AJ Green Leaves the Portal - Staying in Draft

[cyclonehomer]

I agree. We don't have a proven scorer. We have 8 proven scorers:

1. Williams
2. Holmes
3. Kalscheur
4. Grill
5. Kunc
6. King
7. Osunniyi
8. Ward

Do we have at 15ppg scorer? Probably not, but we have 8 guys who will likely score between 8 to 13 ppg. I see a group of guys who are going to average 75+ ppg next year. We'll be better on the boards, have athletic post players and will play faster.

Mind passing what you're having?

 

[cyclones500]

That setup was positively brutal.

Agree. To nitpick the specifics -- negatively brutal.

 

[JP4CY]

AJ Green owes nothing to Iowa State.
Did he string it along? He was hearing from NBA teams just days ago.

Let the kid chase his dream, root for our guys here.

 

[clonedude]

I don't know but I am not going to lose my schit over his decision. You are a drama queen.

You have a terrible read on me….. I really didn’t care at all if AJ came here or not.

 

[CloneIce]

Money over all.

Not sure how this applies to a kid whose played 4 years and graduated…

 

[Cjreimer]

Fuc*.

I have no interest in Gabe Kalschuer being the starting 2/3

Maybe the Ames freshman pg will be up for the challenge.

Fuc*.

I have no interest in Gabe Kalschuer being the starting 2/3

 

[awd4cy]

I predict we have a game in the Big 12 next year we finish with 29 points.

 

[cyclones500]

AJ Green owes nothing to Iowa State.
Did he string it along? He was hearing from NBA teams just days ago.

Let the kid chase his dream, root for our guys here.

Yep -- my 7 stages of portal grief is brief.

Do I wish we had Hunter AND Green in addition to most of the transfers? H*** yeah. But the ship has sailed, the barn door is closed and the rooster has roosted.

Something like that.

 

[clonedude]

If we have no offense next year, TJ will only have himself to blame. He knew we needed offense BAD…. and didn’t address it at all. AJ was going to be his go to scorer, and he lost out on that, and now has nothing.

Any game where TJ says “we just didn’t hit our shots tonight” will be laughable. Of course we didn’t…. we don’t have anyone that can shoot.

 

[JP4CY]

Yep -- my 7 stages of portal grief is brief.

Do I wish we had Hunter AND Green in addition to most of the transfers? H*** yeah. But the ship has sailed, the barn door is closed and the rooster has roosted.

Something like that.

AJ has suffered a tough injury and has had a surgery. Maybe he's thinking if it happens again in college his pro chances would really slim.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Is anyone really surprised? Life as an Iowa State fan is getting your hopes up just for a swift kick to the nuts....I never once trusted that he'd come here

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I'm just glad that the Big 12 is adopting golf scoring for basketball this upcoming season

 

[isucy86]

Mind passing what you're having?

Just had a BIG glass of cardinal colored Kool-Aid. Doc said I should drink 64oz a day!!

 

[Tpups21]

Malachi Smith would be a nice Plan B. Sounds like Gonzaga is the likely landing spot.

 

[NWICY]

If we have no offense next year, TJ will only have himself to blame. He knew we needed offense BAD…. and didn’t address it at all. AJ was going to be his go to scorer, and he lost out on that, and now has nothing.

Any game where TJ says “we just didn’t hit our shots tonight” will be laughable. Of course we didn’t…. we don’t have anyone that can shoot.

Last yr people thought we would win 5 games. I have no idea how we will do next yr but I believe that we be at .500 or so.

 

[bawbie]

Well bummer

 

[StLouisClone]

Grill made about the same percentage of his shots as Green. I think we will be fine as long as the newcomers are as good as expected.

 

[Thomasrickj]

Well, this is poopy. Green was the difference between being a top 10 team to now being a borderline top 25 team.

 

[cyfan92]

Gotta love the ISU beat writers. Every single one just about guaranteed Green to ISU. I'd be fired for that type of error at work

 

[Tpups21]

Completely inexcusable not to have a backup plan for this scenario.