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Post#61 » by Ghost of Kleine » Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:46 am

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A complete steal as an alternative to Rasheer Fleming! Just need to pick up an early to mid 2nd round pick for him.
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SunsRback4Good wrote:UOfA plays Kansas tonight @ 6:30pm. Need to win this game badly. We’ve been sliding the past 8 games winning just 3 of them. BEAR DOWN!!!


Kansas, then Texas Tech, and now they face Houston at 3pm! Go Cats!
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Post#63 » by SunsRback4Good » Sat Mar 15, 2025 6:02 pm

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SunsRback4Good wrote:UOfA plays Kansas tonight @ 6:30pm. Need to win this game badly. We’ve been sliding the past 8 games winning just 3 of them. BEAR DOWN!!!


Kansas, then Texas Tech, and now they face Houston at 3pm! Go Cats!


BEAR DOWN! :)
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Been telling people about Lendeborg (UAB) and Tonje! Both are going to be significant impact/ extreme value prospects to whatever team that drafts them. Lendeborg is very much so this year's TJD. And Tonje (Wisconsin) is a Devin Booker clone, very strong, very versatile, very efficient SG with elite potential and good leadership mentality. He's very very similar to Booker in a multitude of ways including playstyle. Also, Kobe Brea (Kentucky) projects very similarly to Klay Thompson! Isiah Evans (Duke) is a slightly smaller (6'6-6'7) version of Brandon Ingram and will be a star SG! (post Booker option)??? Chance McMillian (Texas Tech) is a bigger, lankier, more athletic version of Steph Curry as an elite shooter from anywhere on the court. And Vladislav Goldin (Michigan) is huge (7'1 250 lbs) very strong, physical and mobile, and projects very similarly to Ivaca Zubac.

These are absolutely the type of cost-controlled, very versatile, very productive "2nd round steal" value prospects that we should be aggressively acquiring additional picks for, and that we'd be stupid not to target and add to our roster. :nod:
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Post#66 » by bwgood77 » Sat Mar 15, 2025 10:30 pm

SunsRback4Good wrote:
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SunsRback4Good wrote:UOfA plays Kansas tonight @ 6:30pm. Need to win this game badly. We’ve been sliding the past 8 games winning just 3 of them. BEAR DOWN!!!


Kansas, then Texas Tech, and now they face Houston at 3pm! Go Cats!


BEAR DOWN! :)


Also if anyone doesn't have ESPN, I've found their recent games on Youtube.

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Post#67 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:28 am

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Kansas, then Texas Tech, and now they face Houston at 3pm! Go Cats!


BEAR DOWN! :)


Also if anyone doesn't have ESPN, I've found their recent games on Youtube.



Tough loss man. We started off poorly couldn’t buy a bucket, but finished the half exceptionally well leading by 5. Love was hitting his shots, but cooled off in the 2nd half as we blew the lead. I loved how we fought back after being down double digits and even took a lead with 4 1/2 min remaining. At the end, Love travel hurt our chances of beating Houston. Still very proud of the guys they fought hard and almost escaped with a victory.
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Yaxel Lendborg moving up rapidly! I'd maybe consider him with the 29th pick If he doesn't jump us completely in the coming weeks! :nod:
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Booker 2.0 Watch him play and do a statistical/ efficiency comparison between the two and tell me I'm wrong on this comp! :wink:
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Post#70 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Mar 16, 2025 6:20 am

GOK, Wildcats lost to Houston they lost. I cried for a good 10 min before taking a nap. :(
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SunsRback4Good wrote:GOK, Wildcats lost to Houston they lost. I cried for a good 10 min before taking a nap. :(


That really sucks!
They've been really solid. Lots of upsets happening lately though. Milos Uzan has been a load for some teams too. Hitting big shots in isos' and then Love's turnover leading to that Francis dunk. Definitely a wild heartbreaker situation man. But isn't this honestly just the life of an Arizona sports fan. :-?
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Vladislav Goldin is another great gritty, mobile big, strong physical center option for us from the undrafted ranges that is very similar to the Clippers Ivaca Zubac.

I'd really like us to strongly consider him for a backup center option ( 3rd rotation) to replace Plumlee as he's 7'1 strong, plays very physical and fundamentally solid. And can hit threes somewhat ok too.
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Post#73 » by bwgood77 » Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:09 pm

I don't mind a tough loss to a top notch team. I was a little weary of going into the tourney over confident and on a big winning streak. They still have a reason to be confident, but know that they have to keep up the hard work until the end of the game.
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Post#74 » by SunsRback4Good » Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:45 pm

Arizona plays Akron in about 4 hours. Should be a good game.
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Carter Bryant should be our top pick at 29 (if still there)! And John Tonje should be our top choice at 55. We should absolutely look to add another 2nd if possible and take Maxime Raynaud or Yaxel lendeborg to play at the backup 4/5.

Then take Vladislav Goldin and Mark Sears or Xavian Lee from the undrafted pool.
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Could we use an ivaca Zubac ( with some 3 PT shooting ability) for a backup center to replace Plumlee??? We could get him for nothing from the undrafted pool!! :nod:
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Post#78 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:04 pm

Arizona plays Oregon @ 6:40pm tonight on TBS. A chance to reach the sweet 16 if they win. Bear down!!!
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Devin Booker wannabe. Hehe


What young Shooting guard doesn't wanna be the next Booker though...lol. :wink:
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