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Post by smokeyjack on Feb 14, 2017 21:09:12 GMT -5
Have seen this kid about 5x this season, and he is absolutely stunning.
Probably old news, but how did all the locals let him escape DC?
And is there even anyone else in the No. 1 overall conversation?
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Post by EtomicB on Feb 14, 2017 21:29:32 GMT -5
Have seen this kid about 5x this season, and he is absolutely stunning. Probably old news, but how did all the locals let him escape DC? And is there even anyone else in the No. 1 overall conversation? Pretty sure he and his family are very tight with one of the Washington assistant coaches..
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Feb 14, 2017 21:42:12 GMT -5
He has been busy. Won the Boston Marathon one year.
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Post by professorhoya on Feb 14, 2017 22:56:24 GMT -5
Have seen this kid about 5x this season, and he is absolutely stunning. Probably old news, but how did all the locals let him escape DC? And is there even anyone else in the No. 1 overall conversation? And yet they are 9-16. Stunning.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Feb 15, 2017 1:44:10 GMT -5
My old high school teammate - Ralph Chillious (formerly Ralph Carter) - is Washington's lead recruiter, and a DC native.....he saw Markelle when he was a freshman at Dematha and was on him before anyone else got on him. When Ralph started recruiting Markelle, he was 5-foot-9....Obviously, he grew into the best player in the country.
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Post by cosmopolitanhoya on Feb 15, 2017 2:45:12 GMT -5
Have seen this kid about 5x this season, and he is absolutely stunning. Probably old news, but how did all the locals let him escape DC? And is there even anyone else in the No. 1 overall conversation? And yet they are 9-16. Stunning. Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Regarding Fultz, he is probably the best guard prospect from the DMV area in the last few decades (not named AI), and he is going to be an NBA superstar sans injury. Even if there was no special connection between the assistant of UW and him, we would not have gotten him anyway. He would have ended up at kentucky/kansas/duke just like the other countless top prospects we missed out in the recent years.
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Post by dense on Feb 15, 2017 4:38:15 GMT -5
And yet they are 9-16. Stunning. Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Regarding Fultz, he is probably the best guard prospect from the DMV area in the last few decades (not named AI), and he is going to be an NBA superstar sans injury. Even if there was no special connection between the assistant of UW and him, we would not have gotten him anyway. He would have ended up at kentucky/kansas/duke just like the other countless top prospects we missed out in the recent years. I dont think your first paragraph makes much sense, Romar has gotten tons of players in his time at Washington and it's lead to nothing. Next year I am sure that Michael Porter will do not better. Remember this guy has Isiah Thomas and Quincy Pondexter(two guys who are starters for NBA teams, one an allstar) and we crushed them in the Wooden classic. Fultz is not a classic lead guard as well, and he can play there and put up numbers but it's like having Kobe Bryant as your point.
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Post by smokeyjack on Feb 15, 2017 8:02:34 GMT -5
I never meant to imply that I thought Romar was a good coach simply because he landed Fultz. But as someone else in the thread mentioned, he is likely the best player to come out of the area (I'm not counting KD's drive-by prep experience) in well over a decade.
I don't even remember our guys going after him aggressively. That's either an epic whiff or exactly the kind of resigned indifference ("he's a UK, Duke, UNC or KU one and done") that we must move beyond to join the 21st century.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Feb 15, 2017 8:02:41 GMT -5
We better recruit around Waters or we will not improve. He is just one solid piece.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Feb 15, 2017 8:13:23 GMT -5
F FULTZ IRRELEVANT POST. SPAM CAN IT! LOL
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Feb 15, 2017 8:14:20 GMT -5
We better recruit around Waters or we will not improve. He is just one solid piece. Oh, I think he'll have the pieces to the pie, and plus as a point guard it's his job to make his teammates better.
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Post by hoyazeke on Feb 15, 2017 9:17:48 GMT -5
And yet they are 9-16. Stunning. Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Our team is better than UW even if LJ declares. Marcus, Jessie, Jagan and Kaleb are better pieces than what UW has in place. Now if Fultz were to team up for a year with Porter they would contend in the P10......
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Post by cosmopolitanhoya on Feb 15, 2017 23:05:58 GMT -5
Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Our team is better than UW even if LJ declares. Marcus, Jessie, Jagan and Kaleb are better pieces than what UW has in place. Now if Fultz were to team up for a year with Porter they would contend in the P10...... though their 9-16 record is worse than ours, i have a strong feeling that we will have no answers for Fultz.
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Post by cosmopolitanhoya on Feb 15, 2017 23:15:48 GMT -5
Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Regarding Fultz, he is probably the best guard prospect from the DMV area in the last few decades (not named AI), and he is going to be an NBA superstar sans injury. Even if there was no special connection between the assistant of UW and him, we would not have gotten him anyway. He would have ended up at kentucky/kansas/duke just like the other countless top prospects we missed out in the recent years. I dont think your first paragraph makes much sense, Romar has gotten tons of players in his time at Washington and it's lead to nothing. Next year I am sure that Michael Porter will do not better. Remember this guy has Isiah Thomas and Quincy Pondexter(two guys who are starters for NBA teams, one an allstar) and we crushed them in the Wooden classic. Fultz is not a classic lead guard as well, and he can play there and put up numbers but it's like having Kobe Bryant as your point. Sure, UW has not gotten anything out of them, but neither has JT3 with all the former MCDs and Jordan classic All Stars. One NCAAT win for freeman, wright (McD all americans), issac copeland (ESPN 5 star recruit) porter (#3 NBA draft pick waiting to get a max NBA deal), clark&whitt (all met player of the year), and 0 win with greg monroe (former #1 recruit in rival over 2+ years + NBA max deal player) At least, UW gets the recognition that it produces NBA all-stars recently with Issiah Thomas, who is one of the 3 candidates to win MVP this year, along with Harden and Westbrook. i will also be very surprised if Fultz does not turn out to be in the same level as Dwayne Wade and Kyrie Irving. Waiting to see how good Michael Porter will be at the collegiate level, but he is currently projected to be #1 draft pick in the 2018 NBA draft. so at the end, both of these programs have not really produced much with star recruits and/or future super stars in the NBA: yet, UW's continuous production of NBA star players will definitely solidify its BBall brand, which is going to continue to attract top level recruits, increasing the likeliness to succeed eventually.
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Post by dense on Feb 16, 2017 0:05:25 GMT -5
I dont think your first paragraph makes much sense, Romar has gotten tons of players in his time at Washington and it's lead to nothing. Next year I am sure that Michael Porter will do not better. Remember this guy has Isiah Thomas and Quincy Pondexter(two guys who are starters for NBA teams, one an allstar) and we crushed them in the Wooden classic. Fultz is not a classic lead guard as well, and he can play there and put up numbers but it's like having Kobe Bryant as your point. Sure, UW has not gotten anything out of them, but neither has JT3 with all the former MCDs and Jordan classic All Stars. One NCAAT win for freeman, wright (McD all americans), issac copeland (ESPN 5 star recruit) porter (#3 NBA draft pick waiting to get a max NBA deal), clark&whitt (all met player of the year), and 0 win with greg monroe (former #1 recruit in rival over 2+ years + NBA max deal player) At least, UW gets the recognition that it produces NBA all-stars recently with Issiah Thomas, who is one of the 3 candidates to win MVP this year, along with Harden and Westbrook. i will also be very surprised if Fultz does not turn out to be in the same level as Dwayne Wade and Kyrie Irving. Waiting to see how good Michael Porter will be at the collegiate level, but he is currently projected to be #1 draft pick in the 2018 NBA draft. so at the end, both of these programs have not really produced much with star recruits and/or future super stars in the NBA: yet, UW's continuous production of NBA star players will definitely solidify its BBall brand, which is going to continue to attract top level recruits, increasing the likeliness to succeed eventually. i That's not what I was addressing in your post. I am saying that Romar has had way more talent than jt3 and it not even close. they had a team in Thomas junior year with 2 other nba players in Terrence Ross and Justin Holiday and also had CJ Wilcox who is a guy who a fringe player who has gotten looked and went 21-11 I think. I am saying that looking at Romar and saying it's some sort of template is insane not which is bringing in more recruits. UW has been thought to be cheating for awhile.
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Post by 757hoyafan on Feb 16, 2017 8:59:29 GMT -5
And yet they are 9-16. Stunning. Fultz and UW can serve as a cautionary tale for those that believe that having a super talented guard can change everything about the program and take them into the promised land; Those who are super hyped about Waters should probably lower their expectation until we actually see him play and how he meshes up with our system. Regarding Fultz, he is probably the best guard prospect from the DMV area in the last few decades (not named AI), and he is going to be an NBA superstar sans injury. Even if there was no special connection between the assistant of UW and him, we would not have gotten him anyway. He would have ended up at kentucky/kansas/duke just like the other countless top prospects we missed out in the recent years. The 757 is not in the DMV equation. To keep in tune w/the thread, why didn't we sign Kevin Durant? Silly arse thread..
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Post by Problem of Dog on Feb 16, 2017 11:30:03 GMT -5
I never meant to imply that I thought Romar was a good coach simply because he landed Fultz. But as someone else in the thread mentioned, he is likely the best player to come out of the area (I'm not counting KD's drive-by prep experience) in well over a decade. I don't even remember our guys going after him aggressively. That's either an epic whiff or exactly the kind of resigned indifference ("he's a UK, Duke, UNC or KU one and done") that we must move beyond to join the 21st century. Huh? KD didn't have a "drive by prep experience". He spent exactly 9 months of his life not in Maryland, while he was at Oak Hill as a junior. That's it.
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Post by hoyazeke on Feb 16, 2017 14:25:18 GMT -5
I never meant to imply that I thought Romar was a good coach simply because he landed Fultz. But as someone else in the thread mentioned, he is likely the best player to come out of the area (I'm not counting KD's drive-by prep experience) in well over a decade. I don't even remember our guys going after him aggressively. That's either an epic whiff or exactly the kind of resigned indifference ("he's a UK, Duke, UNC or KU one and done") that we must move beyond to join the 21st century. Huh? KD didn't have a "drive by prep experience". He spent exactly 9 months of his life not in Maryland, while he was at Oak Hill as a junior. That's it. Where did KD go for his senior season?
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Post by LCPolo18 on Feb 16, 2017 14:48:28 GMT -5
Huh? KD didn't have a "drive by prep experience". He spent exactly 9 months of his life not in Maryland, while he was at Oak Hill as a junior. That's it. Where did KD go for his senior season? He spent his first two years at National Christian Academy, then a year at Oak Hill Academy, and then a year at Montrose Christian School.
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Post by eagle54 on Feb 16, 2017 23:40:01 GMT -5
We better recruit around Waters or we will not improve. He is just one solid piece. Oh, I think he'll have the pieces to the pie, and plus as a point guard it's his job to make his teammates better. U know that how? Because you continually to post nonsense or there are more players coming? The pie is stale here and this kid to come in and save this is putting way to much on him.
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