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BBall Recruiting Thread 2k16- SJM, Washington, Childress & Mitchell sign NLIs; 2017?

Get ready for the scorching hot-takes from the Dook dipshits this weekend. I'm sure the national writers will say it was his favorite visit and that he's a lock to commit.
 
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Zagoria just tweeted that November 14th may not be the "definite date" for Harry Giles.

He is being a complete tool about this entire recruitment, so I don't think he knows his ass from a hole in the wall, but figured I'd pass that info along.
 
KVegasDeac said:
A long time ago, after the Bob Staak disaster, Dave Odom took over the program and targeted one of the top recruits in the nation (and probably the best in NC) named Rodney Rogers.

Everyone who knew anything about basketball said Wake had no chance at him.

We got him, and he changed our program.

Enough with the LOWF stuff...Harry is going to be a Deac.
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This is true. Rodney was the #7 recruit in the nation (right about where CP3 was by the way) and then the McDonald's game happened and I was like...he is closer to #1, 2 or 3. He was a program changer.

Also, I would hope Giles would want to play against (and beat) Jayson Tatum, not with him. Tatum is really, really skilled and I personally like to test myself against the best.

Good luck in the decision making process to Mr. Giles - would love to see you a DEAC!
 
Someone asked Zagoria if Giles is goin to either Wake or Kentucky and he tweeted "is that a joke?", that guy really is a douchebag. He implied we have no chance and hes goin to Duke. Zags gotta be on ratface's payroll.
 
bigboy8 said:
Someone asked Zagoria if Giles is goin to either Wake or Kentucky and he tweeted "is that a joke?", that guy really is a douchebag. He implied we have no chance and hes goin to Duke. Zags gotta be on ratface's payroll.
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I hope somebody somewhere has copied every single dukie bullshit comment he's made over the past few years regarding HG. They will make a fabulous recap article when the VIBES come to Winston-Salem.
 
I don't follow recruiting as closely as a lot of you guys do, but I'm really drawn into this Giles show, so I've got some questions for those of you that are more informed. Is it pretty standard procedure for a high level recruit like this to start leaking misinformation leading up to his final decision in order to drum up interest and build suspense? If, after the Duke visit, we start hearing about #vibes for Giles to Wake or Kentucky or Kansas, should we take that as an actual indication or as merely smoke? Will college coaches be in attendance for his announcement or is that not allowed or not customary?

The timing of leaking the announcement date is also interesting. From reading Kentucky's blogs/boards, they view it as a positive that he set the date shortly after visiting Kentucky and that the date coincides with the expected decision of one of their PG targets who visited at the same time as Giles. The Duke people seem to think that Giles has already made up his mind that he's going to Duke which is why he set the date before even completing his OV there.

The prevailing thought outside of the Wake boards seems to be that Giles is a foregone conclusion for either Duke or Kentucky. The reasoning there is pretty simple: the best players generally go to the best programs, and right now those two are the best. Coming to Wake would clearly give him the worst chance of winning a title compared to those two options. But it seems to me that coming to Wake also gives him the opportunity to show and develop the full range of basketball skills he possesses (good or bad) and the opportunity to lead a team that badly needs a player to take the reins. Thus, even though Wake may represent the worst chance to win big, it may represent the best chance to prepare for the pros.

Regardless of what happens, I'm glad Manning hasn't been afraid of going up against bigger programs. That's just what we need.

#vibes
 
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