Drake, he didn't look like anything special. I was much more impressed with Dia on their team, I figured he could be a high major player.
J'Vonne Hadley (Curtis Jones' cousin) to have zoom meetings with Iowa State & MSU this week
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You just never know what a player is looking for. Are they okay playing for a bubble team (UVa) if they can play 35 minutes a game? Or would they prefer playing ~20 minutes a game for a Top 10 team?
I know the focus is $$$ these days, but I still think there's a lot more that goes into that decision - and in the portal they have to make it SO fast, especially compared to HS recruiting. It's gotta be hell on those players to try to figure out who is telling the truth, where they will fit best, etc in basically no time at all
Shut up and get back to selling pizzas and beer.
A loooooot of pizzas and beer.
Just kidding, Blum. Keep fighting the good fight.
His shooting alone probably puts him pretty high on the list. 6'7 and shoots 46% from 3. Yeah, kid is highly coveted. I have heard he is bound for UNC.
If Hadley wants more money I don't blame him. Doesn't sound though that he is fitting the culture of wanting to actually be at Iowa State.
Kid can absolutely play.
He's a North Carolina kid and that's been the strong thought since he entered.
Torvik has Hadley listed as a Wing Guard for last year. But was PF/C in 2023. And was a Wing Forward role in 2021 when he was with Northeastern. Obviously he's a hard one to nail down in a specific role and is very versatile. That's part of what makes him a great target.
For reference Milan was categorized as a Wing Forward last year.
He is an advanced metrics darling
#8 best transfer according to Torvik at least
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Other players in the B12 with a 4.3 PRPG! rating are Hunter Dickinson, Max Abmas, and Jamal Shead.
That metric is kind of an overall efficiency rating, called points over replacement per game. It's roughly estimating how many points (+ or -) a player is worth over a hypothetical replacement player.
He should probably license We Will THC products. It'll make it easier to get through that 4-5 minute scoring drought early in every game.
When I watched him against Samford I immediatly knew he should have been a higher level player. Guess he must not have had his "A" game against Drake.
I think that playing time and role could be a factor as well. If he's looking to be a for sure day one starter and have a feature role (along with a significant dollar figure), this might not be the lineup for him.
This sentence right here should get you a CF vacation. This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen on the internet
So to summarize for some of us... We were no longer leading for Hadley? Likely need to commit more $$ to land him?
I'm pro-analytics, and it would've been great to get Hadley. But those comps. played a lot of minutes per game, and, as far as Shead and Abmas, it was their efficiency plus their skill/wow factor/clutch/... that made them stars and not just valuable pieces. Hadley was not going to play a ton of minutes per game, and to my knowledge has not yet exhibited an iso-late-in-the-shot-clock scoring ability. I think his value to Iowa State would've been long-term, helping their team defense and raising their offensive floor, as plotted over the course of the season. That would've been great.He is an advanced metrics darling
#8 best transfer according to Torvik at least
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Other players in the B12 with a 4.3 PRPG! rating are Hunter Dickinson, Max Abmas, and Jamal Shead.
That metric is kind of an overall efficiency rating, called points over replacement per game. It's roughly estimating how many points (+ or -) a player is worth over a hypothetical replacement player.
But the staff wasn't looking for "the guy," and he probably wasn't going to be that. I'm choosing to look at it like this--is We Will uncompetitively poor, or are they never going to be able to afford a high-skill, high-efficiency starting five (or more)? If the latter, I can live with that. If there's only money for one (keeping a core that has proven it can win, has been in the program, and wants to stay there) or the other (adding highly efficient but new P5 pieces), I'll take the core any day of the week.
So when do college football and basketball completely break away from academics, and eligibility, etc are no longer a thing and it's just a complete semi-pro league? That's probably coming sooner than we think especially with these power conferences forming. Seasons, tourneys, etc will then get extended to create even more revenue. We are starting to see that with high school sports. High school sports still exist, but are starting to pale in comparison to these regional/national club leagues which are slowly becoming revenue generators as well.
FWIW hokeye radio network runs a lot of cannabis ads. I'll let CF what this means bigger picture, but it's a little jarring to hear dolph and podalek pushing the sticky icky.
I have a hard time picturing the same from Walters and Heft.
I can hear Dolph right now: "Tired of watching this 1940s offense? Get stoned out of your gord with Hawkeye sticky-icky, ooo-wee"
