Texas basketball official visitor next week

[Gerry Hamilton]

OTF can confirm a report that the Texas is currently scheduled to host 6-foot-8 Swiss wing prospect Klark-Luca Riethauser next week. 

The class of 2026 prospect is making an official visit to Nebraska this weekend, and has lready been offered by Fred Hoiberg. 

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[Rocky P]

you are welcome for breaking the news to you 😄  
 

Is this the international player that yall have been speaking about that would make any team a Final 4 contender?  @Gerry Hamilton

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

you are welcome for breaking the news to you 😄  
 

Is this the international player that yall have been speaking about that would make any team a Final 4 contender?  @Gerry Hamilton

No!

That's a 6-5/6-6 PG that will be an NBA draft pick in two years.

[harveycmd]

3 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

No!

That's a 6-5/6-6 PG that will be an NBA draft pick in two years.

If Miller thinks it doesn't matter if a PG is a pass first player, it won't matter. It's like we got Bucky as a coach.

[THookem]

Is Texas still a possible option for that nba draft pick in two years? 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Just now, THookem said:

Is Texas still a possible option for that nba draft pick in two years? 

If they wanna spend big NIL $$$ on him, then yes.  Otherwise, he'll go to a blueblood program, so Duke I bet.

[harveycmd]

I really can't believe Miller's answer to Gerry's question about point guards. I have no faith we'll ever win anything with a goober like that as head coach.

[harveycmd]

I can't believe that a former PG said that crap. We've got no shot with that stuff.

[harveycmd]

If you don't have the best post, or the best SG guard ever like Mikey or Kobe, you can't win without a real PG. I don't understand what Miller is talking about. He lost me. I'm not coming back until the chump wins a title.

[harveycmd]

It's really crazy that Miller said that crap. If you have Parrish, McHale and Bird in the frontcourt, you can win. But you can't beat a great PG like Magic if he has two frontcourt guys. Texas never gonna have Parrish, McHale and Bird in the frontcourt. 

That's really the dumbest thing I've ever heard from a college basketball coach. You don't need a PG to win? Is he smoking dope?

[MJW2327]

25 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

If you don't have the best post, or the best SG guard ever like Mikey or Kobe, you can't win without a real PG. I don't understand what Miller is talking about. He lost me. I'm not coming back until the chump wins a title.

That’s incredible news - you’re leaving 

[harveycmd]

2 minutes ago, MJW2327 said:

That’s incredible news - you’re leaving 

Yes, I am. Miller told Gerry you don't need a good point guard to win. He referenced Florida last year. Clayton was a good point guard. He had the best front court as well. I don't understand what he's talking about. 

[MJW2327]

9 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Yes, I am. Miller told Gerry you don't need a good point guard to win. He referenced Florida last year. Clayton was a good point guard. He had the best front court as well. I don't understand what he's talking about. 

But but but but…. I thought Kobe Bryant wasn’t that good at basketball??

[harveycmd]

Kobe better than Bird. 

I don't know what this means. We talking 5 to 3.  

My point is that Miller told Gerry you can win with a "combo" point guard. You can't unless you have the best frontcourt. Even that won't matter if the other team has great backcourt players. My example is the mid 80s Celtics had the best frontcourt ever, but they couldn't beat the best point guard ever in Magic. Not to mention that Kobe as a shooting guard was more important than the most athletically gifted player ever as Shaq.  Jerry West told Shaq that Kobe was already better than him when Kobe was 17 in July 1996.

Edited 1 hour ago by harveycmd

[Rocky P]

1 hour ago, harveycmd said:

If Miller thinks it doesn't matter if a PG is a pass first player, it won't matter. It's like we got Bucky as a coach.

Pass first pg is a relic.  

[harveycmd]

1 minute ago, Rocky P said:

Pass first pg is a relic.  

No more than the trenches are relic in football.

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 hour ago, harveycmd said:

I really can't believe Miller's answer to Gerry's question about point guards. I have no faith we'll ever win anything with a goober like that as head coach.

Florida won the NC with two combo guards last year

UConn won the first NC with two combo guards

It's because of the systems run now a days. 

I asked the question because there are very few true PG's these days.

What Jason "White Chocolate" Williams said recently is spot on for me. Going to watch a lot of AAU hoops, HS hoops and individual workouts ... PG's are doing drill and skill training more than anything now. Their creativity is being put on the sidelines because the game now is so much about spacing, catch and shoot three's, movement through sets and actions. 

[harveycmd]

4 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

Pass first pg is a relic.  

If I'm not mistaken, Magic had four titles by the time he was as old as Luka is now. Is that a relic of point guard play?

[harveycmd]

2 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Florida won the NC with two combo guards last year

UConn won the first NC with two combo guards

Florida had the best frontcourt in the country. A one off by UConn doesn't change history.

[Rocky P]

6 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

If I'm not mistaken, Magic had four titles by the time he was as old as Luka is now. Is that a relic of point guard play?

Luka is not a pass first pg.  He is one of the top scorers in the nba.

Again, you bring up Magic proving my point.  Pass first guards arent a thing anymore.  Go look at the stats.  Top 10 assist pg in nba are top scorers.

Top assist pg player in ncaa Fears jr for michigan st..also their scorer.

 

[Rocky P]

10 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

If I'm not mistaken, Magic had four titles by the time he was as old as Luka is now. Is that a relic of point guard play?

Literally the definition of a relic...hasnt played in over 30 years 

[harveycmd]

2 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

Luka is not a pass first pg.  He is one of the top scorers in the nba.

Again, you bring up Magic proving my point.  Pass first guards arent a thing anymore.  Go look at the stats.  Top 10 assist pg in nba are top scorers.

Top assist pg player in ncaa Fears jr for michigan st..also their scorer.

 

Look at titles. Luka hugs. It's like I'm the judge talking to Toadvine in Blood Meridian.

Edited 1 hour ago by harveycmd

[Rocky P]

Just now, harveycmd said:

Look at titles. Luka hugs. It's like I'm judge talking to Toadvine.

Did you eat paint chips as a child?

[harveycmd]

Just now, Rocky P said:

Did you eat paint chips as a child?

I ate apples.