I was informed here that the money was too good at MU for any player to leave so why risk it with an altercation? Doesn't make sense that anything else would matter to a player.

In any event, it's just further evidence of the mess this season has become due to some poor recruiting and questionable coaching and development. MU is in rebuild mode.

This was obvious the moment he didn't travel with the team.  Not playing and being on the bench is one thing.  Not even traveling when healthy (and team is struggling) is a glaring sign of dysfunction (along with rumored altercation with assistant coach).

This season continues to find new depths to fall to.  It's conclusion cannot come soon enough.  Sadly we we still not at official midpoint and a another two months of this train wreck.

Quote from: 21Jumpstreet on Today at 06:04:16 PMI definitely don't see this is a positive, but time to move on and focus on who is here.

Does this even rate in the top 10 of MU's negatives this year?

Quote from: wadesworld on Today at 05:56:57 PMShaka was not going to tell the media Zaide was being kicked off the team prior to the official release of him. And they probably weren't going to do that until the end of the semester.

If Shaka was kicking him off the team -or even contemplating it - and then publicly stated he wouldn't be leaving, that makes him a liar. But I doubt that's the case. More likely, Zaide is not being kicked off the team. He's choosing to leave. And when he was asked the question last week, Shaka didn't believe he'd be choosing to leave.
I don't think that reflects terribly well on Shaka's relationship with Zaide. If he could sit before a microphone eight days ago and confidently state that Zaide wasn't leaving, he obviously didn't have great insight into the situation. But that's better than being a liar, IMO.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 06:01:32 PMHe didn't have to. As I said a few mins ago, if Shaka knew when asked, rather than a quick and authoritative "No," he should have briefly responded with coachspeak. He and coaches everywhere do it all the time. Lying was unnecessary.

People would just say he's a liar then too. Or they'd correctly assume that by not denying it was saying everything they needed to know. The only "true" answer was "No, not until the end of the semester."

It's not transfer portal wishers. It's more like the "let's put the best possible team together wishers".

Quote from: CountryRoads on Today at 06:02:30 PMWasn't Cody Hatt the one that pushed Shaka to take Kolek when Shaka said he wasn't a fit? Was he also the one that wasn't sold on Zaide when Shaka wanted him as a top priority?

Yup.

Good news, transfer portal wishers! We now officially have one opening to add a transfer!

I'm guessing it won't be the only one. We'll see what actually happens with that (and other openings) in a few months.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 05:50:05 PMA shame.

I wasn't as high on Lowery as some others here, but I still thought he would be a solid contributor to a team that would at least be on the bubble this season. But like other MU players, he not only didn't improve, he actually regressed.

Aside from Al slapping Bo Ellis, it's generally not good to see players and coaches getting into major conflicts - certainly a conflict so bad that it necessitates severe discipline, let alone the nuclear option of dismissal. It's a sign that the harmony and chemistry that marked all of Shaka's earlier teams at MU has eroded; losing tends to do that.

On a related note: I won't say Shaka outright lied when he was asked point-blank if Lowery was going to be dismissed and he immediately responded, "No." Maybe he didn't know for sure then. If he did, however, the proper response would have been, "All I'll keep saying regarding Zaide is there are personal reasons he's not with the team now."

Harmony is easy, RGV is easy, with, wait for it, talented players. Shaka was given way too much credit for developing NBA talent.  Let's have some TRGV going forward.  I've already copyrighted it.  Will be selling it in the book store next year.

I definitely don't see this is a positive, but time to move on and focus on who is here.