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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 9, 2021 19:17:03 GMT -5
Have heard this rumor from a couple different sources now. Would put us immediately in the top half of Big East next year and a likely tournament team IMHO. Don't keep us in suspense!
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Post by madgesiq92 on Mar 9, 2021 19:19:37 GMT -5
I don’t have any inside information here just reporting what I’m seeing from social media sources
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 9, 2021 19:19:38 GMT -5
Hopefully it is not just wishful thinking.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 9, 2021 19:48:07 GMT -5
I don’t have any inside information here just reporting what I’m seeing from social media sources I am a fossil not on Twitter, etc. Please summarize.
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Post by madgesiq92 on Mar 9, 2021 19:55:15 GMT -5
In summary, there is good information from reliable sources that Lykes in done at Miami. There are reasonable sources suggesting that he wants to play close to home, and there is speculation that the place could be Georgetown— largely bc of our previous interest. That speculation could just as easily apply to George Mason. There is no question we need another ball handler in the back court next year.
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 9, 2021 20:11:49 GMT -5
Would be an immediate massive upgrade at the PG position.
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Post by Problem of Dog on Mar 9, 2021 20:49:30 GMT -5
Would finally be a signee (other than Mohammed) that anyone has ever heard of.
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Post by blueandgray on Mar 9, 2021 22:04:46 GMT -5
This is far from a done deal. If he is a team first guy, it would be awesome to have him.
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Post by HoyaRejuveNation85 on Mar 9, 2021 22:23:08 GMT -5
A veteran presence at the point such as Lykes is a no-brainer addition in its own right in a position of need, not to mention the value a good experience with a Gonzaga alum could do for dmv recruiting.
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Post by dense on Mar 10, 2021 0:03:59 GMT -5
Have heard this rumor from a couple different sources now. Would put us immediately in the top half of Big East next year and a likely tournament team IMHO. I dont agree with this sentiment. He would help yes but tournament team I dont think he moves the needle that much. Miami had losing records both years he was the focal point of the team. He needs to become more traditional of a PG and not just a volume scorer.
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Post by blueandgray on Mar 10, 2021 1:34:08 GMT -5
A veteran presence at the point such as Lykes is a no-brainer addition in its own right in a position of need, not to mention the value a good experience with a Gonzaga alum could do for dmv recruiting. Nothing is a no-brainer when it comes to being a culture fit. All I know is that the staff is being very particular with regard to who they bring on from a culture perspective/. They were burned badly by what happened with several guys on the team last year...and they refuse to let that happen again. While I hope no one reads into this too much.....there is a ton of vetting that needs to be done before taking on someone new to the program.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Mar 10, 2021 3:21:18 GMT -5
Have heard this rumor from a couple different sources now. Would put us immediately in the top half of Big East next year and a likely tournament team IMHO. I dont agree with this sentiment. He would help yes but tournament team I dont think he moves the needle that much. Miami had losing records both years he was the focal point of the team. He needs to become more traditional of a PG and not just a volume scorer. Chris Lykes would MASSIVELY move the needle on our roster next season. Miami had losing records because the roster around him stunk. That would not be the case here.
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Post by dense on Mar 10, 2021 5:00:25 GMT -5
I dont agree with this sentiment. He would help yes but tournament team I dont think he moves the needle that much. Miami had losing records both years he was the focal point of the team. He needs to become more traditional of a PG and not just a volume scorer. Chris Lykes would MASSIVELY move the needle on our roster next season. Miami had losing records because the roster around him stunk. That would not be the case here. Their roster is alot like our roster currently. My holdback is that Lykes is more scorer than Point guard. The roster last year had 4 guys who were top 100 recruits on it besides him. Some of them didn't play up to expectations yes but their roster isn't much different then the current roster now. I dont want a volume scorer at point. I am not saying I am against him if he changes his game but I don't see him coming to this team with our current record and not ball dominating here. His career assists and ast/to show he isnt a distributer
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Post by vv83 on Mar 10, 2021 6:37:34 GMT -5
Lykes only played two games this season - but he averaged 5.5 assists/1.5 turnovers in those games. This is the ultimate "small sample size". But those stats do look a lot more like real point guard stats than what he was doing in his first three seasons at Miami (about 2.6 assists/2.3 turnovers per game). Maybe some very, very small indication that he was learning to play more like a traditional point guard than a "shoot first" point guard? But these games were against low major competition, and probably don't provide any meaningful data about his style of play. The coaches will have to assess whether Lykes can play the style of PG that they are looking for.
But the idea of Lykes is definitely attractive. This board was so fired up about the possibility of getting him coming out of high school. at the time, it felt like he could be the guy that saved the program for JTIII. Then when we ended up signing Waters, it felt like we finally had the PG we needed to get on track. Then Waters changed his mind and went to LSU - and it felt like Akinjo was the PG to save the program. Then that fell apart. This "hunt for the true PG that will save the program" has become a fairly exhausting trope!
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Post by bigelephant on Mar 10, 2021 6:41:57 GMT -5
I'm counting on him.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Mar 10, 2021 7:36:26 GMT -5
Need an experienced PG for next year to raise our ceiling. Harris and Beard are a young pair. Not sure if I’d even consider Beard a true PG.
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 10, 2021 7:37:19 GMT -5
Stay our course. Chris is an awesome guard, but I think he would not help more than staying the course with Dante Harris and Beard. He is a great scorer, more than a pass-first point guard. I saw him many times at Gonzaga and watched some of Miami. Again he's a great talent. Still, I'd hope we would go forward.
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Post by bostonfan on Mar 10, 2021 8:23:42 GMT -5
A veteran presence at the point such as Lykes is a no-brainer addition in its own right in a position of need, not to mention the value a good experience with a Gonzaga alum could do for dmv recruiting. Nothing is a no-brainer when it comes to being a culture fit. All I know is that the staff is being very particular with regard to who they bring on from a culture perspective/. They were burned badly by what happened with several guys on the team last year...and they refuse to let that happen again. While I hope no one reads into this too much.....there is a ton of vetting that needs to be done before taking on someone new to the program. It seems like a big part of recruiting these days, for both high school kids and I would think even more so for transfers, is the program telling the recruit what the teams' vision is for them if they commit to the team. You hear all the time kids saying that the staff is telling them how they will fit in the program and how their style of play would be a good match. I think the staff might have gotten away from that to some point in the first few years as they just tried to accumulate as much talent as possible and hope they could make it work together. After the issues with the transfers I have to think the staff makes a point of talking to players about what their role will be on the team and how they see them fitting in with the rest of the roster. If they are doing that with Lykes and he is accepting of the role they want him to play, then it is a good fit, if they are not seeing eye to eye then I am sure both parties will look for a better fit.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Mar 10, 2021 9:28:01 GMT -5
An experienced PG with Harris would be ideal. Beard will have time to adjust.
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Post by blueandgray on Mar 10, 2021 10:24:31 GMT -5
Nothing is a no-brainer when it comes to being a culture fit. All I know is that the staff is being very particular with regard to who they bring on from a culture perspective/. They were burned badly by what happened with several guys on the team last year...and they refuse to let that happen again. While I hope no one reads into this too much.....there is a ton of vetting that needs to be done before taking on someone new to the program. It seems like a big part of recruiting these days, for both high school kids and I would think even more so for transfers, is the program telling the recruit what the teams' vision is for them if they commit to the team. You hear all the time kids saying that the staff is telling them how they will fit in the program and how their style of play would be a good match. I think the staff might have gotten away from that to some point in the first few years as they just tried to accumulate as much talent as possible and hope they could make it work together. After the issues with the transfers I have to think the staff makes a point of talking to players about what their role will be on the team and how they see them fitting in with the rest of the roster. If they are doing that with Lykes and he is accepting of the role they want him to play, then it is a good fit, if they are not seeing eye to eye then I am sure both parties will look for a better fit. Yes and agreed!
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