Rock me, Amadeo ?

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March 21st, 2012 at 5:42 PM
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rockydude
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Rock me, Amadeo ?

I'm looking for the good news today also. Interesting timing, but earlier today UMHoops posted a brief interview with Amadeo Della Valle.

I won't post the whole thing here, as you can go read it there, but I found this quote from Amadeo regarding the possibility of an open scholarship to be quite interesting- ”I’m not sure, but I think [maybe a spot might open]. I’m not sure though. Coach Beilein is supposed to come Thursday to my game. We’re playing some scrimmages because we play in an ESPN tournament at the end of the month, so he’s going to come out to watch the scrimmage.”

If you'd like the rest of the article, click away    http://www.umhoops.com/2012/03/21/amedeo-della-valle-trims-list-talks-fi...

The reason that I am calling this good news is that it makes me think that Beilein and staff knew this was coming, were not caught off guard, and were already making contingency plans.

 

PS - I still think Smot was going to have an excellent junior season with UM, but I wish all three of them the best.

 

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March 21st, 2012 at 5:45 PM | Rubio 2.0? Please? (Score:2 Normal)
goblueatkettering
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Rubio 2.0? Please?

"2nd and 5.  Here he goes again!"

"That's 6."

"They're not going to catch him!  Touchdown Michigan!"

March 21st, 2012 at 6:21 PM | Only without the whole (Score:1)
lunchboxthegoat
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Only without the whole "Waiting for three years until he actually plays in the US" please. 

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March 21st, 2012 at 5:49 PM | When JB visits him tomorrow, (Score:2)
ken725
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When JB visits him tomorrow, I'm guessing he put the full court press and tells him that we have open spots available. 

 

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March 21st, 2012 at 5:51 PM | Michigan has always struggled (Score:-1 Flamebait)
March 22nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM | Ricky Green made the full (Score:1)
TSS
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Ricky Green made the full court work. Orr's teams could press when needed.

March 21st, 2012 at 5:50 PM | Did you think all three guys (Score:3 Normal)
Hokemania
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Did you think all three guys walked into his office at the same time today and then he immediately announced it to the media?

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

March 21st, 2012 at 6:02 PM | No (Score:5 Normal)
goblueritzy92
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No

March 21st, 2012 at 6:49 PM | I kinda saw (Score:5 Funny)
LSA Aught One
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it going down as a Twitter conversation.  One tweeted "I'm out." and the other two just re-tweeted the same thing because they thought it was a good idea.  Totally spontaneous without warning.  Turns out that the first guy was just talking about cereal and when he got back from Meijer, it was too late to back out...

March 21st, 2012 at 5:51 PM | meh.  if he sucks he's gonna (Score:-1 Trolling)
March 21st, 2012 at 5:59 PM | Colton, Carlton, and Evan do (Score:2 Normal)
aiglick
Joined: 11/27/2010
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Colton, Carlton, and Evan do not suck.

Hope Burke stays. Would be devastating in the short term if he does but it would be yet another player Michigan sent to the League in a short time.

Recruits notice things like this.

The world is not ending we will be fine.

Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.

March 21st, 2012 at 6:00 PM | sending players to the NBA (Score:4 Normal)
orobs
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sending players to the NBA helps.  Sending players to the NBA for 5 games before going to the D league does not

March 21st, 2012 at 6:35 PM | That was Darius' fault. One (Score:3 Normal)
bluestan
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That was Darius' fault. One more year under Coach B could have done wonders. 

March 21st, 2012 at 7:34 PM | Yes, but our coaching staff didn't retain him (Score:1)
SanDiegoWolverine
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We encouraged him to look into declaring and once he did he liked what he saw.

T

March 21st, 2012 at 7:05 PM | Who have we sent recently to (Score:1)
Swazi
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Who have we sent recently to the NBA?  I mean, Morris and Harris left agaist JBs advice (I am assuming), and they both are in D-League obscurity right now.  Morris now has Sessions to deal with if he wants to get any kind of playing time with LA, and Harris has Irving (is Manny still on the Cavs?)

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March 21st, 2012 at 7:15 PM | Harris and Irving don't play (Score:2)
MGoChippewa
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Harris and Irving don't play the same position. If not for the odd frozen foot incident caused by the lockout he probably would have been in the NBA all season.

March 21st, 2012 at 5:55 PM | http://www.youtube.com/watch? (Score:2 Normal)
Wettin 3's
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmfFnZYlAw

Based on that video, boy is about to get peer pressured to go play for Arizona with his teammate. 

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March 21st, 2012 at 6:03 PM | Yeah the first news of (Score:1)
Markovits is Great
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Yeah the first news of Michigan being interested in this kid broke maybe 2 months ago and everyone was puzzled at the time, and it led to some speculation. Now it makes more sense obviously.  I loved this kid the first time I watched video of him lighting up other euro squads.  Great passer, loves to push the ball, great shooter.  Let's hope he signs with us.  He will play an integral role at both guard spots if he does sign and will soften the loss of Stu.  Hopefully the whole global michigan brand thing can help us out here.

Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.

March 21st, 2012 at 6:08 PM | glad to hear it (Score:2)
rockydude
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There really is not much info available about him that I have found, so I'm glad to hear that. Anyone else that knows anything much about his game, feel free to chime in.

All I can tell you is that he is about 6'5 and wiry, and can shoot the ball. He well may be what we have come to think of as that prototypical European guard, but I just don't know enough to say. He might help us replace Smot's 3 point shooting though.

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March 21st, 2012 at 6:08 PM | It sounds like (Score:1)
MichiganMan20
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It sounds like he is staying out west but we could really use a point guard with size to take some pressure off of Trey.

I hate ohio. Thats all you need to know.

March 21st, 2012 at 6:20 PM | I see what you did there. (Score:1)
redhousewolverine
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I see what you did there.

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March 21st, 2012 at 6:30 PM | In his euro highlight video, (Score:1)
dahblue
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In his euro highlight video, if you squint, he looks like Pauly Shore.  I like Pauly Shore.  Therefore, I want this kid to come to Michigan.

March 21st, 2012 at 7:42 PM | Hmmm.... (Score:3 Normal)
UofMGoBlue16
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I didn't know Napoleon Dynamite played basketball....

March 21st, 2012 at 8:15 PM | He certainly has the hair to (Score:1)
baldurblue
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He certainly has the hair to be a fan favorite, combine that with broken English spoken in an Italian accent, everybody's gonna love this guy.

March 22nd, 2012 at 12:54 PM | The thread just seemed incomplete without this (Score:2)
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March 22nd, 2012 at 12:59 PM | Please sign the paseano, JB. (Score:1)
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I SOOOOO want to bring my Italian flag to a game next year.

 

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