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Post by siberiavol on Jun 1, 2023 7:03:14 GMT -5
35 players were selected to go to the camp where the USA national u19 team is selected . Freddie D and Awaka were invited . Only 10 players who were freshmen in college last year were invited. I wouldn’t expect either to make it but it is a huge honor to be invited .
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Post by tns56 on Jun 1, 2023 7:26:01 GMT -5
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Post by bchilds on Jun 1, 2023 9:23:25 GMT -5
I think you might be surprised how much better those two will be equipped to perform well as opposed to some who haven’t been in a college hoops environment. When Chandler played, Mike Miles and Kenneth Lofton were light years ahead of everyone.
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Post by cherokee04 on Jun 1, 2023 9:28:34 GMT -5
I think you might be surprised how much better those two will be equipped to perform well as opposed to some who haven’t been in a college hoops environment. When Chandler played, Mike Miles and Kenneth Lofton were light years ahead of everyone. Kenneth Lofton mystifies me. He doesn't look like he should be very good at basketball. |
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Post by gvt11 on Jun 1, 2023 10:30:05 GMT -5
I think you might be surprised how much better those two will be equipped to perform well as opposed to some who haven’t been in a college hoops environment. When Chandler played, Mike Miles and Kenneth Lofton were light years ahead of everyone. Kenneth Lofton mystifies me. He doesn't look like he should be very good at basketball. Neither did Howard Wood or Charles Barkley or really even Grant Williams. Barnes likes those guys. Wonder if we ever kicked the tires on Lofton? |
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Post by cherokee04 on Jun 1, 2023 11:02:48 GMT -5
Kenneth Lofton mystifies me. He doesn't look like he should be very good at basketball. Neither did Howard Wood or Charles Barkley or really even Grant Williams. Barnes likes those guys. Wonder if we ever kicked the tires on Lofton? Howard Wood didn't look out of shape like Lofton. And Barkley is kind of like Elvis - a lot of folks remember "Fat Barkley", but while he was never slender, he played several years in college and the NBA without looking like Lofton. Grant looked out of shape as a freshman, but transformed his body. And none of this is to deny that Lofton has demonstrated his ability. He's like the anti-JJJ - if you saw the two of them get off a team bus, Lofton is not the one that looks like he was poured into an NBA basketball mold. |
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Post by gvt11 on Jun 1, 2023 11:08:48 GMT -5
Neither did Howard Wood or Charles Barkley or really even Grant Williams. Barnes likes those guys. Wonder if we ever kicked the tires on Lofton? Howard Wood didn't look out of shape like Lofton. And Barkley is kind of like Elvis - a lot of folks remember "Fat Barkley", but while he was never slender, he played several years in college and the NBA without looking like Lofton. Grant looked out of shape as a freshman, but transformed his body. And none of this is to deny that Lofton has demonstrated his ability. He's like the anti-JJJ - if you saw the two of them get off a team bus, Lofton is not the one that looks like he was poured into an NBA basketball mold. I’m an old man ‘cause I remember Howard Wood as a near 300 pound sophomore who Don DeVoe nearly killed with suicides in Stokely. |
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Post by cherokee04 on Jun 1, 2023 11:16:46 GMT -5
Howard Wood didn't look out of shape like Lofton. And Barkley is kind of like Elvis - a lot of folks remember "Fat Barkley", but while he was never slender, he played several years in college and the NBA without looking like Lofton. Grant looked out of shape as a freshman, but transformed his body. And none of this is to deny that Lofton has demonstrated his ability. He's like the anti-JJJ - if you saw the two of them get off a team bus, Lofton is not the one that looks like he was poured into an NBA basketball mold. I’m an old man ‘cause I remember Howard Wood as a near 300 pound sophomore who Don DeVoe nearly killed with suicides in Stokely. You're probably right. I was a kid then and I mostly remember Wood from his last two seasons, especially his senior season. There weren't a ton of games on TV then either, and there was no internet, so I probably just don't recall seeing Wood in his heavier days. He was a pretty good mid-range and baseline shooter as I recall. |
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Post by gvt11 on Jun 1, 2023 11:57:09 GMT -5
I’m an old man ‘cause I remember Howard Wood as a near 300 pound sophomore who Don DeVoe nearly killed with suicides in Stokely. You're probably right. I was a kid then and I mostly remember Wood from his last two seasons, especially his senior season. There weren't a ton of games on TV then either, and there was no internet, so I probably just don't recall seeing Wood in his heavier days. He was a pretty good mid-range and baseline shooter as I recall. Howard Wood was outstanding. He could defend guys of all Aliza’s. Great rebounder and dependable low post scorer. Wish we’d had him the past two seasons. |
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Post by brewii on Jun 2, 2023 5:34:52 GMT -5
Neither did Howard Wood or Charles Barkley or really even Grant Williams. Barnes likes those guys. Wonder if we ever kicked the tires on Lofton? Howard Wood didn't look out of shape like Lofton. And Barkley is kind of like Elvis - a lot of folks remember "Fat Barkley", but while he was never slender, he played several years in college and the NBA without looking like Lofton. Grant looked out of shape as a freshman, but transformed his body. There is a reason they called him the "Round Mound of Rebound"! |
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Post by cherokee04 on Jun 2, 2023 5:59:54 GMT -5
Howard Wood didn't look out of shape like Lofton. And Barkley is kind of like Elvis - a lot of folks remember "Fat Barkley", but while he was never slender, he played several years in college and the NBA without looking like Lofton. Grant looked out of shape as a freshman, but transformed his body. There is a reason they called him the "Round Mound of Rebound"! If you look at him in his playing days at Auburn and the early NBA though, he's not all that fat. He runs the court really well and looks to be in much better shape than Lofton, Jr. He played high school ball not 30 minutes from where I live.  |
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Post by gvt11 on Jun 2, 2023 9:17:18 GMT -5
Again, as a freshman he weighed 300 pounds plus. Just unbelievable how he could run, jump and dunk it any way you wanted at that weight.
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Post by cherokee04 on Jun 2, 2023 10:37:32 GMT -5
Again, as a freshman he weighed 300 pounds plus. Just unbelievable how he could run, jump and dunk it any way you wanted at that weight. Yeah, what I read said he played at 295 and then lost down to 280. But you can see in any number of pictures during his career at Auburn and early in the NBA that he's a much slimmer version of how he finished his career, and certainly than what his weight is now. He wasn't really a fat guy for much of his career.  |
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Post by awinatl on Jun 4, 2023 9:00:14 GMT -5
Look no further than Nikola Jokic who is probably the best player in the world right now , no way in looking at that guy could you ever think that
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Post by govols85 on Jun 4, 2023 9:40:50 GMT -5
Kenneth Lofton mystifies me. He doesn't look like he should be very good at basketball. Neither did Howard Wood or Charles Barkley or really even Grant Williams. Barnes likes those guys. Wonder if we ever kicked the tires on Lofton? Howard Wood highlight. No video… allfortennessee.com/2020/07/29/tennessee-basketball-shots/2/ |
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