The Official “Regular Posters of the Basketball Forum” Thread

[Orange.]

I saw this today in connection with the Adidas deal.

 

[Stoked]

It’s current, he used NIL money to take some family to Rwanda on a Christian based trip

NIL is ruining the sport /s

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

Gonna be tough to replace him

 

[knoxvol52]

I saw this today in connection with the Adidas deal.
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[JohnnyD1024]

 

[berryvol]

Hate he won’t be here until early-mid September. This makes me doubt he’s much of a factor for the first half of the season, unless he just comes in kicking ass.

 

[omghulkhands]

Hate he won’t be here until early-mid September. This makes me doubt he’s much of a factor for the first half of the season, unless he just comes in kicking ass.

good chance he is an ass kicker though. Him being selected for his national team is evidence.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Vescovi, Zeigler & Awaka were all late arrivals that contributed, hopefully Burg is a similar mold.

 

[VolsNetClippers2025]

Vescovi, Zeigler & Awaka were all late arrivals that contributed, hopefully Burg is a similar mold.

I concur! Think people overestimate how much time it takes to adjust and gel, a month and a half is plenty.

 

[berryvol]

good chance he is an ass kicker though. Him being selected for his national team is evidence.

Fair, but even Plavsic was on his national team. Not gonna pretend to know the skill level of the Israeli national team, so not sure if they’re head and shoulders better lol

 

[Lankykong]

Fair, but even Plavsic was on his national team. Not gonna pretend to know the skill level of the Israeli national team, so not sure if they’re head and shoulders better lol

I was thinking about that as well. I feel like they’re probably decent, but I don’t remember Israel winning a lot of international tournaments or anything.

 

[DuckInAPen]

Fair, but even Plavsic was on his national team. Not gonna pretend to know the skill level of the Israeli national team, so not sure if they’re head and shoulders better lol

I know virtually nothing about this question, and I certainly hope for the best, but to me you make a strong counterpoint, given the high quality of basketball played in Serbia and the former Yugoslav republics generally.

 

[berryvol]

I know virtually nothing about this question, but to me you make a strong counterpoint, given the high quality of basketball played in Serbia and the former Yugoslav republics generally.

Yeah, gun to my head I’d guess Serbia > Israel. Once again tho, I have no hardened knowledge on this lol

 

[omghulkhands]

Fair, but even Plavsic was on his national team. Not gonna pretend to know the skill level of the Israeli national team, so not sure if they’re head and shoulders better lol

He made the team before his time at UT? I know he did after he graduated.

And he graduated as a starter, on a top 25 team.

Now yeah, Serbia is obviously better than Israel historically. But guard is a more competitive position regardless of country. Cause you don’t have to be 6”9+

Israel has also been rapidly improving from a basketball perspective. There have been multiple 1st rounders from Israel in the last few years.

All that to say, I’m pretty high on Burg. But we’ll just have to see.

 

[berryvol]

He made the team before his time at UT? I know he did after he graduated.

And he graduated as a starter, on a top 25 team.

Now yeah, Serbia is obviously better than Israel historically. But guard is a more competitive position regardless of country. Cause you don’t have to be 6”9+

Israel has also been rapidly improving from a basketball perspective. There have been multiple 1st rounders from Israel in the last few years.

All that to say, I’m pretty high on Burg. But we’ll just have to see.

I don’t really think there’s much of a difference there, since Burg is coming in as a 23 year old.

That said, don’t want to sound like a downer. I agree, I expect Burg to be a difference maker and his experience will hopefully have him more ready to play in the SEC day 1. I guess I’ve just slightly tempered my expectations of him in OOC this season with how high of standards CRB has for conditioning and chemistry. Irregardless of skill, it’s hard to come in and be completely integrated in 1-2 months.