This goes back to my original question. You said in comparison to other transfers that Lard's issues weren't any worse. We really don't know what his issues were that led him to spend 3 months in rehab.
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This goes back to my original question. You said in comparison to other transfers that Lard's issues weren't any worse. We really don't know what his issues were that led him to spend 3 months in rehab.
Yeah, I don't know the man but that seems like it would be pretty out of character for him. Especially when you consider how far Prohm went to try and help him while he was at ISU. I don't know why Lard isn't drawing more interest, but I doubt it's because of anything Prohm is or isn't doing.
Depends on which version of him you're getting. He looked like a legit NBA prospect at times during the 17-18 season (remember him going toe to toe with Mo Bamba?) and he was Iowa State's best player outside of Shayok in the second half of the tOSU game this year. The trick is getting that Cam Lard on a consistent basis. Maybe the next coach can push the right buttons.
We know enough to figure out Coach thought he was smoking to much marijuana and partying too much. ISU brought in players kicked off the team for pot, kicked off a team for stealing a laptop, a kid who was suspended multiple times and forced out, etc. Pretty sure that what we know and can surmise isn't worse than any of those. I mean we don't know the full story of what players did at their schools before they came here.
I bet Prohm is telling them the truth.
All I was saying is that we don't know for sure what the issues were for Lard. As you listed in your post we only know the things reported for any player. I'd guess he had more serious issues than smoking pot and partying to go to rehab for the summer.
Tucker also set a visit to Memphis... Declaring and keeping all his options open is the prudent decision, though I would bet he plays CBB next year. Reid Travis did the same thing last year and ended up at Kentucky.
Also notable, ISU is still under consideration per Evan Daniels.
https://247sports.com/college/baske...-Virginia-Graduate-Transfer-Mempis-131233187/
"To go with WVU and Auburn, Tucker said he's also still considering North Carolina, Memphis, South Carolina, Iowa State, Kansas and Arkansas."
Depends on your view on the issues that send you to rehab.
The fact he was still here under a guy like Prohm tells me the transgressions weren’t that bad, at least to anyone other than himself. He went to rehab, not jail.
No mention of Iowa State in this article about Eric Williams Jr.
Only mentions Missouri, Oregon, Nebraska and Houston. Maybe he takes a 5th visit and that’s us.
Only mentions Missouri, Oregon, Nebraska and Houston. Maybe he takes a 5th visit and that’s us.
Just me or is West Virginia a bit surprising as his first visit considering his options?
That is my exact point. Telling them the truth. Lard has been suspended 3 times, Been to rehab, has bad body language a lot of times. Maybe Prohm is telling them exactly what they are getting and they are not interested. If Prohm was giving him good reviews. He would have teams interested based on his abilities.
You don't know teams aren't interested. You're really overthinking this. Lard likes to smoke weed. Not really a phenomenon in college basketball. Also, he could've stayed at ISU, it isn't like he was kicked out of school.
Absolutely the least likely guess I've seen.
Most likely, other coaches see Steve Prohm as a ultra caring and patient coach, and may assume that if Steve couldn't reach him, they might not either. He'll get a shot somewhere though, as he is just too talented.
So every transfer in the country has schools lined up and we are aware of them. The guy that plays for us has no schools lined up to visit? Sounds odd. Seems like we would have more Cam Lard info that a lot of people.
I hope some more grad transfer options come out as graduation rolls around.
Or that the staff has some hidden transfer like Talley was where we don’t learn of until like July.
Didn't Talley have to knock out a crazy amount of summer class credits in order to be eligible to play the 17-18 season?
I wonder if he'll do the same thing as Rayjon Tucker and declare for the draft. Might as well keep his options open.
He likely will.
@coreyevans_10 Virginia Tech big man Kerry Blackshear has placed his name into the transfer portal. Also assessing NBA chances this spring. Potential grad-transfer and would be best available to play next year
