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Post by explorer88 on Apr 3, 2024 8:01:37 GMT -5
Lilley looks to have good hands and feet. Not overly athletic. I will take a big man with good hands and feet. Very interesting to see what happens next. We only have 2 scholarships and we have 4 players still in the portal. We desperately need guards. i have to believe at least one more player won't be returning (read between the lines with the lilley commitment) and feel confident the staff will be able to add at least 2-3 more perimeter players who they expect to contribute next season. still plenty of time. I have to think we are going to lose someone else. The balance of the roster is off. We have 4 bigs, 4 wings, and 3 guards. Ramos does not play so we really have just 2 guards. With 2 scholarships we have to use them on guards and still I would question our depth there. We have too many wings (3) with the same athletic skillset. Something else is going to shakeout I think. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 9:22:49 GMT -5
Or 2 of Gill, Shep, Brantley and Jig come back.
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 3, 2024 9:27:21 GMT -5
Or 2 of Gill, Shep, Brantley and Jig come back. Still not enough. What if it is Shep and Brantley? I would like move on from Gill. I don't like a backcourt of Brantley, Deuce, and Marrero. Not enough for a full season. Shepherd is not a guard. We need another scholarship I think. We need two more ball handlers and we need more size at guard. If it was Brickus and Brantley then I could be on board with that. Even if it was, we still need another consistent scorer. |
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Post by las71 on Apr 3, 2024 10:34:08 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything on social media about Brantley or Shep. Anybody have any idea who has contacted them?
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 3, 2024 10:45:55 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything on social media about Brantley or Shep. Anybody have any idea who has contacted them? I did see lists for both. Brickus: Wake Forest Texas Virginia Utah Seton Hall Cal Loyola Chicago VCU Richmond Fordham East Carolina Shepherd: Richmond GW St. Bonaventure Illinois State FGCU UMass Northern Kentucky UNCW |
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Post by las71 on Apr 3, 2024 11:06:09 GMT -5
88 Anything on Khalil?
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 3, 2024 11:06:28 GMT -5
LUN will go bezerk if they end up at A10 schools
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 3, 2024 11:24:45 GMT -5
Haven't seen anything on Khalil which is pretty surprising. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 3, 2024 11:51:29 GMT -5
I'm expecting nobody to come back. If I'm wrong, great.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 11:55:44 GMT -5
LUN will go bezerk if they end up at A10 schools I'm done with college basketball if that's the case. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 12:14:33 GMT -5
I'm expecting nobody to come back. If I'm wrong, great. Joe, you may agree, or you may disagree, OR it may be better as a private conversation.... If nobody comes back, we're a 10 win team vs a 19 win team. Significant difference and a significant Outlook on a season. I think of a all the 10-12 win seasons in the last 20 years 03-04 team was huge disappointment and Thomas got sick with Graves disease 04-05 team gutted by rape scandal of June 2005, still had the best player in the A10 06-07 team was young but stunk and couldn't shoot the basketball. A letdown year for sure 09-10 team was gutted by injuries, but still a disappointment 15-16 worst La Salle team I've ever watched. The fact that we knew what they were before Christmas only made it worse. Either Price or Guillandeaux is my least favorite (good player) Explorer 18-19 Howard's first season... started out very slow 20-21 team stunk and underachieved... made me rethink my opinion of the portal and getting high major kids to transfer here 21-22 Ashley's last year here, probably good that it ended when it did. I'm not prepared to go through these nightmares again. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 3, 2024 12:17:39 GMT -5
These are things beyond our control (although more in our control than before, cut a check to the collective!). What happens will happen.
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Post by MisterD on Apr 3, 2024 13:03:28 GMT -5
Saying "if nobody comes back we're a 10 win team" without knowing who we bring in to replace them is silly, especially given we're already +1 on P5 players next year versus last.
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Post by 1863 on Apr 3, 2024 13:11:37 GMT -5
From the "Philadelphia Inquirer" article:
"Lilley’s commitment would seem to indicate that La Salle isn’t going through a coaching search and that Fran Dunphy will see the Explorers through this rebuild and open the new arena in the fall."
That's good news!
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Post by glorydays on Apr 3, 2024 13:39:07 GMT -5
I'm expecting nobody to come back. If I'm wrong, great. Joe, you may agree, or you may disagree, OR it may be better as a private conversation.... If nobody comes back, we're a 10 win team vs a 19 win team. Significant difference and a significant Outlook on a season. I think of a all the 10-12 win seasons in the last 20 years 03-04 team was huge disappointment and Thomas got sick with Graves disease 04-05 team gutted by rape scandal of June 2005, still had the best player in the A10 06-07 team was young but stunk and couldn't shoot the basketball. A letdown year for sure 09-10 team was gutted by injuries, but still a disappointment 15-16 worst La Salle team I've ever watched. The fact that we knew what they were before Christmas only made it worse. Either Price or Guillandeaux is my least favorite (good player) Explorer 18-19 Howard's first season... started out very slow 20-21 team stunk and underachieved... made me rethink my opinion of the portal and getting high major kids to transfer here 21-22 Ashley's last year here, probably good that it ended when it did. I'm not prepared to go through these nightmares again. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, LUN. I say that as I look out the window and see my 2 Gola seats on my back deck. I must be nuts. I swear when Glitter said LUN will go berserk, for a moment I thought of LUNardi. |
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Apr 3, 2024 14:16:05 GMT -5
Saying "if nobody comes back we're a 10 win team" without knowing who we bring in to replace them is silly, especially given we're already +1 on P5 players next year versus last. Silly me, I think I share LL's pessimism in this regard. Not real confident we replace what we lose in the portal. Should we lose all of these guys I am not real confident we replace them with near equivalent or greater talent/ability. Would however welcome us becoming this years Loyola. Seems silly to imagine this though. |
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Post by lasallejohn on Apr 3, 2024 14:38:20 GMT -5
Bold prediction: I think shep and brantley come back, leaning yes on brickus too. Of course I know nothing though.
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Post by MisterD on Apr 3, 2024 14:45:06 GMT -5
Silly me, I think I share LL's pessimism in this regard. This board leans pessimistic at all times, I was more talking about trying to quantify it in terms of wins. |
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Apr 3, 2024 14:48:44 GMT -5
Silly me, I think I share LL's pessimism in this regard. This board leans pessimistic at all times, I was more talking about trying to quantify it in terms of wins. gotcha I did not understand that, do now. I elaborated further my concerns with an edit above. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 14:57:27 GMT -5
Every man must have a code, as Omar said, in the The Wire. I'm not contributing to the collective.... unless i hit the powerball.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 3, 2024 15:15:17 GMT -5
LUN will go bezerk if they end up at A10 schools I'm done with college basketball if that's the case. i have no idea what the chances are of any of them coming back, but if jhamir does leave, it would not surprise me if he ends up at vcu. bones hyland is a close friend of his and i could see him pushing him in that direction. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 3, 2024 15:17:46 GMT -5
Every man must have a code, as Omar said, in the The Wire. I'm not contributing to the collective.... unless i hit the powerball. almost $1.1b tonight buddy. bring it home. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 3, 2024 15:33:03 GMT -5
Saying "if nobody comes back we're a 10 win team" without knowing who we bring in to replace them is silly, especially given we're already +1 on P5 players next year versus last. my take on this is that in addition to adding lilley, who i think will be a good player for us but cautiously optimistic he'll be more than that, people need to remember that even if we lose all four guys to the portal, the collective will then have the money they spent on them last season to put towards new players. my guess is there's more competition for big men in the portal (we got the one we needed already) and the supply of good guards/wings in the portal exceeds the demand. i feel confident dunph and staff will be able to get at least a couple pretty good ones. |
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Post by MisterD on Apr 3, 2024 15:38:04 GMT -5
I think I said this, or maybe just thought it, but that group (the "generic" 2/3 scorer) who misses out should be a place we target hard knowing its a one-and-gone. No different than Jordan Montgomery taking a show me contract where the value offered on our side is usage and a kid is betting he can cash in. Obviously you have to be careful and not find a guy who would sabotage the system for shots, but its doable.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 15:39:28 GMT -5
I'm done with college basketball if that's the case. i have no idea what the chances are of any of them coming back, but if jhamir does leave, it would not surprise me if he ends up at vcu. bones hyland is a close friend of his and i could see him pushing him in that direction. We have 21 years on these messageboards together. It's been fun buddy! |
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Post by MisterD on Apr 3, 2024 15:39:42 GMT -5
Also, I'd prefer Brickus stay in conference as long as he doesn't decide he'd really like a part city, part suburb experience. Get to see him play, maybe helps someone make the tourney.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 15:42:07 GMT -5
Every man must have a code, as Omar said, in the The Wire. I'm not contributing to the collective.... unless i hit the powerball. almost $1.1b tonight buddy. bring it home. About to go to Fair Deal food market and spend 20 on it. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 3, 2024 15:58:32 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything on social media about Brantley or Shep. Anybody have any idea who has contacted them? I did see lists for both. Brickus: Wake Forest Texas Virginia Utah Seton Hall Cal Loyola Chicago VCU Richmond Fordham East Carolina Shepherd: Richmond GW St. Bonaventure Illinois State FGCU UMass Northern Kentucky UNCW If I were making decisions for the kid, and La Salle is off the table, I'm going to Texas if I'm Jig. If I'm Shep, it's 20th & Olney again. And Mik, if we have Shep and Brantley back, with Deuce in the fold, probably 15 or 16 wins.... unless Rokas and this Nittany Lion can play. |
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Post by 23won on Apr 3, 2024 16:30:37 GMT -5
I don't have any inside scoop but here is my best guess on what could happen
Jig and Brantley go for bigger bucks. If they get it, I can't fault them | We (a) backfill with 2 Deuces, (b) maintain Brantley (long shot) and Deuce J or (c) settle on Jones and Gill (65 minutes) if we can't afford Turner
Shep doesn't come back if he gets bank. In that case, the guy from Abilene Christian or Del State comes in for 27 minutes; Marrero picks up 13 min at the 3 and 5 min at the 2
Tunde (15 min at 4 and 10 min at the 2) and the local kid (Brewer) from Texas A&M Commerce (25 min) split minutes at the 4 spot
Rokas and Lilley primarily split minutes at the 5
This could get you 16-20 wins (20 if Lilley or Brewer can be a solid A10 performer)
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Post by 23won on Apr 3, 2024 16:38:04 GMT -5
I'd be ok with
Brantley and Jones (65 minutes)
Shep or the 3 spot primary transfer options above (27 Min)
Brewer 4 @ 25+
Tunde (25-) and Marrero (18) subbing at 2-4 per above
Rokas and Lilley manning the 5 (40)
Zan could spot some minutes from Tunde and Marrero or the bigs
8-9 deep
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