April 26, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, CTC2 said: KD’s reputation is really more for what he’s done in the NBA over Texas. I’d put Rice above him for impact, excitement and showmanship. wut x 1,000
April 26, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, CTC2 said: 9 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Well, you have to admit, once KD went to the NBA and the lights came on, he really flourished. That was really my point. I remember thinking he was good but did not see it coming what he would be in the NBA. I was at a lot of his games and I’m not saying he is not in the pantheon of UT basketball. This year was just unique and being in Moody it was almost like everyone was just waiting to erupt when Rice touched the ball. Him playing to the crowd, giving high fives to fans. It was just lot of fun watching him play. Maybe it’s just fresher than my memory of KD in the Erwin Center. Your point was to miss a jab aimed at one of @realgreggym's hot takes from a year ago?
April 26, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said: Your point was to miss a jab aimed at one of @realgreggym's hot takes from a year ago? Sorry I wasn’t clear enough for you. I’ll try to get low enough for you next time.
April 26, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said: Your point was to miss a jab aimed at one of @realgreggym's hot takes from a year ago? Braff, there was no point. I made a couple of comments about not getting too excited about what is going on in practice. I made a comment about let's see what happens when the lights come on which is another way of meaning when the games are played. That was my comment. The idiot t shirt fan made a comment about Rice. I never mentioned him or anyone else but when you have no clue like the idiot t shirt guy, you have to make up crap.
April 27, 20232 yr On 4/26/2023 at 6:26 AM, HookEm said: Interesting question. Decided to go back and do a little research. This would be my order of liking the one-and-dones: Kevin Durant – 25.8 PTS, 11.1 TRB, 1.3 AST, 1.9 BLK – National PoY Sir’Jabari Rice – 13.0 PTS, 3.5 TRB, 2.0 AST, 86.3 FT% – Big 12 6MoY (Made Elite Eight) Mo Bamba – 12.9 PTS, 10.5 TRB, 3.7 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, UT Blocks Record, Hit rap song (Lost 1st Round) Tristan Thompson – 13.1 PTS, 7.8 TRB, 2.4 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Lost 2nd Round to Arizona) Myles Turner – 10.1 PTS, 6.5 TRB, 2.6 BLK – All-Big 12 3rd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Lost 1st Round) Jarrett Allen – 13.4 PTS, 8.4 TRB, 1.5 BLK – Big-12 All-Freshman (No NCAA Tourney) Jaxson Hayes – 10.0 PTS, 5.0 TRB, 2.2 BLK – All-Big 12 2nd Team, Big 12 All Defense, Big 12 RoY (Won NIT) Corey Joseph – 10.4 PTS, 3.0 AST, 1.0 STL – Big-12 All-Freshman (Lost 2nd Round to Arizona) Ioannis Papapetrou – 8.3 PTS, 4.4 TRB, 1.2 AST – (Lost 1st Round of CBI) Greg Brown – 9.3 PTS, 6.2 TRB, 1.2 3PT – Big-12 All-Freshman (Lost 1st Round to ACU) Jabari Rice and Greg Brown are 1a and 1b for me. KD might crack the next tier. [/CTC2]
May 15, 20232 yr After winning the MVP at Portsmouth, Jabari played his way into the NBA Combine from great play in the G-League combine
May 15, 20232 yr In this era of exorbitantly overpaid, load-managed athletes--many of whom are getting fat checks to do nothing--Sir'Jabari Rice deserves every nickel that comes his way. Hope he makes millions.
May 15, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, Fastbreak said: I think he can be a Dennis Schroder type player. I love Jabari but they are two wildly different players outside of being strong at drawing fouls. Schroder is a few inches shorter with elite wingspan and footspeed whose strength on defense is as a POA defender. Rice doesn't have that speed but could end up more well-rounded offensive player.
May 15, 20232 yr On 4/26/2023 at 10:19 AM, realgreggym said: Braff, there was no point. I made a couple of comments about not getting too excited about what is going on in practice. I made a comment about let's see what happens when the lights come on which is another way of meaning when the games are played. That was my comment. The idiot t shirt fan made a comment about Rice. I never mentioned him or anyone else but when you have no clue like the idiot t shirt guy, you have to make up crap. You weren't talking about Rice at the time? My memory may be hazy, but that doesn't jibe in my mind. I assume you're referring to someone else with the "t-shirt fan" comment, as I can assure you I have the skin on the wall.
May 15, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: You weren't talking about Rice at the time? My memory may be hazy, but that doesn't jibe in my mind. I assume you're referring to someone else with the "t-shirt fan" comment, as I can assure you I have the skin on the wall. I never mentioned Rice. I was talking about not getting too excited over things in practice. Little gooey is the t shirt guy that I was referring to and he brought up Rice not me. I have also mentioned ad nauseum. that we had some great T shirt fans in my day. He just isn't one of them. I wasn't referring to anyone else.
May 16, 20232 yr Author we were talking about how jabari rice had continually been reported as the standout during scrimmages and practices when greggym told us to tap the brakes because we don't know how he'll play when the lights come on. being that rice was a fifth year senior who'd already experienced regular season and tourney success, everyone here naturally pointed out that rice's ability to play wasn't a mystery. greggym has either lost his memory or is now trying to walk that back. Edited May 16, 20232 yr by shadow_operative
May 16, 20232 yr Author 19 hours ago, realgreggym said: I never mentioned Rice. lol: Edited May 16, 20232 yr by shadow_operative
May 16, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: lol: I was responded to that post. I didn't bring up Rice, I was responding to what the other poster said. You need to get a life little T shirt guy.
May 16, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: but you did. It was in response to what another posted said. Do yourself a favor and get a life.
May 16, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Red Five said: I might have gone with an apology there, as opposed to "get a life". get a life
May 16, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Red Five said: I might have gone with an apology there, as opposed to "get a life". I have nothing to apologize for. Get a life. I mean, have a nice day.
May 16, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, realgreggym said: I have nothing to apologize for. Get a life. I mean, have a nice day. Even by surly standards this is all incoherently rude and antagonistic. You were 100% wrong, Derka was 100% right, and he posted his receipt.
May 16, 20232 yr Author 22 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: You weren't talking about Rice at the time? My memory may be hazy, but that doesn't jibe in my mind. I assume you're referring to someone else with the "t-shirt fan" comment, as I can assure you I have the skin on the wall. +rep for proper use of "jibe".
May 16, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: +rep for proper use of "jibe". I didn't want to incur the wrath of @Beau Vine. Regarding Rice: good sleuthing of the archives, Derka. That's exactly how I remembered it going down. Rice was an older player with serious experience, even tournament experience, and there was absolutely no reason to believe that he couldn't be a big contributor. And, as it turns out, he was.
May 16, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Red Five said: Even by surly standards this is all incoherently rude and antagonistic. You were 100% wrong, Derka was 100% right, and he posted his receipt. Feel free to believe whatever you like.
May 16, 20232 yr Author btw, can we get @redshirtexas to post that RT is one of the least talented coaches in the country? 😁
May 16, 20232 yr Author 13 minutes ago, realgreggym said: Feel free to believe whatever you like. all you had to do was point out that you said, "Rice could be a huge factor this year" with a wink and a nod, and everyone here (including me) would be on your side. take it from me- be more cheeky and less antagonistic. people respond well to that.
June 23, 20232 yr One of my favorite players ever. Great kid. Hope he sticks in the league and makes a lot of money.
July 15, 20232 yr Only got to play in one summer league game - and didn't find any distilled highlights so I did my best. You'll have to skip around - he's wearing #11 with the lime sneakers. 1:14 - assist 2:08 - and-1 6:11 - triple 6:46 - either stole or almost stole the inbounds Extra highlight:
July 16, 20232 yr Yeah, he didn't do much. Marcus Carr got more run with Phoenix, but he didn't have a very good showing either.
July 16, 20232 yr Author which goes to show how important team fit and team chemistry are. carr didn't shine until he was surrounded by the right guys and given the right role, plus an extra year of playing with them. and jabari basically had as good of a season as he possibly could have last year. i don't think there was another team in cbb where he would have been a better fit. the guys and system around you make such a huge difference for non-star players.
July 16, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, HookEm said: but he didn't have a very good showing either. Either? Jabari was great in the one game he played.
July 16, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: which goes to show how important team fit and team chemistry are. carr didn't shine until he was surrounded by the right guys and given the right role, plus an extra year of playing with them. and jabari basically had as good of a season as he possibly could have last year. i don't think there was another team in cbb where he would have been a better fit. the guys and system around you make such a huge difference for non-star players. I can mostly agree with that. I thought Carr was pretty good the previous year too though. I still think that team could have made a decent run in the tourney. Matchups are also important and we ran into a terrible opponent against Purdue the year before in the tourney. And "how" a game is called can also make a big difference, even if the game is called evenly. Basically a lot of luck is involved to win a title in basketball. But if you keep putting out a top-10 team year after year, you will finally get one (or more).
July 17, 20232 yr More SJR. I thought we played our last summer league game already but he got to run in one more.
July 17, 20232 yr Love it. He looks a lot smaller in the NBA surrounded by giants. Would be a great incentive for me to go to a G League game if he starts off in Austin.
July 18, 20232 yr On 7/16/2023 at 4:48 PM, shadow_operative said: which goes to show how important team fit and team chemistry are. carr didn't shine until he was surrounded by the right guys and given the right role, plus an extra year of playing with them. and jabari basically had as good of a season as he possibly could have last year. i don't think there was another team in cbb where he would have been a better fit. the guys and system around you make such a huge difference for non-star players. Sir, Sir'Jabari Rice is a ricing star!
July 19, 20232 yr Sure Rice had a decent summer league, but we really won't know how good he will be in the NBA until the lights go on.
March 28Mar 28 Necro musing: Why don’t more players try to emulate Jabari’s shot fake? It was such a reliable weapon, and thing of beauty.
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