Michigan Players in the NBA

AdamBurmeister · June 26, 2020, 2:26pm

Trey Burke tweeted that that was false, fwiw.

kturnup · June 26, 2020, 2:31pm

Ahh ok. That’s odd then.

JD1 · July 2, 2020, 5:46pm

Duncan was on the Dan Patrick Show this morning:

adamsmit86 · July 9, 2020, 12:15am

Joining Caris

bobohle · July 9, 2020, 1:09am

I always thought Jamaal got a raw deal from the ncaa eventhough I thought Brian Ellerbe was a lousy HC.

Voltron_Blue · July 9, 2020, 1:12am

Don’t go too far out on a limb!

mazs · July 9, 2020, 5:23pm

Don’t go too far out on a limb!

I will. Ellerbe was no worse than Amaker–at least as an in-game coach.
[but I guess that isn’t really that far out on the limb either]

AC1997 · July 9, 2020, 5:26pm

Amaker recruited some good players and could never figure out how to get the most out of them. Ellerbe recruited a wild bunch of misfits that rarely lasted more than a year or two…and also couldn’t figure out how to get the most out of them. Glad that decade is over.

mazs · July 9, 2020, 6:58pm

Amaker recruited good players at the beginning of his tenure–not towards the end. Ellerbe’s Blanchard, Crawford, Gaines class was as good as any of Amaker’s. Again, this is not intended to prop up Ellerbe other than in comparison to Amaker.

haniffe4 · July 9, 2020, 7:02pm

2020 has been bad enough without bringing up memories of the Ellerbe era.

AC1997 · July 9, 2020, 7:14pm

Great point!

To the suggestion that Ellerbe got the Crawford, Gaines, Blanchard class…to me that cements his problem. Crawford played less than 20 games and Gaines lasted just one year. I remember getting irrationally excited about a lot of Ellerbe’s recruiting (Josh Moore is Shaq!, Dominic Ingersson is a great scorer! Maurice Searight will be a star!)…but they all flamed out except Poor Damn Blanchard.

JD1 · July 9, 2020, 7:18pm

Amaker had back-to-back Top-40 guys in Sims and Manny, plus Udoh turned out to be a player (moreso for Baylor than us but he was an elite rim-protector), so he was doing decently in recruiting. No great classes after 2003, though.

JD1 · July 9, 2020, 7:18pm

Don’t forget Avery Queen!

bobohle · July 9, 2020, 7:45pm

Avery Queen the 5’6" jet according to Ellerbe always seemed to be a trouble maker.

umhoops · July 14, 2020, 3:31pm

Voltron_Blue · July 14, 2020, 3:48pm

I know what he meant but I did a double take on his wording there…

aherm · July 14, 2020, 3:55pm

“…when I was young on steroids.”

Hmmm. Can’t just go around saying that MO

But really, an interesting perspective. I wonder if he (and other players) will feel the same in weeks four, five, six…

Burke_Does_Work · July 14, 2020, 4:23pm

The importance of commas. Not Moe’s problem he was quoted that way.

Mattski · July 14, 2020, 5:39pm

And in other news in EL this morning: “Moe Wagner Admits To Using Illegal Substances!”

Chazer1 · July 20, 2020, 8:13pm

PG Caris Levert…