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As usual, great background, King. Dewan was coming along nicely before that mess hit in his last year. Think he's trying to make the Wiz roster now. Wish him all the best!

Something seems 'wrong" in mentioning Dewan in the same breath as Walker and Brown. Did he really end his HS career a consensus 5 star? Be interesting to see the criteria of what constitutes a 4 and 5 star HS rating. Also be interesting to see numerical ratings among 5 stars. I imagine there'd...

Carey, yes! Were we ever really "finalists" for Quickley and Barnes? Sure never felt like it. Because of hiring Duren's coach, UM's being a finalist seemed more legit with him. Timberlake was a 4 star I believe.

Other than Lonnie, what other 5 star have we ever been in on at the final decision point?

Guess now Plan B (or is it Plan Z?) will be revealed.

Actually, L and his new assistant should get good marks for the Duren recruitment. To make the final group is pretty astounding for a program that usually doesn't find itself in such rare air. It's all the other missed opportunities for big men that has us in the position we're in.

Memphis "NIL presentation blew him away!!" Wonder what our NIL presentation looked like?

What a head case Rasheed was -- at UNC and in the NBA. Doesn't he still hold NBA records for most Technical Fouls and most Ejections in one season?

Still was a disappointment here in his one year. If we want to be honest, he didn't come close to living up to the hype.

Downside of Duren getting "exposed" is maybe we have him for two years instead of one and done.

Don't think there's a person on this board that wouldn't be excited to see him at UM. Great opportunity for Jalen as we are so thin up front and he should get major minutes from the jump. Wonder why he waited until late July to try and get his HS coursework in order (for admission to a college...

Me too. And just maybe, this time he'll be that level top talent who turns out to be even BETTER than hyped. (As opposed to, say, Lonnie who was a disappointment for me).

Can't shoot. Not aggressive at either end of the floor. 6'8, not 6'10. Gonna get "exposed" if he goes the college route. These aren't encouraging critiques of his game.

Kentucky is loaded (again). Memphis doesn't play in a league as good as the ACC. If you want to showcase your skills, choice should be easy.

THanks for the correction. Miami (Oh) is an even more unlikely place for him to sign than UM woulda been. A head scratcher as Artest was like a Jalen Duren of his day.

Think they have a low salary strucure -- like $20-25,000 for a 6 month season.

Could easily be wrong but I think maybe we were also runners-up for Ron Mercer and maybe Ron Artest, back in the day.