Just that we would miss out on a historic opportunity for RU
2024-25, in my eyes, gets shaped more by the decisions of Mag and Cliff and not Ace and Dylan
Not true.Ace and Dylan are difference makers that would make Rutgers ranked preseaason.Mag and Cliff would be important contributors but Rutgers wouldn't be ranked without Ace and Dylan.It would be a status quo type squad.
Preseason rankings?!?
I'm taking year 1 Ace over year 5 Cliff. No disrespect to Cliff.
I agree with Belly. Greene is nuts if he doesn't think the presence of the numbers 2 and 3 recruits in the entire country is more beneficial to the program than the current good, but not great players.
Which of the Top 5 recruits last year were great college players?
Pretty sure I'd take Year 3 Cliff over both.
Landing Ace and Dylan would change the Rutgers basketball program forever
I intentionally added it to further my point.
If you don’t want the top 3 players who are 5 star 1 and done projected prospects out of fear they bust, you're thinking about it completely wrong
I don't have all the information. What if Cam Spencer isn't on the team because we needed to save money for Ace and Dylan.
You have no idea of the significance of landing Dylan
Can't be nearly as significant as what making the NCAA tournament 2 years in a row was.
You trade Spencer for Ace and Dylan 100% of the time without question
Ha, Chet Holmgren, in his one season at Gonzaga averaged 3.7 blocks per game, Cliff’ best was last year at 2.1. Chet in his one season also scored more points per game, rebounds per game, assists per game, and steals per game than Cliff ever has. And he shot 39% from 3 and was a much better on ball defender than Cliff. Basically Chet was superior to Cliff in every way in his one year of college.
I think your 2nd point is an excuse and not true.
I didnt see Holmgren play day in and day out...looking at numbers I short sold him. I doubt year 1 Chet could have defended high screens like Cliff has done in Year 2 and Year 3.
To be clear. Ace Bailey will be the most impactful freshman player in Rutgers history and I am including Sellers and James Bailey. Ace in my opinion should be the # 1 player in the class. Dylan should be just behind with his versatility. Greene you should have no concerns about any of your perceived notions that they cannot play defense as both can and will. But they also will score relentlessly , block shots and get up and down the court and hit 3’s. I say this without much hesitation , we are heading to the Final Four with that 2024 class and I am including Somerville’s contributions and I expect Mag back but Cliff to leave. Wolf and Somerville and Ogbole should be fine at center.
This is a very RutgersAl view of things...what is Savon Huggins up to these days?
I think Cliff is a very good college player and we should certainly miss him when he is gone, but there is a reason we are always a bubble team, vs a Gonzaga, who finished 28-4 and were ranked 1st in the final regular season AP poll. They had a far better player than we had playing the center position that year.
I don't think people understand the level of talent that Ace brings. We've never had it, and that even goes for our final 4 team. He has the strong potential to be a unicorn type player for a program like Rutgers.
Don't get me wrong, Dylan is a great offensive talent, but I just watched the entire Camden game and he does not expend much energy on offense. When he wasn't shooting the ball, which he looked to do about 75% of the time he had it, he basically stood around. Way too often IMO, when shots went up, he just watched them. At the other end I would describe his defense as kind of lazy - rarely even bent his knees - looked bored on defense. Great one on one talent. Without ever admitting it, he'll drive Pike crazy.
looked at 2023 NBA draft and compared to 2022 Rivals
The top 2 players had serious injuries during their 1 year, which damaged their draft position, though they both still went in the first round. Lively at #3 was also banged up all year, also hurt his draft (he is now healthy and looked great at summer league). And Filipowski at 5 probably should have gone into the draft but didn’t, and would have been a mid first round pick.
