AND NOBODY REMEMBERS.....
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Just for fun, it looks like he's in the G-League at the moment with the South Bay Lakers and getting a few minutes per game.
Which is why I don’t blame the kid for maximizing his payday in college. He was always going to be at best a fringe NBA guy.
Yeah, nothing says you don't remember him more than making a thread about how you don't remember him!
bullet dodged. that guy reached his ceiling his freshman year.
CycloneErik
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I remember. TJ's success with him as a freshman convinced me that Lipsey as a freshman PG could work out just fine,
Sorry you miserable f***s. I thought it would be something fun because Tamin ran a guy out before he even stepped on the court at Hilton. F*** most of you!
Yeah, especially as an orphan. That was what made me feel like giving him a pass. He needed to get a head start because he lost both of his parents by the time he was barely a teenager.
The fake pic?
I never had the animosity toward him...he played his ass off in his time here just like anyone on TJ's first team and had one of the best NCAA tourney performances by an ISU player with 7 threes.
Yeah, that’s a kid you root for no matter what team he is on.
Of course depending on your disposition you might find his role in a Sweet Sixteen run as a true freshman, starting PG on a Cyclones team led by a first year head coach after the program hit absolute rock-bottom in a 2-win season the year before endearing too.
Tyrese Hunter played his absolute ass off for Iowa State. He was Big 12 freshman of the year (and deserved so), and single handily won us an NCAA tournament. He went balls out on defense and bought into TJ's culture from day 1. He was a 4 star recruit and absolutely lived up to every ounce of it, and was factually a key reason for us winning 24 games. He was as good of a defender as a freshman as we have ever had (that includes Toure, who Hunter was objectively better as a freshman than). And Tyrese did not have a senior leader mentor (like Monte, like Toure, etc.). He had to learn on the fly.
The kid didn't complain. He lost both his parents young and had a tough upbringing, and got offered a bag when we weren't prepared AT ALL for NIL. I don't blame him 1 freaking bit.
It is beyond weird, petty, etc. for Cyclone fans to sh*t on him. No one has to love him forever but he did everything anyone could have asked for a freshman, including 110% effort. TJ would take a Hunter in every class, with that level of athletism and toughness.
