Although there's a little crossover between the two which is both can knock down 3s, albeit Brea shots them at a crazy high percentage, they both fill different roles. Mahaney provides lead guard depth, ball handing, 3 level scoring while Brea has been predominantly a 3 Pt 2/3 specialist.I do wonder if, with Mahaney committing, we'll get quick resolution one way or another, whether that's the staff cooling on Brea or putting on the full-court-press to complete our 2024-25 roster.
The bag Kentucky is going to drop on Brea tomorrow is going to choke a horse. The kid just profited bigly on his UConn visit and the fact that Kentucky were also big players in the McNeeley and Mahaney sweepstakes. They absolutely HAVE to close on Brea now to save face after losing the first two to us , and it's going to cost them. Somewhere in the recesses of my mind I am thinking that Hurley absolutely knows this too, and loves sticking it to them.
He literally visited.So according to the rumors, Brea is a bag chaser that essentially created his own hype with a list of blue bloods, of which only one or two of the schools were actually interested him. Sounds like a dodged bullet.
I don't mind bag chasers. Get your money. I just mind them on our team.So according to the rumors, Brea is a bag chaser that essentially created his own hype with a list of blue bloods, of which only one or two of the schools were actually interested him. Sounds like a dodged bullet.
I’m aware…. I’m saying his whole process has been strange.He literally visited.
That is my point haha.I don't mind bag chasers. Get your money. I just mind them on our team.
It can't be conjured hype if he visited Uconn, is visiting U.K tomorrow, and has been confirmed to have canceled an invite from Duke.So according to the rumors, Brea is a bag chaser that essentially created his own hype with a list of blue bloods, of which only one or two of the schools were actually interested him. Sounds like a dodged bullet.
If we think Karaban is gone we will have to fill that. A late add like Spencer last year would be almost necessary imoI think Hurley doesn’t care about Kentucky and that Brea’s leverage and asking price just took a major hit when the St. Mary’s kid came off the board to UConn.
I would be mildly surprised to see us pursue Brea now. A spot shooter really does not fill a hole that we have - we have better players on the roster already.
And that’s without Karaban who I think is 80/20 for the NBA.
Is the rumor not that Duke cancelled on him?It can't be conjured hype if he visited Uconn, is visiting U.K tomorrow, and has been confirmed to have canceled an invite from Duke.
We’re not gonna have a June entry in the portal they gotta be in by WednesdayIf we think Karaban is gone we will have to fill that. A late add like Spencer last year would be almost necessary imo
If we think Karaban is gone we will have to fill that. A late add like Spencer last year would be almost necessary imo
What if for example a college coach took an NBA head coaching job? Would that enable recruits to decommit or current players to enter the portal? Or no?We’re not gonna have a June entry in the portal they gotta be in by Wednesday
So according to the rumors, Brea is a bag chaser that essentially created his own hype with a list of blue bloods, of which only one or two of the schools were actually interested him. Sounds like a dodged bullet.
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I think Hurley doesn’t care about Kentucky and that Brea’s leverage and asking price just took a major hit when the St. Mary’s kid came off the board to UConn.
I would be mildly surprised to see us pursue Brea now. A spot shooter really does not fill a hole that we have - we have better players on the roster already.
And that’s without Karaban who I think is 80/20 for the NBA.
I always thought we had to have 2 out of the 3 and that was the aim going in. I still think we would take Brea though, we just don't have to be aggressive any longer. 3 out of 3 presents other potential issues as well, but Kentucky thinks this is still a 2 horse race. And I don't think anyone on UConn or Brea's end will do anything to dissuade Kentucky of that right now.
McNeely, Not a portal obviously but a roster need. All three came up in a quick window for decision times (although weve been on McNeely since decommit and I think we were in great shape the whole time, nothing is a given in this arena) and provisions for different scenarios need to be planned for, like what if we didn't get McNeely, then the press on landing BOTH Brea and Mahaney becomes more important.Two out of the three?
Who are the three? Mahaney, Brea….