Thegreatone
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On BCN the day Lance committed I started a thread called "The Lance Stephenson Effect". Here is what I said on June 28..
Born ready is the single most interesting player in this class. HUGE personality and skills. Controversy, websites, #1 rankings, the whole 9 yards.
LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVES:
- ATTENTION
UC will be on national TV more now that we have Lance. ESPN will be watching us and him very closely. People will be talking about us which will help us with recruiting obviously.
- MONEY$$$
Lance will help us win without a doubt. THat will bring more people to 5/3 arena which helps a team that had been struggling with attendance.
- Recruiting
Dont be naive, All the kids in NYC know Lance and want to have his successes. When they see a superstar like Born Ready at UC, they will want to follow in his footsteps. ALso this will give Mick a chance to talk to other players and say I can get you into the NBA quickly.
On Court
- UC gets a 5 star player and best scorer in this class and new york history...
Lets go over this.
Did he bring us more attention? I would say yes. He was talked about in nearly every game.
Money? No. 5/3 struggled as much as ever even with Lance.
Recruiting? Early but from what we have seen thus far no. No one has committed.
If you are going to bring in the 1 and done type players and you don't get to the dance and you don't seriously upgrade your program it is a huge failure. Lance going pro does give Mick a chance to tell kids I can get you into the NBA which is fine.
Then I started a second Lance effect thread. He is what I said there.
If he is cleared.
We will have a 2 time Big East starter backing him up. Not too mention that guy who is backing him up is our best defender that has faced with Sam young, Terrance Williams and countless other NBA players and will be gaurding Lance in practice. That should be intense.
Also this will drive attendance! ESPN will be all over him and by looking at their website he has more articles than any other high school kid in america.
Larry, Dion, Rashad, Biggie have all been starters at some point in their career and now they are our bench! Some may struggle to get off the bench. It just shows how much better this team will be.
I am not knocking those guys because they did fine last year and now they will be our bench players. I bench will be very deep and competitive.
Of coarse this is assuming Lance is cleared.....
Our bench did worse this year. I think Lance hurt the roles of Dion, Larry, and Deonta.
Lance staying would have been huge news. It would have given our program a face. 1 and done with him did nothing for us and probably nothing for him.
Born ready is the single most interesting player in this class. HUGE personality and skills. Controversy, websites, #1 rankings, the whole 9 yards.
LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVES:
- ATTENTION
UC will be on national TV more now that we have Lance. ESPN will be watching us and him very closely. People will be talking about us which will help us with recruiting obviously.
- MONEY$$$
Lance will help us win without a doubt. THat will bring more people to 5/3 arena which helps a team that had been struggling with attendance.
- Recruiting
Dont be naive, All the kids in NYC know Lance and want to have his successes. When they see a superstar like Born Ready at UC, they will want to follow in his footsteps. ALso this will give Mick a chance to talk to other players and say I can get you into the NBA quickly.
On Court
- UC gets a 5 star player and best scorer in this class and new york history...
Lets go over this.
Did he bring us more attention? I would say yes. He was talked about in nearly every game.
Money? No. 5/3 struggled as much as ever even with Lance.
Recruiting? Early but from what we have seen thus far no. No one has committed.
If you are going to bring in the 1 and done type players and you don't get to the dance and you don't seriously upgrade your program it is a huge failure. Lance going pro does give Mick a chance to tell kids I can get you into the NBA which is fine.
Then I started a second Lance effect thread. He is what I said there.
If he is cleared.
We will have a 2 time Big East starter backing him up. Not too mention that guy who is backing him up is our best defender that has faced with Sam young, Terrance Williams and countless other NBA players and will be gaurding Lance in practice. That should be intense.
Also this will drive attendance! ESPN will be all over him and by looking at their website he has more articles than any other high school kid in america.
Larry, Dion, Rashad, Biggie have all been starters at some point in their career and now they are our bench! Some may struggle to get off the bench. It just shows how much better this team will be.
I am not knocking those guys because they did fine last year and now they will be our bench players. I bench will be very deep and competitive.
Of coarse this is assuming Lance is cleared.....
Our bench did worse this year. I think Lance hurt the roles of Dion, Larry, and Deonta.
Lance staying would have been huge news. It would have given our program a face. 1 and done with him did nothing for us and probably nothing for him.