of bed. He’s never played a full season and the same guys yelling "WHIFF" are the same ones that accused Pope of overpaying for players last year. In o5der to get Freeman, Pope would have had to pay more than he's worth. Now look at him, he’s out for the season.
It was a good miss, but still a miss nonetheless.
 

kyjeff1

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It was a good miss, but still a miss nonetheless.
Is it a miss if Pope told him "no, this is our offer, you aren't worth more than that"?

Same with Rob Wright. Like everyone else, he has a top end value and Pope got crushed for overpaying last year. He can’t do the same thing this year. Wright was just checking to see if he could get a bigger bag, Pope did the right thing with him and Feeeman.

Anyone that payed for Freeman's services, is a fool, the guy will never finish a season, he’s too injury prone and his value isn’t what he thinks it is. He fooled Rick though, good for him.
 

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What will be this team’s ranking before our first game? I’ve seen some polls with us around #20-25. I’ll guess 15 with Mitchell?
The key is still Zoom for me. If he proves to be a Kentucky-caliber PG, we have a chance at a title.
I also like this lineup
Zoom
Momcilovic
Mitchell
N’Daiye or McBride
Moreno
1 guard 3 pf and a center
Awful lineup

Zoom, wilkins, Mitchell and momcilovic are starting
I don't know how u can play milan at the 3 and be any good at all.
 

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Let’s go baby!! Number nine a real possibility next year
Wish there center Shawn Philips had came with him. He and Mitchell dunked all over Moreno in sec tournament. Mitchell is one of the better scoring 4s I've seen in a long time. Has game from everywhere
 

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Not So Fast Everyone..................................................................................................... Slow down and enjoy this one.

Ahhhhhhhh......this feels gooooooood.
 
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WallMash

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Things to like:
our SF and PF are our best 3 point threats so that could stretch the floor for zoom and Alex to drive.
We have lots of fouls to give at the 4 and 5.
We will score buckets.

Things to bring back to earth:
Mom and Moreno and Mitchell are not elite defenders/rebounders

So we have to out score teams.
 
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NociHTTP

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This should be an elite team. We obviously spent ridiculous amounts of money(we should every year as a top 2 biggest brand in the sport), and Pope clearly made some good moves this off-season. Huge step in the right direction. If you aren't excited about this team, then I don't know what you want.

Now we MUST win big this year. I don't want to hear a single excuse, just win!
We should? Look, we have an elite team but NO team in collegiate sports should be spending any more money on elite student-athletes than the scholarship. In the current landscape, one that's doomed to fail, we should spend money. Not everyone has lost their marbles.
 
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