Another 2014 offer - Kyle Kuzma

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I think you have to take his commitment if he wants to. You can always make room for one of the big 2 if they wanted to commit
 
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Just seems like with him and Cornish being good friends we have a chance here. I remember Cornish posting that pic of them guarding each other on twitter the other day.
 
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CAVol said:
I think you have to take his commitment if he wants to. You can always make room for one of the big 2 if they wanted to commit
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I think we need to wait on Looney and Black decision first then handle Kuzma.
 
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CAVol said:
I think you have to take his commitment if he wants to. You can always make room for one of the big 2 if they wanted to commit
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I think you definitely take his commitment if he wanted to commit before you know what the other 2 are gonna do. As you said you can always make room for one of the big 2 if they wanna come here. I would basically look at it like this, is Kuzma better than Reese or Q? IMO that one is a no brainer, should always look to improve the roster and if Martin has a chance to do that I would expect him to.

CAVol said:
Just seems like with him and Cornish being good friends we have a chance here. I remember Cornish posting that pic of them guarding each other on twitter the other day.
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Kuzma is VERY high on Tennessee, I'm not just pulling that out of my a$$ (which you already knew). As you mentioned, Cornish and Kuzma are pretty good friends and you can bet Cornish is in his ear. IMO Kuzma will likely end up a Tennessee Volunteer.
 
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SJAVol32 said:
I think we need to wait on Looney and Black decision first then handle Kuzma.
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The difficult part of that is how will it play out?

Kuzma hasn't set dates, but said he's looking to visit in September. Black is the end of September, and Looney hasn't set a date.

So...if Kuzma visits first and wants to commit, but Looney and Black have still yet to visit, what do you do? Slow play Kuzma and risk losing him in hopes you can pull one of the other two? What if you miss on all 3 as a result?

That's definitely the difficult part of recruiting, no doubt.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
The difficult part of that is how will it play out?

Kuzma hasn't set dates, but said he's looking to visit in September. Black is the end of September, and Looney hasn't set a date.

So...if Kuzma visits first and wants to commit, but Looney and Black have still yet to visit, what do you do? Slow play Kuzma and risk losing him in hopes you can pull one of the other two? What if you miss on all 3 as a result?

That's definitely the difficult part of recruiting, no doubt.
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True or do you tell Kuzma he can commit but to stay silent until the decision of Looney and Black? I think you accept the commitment if his stock has improved like people are reporting, but see if he can be a silent. I don't know if it would scare off Black and Looney just an idea.
 
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SJAVol32 said:
True or do you tell Kuzma he can commit but to stay silent until the decision of Looney and Black? I think you accept the commitment if his stock has improved like people are reporting, but see if he can be a silent. I don't know if it would scare off Black and Looney just an idea.
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Definitely a possibility. We've seen butch do that with football, maybe explain that it'll help the class...I could see that being a possibility.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Definitely a possibility. We've seen butch do that with football, maybe explain that it'll help the class...I could see that being a possibility.
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Yeah just something that may happen. Either way I think the three left will complete a very good class.
 
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Would Kuzma redshirt if he committed here? I haven't thought about the 14-15 lineup before posting this, but just a thought.
 
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iKrager said:
Would Kuzma redshirt if he committed here? I haven't thought about the 14-15 lineup before posting this, but just a thought.
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Possibly, but redshirts (not medically related) in basketball are fairly rare because of the limited scholarships.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I think you definitely take his commitment if he wanted to commit before you know what the other 2 are gonna do. As you said you can always make room for one of the big 2 if they wanna come here. I would basically look at it like this, is Kuzma better than Reese or Q? IMO that one is a no brainer, should always look to improve the roster and if Martin has a chance to do that I would expect him to.



Kuzma is VERY high on Tennessee, I'm not just pulling that out of my a$$ (which you already knew). As you mentioned, Cornish and Kuzma are pretty good friends and you can bet Cornish is in his ear. IMO Kuzma will likely end up a Tennessee Volunteer.
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Cornish is friends with everyone it seems lol.
 
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Isn't Kuzma and London the same type player as AJ Davis? Even with Cofer and Turman on board, IMO I think we will need some more big bodies in the post.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Isn't Kuzma and London the same type player as AJ Davis? Even with Cofer and Turman on board, IMO I think we will need some more big bodies in the post.
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I've thought this as well. Seems like it to me. AJ can't shoot as well though.
 
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SJAVol32 said:
I've thought this as well. Seems like it to me. AJ can't shoot as well though.
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Right. AJ is more of a "4" than a "3." He's athletically gifted and may be able to grow IMO into a truer stretch 4 down the road. At this point, he's a lithe 4 that can handle the ball and slash the lane consistently around slower players. He'll need time to grow into his body and his growth spurt.
 
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jknox33 said:
Right. AJ is more of a "4" than a "3." He's athletically gifted and may be able to grow IMO into a truer stretch 4 down the road. At this point, he's a lithe 4 that can handle the ball and slash the lane consistently around slower players. He'll need time to grow into his body and his growth spurt.
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I like AJ's potiential will be something to see in the future.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Isn't Kuzma and London the same type player as AJ Davis? Even with Cofer and Turman on board, IMO I think we will need some more big bodies in the post.
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With Cofer, Turman and Ndiaye that's 3 guys who can all play center. Martin seems to really want to ad a versatile forward with this last spot, someone who can play the 3 or 4.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
With Cofer, Turman and Ndiaye that's 3 guys who can all play center. Martin seems to really want to ad a versatile forward with this last spot, someone who can play the 3 or 4.
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I'm one of the one's that is convinced that Pops is not going to be the quality of player that will log any minutes. So, IMO we have 2 freshman at post.
 
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johnnybravo said:
I'm one of the one's that is convinced that Pops is not going to be the quality of player that will log any minutes. So, IMO we have 2 freshman at post.
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I think you'll be surprised then. I'm not claiming he's gonna be a star or anything, but Pops is better than Yemi and Yemi logged minutes. I think Pops will likely see 15-20 minutes a game next year, unless Turman turns out to be a freshman phenom or something.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I think you'll be surprised then. I'm not claiming he's gonna be a star or anything, but Pops is better than Yemi and Yemi logged minutes. I think Pops will likely see 15-20 minutes a game next year, unless Turman turns out to be a freshman phenom or something.
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He's not nearly as athletic as Yemi, IMO, from what I have seen. I thought Yemi was raw coming in as a Freshman, but he looked like as all star comparing to what I saw of Pops. He needs a lot of developing if he logs more than 10 minutes a game. From my assessment, he will have fouled out of most games before 10 minutes of playing.
 
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johnnybravo said:
He's not nearly as athletic as Yemi, IMO, from what I have seen. I thought Yemi was raw coming in as a Freshman, but he looked like as all star comparing to what I saw of Pops. He needs a lot of developing if he logs more than 10 minutes a game. From my assessment, he will have fouled out of most games before 10 minutes of playing.
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Hmm...I definitely disagree, I think Pops looks much better, but obviously that's not saying much. I know Rob Lewis has said the staff feels like Pops is much more polished than Yemi, and was an upgrade, their goal is to just improve his conditioning at this point.

I predict his numbers will be better than Yemi's were last year.
 
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