I think everyone can be fairly punchy and judgemental after 3 abysmal season in a row
BB Recruiting New Mexico transfer SG Lewis Duarte has signed with Rutgers
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And he has shown us that he can do such a great job in the portal. Lol
We apparently have some money now and this is the first guy Pike Grabs in the portal
.On3 has over 3,000 names in their portal rankings and he isn’t even on the list.
Have to laugh not to cry.
hope he’s a stud!
Have to laugh not to cry.
hope he’s a stud!
hopefully everybody wrong like with Francis
but this isn't a good look
but this isn't a good look
It’s not. It’s the YMCA Sunday morning league, or rather, the Liga Domingo Cristiana.
We don’t have a lot of individuals here with real basketball knowledge but everyone thinks they are an expert. Less than 30 players have signed so far and we have people complaining already. It’s pathetic.
He had a good 2024 and maybe injured 2025?, thinking he has one year left, he's 23 and graduated from NM ST.
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Unlikely he came for peanuts. It was likely ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse’ to sign so early.
Every bench player (even the last guy) is getting $100-200k. And those guys never play.
This signing probably means we are losing a guard from last years team.
Anyone call or text Lenny? Lol maybe he also has a 7 foot center that can shoot like Karl Anthony Towns
Difficult to judge based on the league talent levels and that this is just a highlight reel, but he seems pretty athletic with offensive skills which gives me some hope.
We may have to work this Lenny pipeline, shoot like KAT, rim protect like Mutumbo, post moves like Hakeem, rebound like Moses Malone
This signing is almost irrelevant. 2 centers and 2 power forwards at a minimum. Do not have to be on a high major. If you watched the conference tourneys of all the mid majors there are plenty of skilled tough shooting and rebounding types that can do short rolls and get a basket inside 10 feet. Focus must be there.
Not sure who’s complaining but if you watched the pod this morning Richie rattled off that the high level names we were targeting have mostly indicated they were not interested or are close to committing elsewhere
we had some high level guards such as Blyden who is apparently down to Kentucky and Texas AM … Kavian Kennedy likely looking elsewhere, Tyler Betsy asking for more than we can spend
limited sample size of who we have targeted but not good early returns
they also didn’t sound especially enthusiastic about Hines from Seton Hall being on the radar
I’m not complaining but I am concerned as PSAL has mentioned that the wounds on the Rutgers brand under the current regime create an uphill battle to either have to vastly overpay for good talent or continue to basement hunt
End of the day, it was Pike's job to find $ for his program, whether the AD was helping or not.
He never attended or played at NM STHe had a good 2024 and maybe injured 2025?, thinking he has one year left, he's 23 and graduated from NM ST.
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Graduated? I don't think he was even eligible, did he stay in school?He had a good 2024 and maybe injured 2025?, thinking he has one year left, he's 23 and graduated from NM ST.
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No, that stopped like 5 or 6 years ago. I know D1 coaches that were spending more time on fundraising than coaching. Use the excuse it was the AD's job and this is where you end up, the hot seat.
Successful programs had the ADs office doing it. Unsuccessful ones had no help. Coaches helped ADs to recruit donors and the ADs office took care of everything.
I'm sure they'll be lots of dunk opportunities in RU's clogged toilet offense.
First off misleading title on the post- how are you a transfer from NMS IF you are not currently attending the school.
NJ.COM did a nice job describing this kid - apparently he was a former recruit in prior years.
Typical of the posters on this board needing to be talked off the ledge - as "this is a typical RU worst case scenario".
The same reaction as last year with Tarique.
NJ.COM did a nice job describing this kid - apparently he was a former recruit in prior years.
Typical of the posters on this board needing to be talked off the ledge - as "this is a typical RU worst case scenario".
The same reaction as last year with Tarique.
He averaged 8 points a game in the Dominican professional league whatever level of competition that is considered… I would imagine lower than Europe and china
there’s reason to still be skeptical i think… I myself am choosing to look at this as an end of bench depth piece for cheap in which case job well done
You can tell yourself that, but its not necessarily true. Plenty of successes had no support initially. I even know of one coach who was so successful raising for his program, the schools fundraising arm started bringing him in for dinners w donors for non academic reasons.