The Kerry Blackshear Thread

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Well guys, it looks like Blackshear had finally decided tonight................that he will not announce his commitment tonight
 
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ukvols said:
Basilio said today that he thinks Blackshear would take the spot of Kent instead of Burns. He said something about the inner circle of Burns pushing back at Barnes on the idea of Burns being forced out now. I can't recall to what extent the part about the inner circle was being reported as a fact instead of just a rumor.
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Barnes is afraid of an 18 year old kid's inner circle? Got to love Basilio stirring the ****.
 
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ukvols said:
If Blackshear chooses UT, Barnes may consider the blowback received due to his choice of who to cut.
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I'm sure he'll consider it, but I don't think CRB will put a lot of weight on it. More likely I think he'll consider Kent's likely hood of putting his injury behind him and how well each player has responded to being coached for his system... especially their attitudes. We're not there. Maybe Burns is a great kid and Kent is a pain in the ***. Maybe Burns has been awakened by the possibility of being pushed out. But I don't agree if Basilio is suggesting that Burns' advisors are putting pressure on Barnes that will have much clout in the decision. But it's all moot until Blackshear makes a decision or July 1st rolls around.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I'm sure he'll consider it, but I don't think CRB will put a lot of weight on it. More likely I think he'll consider Kent's likely hood of putting his injury behind him and how well each player has responded to being coached for his system... especially their attitudes. We're not there. Maybe Burns is a great kid and Kent is a pain in the ***. Maybe Burns has been awakened by the possibility of being pushed out. But I don't agree if Basilio is suggesting that Burns' advisors are putting pressure on Barnes that will have much clout in the decision. But it's all moot until Blackshear makes a decision or July 1st rolls around.
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It will be interesting to see what Barnes does if July 1 arrives without a decision from Blackshear.
 
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Once again, Basilio is just stirring the pot. Amazes me how many people take his word for gospel. He knows some things, absolutely. He's not always wrong. But he just throws guesses out there or speaks half-truths more often.
 
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AngryButchJones said:
Once again, Basilio is just stirring the pot. Amazes me how many people take his word for gospel. He knows some things, absolutely. He's not always wrong. But he just throws guesses out there or speaks half-truths more often.
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Yup...he just said recently how we would take both Bilau and Blackshear, yet we weren’t even willing to take Bilau alone.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yup...he just said recently how we would take both Bilau and Blackshear, yet we weren’t even willing to take Bilau alone.
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Exactly. His "sources" a lot of times end up being message boards anyway. I do think he has a few legit guys connected to UT, but he likes to present speculation as fact too often.
 
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Basilio's D-List donors occasionally get tossed a bone by the UTAD brass when they want to leak certain things to the TB sheep.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
It's not at all unreasonable for transfers to take all visits, gather information, get with their advisors and analyze it all, and then make a well informed decision. Even if he picks a team now, it isn't a binding decision.
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Exactly. I think he's making a decision based on research, counsel, probably input from those around him he trusts the most. He will decide soon, and I think the timing is just him being thorough, with nothing to do with liking or not liking us.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Exactly how good is this kid? Some are inferring if we land Blackshear, we won’t miss a beat from last year and may be even better??
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IDK about that, but he's as close as UT could get to replacing Grant Williams. He's irreplaceable, but Blackshear would be as close as you could get IMO. Aside from landing a five-star.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Exactly how good is this kid? Some are inferring if we land Blackshear, we won’t miss a beat from last year and may be even better??
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I don’t think anyone knows what we will be, I highly doubt that we match our regular season win total, but could we be close and maybe playing better come March? Absolutely.

Blackshear is very good, he would come in and likely give us about 16/8 a night, that’s obviously not something we have proven on the current roster and would fill a huge hole left by GW.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Exactly how good is this kid? Some are inferring if we land Blackshear, we won’t miss a beat from last year and may be even better??
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Less likely to struggle with length in the front court with Blackshear, Plavsic, Kent and Fulkerson. Now that may be asking for too many GOOD things to go our way this season. But, there's hope.
 
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AngryButchJones said:
Once again, Basilio is just stirring the pot. Amazes me how many people take his word for gospel. He knows some things, absolutely. He's not always wrong. But he just throws guesses out there or speaks half-truths more often.
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Uh, he’s a talk show host.
And this is a sports forum.
What’s your point?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yup...he just said recently how we would take both Bilau and Blackshear, yet we weren’t even willing to take Bilau alone.
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Good to know you’re listening. The Bilau thing smells and you know it. Full roster, yet UT was still actively recruiting and absolutely offered.

Tells me Barnes is deeply concerned about his front line and current roster.
 
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