Basketball: Buckle Up?

Submitted by robbyt003 on

[ed: Michigan is likely to get Keita Bates-Diop, says Chris Balas, after saying Michigan was unlikely to get Keita Bates-Diop.] 

This would be a huge get for the 2014 class to go along with that already outstanding class of 2013.

#34 nationally - Zakarie Irvin. G.

#47 nationally - Derrick Walton. G.

#107 nationally - Mark Donnal. F. 

edit - oops thought he was 2013.  

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MichiganMan2424

November 16th, 2012 at 2:44 PM ^

That would be tremendous! But Baites-Diop wouldn't be in the same class as those three, they're all 2013 while he's 2014.

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Mich Mash

November 16th, 2012 at 2:49 PM ^

...currently the 2014 class is composed of Austin Hatch (6'-6", 3-star shooting guard from Ft Wayne, IN) who reclassified to 2014 after his personal tragedy and recovery.  Still, this would be a great addition to the class - I like the size Belein is bringing to the program.  I think he's having fun with the talent on his team in a way he hasn't had the opportunity to do in the past.

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Blue_MQT

November 16th, 2012 at 2:45 PM ^

Bates-Diop would be a big get, but he's actually the class after Irvin, Walton, and Donnal. They're all 2013. Still, great way to kick off the 2014 class and take a player away from from Purdue/Illinois.

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M-Wolverine

November 16th, 2012 at 2:52 PM ^

I'll edit to the 2014 targets-

 

Commits

  • There are no commitments in this class.*

Targets

http://www.umhoops.com/recruiting/2014-recruits/

 

(*Don't think he's reclassified Hatch as mentioned about.  But who knows how that will end up).

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Raoul

November 16th, 2012 at 3:08 PM ^

That list seems a bit outdated as it doesn't include Jae'Sean Tate, another top-50 2014 prospect who apparently has OSU and Michigan as his top two.

Two of the others on the list--Booker and Bluiett--have Michigan offers and are seriously considering Michigan. Michigan seems to have a very good chance to land Booker. Both of them are in ESPN's top 50 as well.

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Red is Blue

November 16th, 2012 at 3:10 PM ^

I am NOT saying this is the case here (have no idea), but between 60 and 80 percent of NBA and NFL athletes apparently go bankrupt within five years of retiring.  So, just because your father was an NBA player doesn't necessarily mean the family doesn't need money.

 

source:

http://www.gq.com/sports/guides/201204/athletes-millionaires-bankrupt-spending#ixzz1qvEy4nPX

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Daniel

November 16th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^

If you don't have to worry about the money, it can be very helpful to get the personal attention you'd get as a big fish in the (relatively-smaller) college BB pond that you might only get as an NBA lottery pick, initially.

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WolvinLA2

November 16th, 2012 at 7:47 PM ^

You have to argue with everything, don't you?  Of course some kids don't love college, but that doesn't change the point that a kid saying he loves college after a couple months means very little.  I bet most one and dones say they love college in October. 

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M-Wolverine

November 16th, 2012 at 3:35 PM ^

I don't know how much there was in the original post, so maybe the Edit above was appropriate, but you can't keep it all silent.  If you sell me a book, and I tell someone what was in it is not hardly the same thing as copying pages and selling it.  Or even quoting a section from it.

If you don't want anyone to know anything about it, don't make it public.  Or stop trying to sell stuff that you didn't even create, you just went into some other guys house who people care about (a recruit), got his stuff (information), and then put a price tag on it without giving any of it back to the person who created it. One can make money by providing a service, but let's not act like they're not taking advantage of people far more than this post is.

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johnvand

November 16th, 2012 at 3:46 PM ^

It was word for word, less than an hour after the info was posted behind their paywall.

It's all going to be "public" eventually, I know that.  Though the OP is likely violating some terms of service he/she agreed to upon signing up with this given subscription site.

 

Somebody worked hard to make the contacts necessary to get that information.   If they choose to charge for it, and people are willing to pay for it...  That's Capitalism, Tony Montana.  I guess one could argue having your work stolen is also capitalistic.

I'll be the villain on this one though, that's fine.

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M-Wolverine

November 16th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^

And the word for word part was changed. Which it should have been. I don't really care what their terms of service are.  Frankly, they probably allow you to become a human icentipad.  They can kick you out (and lose your dough) if they choose; but restricting the free speech of telling people? Good luck with that. That's why there's fair use laws.

I don't object to them charging for it.  I object to victimization of a class of people who are taking advantage of people who give all the valuable content but get none of the reward. At least the NCAA gives a scholarship. Kids do it willingly, for pub, or ego, or whatever. But it hardly makes the guys hounding them the victims in these cases. And I don't exactly see how  "so and so told me this kid was doing this" is more stealing because you were charged for it than "this kid told me he was doing this" and I'm charging you for it, but I didn't pay for it. Who really is getting ripped off?

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