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| Author: | conns7901 [ Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cliff Alexander |
Illini Nation finally has something to be happy about. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
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| Author: | T-Bone [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
There has been some measure of satisfaction in this situation ever since he was suspended from the Kansas squad. That probably makes me a bad person but so be it. |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
this guy legit can't play a lick? |
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| Author: | spmack [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Hatchetman wrote: this guy legit can't play a lick? Don't think talent is the issue, just his heart. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
spmack wrote: Hatchetman wrote: this guy legit can't play a lick? Don't think talent is the issue, just his heart. and size and mid range shot and conditioning and post defense |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
with talent, not to get picked in the second round, you'd have to have executed your family and eaten them. |
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| Author: | City of Fools [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
I never understood why people made such a big deal out of the guy. I wasn't impressed with him coming out of hs, he just was bigger and stronger than anybody. this is why I love the one and done. I wish it were two and done. So many of these players are not very good, and NBA teams are forced to pick based on potential. At least with one year of school things get exposed. He did have a knee injury too but he's 6'7". |
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| Author: | Kirkwood [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
what made this cat a top-10 national recruit if he can't do anything? ltg enlighten us? |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: I have never seen the full width image before. I didn't know De Paul was on that table...makes me hate him even more. I hope that pittance his mom took will help to pay for his foreign language lessons |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
 the bitterness of the Illini subdivision is awesome
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
City of Fools wrote: I never understood why people made such a big deal out of the guy. I wasn't impressed with him coming out of hs, he just was bigger and stronger than anybody. this is why I love the one and done. I wish it were two and done. So many of these players are not very good, and NBA teams are forced to pick based on potential. At least with one year of school things get exposed. He did have a knee injury too but he's 6'7". He played well against Okafor. He wouldn't be leaving after one if he wasn't being shown the door. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
City of Fools wrote: but he's 6'7". That's what gets me. Coming out of HS everybody was listing him at 6'9". I'm pretty sure I saw a couple 6'10"s like he was the next Dwight Howard. But, he's probably shorter than Jimmy Butler. |
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| Author: | T-Bone [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
good dolphin wrote: Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: I have never seen the full width image before. I didn't know De Paul was on that table...makes me hate him even more. I hope that pittance his mom took will help to pay for his foreign language lessons
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| Author: | long time guy [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Kirkwood wrote: what made this cat a top-10 national recruit if he can't do anything? ltg enlighten us? He was bigger and stronger than just about everyone in the public league. He aggressively tried to dunk everything. He was kind of Kenneth Faried like. I know the people that handled his situation and they had him pegged as a one and done. Why wouldn't they? He was #2 out of high school. He should have started at Kansas also. The guys in front of him are not pros. There were some who thought he was better than Okafor. Cliff Alexander doesn't have a game and he turned out not to be as athletic as first thought. I think he should have still been drafted though. Maybe late second round. |
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| Author: | City of Fools [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
good dolphin wrote: City of Fools wrote: I never understood why people made such a big deal out of the guy. I wasn't impressed with him coming out of hs, he just was bigger and stronger than anybody. this is why I love the one and done. I wish it were two and done. So many of these players are not very good, and NBA teams are forced to pick based on potential. At least with one year of school things get exposed. He did have a knee injury too but he's 6'7". He played well against Okafor. He wouldn't be leaving after one if he wasn't being shown the door. I disagree. The mom goes and gets the loan in the first place because he's leaving after one. |
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| Author: | long time guy [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
City of Fools wrote: good dolphin wrote: City of Fools wrote: I never understood why people made such a big deal out of the guy. I wasn't impressed with him coming out of hs, he just was bigger and stronger than anybody. this is why I love the one and done. I wish it were two and done. So many of these players are not very good, and NBA teams are forced to pick based on potential. At least with one year of school things get exposed. He did have a knee injury too but he's 6'7". He played well against Okafor. He wouldn't be leaving after one if he wasn't being shown the door. I disagree. The mom goes and gets the loan in the first place because he's leaving after one. They all thought he was can't miss. It wasn't totally out of line either. He was top five on every mock draft board at this time last yr. It didn't pan out for him. They figured that he would be gone by the time the NCAA caught up with them. |
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| Author: | long time guy [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
I can remember watching him play in high school. His father rolled in with an entourage of about 10 guys. It was kind of odd for a high school game. They all wanted a piece of the kid. By all accounts he is a good kid. His dad took over after being released from the penitentiary and immediately began making demands. That may not have been completely out of line because his dad knows basketball. His father was a hell of a player back in the day. His thirstiness turned a number of people off and everything began to go downhill from there. I feel bad for the kid because like a number of people from impoverished background s he was viewed as the family's meal ticket. They had him ticketed to be a millionaire by this point. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Those screeching wheels you hear are his dads car pulling out of the family drive way never to be heard from again. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
good dolphin wrote: Those screeching wheels you hear are his dads car pulling out of the family drive way never to be heard from again.
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| Author: | pittmike [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 12:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
I am sure his Otis Wilson looking dad didn't have the same reaction as the gif when the second round ended. |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Whoever gave Cliff's mom that loan back in August has to be pissed about all of this. |
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| Author: | doug - evergreen park [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
So, obviously the Bulls pick him up...right? |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
doug - evergreen park wrote: So, obviously the Bulls pick him up...right? I don't think playing in Chicago would help his development. |
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| Author: | spmack [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
I agree... conns7901 wrote: doug - evergreen park wrote: So, obviously the Bulls pick him up...right? I don't think playing in Chicago would help his development. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
signing with the Nets |
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| Author: | conns7901 [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
Going to training camp with Portland. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
conns7901 wrote: Going to training camp with Portland. ...and he will be a fine Euro player for 7 years |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
bigfan wrote: conns7901 wrote: Going to training camp with Portland. ...and he will be a fine Euro player for 7 years There are worse fates but this is not what he wanted |
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| Author: | long time guy [ Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliff Alexander |
good dolphin wrote: bigfan wrote: conns7901 wrote: Going to training camp with Portland. ...and he will be a fine Euro player for 7 years There are worse fates but this is not what he wanted This time last year he was a top five draft pick on just about every mock draft board that I viewed. There were a number of guys that I know whose opinion that I respect that believe he was better than Okafor. I never believed that, but there were some who bought into it. |
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